Last Updated: July 8, 2025

Adonia

Aliases

le poète; Apollinaire HAKIZIMANA; AMIKWE LEPIC

Position

Lieutenant-General within FDLR, Commissioner for Defence of the “Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda-Forces combattantes abacunguzi” (FDLR-FOCA), a non-governmental armed group operating in Eastern DR Congo

Linked to

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401271

Official reason

Apollinaire Hakizimana is a military leader of the “Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda-Forces combattantes abacunguzi” (FDLR-FOCA), as General and Commissioner of Defense of this non-governmental armed group operating in Eastern DRC. The FDLR-FOCA sustains the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the DRC and is respons...

Other Information

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Date of listing

2024-04-30

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Regime

UN, EU country specific

Target State

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Measures

Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Prohibition to satisfy claims, Restrictions on admission

Sanctions Portfolio

- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - It is prohibited to satisfy claims made by the persons listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affecte...

Official Information

On 7 April 1993 the EU decided to impose an arms embargo on Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo, the DRC). On 28 July 2003, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1493 (2003) imposing an arms embargo against the DRC. On 18 April 2005, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1596 (2005) imposing also targeted restrictive measures. On...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02010D0788-20230728