New US Sanctions Target Rwanda’s Abusive Role in Eastern Congo

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A member of the M23 looks on during an enrollment of civilians, police officers, and former members of the Congolese armed forces who have been recruited in Goma on February 23, 2025. © 2025 Michel Lunanga/AFP via Getty Images The United States Treasury announced new sanctions this week against Rwanda's Ministry of Defense and Zigama Credit and Savings Society, a Rwandan financial institution that the US Treasury found facilitated payments for the Rwandan army and the abusive M23 armed group. The sanctions freeze all named parties’ assets and interests in the…

Read complete article

~	Fascism mixed into cringey online content is easy to mock – but no less dangerous

~	Are American voters actually gloomy about the economy, or is something else going on?

~	How moving civil rights enforcement out of the US Department of Education threatens students’ protections from race, sex and disability discrimination

~	Figuring out where cosmic neutrinos come from is tricky - radio telescopes could help find where these ‘ghost particles’ originate

~	Florida Department of Health considers dropping 4 school vaccine requirements – here’s what that could mean for kids

~	Why achieving your goals can leave you feeling so empty

~	Allegheny County is reassessing every property – here’s how your tax bill is calculated now

~	Why it could be a bad idea to get AI to flirt for you

~	Election special: deadlock in Israel, regime change in Serbia, US midterms

~	Wicker and the rise of the ‘monster romance’: why audiences are falling for the non-human