Gustave Kubwayo

INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.

Designation: a) Colonel ; b) Commander of FDLR-FOCA (CDe.005) Passport no: na National identification no: na. Gender: Male. As one of the main Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FDLR-FOCA) (CDe.005) commanders and the new commander of the Commando de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur (CRAP), GUSTAVE KUBWAYO alias SIRKOOF is involved in planning, promulgating and supporting the armed group’s activities, such as targeting civilians, kidnapping for ransom and illegally exploiting natural resources.

Date de désignation par les Nations unies: 14 juillet 2026. Renseignements divers: Étant l’un des principaux commandants des Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda - Forces combattantes Abacunguzi (FDLR-FOCA) et le nouveau commandant du Commando de recherche et d’action en profondeur (CRAP), Gustave KUBWAYO, alias Sirkoof, participe à la planification, à la promotion et au soutien des activités du groupe armé, telles que les attaques ciblant les civils, les enlèvements avec demande de rançon et l’exploitation illégale de ressources naturelles. Lien internet vers la notice spéciale INTERPOL-Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies: https://www.interpol.int/fr/Notre-action/Notices/Voir-les-notices-speciales-INTERPOL-CSNU-portant-sur-des-personnes

Function/rank: Commander of the “Commando de recherche et d’action en profondeur” (CRAP) of the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda / Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FDLR/FOCA), Colonel

(UE) 2024/2065 du 26/07/2024 (UE République démocratique du Congo - R (UE) 1183/2005) (FondementJuridique: 3782)

Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(e) and 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): KUBWAYO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. He is a key leader of the UN sanctioned Forces Democratiques De Liberation Du Rwanda (FDLR), an extremist armed group that commits atrocities which undermines the peace, stability and security of the RDC. As a leader of FDLR, KUBWAYO acts on behalf of a designated entity and shares responsibility for crimes allegedly committed by the FDLR in the DRC (killings, recruitment of child soldiers, and sexual abuse), which constitute human rights abuses against civilians.

(UE) 2026/2191 (ONU République démocratique du Congo - RCSNU 1533 (2004) et R (CE) 1183/2005) (FondementJuridique: 4242)

weak_alias as published: シュルコフ SURKOF

As one of the main Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FDLR-FOCA) (CDe.005) commanders and the new commander of the Commando de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur (CRAP), GUSTAVE KUBWAYO alias SIRKOOF is involved in planning, promulgating and supporting the armed group’s activities, such as targeting civilians, kidnapping for ransom and illegally exploiting natural resources.

Gender: Male. As one of the main Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FDLR-FOCA) (CDe.005) commanders and the new commander of the Commando de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur (CRAP), GUSTAVE KUBWAYO alias SIRKOOF is involved in planning, promulgating and supporting the armed group’s activities, such as targeting civilians, kidnapping for ransom and illegally exploiting natural resources. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:

(Date of UN designation: 2024-07-26)

(UE)2024/3107 du 09/12/2024 (UE République démocratique du Congo - R (UE) 1183/2005) (FondementJuridique: 3845)

Gustave Kubwayo holds a leading position as Commander in the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda – Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FDLR-FOCA), an armed group operating in Eastern DRC. He leads the special unit “Commando de recherche et d’action en profondeur” (CRAP) of FDLR-FOCA – considered as the commando and intelligence unit of the armed group. FDLR-FOCA is a largely Hutu armed group, some of whose leaders took part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. FDLR-FOCA fighters, including the CRAP unit, have committed rape and other acts of sexual violence and killed civilians. FDLR-FOCA is systemically engaged in kidnappings for ransom, arbitrary detentions and executions of civilians and the recruitment of child combatants. The armed group is also involved in illegal logging, exploitation of natural resources such as charcoal, and illegally collected taxes at checkpoints. In his position as Commander of the CRAP unit, Gustave Kubwayo is involved in committing acts that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses in the DRC. He is also responsible for sustaining the armed conflict in the DRC.

性別：男性。ルワンダ解放民主勢力・アバクングズィ戦闘勢力（FDLR-FOCA）（Ｂ．５．に指定した団体）の主要な司令官の一人及びその特別部隊Commando de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur （CRAP）の新司令官として、民間人への攻撃、身代金目的の誘拐及び天然資源の違法採掘といった活動の計画、普及及び支援に関与。同人に対するインターポール（国際警察刑事機構）・国連安全保障理事会特別手配書のウェブ・リンク：