‘32.	Muhindo Akili Mundos (alias (a) Charles Muhindo Akili Mundos; (b) Akili Muhindo; (c) Muhindo Mundos)

Designation: (a) DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) General, Commander of the 31st Brigade; (b) FARDC Brigadier General

Date of birth: 10 November 1972

Place of birth: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nationality: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date of UN designation: 1 February 2018

Other information: Muhindo Akili Mundos is an FARDC General, Commander of the 31st Brigade. He was appointed commander of the FARDC's Operational Sector in the areas of Beni and Lubero, including Operation Sukola I against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in September 2014. He remained in that position until June 2015. He is also a threat to the peace, stability and security of the DRC under UNSCR 2293 paragraph 7(e).

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Reason for listing:

Muhindo Akili Mundos was listed on 1 February 2018 pursuant to criteria set out in resolution paragraph 7(e) of resolution 2293 (2016) as reaffirmed in resolution 2360 (2017).

Additional Information:

Muhindo Akili Mundos was the Congolese army commander responsible for military operations against the ADF during the “Sukola I” operation from August 2014 to June 2015. The FARDC unit under Mundos' command failed to intervene to prevent human rights abuses by the ADF, including attacks targeting civilians. Mundos recruited and equipped former fighters from local armed groups to participate in extra-judicial killings and massacres by the ADF.

While he was commander of the FARDC's Sukola I operation, Mundos also commanded and provided support to a faction of an ADF sub-group known as the ADF-Mwalika. Under Mundos' command, the ADF-Mwalika committed attacks against civilians. FARDC fighters under Mundos' command provided additional support to the ADF-Mwalika during these operations.

33.	Guidon Shimiray Mwissa

Date of birth: 13 March 1980

Place of birth: Kigoma, Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date of UN designation: 1 February 2018

Other information: Graduated secondary school humanités sociales in Mpofi; joined the armed group commanded by She Kasikila at the age of 16; integrated the FARDC with Kasikila, becoming his battalion S3; injured in 2007, thereafter joining Mai Mai Simba under then-commander “Mando”; participated in the creation of the NDC in 2008, becoming the deputy commander in charge of the Aigle Lemabé Brigade. He is also a threat to the peace, stability and security of the DRC under UNSCR 2293 paragraph 7(g).

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Reason for listing:

Guidon Shimiray Mwissa was listed on 1 February 2018 pursuant to criteria set out in resolution paragraph 7(g) of resolution 2293 (2016) as reaffirmed in resolution 2360 (2017).

Additional Information:

“General” Guidon Shimiray Mwissa broke away from the Nduma defense du Congo (NDC) and created his own group, NDC-R in 2014.

The NDC-R, led by Guidon Shimiray Mwissa, uses child soldiers and deployed them in armed conflict. The NDC-R is also accused of human rights abuses in the eastern provinces, and of imposing illegal taxes in gold-mining areas and using the proceeds to purchase weapons in violation of the arms embargo against the DRC.

34.	Lucien Nzambamwita (alias: André Kalume)

Date of birth: 1966

Place of birth: Cellule Nyagitabire, Sector Ruvune, Commune Kinyami, Prefecture Byumba, Rwanda

Nationality: Rwanda

Date of UN designation: 1 February 2018

Other information: He is a threat to the peace, stability and security of the DRC under UNSCR 2293 paragraph 7(j).

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Reason for listing:

Lucien Nzambamwita was listed on 1 February 2018 pursuant to criteria set out in resolution paragraph 7(j) of resolution 2293 (2016) as reaffirmed in resolution 2360 (2017).

Additional Information:

Lucien Nzambamwita (aka André Kalume) is a military leader of the Force Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) operating in the DRC, which undermines the peace, security and stability of the DRC and is responsible for human rights abuses including targeting and killing civilians. The FDLR was sanctioned by the 1533 Committee on 31 December 2012.

35.	Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga Wa Bafunkwa Kanonga

Designation: Katangan rebel leader

Date of birth: 1974

Place of birth: Manono Territory, Katanga Province (now Tanganyika Province)

Date of UN designation: 1 February 2018

Other information: Gédéon Kyungu belongs to the Balubakat ethnic group. After completing primary education in Likasi and secondary school in Manono, he obtained a degree in pedagogy. In 1999 he joined the Maï Maï movement, commanding from 2003 one of the most active groups in the province of Katanga. In 2006, he visited UN peacekeeping forces to integrate through the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) process. He escaped from prison in 2011 and surrendered in October 2016. He is a threat to the peace, stability and security of the DRC under UNSCR 2293 paragraph 7(e).

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Reason for listing:

Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga Wa Bafunkwa Kanonga was listed on 1 February 2018 pursuant to criteria set out in resolution paragraph 7(e) of resolution 2293 (2016) as reaffirmed in resolution 2360 (2017).

Additional Information:

As he was the leader of the Bakata Katanga militia (a.k.a. Kata Katanga) between 2011-2014, Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga was involved in serious human rights abuses such as killings and attacks against civilians, notably in rural zones of the Katanga province. As Commander of the armed group Bakata Katanga, which is guilty of serious human rights violations and war crimes, including attacks against civilians, in south-east DRC, Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga is therefore a threat to the peace, stability and security of DRC.’

‘9.	Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga;

13.	Muhindo Akili Mundos.’