WASHINGTON – Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, binyuze mu Biro bya Minisiteri y’Imari bishinzwe kugenzura umutungo w’abafatiwe ibihano (Office of Foreign Assets Control – OFAC), yatangaje ko yafatiye ibihano uruganda rutunganya zahabu Gasabo Gold Refinery LTD rwo mu Rwanda, abayobozi barwo ndetse n’ibindi bigo bifitanye isano na rwo, ibishinja kugira uruhare mu muyoboro w’ubucuruzi butemewe bw’amabuye y’agaciro ava mu burasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (RDC), buvugwaho gukorwa ku bufatanye n’umutwe wa M23.
Amerika ivuga ko iki cyemezo kigamije gushyigikira ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’Amasezerano ya Washington y’Amahoro n’Iterambere (Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity) yashyizweho umukono ku wa 4 Ukuboza 2025 n’abayobozi b’u Rwanda na RDC, agamije guteza imbere amahoro, ubufatanye mu bukungu no kubaka urwego rw’ubucuruzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro rukorera mu mucyo kandi rwubahiriza amategeko.
Mu itangazo ryashyizwe ahagaragara, Minisitiri w’Imari wa Amerika Scott Bessent yavuze ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika itazemera ko imitwe yitwaje intwaro ikomeza kungukira mu bucuruzi butemewe bw’amabuye y’agaciro no guhungabanya umutekano w’akarere.
Yagize ati:
“Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ntizemera ko imitwe yitwaje intwaro ikomeza kungukira mu bucuruzi butemewe bw’amabuye y’agaciro no guhungabanya umutekano w’akarere. Ubutunzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo bugomba kugirira akamaro abaturage ba Congo. Ku buyobozi bwa Perezida Donald Trump, tuzakomeza gufata ingamba zikomeye ku bantu n’ibigo byose bifasha urugomo, ubucuruzi bw’inyungu z’intambara ndetse n’ibikorwa bibangamira abaturage ba Congo.”
M23 n’ubucuruzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro
Amerika ivuga ko M23, yashyizwe ku rutonde rw’imitwe yitwaje intwaro n’Amerika ndetse n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, ikomeje gukora ibikorwa bihungabanya umutekano, ihohotera uburenganzira bwa muntu no kubangamira ibikorwa byo kugarura amahoro mu burasirazuba bwa RDC.
Nk’uko OFAC ibitangaza, amafaranga ava mu bucukuzi n’ubucuruzi butemewe bw’amabuye y’agaciro ni yo afasha M23 gukomeza ibikorwa byayo bya gisirikare, kugura intwaro n’ibikoresho, guhemba abarwanyi no gukomeza ibikorwa byayo mu bice igenzura.
Amerika ivuga ko kubera iyo mpamvu ari ngombwa gusenya imiyoboro yose y’ubucuruzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro y’intambara no gushishikariza ibigo bikora muri uru rwego gukaza igenzura ku nkomoko y’amabuye y’agaciro bicuruza.
Amerika ikomeje kongera ibihano
Iri tangazo rivuga ko kuva u Rwanda na RDC byashyira umukono ku Masezerano ya Washington, Amerika yakomeje gufatira ibihano abantu n’ibigo ishinja kugira uruhare mu ntambara yo mu burasirazuba bwa RDC.Harimo ibihano byafashwe ku wa 2 Werurwe 2026, ku wa 30 Mata 2026 ndetse n’ibyafashwe ku wa 2 Kamena 2026.
Amerika yongeye gushimangira ibyo yagiye itangaza mbere, ivuga ko M23 yigaruriye ibice binini byo mu Ntara za Kivu y’Amajyaruguru na Kivu y’Amajyepfo, harimo imijyi ya Goma na Bukavu, ibifashijwemo n’inkunga ya gisirikare, iy’amafaranga ndetse n’iy’ibikoresho yatanzwe n’Ingabo z’u Rwanda (RDF).Ni yo mpamvu ku wa 2 Werurwe 2026 OFAC yafatiye ibihano RDF, iyishinja gufasha, gutoza no kurwana ifatanyije na M23.
Uko Amerika ivuga ko zahabu yavaga muri RDC ikagera i Kigali
Nk’uko iri tangazo ribivuga, nyuma y’uko M23 ifashe Bukavu n’utundi duce twa Kivu y’Amajyepfo, uruganda Gasabo Gold Refinery LTD rwabaye umwe mu bafatanyabikorwa b’ingenzi b’abayobozi b’u Rwanda na M23 mu gutwara zahabu yavaga muri RDC.
Amerika ivuga ko zahabu yavaga mu birombe byo mu duce twagenzurwaga na M23 igashyirwa mu maboko y’abasirikare ba RDF, bakayigeza ku mupaka wa Rusizi, nyuma ikoherezwa ku ruganda rwa Gasabo Gold i Kigali hakoreshejwe imodoka cyangwa indege.
Iyo zahabu yageraga ku ruganda, nk’uko OFAC ibivuga, yahitaga itunganywa kugira ngo ihindurwe nk’aho yakomotse mu Rwanda.
Amerika ivuga ko mu ntangiriro za 2026 nibura ibilo 60 bya zahabu bifite agaciro k’amamiriyoni y’amadolari byavuye muri RDC bikagezwa kuri Gasabo Gold binyuze muri uwo muyoboro.Iri tangazo rinavuga ko Umuryango w’Ubumwe bw’u Burayi (EU) na wo wari warafatiye ibihano Gasabo Gold kubera ibyo birego.
Abafatiwe ibihano
Amerika yafatiye ibihano:
Gasabo Gold Refinery LTD
Jean Malic Kalima, Perezida w’Inama y’Ubutegetsi wa Gasabo Gold.
Bosco Kayobotsi, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Gasabo Gold.
Yanahise ifatira ibihano ibindi bigo Amerika ivuga ko bigenzurwa na Kalima, ari byo:
Bugambira Mines LTD
Wolfram Mining and Processing LTD
Rwinkwavu Mining Corporation LTD
OFAC ivuga ko ibyo bigo byose bifatiwe ibihano hashingiwe ku Iteka Nshingwabikorwa rya Perezida wa Amerika No. 13413, kubera ibyo ishinja Gasabo Gold byo gutera inkunga M23 no kugira uruhare mu bucuruzi butemewe bw’umutungo kamere wa RDC.
Icyo ibihano bisobanuye
Amerika ivuga ko umutungo wose w’abo bantu n’ibyo bigo biri muri Amerika cyangwa bigenzurwa n’abaturage ba Amerika uhita ufatirwa.
Byongeye kandi, ibigo bifitwe ku kigero cya 50% cyangwa kirenga n’umuntu cyangwa abantu bafatiwe ibihano na byo bihita bifatwa nk’ibyafatiwe ibihano.Abaturage ba Amerika n’ibigo byabo babujijwe gukora ubucuruzi cyangwa indi mikoranire iyo ari yo yose n’abo bantu cyangwa ibyo bigo keretse bahawe uruhushya rwihariye na OFAC.
Amerika inavuga ko kutubahiriza ibyo bihano bishobora kuvamo ibihano byo mu rwego rw’amategeko mbonezamubano cyangwa ibyaha mpanabyaha.Nanone, amabanki n’ibindi bigo by’imari bishobora guhura n’ibihano nibikomeza gukorana n’abashyizwe ku rutonde rw’abafatiwe ibihano.
Umwanzuro
Ibi bihano ni bimwe mu bikomeye Amerika ifatiye ibigo byo mu Rwanda kuva yashyira imbaraga mu guhagarika imiyoboro y’ubucuruzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro ava mu burasirazuba bwa RDC.
Mu itangazo ryayo, Amerika ivuga ko intego yayo ari uguhagarika uburyo umutungo kamere wa RDC ukoreshwa mu gutera inkunga intambara, no gushyigikira kubakwa k’urwego rw’ubucuruzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro rukorera mu mucyo kandi rugirira akamaro abaturage bo mu karere.Ku ruhande rw’u Rwanda, iri tangazo rya OFAC rikubiyemo ibirego n’imyanzuro ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
Ntabwo rikubiyemo ibisobanuro cyangwa igisubizo cya Guverinoma y’u Rwanda cyangwa ibigo byafatiwe ibihano. Mu nkuru y’umwuga, ni byiza gushaka no gutangaza uruhande rwabyo igihe rubonetse.
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