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GEDEON KYUNGU MUTANGA WA BAFUNKWA KANONGA

Person on the UK Sanctions List, listed Feb. 1, 2018. Source reference DRC0033.

Programs

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Remarks (as published)

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, demobilization 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). INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/6194816

Same name on other lists

GÉDÉON KYUNGU MUTANGA WA BAFUNKWA KANONGA (un_sc), Gedeon Kyungu MUTANGA (ofac_sdn), Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga Wa Bafunkwa Kanonga (eu_fsf)

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