Division 23 Felicien NSANZUBUKIRE
United Kingdom
(alias: Fred Irakeza)
Designation: a) FDLR-FOCA Subsector Commander, b) FDLR-FOCA Colonel.
Address: South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (as of June 2016).
Date of Birth: 1967.
Place of Birth: a) Murama, Kigali, Rwanda, b) Rubungo, Kigali, Rwanda, c) Kinyinya, Kigali, Rwanda.
Nationality: Rwanda.
Date of UN designation: 1 December 2010.
Other information: INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5269078
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Felicien Nsanzubukire supervised and coordinated the trafficking of ammunition and weapons between at least November 2008 and April 2009 from the United Republic of Tanzania, via Lake Tanganyika, to FDLR units based in the Uvira and Fizi areas of South Kivu. As of January 2016, Nsanzubukire was an FDLR FOCA Subsector Commander in South Kivu province and held the rank of Colonel.