Division 17 Straton MUSONI

(alias: IO Musoni)

Designation: Former FDLR Vice President.

Date of Birth: a) 6 April 1961, b) 4 June 1961.

Place of Birth: Mugambazi, Kigali, Rwanda.

Nationality: Rwanda.

Date of UN designation: 29 March 2007.

Other information: Arrested by German authorities on 17 November 2009, found guilty in a German court on 28 September 2015 of leadership of a foreign terrorist group, and received an 8-year sentence. Musoni was released from prison immediately after the trial, having served over 5 years of his sentence. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272354

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

Straton Musoni was Vice President of the FDLR, a foreign armed group operating in the DRC. He impeded the disarmament and voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups, in breach of resolution 1649 (2005). He was arrested by German authorities on 17 November 2009, found guilty in a German court on 28 September 2015 of leadership of a foreign terrorist group, and received an 8-year sentence. He was released from prison immediately after the trial, having served over 5 years of his sentence.