Twirwaneho

• UK Sanctions ListActive listingID DRC0077

  Source

  Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

  Source

  UK Sanctions List

  Retrieved

  2026-09-29

  Source date

  2026-07-24

  Extractor

  uk-xml-parser

  Raw evidence

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      <LastUpdated>24/07/2026</LastUpdated>
      <DateDesignated>17/07/2026</DateDesignated>
      <UniqueID>DRC0077</UniqueID>
      <Names>
        <Name>
          <Name6>Twirwaneho</Name6>
          <NameType>Primary Name</NameType>
        </Name>
        <Name>
          <Name6>Twigwaneho</Name6>
          <NameType>Primary Name Variation</NameType>
        </Name>
      </Names>
      <RegimeName>The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019</RegimeName>
      <IndividualEntityShip>Entity</IndividualEntityShip>
      <DesignationSource>UN</DesignationSource>
      <SanctionsImposed>Asset freeze</SanctionsImposed>
      <SanctionsImposedIndicators>
        <AssetFreeze>true</AssetFreeze>
        <ArmsEmbargo>false</ArmsEmbargo>
        <TargetedArmsEmbargo>false</TargetedArmsEmbargo>
        <CharteringOfShips>false</CharteringOfShips>
        <ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>false</ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>
        <CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>false</CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>
        <Deflag>false</Deflag>
        <PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>false</PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>
        <ProhibitionOfPortEntry>false</ProhibitionOfPortEntry>
        <TravelBan>false</TravelBan>
        <PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>
        <PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>
        <TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>false</TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>
        <TrustServicesSanctions>false</TrustServicesSanctions>
        <DirectorDisqualificationSanction>false</DirectorDisqualificationSanction>
      </SanctionsImposedIndicators>
      <OtherInformation>Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(a), 7(d) and 7(e) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): The TWIRWANEHO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. The TWIRWANEHO is a member of the Congo River Alliance which is a politico-military platform formed in alliance with M23, a Congolese militia, which plans, directs and commits act in the DRC that constitute human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law. The TWIRWANEHO, by its involvement with the Congo River Alliance, acts on behalf of a designated entity and shares responsibility for crimes committed by M23 in the DRC (killings, recruitment of child soldiers, and sexual abuse), which constitute human rights abuses against civilians. The TWIRWANEHO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC by the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and violating the measures taken by UN member states in accordance with the DRC arms embargo. </OtherInformation>
      <UKStatementofReasons>
  </UKStatementofReasons>
      <Addresses>
        <Address>
          <AddressLine1>Hauts Plateaux</AddressLine1>
          <AddressLine2>South Kivu</AddressLine2>
          <AddressCountry>Congo (Democratic Republic)</AddressCountry>
        </Address>
      </Addresses>
    </Designation>

  Name on list

  Twirwaneho

  Programmes / regimes

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

  Listed on

  2026-07-17

  Last updated

  2026-07-24

  Aliases

  Twigwaneho

  Countries

  Republic of the Congo

  Addresses

  Hauts Plateaux, South Kivu, Congo (Democratic Republic)

  Remarks

  Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(a), 7(d) and 7(e) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): The TWIRWANEHO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. The TWIRWANEHO is a member of the Congo River Alliance which is a politico-military platform formed in alliance with M23, a Congolese militia, which plans, directs and commits act in the DRC that constitute human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law. The TWIRWANEHO, by its involvement with the Congo River Alliance, acts on behalf of a designated entity and shares responsibility for crimes committed by M23 in the DRC (killings, recruitment of child soldiers, and sexual abuse), which constitute human rights abuses against civilians. The TWIRWANEHO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC by the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and violating the measures taken by UN member states in accordance with the DRC arms embargo. Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze

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