00:00A day after the United States announced sanctions against Rwanda's Ministry of Defense and the Rwandan financial institution, residents in
00:09Goma are divided.
00:10Some hope the move will increase pressure on Ghegali. Others remain skeptical, pointing to the lack of concrete change on
00:16the ground.
00:17If these sanctions had really been significant, we would have seen a change by now.
00:21But since the agreements and sanctions were announced, we have seen no change.
00:25They talk about sanctions, but they change nothing. That is why we are asking God to help us by ending
00:31the war, so that we can return to the way things were.
00:34The sanctions come. Its diplomatic efforts continue to end the conflict in eastern DER Congo.
00:40Washington accuses Ghegali of supporting the FRN, an armed movement led by former president Joseph Kabila.
00:46It also accuses the Rwandan financial institution, Goma, of helping to fund the group.
00:51I believe there will be pressure since there were agreements, and I believe that everything will be fine and that
00:57soon peace will return.
00:59While the U.S. measure does not address the root cause of the conflict, it has financial pressure to a
01:05diplomatic process whose implementation has yet to prove effective.
01:09According to these analysts, more will be needed to promote a lasting return to peace in eastern DERC.
01:16Have all these sanctions contributed to ensuring that the Washington process is respected?
01:23These U.S. sanctions against the Rwandan government and Rwanda's defense sector may have implications for the Rwandan government.
01:32But I do not see how these sanctions can have an impact on the political-military movement in Goma.
01:43In Kinshasa, the Congolese authorities welcomed the sanctions in a message posted on X.
01:49In Kigali, Rwanda's foreign minister Olivier Ndohungirehe rejected any responsibility for the crisis in Congo.
01:56UN experts say Rwanda exercises significant control over M23 and continues to deploy thousands of troops in its neighbor,
02:04an accusation Rwanda has repeatedly denied.
