Ese ni ubuhanuzi buri gusohora ? Amerika yafunze inzira zose z'ubucuruzi bwa zahabu y’u Rwanda kimwe n’iyo isahura muri Congo itunganywa n’uruganda rwa «Gasabo Gold Refinery»!

Washington – Ku wa 25 Kamena 2026, kuri iyi taliki, ibiro bishinzwe kugenzura umutungo w'amahanga (OFAC) muri Minisiteri y'Imari ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika byafatiye ibihano uruganda rwa « Gasabo Gold Refinery Ltd, abayobozi barwo ndetse n'ibindi bigo bifitanye isano narwo ». Amerika ivuga ko uru ruganda rwagize uruhare mu gufasha umutwe wa M23 n'ingabo z'u Rwanda (RDF) mu kuvana zahabu mu burasirazuba bwa Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo mu buryo butemewe rukajya kuyitunganyiriza mu Rwanda.

Iyi inkuru y’ibihano ikimara gutangazwa, amagambo yabaye menshi ku mbuga nkoranyambaga zihurirwaho n’Abanyarwanda benshi, aho benshi muribo bemezako « ibyemezo Amerika iri gufatira ubutegetsi bwa FPR-Inkotanyi muri iki gihe bishimangira ibyahanuwe na Magayane » byerekeranye n’iherezo ry’ingoma (FPR) izasimbura ubutegetsi bwa Habyarimana Juvénal !  

Nk’uko bisobanurwa n’itangazo ryashyizwe ahagaragara n’Amerika, ibi bihano byafashwe mu rwego rwo gushyigikira ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry'Amasezerano ya Washington y'Amahoro n'Iterambere, agamije kurangiza amakimbirane yo mu burasirazuba bwa Congo no guteza imbere ubukungu n'ubufatanye mu karere. (U.S. Department of the Treasury)

Umunyamabanga wa Minisiteri y'Imari ya Amerika, Scott Bessent, yagize ati: «Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ntizemera ko imitwe yitwaje intwaro yungukira mu bucuruzi butemewe bw'amabuye y'agaciro. Umutungo kamere wa Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo ugomba kugirira akamaro abaturage bayo aho kuba inkomoko y'intambara n'akarengane ».

Amerika ivuga ko kuva u Rwanda na RDC byasinyana amasezerano ya Washington, Minisiteri y'Imari yakomeje gufatira ibihano abantu n'ibigo bishinjwa kugira uruhare mu ntambara yo mu burasirazuba bwa Congo. Mu bihano byabanje, harimo n'ibyafatiwe Ingabo z'u Rwanda (RDF) ku wa 2 Werurwe 2026, kubera ibyo Amerika ishinja izo ngabo nko gutera inkunga, gutoza no gufasha umutwe wa M23 gufata ibice binini byo mu Ntara za Kivu y'Amajyaruguru na Kivu y'Amajyepfo, harimo imijyi ya Goma na Bukavu.

Amerika ivuga ko utu duce twa Congo twafashwe n’izo nyeshyamba dukungahaye ku mabuye y'agaciro kandi ko M23 yakoresheje umutungo ukomoka muri ayo mabuye mu kugura intwaro, guhemba abarwanyi no gukora ibikorwa bihonyora uburenganzira bwa muntu.

Ku wa 8 Nyakanga 2024, Minisiteri y'Ububanyi n'Amahanga ya Amerika yari yamaze kugaragaza impungenge zayo ku bucuruzi butemewe bw'amabuye y'agaciro ava mu burasirazuba bwa Congo, ivuga ko umutungo uva muri ayo mabuye ariwo uha imbaraga izo nyeshyamba mu gukomeza intambara no kubangamira ibikorwa by’ubutabazi bigenerwa abaturage bo muri ako karere. Amerika ivuga ko amabuye menshi ava muri Congo anyuzwa rwihishwa mu Rwanda mbere yo koherezwa mu bihugu biyatunganya, cyane cyane mu Bushinwa.

Amerika ivuga kandi ko ubucuruzi bw'ayo mabuye bugirira akamaro imitwe yitwaje intwaro, ikusanya amafaranga binyuze mu kuyagurisha cyangwa mu gusoresha abaturage mu buryo butemewe. Ivuga ko ibi bikorwa bijyana n'ibyaha birimo gukoresha imirimo y'agahato, gukoresha abana mu bucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro, ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina n'imikorere itera akaga abacukura muri ibyo birombe. Amerika yatanze urugero rw'impanuka yabereye mu kirombe cya coltan cya Rubaya muri Werurwe 2026, aho abantu barenga 200, harimo n'abana, bapfuye bagwiriwe n’icyo kirombo gicungwa na M23.

Ibyo Amerika ishinja Gasabo Gold Refinery n'abayobozi bayo.

Amerika ivuga ko kuva M23 yafata imijyi minini yo mu burasirazuba bwa RDC, uruganda « Gasabo Gold Refinery Ltd » rwabaye umwe mu bafatanyabikorwa bakomeye b'abayobozi b'u Rwanda mugukorana n'umutwe wa M23 mu gushaka, gutwara no gutunganya zahabu ikurwa mu burasirazuba bwa Congo mu buryo butemewe.

Nk'uko iryo tangazo ribivuga, nyuma yo gukurwa mu birombe biri mu bice bigenzurwa na M23 na RDF muri Kivu y'Amajyepfo, zahabu yabaga icunzwe n'ingabo z'u Rwanda RDF kugeza igeze ku ruganda rwa « Gasabo Gold Refinery ». Abasirikare ba RDF n'abarwanyi ba M23 ngo bayiherekezaga bayinyujije ku butaka cyangwa mu ndege, bakayambutsa umupaka ku Rusizi bakayigeza i Kigali, aho bayishyikirizaga abakozi b'uruganda, bagahita batangira kuyitunganya.

Amerika ivuga ko mu ntangiriro za 2026, nibura ibilo 60 bya zahabu, bifite agaciro ka miliyoni nyinshi z'amadolari, byakuwe mu burasirazuba bwa RDC bikagezwa muri Gasabo Gold Refinery hakoreshejwe uwo muyoboro. Iryo tangazo rinibutsa ko Umuryango w'Ubumwe bw'u Burayi (EU) wari waramaze gufatira ibihano uru ruganda kubera uruhare ushinjwa n’uwo muryango mu gusahura, gutwara no gutunganya zahabu yacukuwe muri RDC mu buryo butemewe.

Amerika ivuga ko Jean Malic Kalima ari Perezida w'Inama y'Ubutegetsi wa Gasabo Gold Refinery, naho Bosco Kayobotsi akaba ari Umuyobozi Mukuru ushinzwe imikorere ya buri munsi y'uruganda. Iryo tangazo rinavuga ko Kalima anagenzura ibindi bigo by'ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro mu Rwanda, birimo Bugambira Mines Ltd, Wolfram Mining and Processing Ltd, na Rwinkwavu Mining Corporation Ltd.

Kubera ibyo birego, Amerika yafatiye ibihano:

• Gasabo Gold Refinery Ltd;
• Jean Malic Kalima;
• Bosco Kayobotsi;
• Bugambira Mines Ltd;
• Wolfram Mining and Processing Ltd;
• Rwinkwavu Mining Corporation Ltd.

Nk'uko OFAC ibivuga, ibyo bihano bishingiye ku mwanzuro wa Perezida wa Amerika (Executive Order 13413, nk'uko wahinduwe), kubera ko abo bantu n'ibyo bigo bashinjwa gutanga inkunga y'amafaranga, ibikoresho, serivisi cyangwa ubufasha bwa tekiniki ku mutwe wa M23, no kugira uruhare mu bucuruzi butemewe bw'umutungo kamere wa RDC, Amerika ivuga ko ubwo bucuruzi bubangamira amahoro, umutekano n'ituze muri icyo gihugu.

Ibisobanuro by’ingaruka z’ibi bihano.

Minisiteri y'Imari ya Amerika isobanura ko abantu n'ibigo byashyizwe ku rutonde rw'ibihano, kimwe n'ibigo bifitemo imigabane ingana na 50% cyangwa irenga n’abo bahanwe, umutungo wabo wose uri muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika cyangwa ugenzurwa n'abaturage cyangwa ibigo by'Abanyamerika, uhita uhagarikwa (ufatirwa). Uwo mutungo ugomba kumenyeshwa Ibiro bishinzwe kugenzura umutungo w'amahanga (OFAC). (home.treasury.gov)

Amerika ivuga kandi ko, keretse habanje gutangwa uruhushya rwihariye cyangwa bikemezwa n'amategeko, abantu n'ibigo byo muri Amerika babujijwe gukora ubucuruzi cyangwa indi mikoranire iyo ari yo yose n'abashyizwe kuri uru rutonde. Ibi birimo gutanga cyangwa kwakira amafaranga, ibicuruzwa cyangwa serivisi.

Byongeye kandi, ibigo cyangwa abantu bo mu mahanga bakorana ku bushake n'abafatiwe ibihano bashobora na bo gufatirwa ibihano cyangwa kubuzwa gukorana na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.

Minisiteri y'Imari ishimangira ko intego y'ibihano atari uguhana gusa, ahubwo ari uguhindura imyitwarire y'ababifatiwe. Ivuga ko abantu cyangwa ibigo bishobora gusaba kuvanwa ku rutonde rw'ibihano nibigaragaza ko impamvu zabiteye zitakiriho cyangwa nibagaragaza ko bubahirije ibisabwa n'amategeko.

Mu gusoza, Amerika yongeye kuvuga ko izakomeza gushyigikira amahoro n'umutekano mu karere k'Ibiyaga Bigari, kandi ko izafatanya n'abafatanyabikorwa mpuzamahanga mu kurwanya ubucuruzi butemewe bw'amabuye y'agaciro butera inkunga imitwe yitwaje intwaro. Amerika yanasabye ibigo byose bikora mu rwego rw'ubucukuzi n'ubucuruzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro gukaza igenzura ku nkomoko y'amabuye bigura kugira ngo bitazisanga bifasha ibikorwa binyuranyije n'amategeko mpuzamahanga.

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