The US imposes sanctions on Rwanda's Ministry of Defense and the country's financial institution for "destabilizing activities" in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The US authorities froze the assets of the Rwandan Ministry of Defense and the micro credit institution Zigama Credit and Savings in the United States and banned their dollar transactions, accusing them of supporting the M23 rebel movement and undermining the peace goals of the Washington Accords. Learn more about RT in French.