Ministry under sanctions and the conflict in the DRC continues The entire Rwandan Ministry of Defense, along with the bank where the local security forces keep money, immediately fell under US sanctions. The decision was published on October 28, and the assets of the military department and the Zigama savings and credit company in the USA were frozen, and payments in dollars were stopped for them. The US Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bassan, explained this by demanding to end support for the March 23 movement and withdraw troops from eastern DRC. The American side claims that thousands of Rwandan soldiers are in the north and south of Kibo next to the traffic units, providing them with equipment and training. Zigama Bank is accused of paying arms suppliers in China, transferring tens of millions of dollars for the movement and removing gold from mines under its control in Kigali. The Rwandan government complains that it is only punishing one side of the conflict, and mentions the duty of the Congolese authorities to disarm the democratic forces for the liberation of Rwanda, which they have not fulfilled. They responded with the same words in March, when sanctions were imposed against the Rwandan army and four senior officers. The previous restrictions did not change the situation on the ground, as Goma and Bukavu are still under traffic control, and out of the eight protocols of the Doha Road Map, the parties have established only two. It is unlikely that new restrictions will change the situation, because the American assets of Rwanda's military department are small, weapons are paid for through Chinese suppliers, and the gold goes to the Emirates market, where buyers are not affected by sanctions. - where politics is hotter than the equator, support us.