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  Treasury Sanctions Rwanda Officials, Condemns Blatant Violations of Washington Peace Accords

  OFAC

  March 3, 2026

  WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF)—the military of Rwanda—and four of its senior officials.  The RDF is actively supporting, training, and fighting alongside the March 23 Movement (M23), a U.S.- and United Nations (UN)-sanctioned armed group responsible for human rights abuses and a mass displacement crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  The RDF has supported M23 as it seized territory in eastern DRC, including provincial capitals Goma and Bukavu, along with strategic mining sites in eastern DRC. M23’s offensives would not have been possible without the active support and complicity of the RDF and key senior officials.

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  Update to UK Sanctions List: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

  UK Government

  March 2, 2026

  Today, Monday 2^nd March, the UK Government has delisted the following entity. This reflects the decision to delist made by the UNSC Sanctions Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) & 2253(2015) on 27 February. De-Listed Entity:

  Name:	UN ID:	Unique ID:
  AL-NUSRAH FRONT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LEVANT	QDe.137	AQD0026

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  The second edition of the survey on unsupervised Fintech operators is online.

  Bank of Italy

  March 2, 2026

  The Bank of Italy is launching the second edition of its Survey of Unsupervised Fintech Operators , conducted by the Fintech Channel. This survey aims to strengthen knowledge of the Italian Fintech market by examining the range of products and services and the impact of the current regulatory framework.