Sudan’s transitional government on Monday signed a peace deal with rebel groups, in what donors and activists said signals a permanent end to the decades-old civil war. The Sudanese parties crowned marathon negotiations that lasted more than a year in Juba, South Sudan, which mediated the talks. The agreement contained timelines that if implemented could […]

Sudan’s transitional authorities and a rebel alliance signed a peace deal on Monday following months of tortuous negotiations aimed at ending the country’s decades-long civil wars, but other powerful armed groups have thus far declined to join them. The deal was reached between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front, a coalition of several […]

Sudan Peace Deal Signed Today by Government and Rebel Groups  Agreement is “Significant Step for Lasting Peace,” but Experts at The Sentry Warn of “Weaponization” of Religion in Country’s Politics  August 31, 2020 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Sudan’s Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok signed a comprehensive agreement with […]

In the Central African Republic, a country with a history of coups since independence from France 60 years ago, the ouster of Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has brought back dark memories. In 2013, the Seleka, a rebel coalition drawn largely from the Muslim minority, toppled then-president Francois Bozize, plunging the CAR into a spiral […]

Hilary Mossberg, Director of Illicit Finance Policy at The Sentry, discusses the relatively new trend of African kleptocrats and war criminals laundering money through real estate in African cities, rather than some of the more traditional choices like London, Miami and New York. Click here to listen to the podcast. 

A US-based watchdog has released a report accusing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of being a money laundering haven for North Koreans. The Sentry, an investigative organisation backed by American actor George Clooney, says the Democratic Republic of Congo was used by North Korea to escape punitive sanctions imposed by the US and the […]

Des ressortissants nord-coréens ont contourné les sanctions internationales en utilisant des banques en RDC, dénonce l’ONG américaine anti-corruption Sentry. Eddy Isango a joint à Washington, le chercheur principal de «Sentry », John Dell’Osso. Click here to listen to the interview. 

Le Sentry se félicite de la lettre envoyée par le président de la commission sénatoriale des Relations étrangères, Jim Risch (R-ID), le membre de rang Bob Menendez (D-NJ), et les sénateurs Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), David Perdue (R-GA), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) et Cory Booker (D-NJ) au Secrétaire […]

La campagne le « Congo n’est pas à vendre » (CNPAV) vient d’encourager le Gouvernement de la Rd Congo à réformer le secteur bancaire congolais en danger. Objectif : préserver l’intégrité du système financier. Elle réitère son alerte inquiétante à la suite d’une nouvelle publication de The Sentry, laquelle met en cause une banque congolaise qui […]

La campagne le « Congo n’est pas à vendre » (CNPAV) s’inquiète de voir une nouvelle publication mettant en cause une banque Congolaise. Le rapport « Affaires risquées », publié par l’organisation américaine « The Sentry », montre comment des entrepreneurs nord-coréens enfreignent des sanctions internationales en passant par le système bancaire congolais et la banque […]

할리우드 배우 조지 클루니가 콩고민주공화국(민주콩고)에서 이뤄지는 북한 업체의 영리사업이 대북제재 위반이라며 당국에 즉각 계약 중단을 촉구했다. AFP 통신에 따르면 비영리 국제감시단체 센트리를 설립한 클루니는 19일 “민주콩고와 같은 지역에서 벌어지는 부패와 돈세탁이 국제 안보에 영향을 주지 않을 것이라고 생각하지 말라”고 경고했다. 센트리는 이날 보고서를 통해 ‘박화성(Pak Hwa Song)’과 ‘황길수(Hwang Kil Su)’라는 이름의 북한 사업가 2명이 지난 […]

L’ONG américaine qui milite contre la corruption, Sentry, a appelé mercredi les autorités congolaises à “annuler” des contrats signés avec une entreprise détenue par des ressortissants nord-coréens en République démocratique du Congo, estimant qu’ils contournent des sanctions internationales. “Les autorités au pouvoir au niveau national et provincial devraient annuler tous les contrats en cours avec [la […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo unit of Cameroon’s Afriland First Bank Group may be violating sanctions by providing banking services to a North Korea-linked statue-building company, a U.S.-based anti-corruption group said. Congo Aconde Sarl, which holds accounts at Afriland, installed two statues in the Congolese city of Kamina in 2018, according to Washington, D.C.-based The Sentry. […]

L’ONG américaine anti-corruption Sentry, co-fondée par l’acteur américain Georges Clooney, a appelé mercredi les autorités congolaises à “annuler” des contrats signés avec une entreprise détenue par des ressortissants nord-coréens en République démocratique du Congo, estimant qu’ils contournent des sanctions internationales. “Les autorités au pouvoir au niveau national et provincial devraient annuler tous les contrats en […]

Les sanctions internationales contre la Corée du Nord sont-elles efficaces ? Après les révélations des ONG Global Witness et PPLAAF, c’est une autre ONG, The Sentry, qui démontre dans un rapport à quel point le système de sanctions internationales peut être facilement contourné dans un pays comme la RDC. Dans ce pays, deux ressortissants nord-coréens ont […]

Corée du Nord eyebaki na kokima epekiselo ya etumbu ya molongo na koleka na nzela ya ba banque ya RDC, elobi na rapport na yango The Sentry ONG oyo elandelaka makambo ya blanchiment d’argent (makoambo ma kolekisa misolo na nzela molili). The Sentry ebimisi mbeba esalamaki mbala mingi mpo na bozangi ekenge na basungi ya […]

South Sudan, battered by years of conflict and corruption, has run out of foreign exchange reserves and cannot stop the pound’s depreciation, a senior central bank official in the oil-producing nation said on Wednesday. South Sudan gets almost all of its revenue from crude oil, but current output, at around 180,000 barrels per day, has […]

Two North Korean businessmen over the past two years have openly used a corporate account at Afriland First Bank in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s southernmost region despite global sanctions against Pyongyang, according to new research… Click here to read the full article. 

앵커: 미국의 한 비영리 단체가 북한 사업가들이 아프리카 국가 민주콩고공화국에 건설회사를 차리고 사업을 진행했으며, 콩고 은행과 정치인들이 이를 묵인했을 것이라고 주장했습니다. 유엔 안전보장이사회 등의 대북제재 결의를 공공연하게 위반했다는 지적입니다. 지정은 기자가 보도합니다. 미국의 비영리 국제감시단체 센트리(The Sentry)는 19일 “공공연한 사건: 북한 사업가들은 어떻게 콩고에서 대북제재를 회피했나(Overt affairs: How North Korean Businessmen Busted Sanctions in the Democratic […]

The Sentry anti-corruption group co-founded by Hollywood star George Clooney urged Congolese authorities Wednesday to “annul” contracts with local companies controlled by North Korean citizens apparently flouting international sanctions. “Don’t think for a second that corruption and money laundering in a place like the Democratic Republic of Congo doesn’t impact international security,” Clooney said. Two […]