Washington hopes to increase pressure on Kigali to withdraw its troops from the DRC and end support for the M23 group.

In Goma, some residents want to believe that this additional pressure could help break the deadlock. Michel Kamango hopes the sanctions will affect the parties concerned and help bring about a return to peace.

In September, the U.S. refused to grant Burhan a visa to attend the U.N. General Assembly meetings, a move seen as punishment for Burhan's reservations about Washington's easefire proposal

The United States on Thursday issued a new round of Iran-related sanctions, targeting 16 individuals and 11 entities, including financial institutions, currency exchange firms and energy and trading companies.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday, urging dialogue under a peace deal agreed between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2018.

The Cap-Haitien police department say they also found that the man did not have authorisation to run his orphanage in the port city.

The government also said that the deal was not coupled to an agreement on US access to the country’s mineral resources.

He accuses CNN, Politico, and MS NOW of writing “fiction and lies” about him and has launched his own TV channel in response.

Hundreds of Iranian Americans showed support for the France-based opposition coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran.