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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n
A review of progress regarding FDLR presence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo saw the\u00a0UN Security Council\u00a0<\/a>assert the swift neutralisation of the group as a top priority this week. On the ground in the East of the country,\u00a0Province Orientale<\/a>\u00a0is said to have seen a resurgence of Lord\u2019s Resistance Army activity. ADF-Nalu attacks on a number of localities in Beni (North Kivu<\/a>) over the weekend and Monday has given rise to reports of killings and abductions, whilst in Lubero territory the abduction of nearly 100 people, including health workers, from Bunyatenge since mid-September has led the UNHCR to express alarm over the situation. In\u00a0South Kivu<\/a>, RFI reports last Wednesday affirmed the presence of Burundian troops in Kiliba, Uvira, prompting MONUSCO and the Burundian government to confirm the deployment, culminating in the withdrawal of the soldiers from the territory this Tuesday. The Bakata Katanga are reported to have burned 60 houses in Pweto Territory,\u00a0Katanga<\/a>, this week whilst in Moba territory the FARDC reported capturing militia leader G\u00e9d\u00e9on\u2019s stronghold, seizing arms and equipment. G\u00e9d\u00e9on himself is said to have escaped capture.<\/div>\n
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At the end of last week\u00a0Human Rights Watch<\/a>\u00a0reported that 100 ex-combatants and their family members have died of starvation and disease in a remote military camp in Equateur after what it alleges was criminal neglect of those residing in the camp by the Congolese authorities. The trial of 20 soldiers charged with the assassination of M23 defeat hero,\u00a0Mamadou Ndala<\/a>, opened last Wednesday with testimony from Ndala\u2019s driver at the time of his attack. This key witness in the prosecution case is said to have died a sudden and unexplained death on Thursday. FARDC witnesses claim that Ndala was killed by ADF-Nalu fighters.<\/div>\n
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In the Central African Republic, last Wednesday saw clashes in\u00a0Bambari<\/a>\u00a0with a death toll in multiple figures after attacks on an IDP camp in the city and on Sangaris and MINUSCA forces. Inter-communal violence also erupted in the capital\u00a0Bangui\u00a0<\/a>last Wednesday in the midst of protest and looting. Meanwhile, the fragile transitional government has been put under additional strain this week as\u00a0anti-balaka<\/a>\u00a0imposed an ultimatum for CAR\u2019s President and Prime Minister to stand down , calling upon all anti-balaka governmental ministers to withdraw from government or be treated as an enemy of the people if the demand is not met. Reports indicate that the EU mission in the country is to be extended pending the completion of the transition to a UN force.<\/div>\n
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In\u00a0Rwanda<\/a>, survivor groups are said to have responded with indignation to a BBC documentary claiming to shed new light on the events of 1994. Amongst other claims, the documentary aired allegations by former Rwandan Military Chief of Staff, Kayumba Nyamwasa, that President Kagame was responsible for the attack on the plane of former Rwandan President Habyarimana, an event viewed as the trigger for the genocide that followed.<\/div>\n
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IPIS\u2019 Latest\u00a0Publications<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Supply Chains and Transport Corridors in East Africa\u00a0<\/a>\u2758 June 2014 \u2758 IPIS and TransArms-Research
\nTransport infrastructure plays a key role in boosting a country or region\u2019s economic development. IPIS and TransArms have ascertained on several occasions that the underdevelopment or degeneration of transport infrastructure is a problematic issue across a number of African countries and regions. This report analyses the current logistics situation in Eastern Africa, and the logistic challenges faced by various actors in that region. It is based on desktop research, and interviews and data collected by the authors during several field missions to East and Central Africa. At the time of writing, however, logistic and other challenges to cost-efficient trade and overall economic development are yet to be addressed. Further research and policy actions to effectively tackle current shortcomings are much needed. A strategy relying on a piecemeal approach (e.g. on ad hoc investments in infrastructure) is likely to result in a \u2018quick fix\u2019 to ship raw materials out of the African continent rather than in an effort to boost sustainable economic development.<\/p>\n

De Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking en fragiele staten: een kloof tussen beleid en praktijk?\u00a0<\/a>\u2758\u00a0<\/strong>May 2014\u00a0\u2758<\/strong>\u00a011.11.11 i.s.m. IPIS
\nZo goed als de helft van de Belgische middelen voor ontwikkelingshulp gaat naar partnerlanden waar de overheid niet de capaciteit, wil en\/of legitimiteit heeft om de publieke zaken effici\u00ebnt te beheren, voor veiligheid te zorgen en om de bevolking uit de armoede te halen. Omdat traditionele hulprecepten in deze \u2018fragiele staten\u2019 op hun limieten stuiten, is er de laatste decennia een internationaal beleid ontwikkeld dat een blauwdruk voorstelt voor een gedifferentieerde aanpak om deze landen te ondersteunen in het traject richting meer weerbaarheid. De Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking onderschrijft de internationale engagementen over fragiele staten die hieruit ontstonden, zoals de fragiele staten principes (FSP\u2019s) en de New Deal. In 2013 werd er een Belgische strategienota voor fragiele situaties goedgekeurd. Positief is dat Belgi\u00eb zich, ondanks de moeilijke context, rond dit thema blijft engageren \u2013 zowel op internationaal beleidsniveau als binnen haar eigen ontwikkelingsbeleid.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights: The EU draft law on conflict minerals due diligence: a critical assessment from a business & human rights standpoint\u00a0<\/a>\u2758<\/strong>\u00a030 April 2014\u00a0\u2758\u00a0<\/strong>IPIS
\nOn the 5th of March 2014, the European Commission proposed a responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones. The proposal took place within a specific and timely context. As IPIS has long documented, the exploitation of natural resources can have adverse human rights impacts. Businesses operating in conflict-affected or fragile regions should therefore ascertain whether their direct operations or their business relationships with other parties, including through their supply chains, have fueled or funded conflict and\/or human rights abuse.<\/p>\n

Business & Human Rights in Uganda: What’s on the Agenda?\u00a0<\/a>| 12 March 2014 | IPIS
\nA few days after attending the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, IPIS Business & Human Rights Analysts Anna Bulzomi and Gabriella Wass boarded a plane to Kampala, Uganda, to run a two-day training with ActionAid Uganda for businesses and NGOs on \u201cWhat does business & human rights mean, and how can we bring about a healthy relationship between the two?\u201d This document summarises some thoughts and observations from our 19 participating organisations, as well as providing snapshots of the current relationship between business and human rights in Uganda.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights: Pentagon Accidentally Arms Al Qaeda Affiliate<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | IPIS
\nA confidential report to the UN Security Council last week revealed that some of the weapons and ammunition to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces appears to have been diverted to the Al Qaeda affiliate known as Al Shabaab.<\/p>\n

Mapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan – South Sudan border (2012-2013)<\/a>\u00a0| 5 February 2014 | IPIS
\nIn \u201cMapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan-South Sudan border\u201d, IPIS analyses the conflict dynamics in the wider border area spanning Sudan and South Sudan. The analysis specifically looks into the motivations and interests of the parties involved in the interstate, intrastate and local conflicts in this area.\u00a0Together with the report, a series of maps of the area of focus is available at\u00a0www.ipisresearch.be\/mapping\/webmapping\/bordersudans<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Conflict and security<\/h1>\n

Recent news on conflict, security and arms trade across the Great Lakes Region.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conventional Arms Treaty<\/strong><\/p>\n

At annual event, UN Member States pave way for \u2018historic\u2019 treaty on conventional arms<\/a>\u00a0| UN News Centre | 2 October 2014
\nFifty-two States participated in the this year\u2019s United Nations treaty event, held annually on the margins of the UN General Assembly\u2019s high-level segment, as they signed or ratified a range of treaties on issues spanning human rights, disarmament, the environment, transnational organized crime and world trade, the Organization announced at the conclusion of the week-long process.<\/p>\n

Child soldiers and US military aid<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S Waivers Could Send Mixed Signals On Use of Child Soldiers<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Voice of America | 1 October 2014
\nPresident Barack Obama has waived restrictions against providing military aid to six countries cited this year for using child soldiers. The countries, mostly in Africa, were among nine listed by the State Department in a June report on human trafficking. The waivers shield six countries from being fully subjected to penalties under the Child Soldiers Prevention Act, which requires the U.S. to cut off some forms of military assistance to offending countries. There is concern that the waivers send out the wrong message.<\/p>\n

State’s Kozak On Child Soldier Prevention Act<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | US Department of State | 2 October 2014
\nForeign Press Center briefing with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Ambassador Michael Kozak, on the Secretary of State\u2019s Child Soldier Prevention Act.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Weekly MONUSCO press conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conf\u00e9rence de presse des Nations unies du mercredi 8 octobre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| MONUSCO | 8 October 2014
\nAu Nord-Kivu, le climat s\u00e9curitaire jug\u00e9 calme, demeure toutefois impr\u00e9visible. Les rebelles de l\u2019ADF sont s\u00e9rieusement affaiblis par la conduite de l\u2019op\u00e9ration \u00ab Sukola 1 \u00bb, men\u00e9e par les FARDC avec le soutien de la MONUSCO.
\nDeux enfants soldats associ\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019ADF, ont fait reddition le 5 octobre 2014 au chef de la localit\u00e9 de Luna. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9s par une patrouille de la MONUSCO d\u2019Erengeti, et remis \u00e0 la Section de la Protection de l\u2019Enfant de la MONUSCO pour leur prise en compte.<\/p>\n

Surrendered ex-combatants die in camp<\/strong><\/p>\n

DR Congo: Surrendered Fighters Starve in Camp<\/a>\u00a0| Human Rights Watch | 1 October 2014
\nRD Congo : Des combattants d\u00e9mobilis\u00e9s souffrent de la faim dans un camp<\/a>\u00a0| Human Rights Watch | 1 October 2014
\nHRW: Surrendered Combatants Die at DRC Camp<\/a>\u00a0| Voice of America | 1 October 2014
\nRDC : plus 100 ex-combattants et leurs d\u00e9pendants sont morts \u00e0 Kotakoli, selon HRW<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 1 October 2014
\nKota Koli: un mouroir pour les d\u00e9mobilis\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| Le carnet de Colette Braeckman | 1 October 2014
\nCamp de Kota-Koli en RDC: HRW d\u00e9nonce des n\u00e9gligences de l’Etat<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 2 October 2014
\nOver 100 demobilized combatants, their wives, and children have died from starvation and disease in a remote military camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo after officials failed to provide adequate food and health care.<\/p>\n

RDC: Lambert Mende confirme la mort de 100 ex-combattants et leurs d\u00e9pendants \u00e0 Kota Koli<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 2 October 2014
\nLe porte-parole du Gouvernement, Lambert Mende, a reconnu jeudi 2 octobre la mort de plus de cent ex-combattants et leurs d\u00e9pendants au Centre d\u2019entrainement Commando de Kota Koli \u00e0 l\u2019Equateur, o\u00f9 ils sont regroup\u00e9s depuis plus d\u2019une ann\u00e9e. Il a en revanche rejet\u00e9 les affirmations de Human Rights Watch (HRW), selon lesquelles ces personnes seraient mortes de faim suite \u00e0 une \u201cn\u00e9gligence criminelle\u201d de Kinshasa. Lambert a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 plut\u00f4t le paludisme, la fi\u00e8vre typho\u00efde\u2026<\/p>\n

FDLR<\/strong><\/p>\n

DR Congo: Security Council reiterates priority of ‘swift neutralization’ of armed group<\/a>\u00a0| UN News Centre | 3 October 2014
\nRDC : le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 rappelle que la ‘neutralisation’ des FDLR reste une priorit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| Centre d\u2019actualit\u00e9s de l\u2019ONU | 3 October 2014
\nSecurity Council Press Statement on Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>\u00a0| UN Security Council | 3 October 2014
\nUN calls for surrender of Rwandan Hutu rebels in DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| Reliefweb | AFP | 3 October 2014
\nRDC: nouvel avertissement de l\u2019ONU aux FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 4 October 2014
\nRDC : l\u2019Onu rappelle que la neutralisation des FDLR reste une priorit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 4 October 2014
\nThe United Nations Security Council today reiterated that the \u201cswift neutralization\u201d of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) armed group is a top priority in bringing stability to and protecting the civilians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region, issuing a fresh warning to the Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels to surrender or face possible military action.<\/p>\n

RDC – Rwanda : qu’est-ce qui bloque (encore) le d\u00e9sarmement des FDLR ?<\/a>\u00a0| Jeune Afrique | 3 October 2014
\nApr\u00e8s la neutralisation du M23, la brigade d’intervention des Nations unies devait s’attaquer aux autres groupes arm\u00e9s notamment les rebelles rwandais FDLR. Mais les pays de la r\u00e9gion ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d’accorder six mois \u00e0 ces derniers pour qu’ils se rendent. Trois mois plus tard, z\u00e9ro reddition\u2026<\/p>\n

Le vice-Premier ministre, ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale et des anciens combattants et l\u2019Ambassadeur de l\u2019Ouganda en Rdc \u00e9voquent la question l\u2019\u00e9radication des forces n\u00e9gatives<\/a>\u00a0| Digitalcongo.net | ACP | 4 October 2014
\nL\u2019\u00e9pineuse question de l\u2019\u00e9radication des forces n\u00e9gatives \u00e9tait au menu de la rencontre entre le vice-Premier ministre, ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale et des anciens combattants et l\u2019Ambassadeur de l\u2019Ouganda en Rdc.<\/p>\n

Kisangani: le centre technique de bataillons pr\u00eat \u00e0 accueillir les FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 7 October 2014
\nUne mission conjointe des repr\u00e9sentants de la CIRGL, de la SADC et du bureau du Repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies en RDC se dit satisfaite de l\u2019\u00e9tat du Centre technique de bataillons (CTB) rebaptis\u00e9 camp Lieutenant g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Bahuma \u00e0 Kisangani (Province Orientale). Ce site est am\u00e9nag\u00e9 pour le transit des combattants Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) qui d\u00e9pos\u00e9 les armes ainsi que leurs familles.\u00a0 Les membres de cette d\u00e9l\u00e9gation mixte ont fait ce constat,\u00a0 lundi 6 octobre, \u00e0 l\u2019issue de leur visite \u00e9clair effectu\u00e9e dans ce site sous la conduite de l\u2019ambassadeur sud-africain en RDC.<\/p>\n

The never-ending FDLR casse-t\u00eate<\/a>\u00a0| ChristophVogel.net | 7 October 2014
\nA few days ago, a so-called \u2018midterm review\u2019 on the FDLR demobilisation imbroglio was due. In his latest report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon underlined that ever since the two waves of voluntary surrender in late May\/early June 2014 no more serious action was observed on the side of the Rwandan rebel group.<\/p>\n

North Kivu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu – Le HCR s’inqui\u00e8te de l’enl\u00e8vement d’une centaine de personnes \u00e0 Lubero et Walikale<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Le Potentiel | 2 October 2014
\nLe Cluster Protection des civils du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (UNCHR) au Nord-Kivu se dit \u00ab alarm\u00e9 \u00bb de l’enl\u00e8vement de \u00ab pr\u00e8s d’une centaine de personnes, dont des personnels de sant\u00e9 ; des femmes viol\u00e9es et des structures de sant\u00e9 pill\u00e9es \u00bb, depuis le 16 septembre 2014 dans le village de Bunyatenge (200 Km au nord de Goma), dans le Territoire de Lubero. Dans un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 mercredi 01 octobre 2014 \u00e0 Goma, le HCR signale que, depuis d\u00e9but septembre, \u00ab diff\u00e9rents groupes arm\u00e9s se sont affront\u00e9s \u00e0 plusieurs reprises dans la zone de Kasugho, o\u00f9 les populations d\u00e9plac\u00e9e et autochtone encourent de graves risques de protection suite \u00e0 l’activisme accru de ces groupes arm\u00e9s \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : 2 personnes tu\u00e9es dans des affrontements entre FARDC et miliciens<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 3 October 2014
\nDeux civils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s dans les affrontements qui ont oppos\u00e9 jeudi 2 septembre une milice Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 l\u2019arm\u00e9e dans la localit\u00e9 de Nyamilima, \u00e0 Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu). Ces miliciens auraient attaqu\u00e9 ce village en repr\u00e9sailles au d\u00e9mant\u00e8lement de leur base la veille par les FARDC \u00e0 l\u2019Ouest de Nyamilima, dans le parc des Virunga.<\/p>\n

Beni : incursion des pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s rebelles ADF \u00e0 Mukoko, 3 morts<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 4 October 2014
\nDes hommes arm\u00e9s identifi\u00e9s comme des rebelles ougandais ADF ont attaqu\u00e9 vendredi 3 octobre dans la nuit la localit\u00e9 de Mukoko dans le territoire de Beni (Nord-Kivu). Des sources locales indiquent que les assaillants ont tu\u00e9 trois personnes et kidnapp\u00e9 trois autres \u00e0 qui ils ont fait porter les biens ravis aux habitants de la localit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: 4 morts et 7 personnes enlev\u00e9es dans une attaque des ADF \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 6 October 2014
\nQuatre personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es, huit bless\u00e9es et sept autres kidnapp\u00e9es la nuit derni\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019issue d\u2019une attaque des rebelles ougandais des ADF dans la localit\u00e9 de Linzo Sisene dans le territoire de Beni, (Nord-Kivu). Parmi les personnes enlev\u00e9es, on compte notamment le chef du village. Les autorit\u00e9s locales qui livrent cette information indiquent que les militaires congolais sont \u00e0 la poursuite de ces assaillants.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: nouvelle attaque des ADF \u00e0 Beni, 8 morts<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 7 October 2014
\nLes rebelles ougandais des ADF ont attaqu\u00e9 la nuit derni\u00e8re les localit\u00e9s de May-Moya, Kisiki et Maibo sur la route d\u2019Eringeti \u00e0 Beni (Nord-Kivu). Dans un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 mardi 7 octobre, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile provinciale avance le bilan de 8 civils tu\u00e9s. La veille de cette attaque, une autre incursion des ADF a \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9e dans le m\u00eame territoire de Beni.<\/p>\n

RDC: regain de violence de la r\u00e9bellion des ADF-Nalu<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 7 October 2014
\nNouvelle flamb\u00e9e de violence de la part de la r\u00e9bellion islamiste des ADF-Nalu dans la r\u00e9gion de B\u00e9ni en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC). Dans la soir\u00e9e du dimanche 5 octobre, ces rebelles, bas\u00e9s en RDC depuis la fin des ann\u00e9es 1990, ont attaqu\u00e9 un village situ\u00e9 \u00e0 une trentaine de kilom\u00e8tres au nord de B\u00e9ni, en zone contr\u00f4l\u00e9e, en principe, par les FARDC, l’arm\u00e9e r\u00e9guli\u00e8re. En tout 7 civils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s, 14 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9es et plusieurs autres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es. La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu s\u2019inqui\u00e8te de ce regain de violence et demande au gouvernement et \u00e0 l\u2019arm\u00e9e une r\u00e9ponse imm\u00e9diate.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile d\u00e9nonce de \u00abpossibles\u00bb recrutements de jeunes par l\u2019ex M23<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 8 October 2014
\nNord-Kivu – Rutshuru et Nyiragongo de nouveau sous la botte de la coalition M23-RDF<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 7 October 2014
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu soup\u00e7onne d\u2019anciens membres de l\u2019ex r\u00e9bellion du M23 de proc\u00e9der au recrutement de jeunes dans le Rutshuru, au Nord-Kivu. Dans un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 mardi 7 octobre \u00e0 Goma, cette structure appelle la communaut\u00e9 internationale et le gouvernement congolais \u00e0 enqu\u00eater sur ces \u00abpossibles\u00bb recrutements. De son c\u00f4t\u00e9, la Monusco assure n\u2019avoir trouv\u00e9 aucune trace de ces recrutements apr\u00e8s des missions de v\u00e9rification et de reconnaissance.<\/p>\n

South Kivu<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC: le myst\u00e8re de la pr\u00e9sence des forces burundaises \u00e0 Kiliba<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 1 October 2014
\nLa Mission des Nations unies pour le Congo (Monusco) ainsi que les gouvernements burundais et congolais d\u00e9mentent toujours officiellement la pr\u00e9sence d’hommes en armes et en uniformes militaires burundais dans l’est du Congo. Et pourtant, ils sont bien l\u00e0, dans la plaine de la Ruzizi (Sud-Kivu), comme RFI a pu le constater. Selon plusieurs sources, il existerait un accord secret entre Kinshasa et Bujumbura pour permettre \u00e0 l’arm\u00e9e burundaise de mener des op\u00e9rations contre des rebelles. Une explication qui ne correspond pas vraiment \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du terrain.<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu: pas de camp d\u2019entrainement des rebelles burundais du FNL, selon la Monusco<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 1 October 2014
\nLes rebelles burundais du Front national de lib\u00e9ration (FNL) ne disposent d\u2019aucun camp d\u2019entrainement dans la province du Sud-Kivu en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Ces rebelles, qui op\u00e8rent dans la zone frontali\u00e8re entre la RDC et le Burundi, sont traqu\u00e9s par les FARDC avec l\u2019appui de la Monusco, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le porte-parole militaire\u00a0 de la Monusco, le colonel F\u00e9lix Prosper Basse mercredi 1er octobre \u00e0 Kinshasa au cours de la conf\u00e9rence de presse hebdomadaire des Nations unies.<\/p>\n

RDC: l\u2019ONU confirme la pr\u00e9sence de l\u2019arm\u00e9e burundaise \u00e0 Kiliba<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 3 October 2014
\nRDC: interrogations sur la pr\u00e9sence des soldats burundais au Congo<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 3 October 2014
\nLa mission des Nations unies au Congo (Monusco) confirme la pr\u00e9sence d’un d\u00e9tachement de l’arm\u00e9e burundaise dans l’est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Kiliba, dans le Sud-Kivu. RFI s’\u00e9tait rendu sur place, il y a quelques semaines, et avait constat\u00e9 cette pr\u00e9sence d’hommes en armes et en uniformes burundais. Une pr\u00e9sence d\u00e9mentie par les gouvernements congolais et burundais ainsi que, dans un premier temps, par la mission des Nations unies au Congo. Joint par RFI, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Abdallah Wafi, repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial adjoint du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’ONU en RDC, confirme la pr\u00e9sence de ces troupes burundaises.<\/p>\n

Militaires burundais \u00e0 Uvira : Bujumbura confirme, Kinshasa d\u00e9ment<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 4 October 2014
\nL\u2019arm\u00e9e burundaise confirme la pr\u00e9sence de ses troupes dans la r\u00e9gion d\u2019Uvira, au Sud-Kivu. Son porte-parole, le Colonel Gaspard Baratuza, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 vendredi 3 octobre \u00e0 la presse locale que ces militaires se trouvent sur le sol congolais pour aider les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) \u00e0 combattre les groupes rebelles retranch\u00e9s dans les hauts plateaux d\u2019Uvira. Mais l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise nie toute pr\u00e9sence d\u2019arm\u00e9e \u00e9trang\u00e8re sur son sol pour des op\u00e9rations conjointes. Ces derniers mois, plusieurs t\u00e9moignages avaient fait \u00e9tat de la pr\u00e9sence de militaires burundais \u00e0 Uvira.<\/p>\n

\u00ab La pr\u00e9sence des militaires burundais en RDC est anticonstitutionnelle \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| Iwacu | 6 October 2014
\nAgathon Rwasa s\u2019\u00e9tonne qu\u2019aujourd\u2019hui le pouvoir de Bujumbura accepte que des militaires burundais se trouvent en RDC, alors qu\u2019il le niait encore tr\u00e8s r\u00e9cemment. Selon lui, cette pr\u00e9sence ne respecte pas la loi.<\/p>\n

L’arm\u00e9e burundaise se retire de l’est de la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 7 October 2014
\nInfo RFI. Le d\u00e9tachement de l’arm\u00e9e burundaise, dont la pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 Kiliba Onds avait \u00e9t\u00e9 constat\u00e9e, il y a plus d’un mois, par RFI, puis confirm\u00e9e par la Monusco, a regagn\u00e9 le Burundi. Ce retrait est encore cours, mais il n\u2019y a toujours pas de confirmation officielle pour le moment.<\/p>\n

RDC : des troupes de l\u2019arm\u00e9e burundaise quittent Uvira<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 8 October 2014
\nLes troupes de l\u2019arm\u00e9e burundaise pr\u00e9sentes depuis plus d\u2019une ann\u00e9e \u00e0 Kiliba, \u00e0 Uvira, dans le Sud-Kivu, ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 quitter leurs positions le matin du mardi 7 octobre, afin de regagner leur pays. Les membres de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et des t\u00e9moins pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re de Kiliba affirment avoir vu le commandant de la 10e r\u00e9gion militaire, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral major Pacifique Masunzu, constater ce retrait. Selon des sources proches de l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise, ces militaires burundais se sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 retir\u00e9s \u00e0 90% et le processus se poursuit.<\/p>\n

Province Orientale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les FARDC et la Monusco resserrent l\u2019\u00e9tau de leur traque combin\u00e9e contre les rebelles ougandais de la LRA en Province Orientale<\/a>\u00a0| Digitalcongo.net | Le Potentiel | 2 October 2014
\nC\u2019est sous des op\u00e9rations conjointes baptis\u00e9es \u00ab\u00a0Retour II\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Point d\u2019acier et \u00ab\u00a0Bienvenue \u00e0 la paix\u00a0\u00bb que les FARDC et les forces onusiennes de la Monusco op\u00e8rent dans les districts du \u00ab\u00a0Haut-U\u00e9l\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb et du \u00ab\u00a0Bas-U\u00e9l\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb en Province Orientale pour contraindre au d\u00e9sarmement ou \u00e0 la reddition les derniers r\u00e9sidus des forces rebelles ougandais de la LRA<\/p>\n

RDC: recrudescence des activit\u00e9s des rebelles ougandais de la LRA (ONU)<\/a>\u00a0| Reliefweb | AFP | 8 October 2014
\nLes rebelles de la LRA actifs en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| BBC Afrique | 8 October 2014
\nLes Nations unies ont fait \u00e9tat mercredi \u00e0 Kinshasa d’une \u00ab\u00a0recrudescence\u00a0\u00bb des activit\u00e9s des rebelles ougandais de l’Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du seigneur (LRA) dans le nord-est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. \u00ab\u00a0Il y a une recrudescence des activit\u00e9s de la LRA\u00a0\u00bb dans les districts du Bas et du Haut-U\u00e9l\u00e9 en Province-Orientale, a affirm\u00e9 le lieutenant-colonel F\u00e9lix-Prosper Basse, porte-parole militaire de la Mission de l’ONU en RDC (Monusco) lors d’une conf\u00e9rence de presse.<\/p>\n

Katanga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katanga : des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont enlev\u00e9 deux femmes \u00e0 Malemba Nkulu<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 4 October 2014
\nDes miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont enlev\u00e9 deux femmes de militaires et incendi\u00e9 plusieurs maisons dans la nuit du jeudi 4 \u00e0 vendredi 5 octobre dans le village de Katombe, en territoire de Malemba Nkulu, au Katanga. L\u2019administrateur du territoire d\u00e9plore la recrudescence de l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans ce secteur suite aux incursions \u00e0 r\u00e9p\u00e9tition de ces miliciens venant du parc Upemba.<\/p>\n

Katanga : l\u2019arm\u00e9e pr\u00e9sente les effets pris \u00e0 G\u00e9d\u00e9on et ses hommes<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 4 October 2014
\nL\u2019arm\u00e9e a d\u00e9log\u00e9 le chef de guerre Kyungu Mutanga G\u00e9d\u00e9on et ses hommes de leur quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral au mont Kibawa, dans le territoire de Moba (Katanga). Le commandant de la 6e r\u00e9gion militaire des FARDC a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 vendredi 3 octobre \u00e0 la presse, \u00e0 Lubumbashi (Katanga), des effets militaires et personnels r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9s lors de ces op\u00e9rations men\u00e9es en ao\u00fbt et septembre dernier. G\u00e9d\u00e9on a cependant r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 s\u2019\u00e9chapper. L\u2019Etat major annonce que sa traque se poursuit.<\/p>\n

RDC: o\u00f9 est pass\u00e9 l’ex-chef de guerre G\u00e9d\u00e9on ?<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 6 October 2014
\nLe sinistre rebelle Katangais Kyungu dit \u00ab G\u00e9d\u00e9on \u00bb d\u00e9log\u00e9 par les FARDC de son nid d\u2019aigle de quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral situ\u00e9 \u00e0 1.300 m\u00e8tres d\u2019altitude pr\u00e8s de Moba<\/a>\u00a0| Digitalcongo.net | ACP\/L\u2019Avenir | 6 October 2014
\nG\u00e9d\u00e9on court toujours. Les hommes de cet ex-chef de guerre ma\u00ef-ma\u00ef, qui a sem\u00e9 la mort et la d\u00e9solation entre 2003 et 2006 dans le nord du Katanga, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9log\u00e9s de leur QG.\u00a0 L’arm\u00e9e a r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 des armes, des munitions, du mat\u00e9riel de communication, mais leur chef G\u00e9d\u00e9on a r\u00e9ussi, lui, \u00e0 s’\u00e9chapper. Beaucoup s’interrogent sur les complicit\u00e9s dont il aurait pu b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier. Une fois arr\u00eat\u00e9 et condamn\u00e9, G\u00e9d\u00e9on s’\u00e9tait \u00e9vad\u00e9 en septembre 2011 de la prison de Kasapa de Lubumbashi pour reprendre du service dans le parc national de l\u2019Upemba.<\/p>\n

Katanga : des miliciens incendient une soixantaine de maisons dans plusieurs villages<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 6 October 2014
\nDes miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Bakata Katanga ont incendi\u00e9 une soixantaine de maisons le week-end du samedi 4 au dimanche 5 octobre dans la chefferie de Kyona Nzini, en territoire de Pweto, dans le Katanga, obligeant les habitants \u00e0 se r\u00e9fugier dans la brousse. Deux jours plus t\u00f4t, un v\u00e9hicule de l\u2019arm\u00e9e \u00e9tait tomb\u00e9 dans une embuscade tendue par ces miliciens appartenant au groupe du seigneur de guerre G\u00e9d\u00e9on Kyungu. Cette embuscade avait fait un mort et un bless\u00e9, selon l\u2019arm\u00e9e, sept morts et quatre bless\u00e9s, selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile.<\/p>\n

Child soldiers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enfants soldats – Washington renoue militairement avec la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 4 October 2014
\n\u00c0 la suite de l’all\u00e8gement des sanctions prises \u00e0 son encontre par les \u00c9tats-Unis en mati\u00e8re d’aide militaire, le pays b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiera de 350.000 dollars destin\u00e9s \u00e0 la formation militaire et des fonds suppl\u00e9mentaires pour la traque de Joseph Kony.<\/p>\n

Army reshuffle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reshuffle in the Congolese army – cui bono?<\/a>\u00a0| ChristophVogel.net | 28 September 2014
\nOn September 18, DRC\u2019s president Joseph Kabila \u2013 shortly before heading off to the 69th session of the UN general assembly \u2013 finally announced a major round of rotations with the Forces Arm\u00e9s de la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC), the country\u2019s national army. This reshuffle features a few remarkable changes, both in personnel and in hierarchy. While certain observers identify this reform as a move to tighten Kabila\u2019s (or his entourage\u2019s) grip on the country\u2019s security forces, assessments should remain cautious for many consequences of the reshuffle remaining unclear at this point.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

BBC documentary claims concerning events of Rwandan genocide<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kagame accus\u00e9 par ses proches<\/a>\u00a0| BBC Afrique | 3 October 2014
\nAttentat contre l’avion de Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana – Paul Kagam\u00e9 accus\u00e9 par ses proches<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 4 October 2014
\nL’ancien chef d’Etat-major de l’arm\u00e9e rwandaise, le Lieutenant-g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Kayumba Nyamwasa a r\u00e9it\u00e9r\u00e9 les all\u00e9gations selon lesquelles le Pr\u00e9sident rwandais Paul Kagame est \u00e0 \u00e0 l’origine de l’attentat contre l’avion de l\u2019ancien pr\u00e9sident Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana.<\/p>\n

Rwanda: un documentaire de la BBC fait pol\u00e9mique<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 5 October 2014
\nBBC Documentary On Genocide an Affront to Survivors<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The New Times | 5 October 2014
\nSurvivors Outraged By BBC Genocide Denial Film<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The New Times | 5 October 2014
\nAu Rwanda, l\u2019association de rescap\u00e9s du g\u00e9nocide Ibuka, proche du pouvoir, s\u2019est dite \u00ab indign\u00e9e \u00bb par un documentaire de la BBC diffus\u00e9 cette semaine et intitul\u00e9 Rwanda\u2019s untold story, \u00ab L\u2019histoire du Rwanda jamais cont\u00e9e \u00bb. Un documentaire \u00e0 charge contre le pr\u00e9sident rwandais Paul Kagame, l\u2019accusant de crimes de guerre pendant le g\u00e9nocide, de massacres au Congo, d\u2019assassinat politique et d\u2019\u00eatre responsable de l\u2019attaque contre l\u2019avion du pr\u00e9sident Habyarimana.<\/p>\n

Unearthing Falsehoods in the BBC Documentary On 1994 Genocide<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The New Times | 8 October 2014
\n\u00ab\u00a0Rwanda – the Untold Story\u00a0\u00bb: Questions for the BBC<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The New Times | 7 October 2014
\nOn October 1, BBC broadcast a documentary on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that, analysts and critics say, was \u00ab\u00a0deeply flawed and raises serious questions over the corporation’s ethics and standards.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Rwanda: la controverse continue \u00e0 propos du documentaire de la BBC<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 9 October 2014
\nLa cha\u00eene britannique BBC d\u00e9ment toute accusation qualifiant son documentaire de n\u00e9gationniste. La BBC a diffus\u00e9 le 1er octobre 2014 un programme intitul\u00e9 Rwanda\u2019s untold story, L\u2019histoire du Rwanda jamais cont\u00e9e, impliquant le pr\u00e9sident Paul Kagame dans une s\u00e9rie de crimes : attentat contre l’avion du pr\u00e9sident Habyarimana en 1994, massacres au Congo et assassinats politiques de dissidents. Un documentaire critiqu\u00e9 par l’association de rescap\u00e9s Ibuka, mais salu\u00e9 par plusieurs partis d’opposition et organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile en exil. Les d\u00e9tracteurs du r\u00e9gime rwandais estiment que ce film permet l’ouverture d’un dialogue sur l’histoire du Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Bodies Lake Rweru<\/strong><\/p>\n

Civil Society Calls for Independent Investigation Into Rweru Corpses<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Rwanda Focus | 7 October 2014
\nThe Rwanda civil society has called for an independent investigation to elucidate the origin of corpses that were found on Lake Rweru between July and September, with Burundi and Rwanda refuting the victims are their citizens.<\/p>\n

Cadavres du lac Rweru: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile veut une enqu\u00eate ind\u00e9pendante<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 8 October 2014
\nA Kigali, un groupe d\u2019une dizaine d\u2019organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile r\u00e9clame une \u00ab enqu\u00eate ind\u00e9pendante \u00bb concernant les cadavres retrouv\u00e9s depuis le mois de juillet dans le lac Rweru, c\u00f4t\u00e9 burundais, et toujours non identifi\u00e9s. Tous se montrent tr\u00e8s prudents quant \u00e0 la nationalit\u00e9 et l’origine des personnes retrouv\u00e9es. Depuis le d\u00e9but de cette affaire, Bujumbura et Kigali nient que ces cadavres soient ceux de leurs ressortissants, mais n\u2019ont men\u00e9 aucune enqu\u00eate.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

FNL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cibitoke : des jeunes arr\u00eat\u00e9s et accus\u00e9s d\u2019\u00eatre des \u00ab rebelles \u00bb \u00e0 la solde de l\u2019opposition<\/a>\u00a0| Iwacu | 6 October 2014
\nCinq jeunes burundais, arr\u00eat\u00e9s pr\u00e8s de la rivi\u00e8re Rusizi sont d\u00e9tenus au cachot de la commune Buganda. Selon le procureur de la R\u00e9publique \u00e0 Cibitoke, ils sont accus\u00e9s de participer \u00e0 des mouvements rebelles qui op\u00e8rent en RDC pour le compte de l\u2019opposition burundaise.<\/p>\n

Des dissidents FNL revendiquent une attaque contre l’arm\u00e9e burundaise<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 7 October 2014
\nAu Burundi, des dissidents des ex-rebelles hutus des Forces nationales de lib\u00e9ration (FNL), devenus aujourd\u2019hui un parti politique, ont revendiqu\u00e9 lundi 6 octobre une nouvelle attaque contre l’arm\u00e9e burundaise, dans la commune de Gihanga, \u00e0 une vingtaine de kilom\u00e8tres au nord de Bujumbura et dans une zone frontali\u00e8re de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC). Ils affirment avoir tu\u00e9 six soldats, un bilan que conteste l\u2019arm\u00e9e qui parle d\u2019un rebelle tu\u00e9. Mais au-del\u00e0 de cette pol\u00e9mique coutumi\u00e8re dans ce genre de cas, cette \u00e9ni\u00e8me attaque de rebelles bas\u00e9s dans l\u2019est de la RDC, o\u00f9 ils b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient de complicit\u00e9s, interroge sur la strat\u00e9gie adopt\u00e9e contre eux.<\/p>\n

Bodies Lake Rweru<\/strong><\/p>\n

Civil Society Calls for Independent Investigation Into Rweru Corpses<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Rwanda Focus | 7 October 2014
\nThe Rwanda civil society has called for an independent investigation to elucidate the origin of corpses that were found on Lake Rweru between July and September, with Burundi and Rwanda refuting the victims are their citizens.<\/p>\n

Cadavres du lac Rweru: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile veut une enqu\u00eate ind\u00e9pendante<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 8 October 2014
\nA Kigali, un groupe d\u2019une dizaine d\u2019organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile r\u00e9clame une \u00ab enqu\u00eate ind\u00e9pendante \u00bb concernant les cadavres retrouv\u00e9s depuis le mois de juillet dans le lac Rweru, c\u00f4t\u00e9 burundais, et toujours non identifi\u00e9s. Tous se montrent tr\u00e8s prudents quant \u00e0 la nationalit\u00e9 et l’origine des personnes retrouv\u00e9es. Depuis le d\u00e9but de cette affaire, Bujumbura et Kigali nient que ces cadavres soient ceux de leurs ressortissants, mais n\u2019ont men\u00e9 aucune enqu\u00eate.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

FDPC \u2013 Cameroonian hostages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pas de n\u00e9gociations avec les rebelles centrafricains<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Africa Info (Douala) | 2 October 2014
\nSelon le sous-pr\u00e9fet de Garoua-Boulai, ville camerounaise, des strat\u00e9gies seraient entrain d’\u00eatre \u00e9tudi\u00e9es avec le gouvernement de Bangui, la capitale centrafricaine pour lib\u00e9rer huit otages camerounais, kidnapp\u00e9s dans un village frontalier avec la RCA.
\nLe Cameroun refuse de n\u00e9gocier avec les rebelles centrafricains, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 mercredi le sous-pr\u00e9fet de Garoua-Boula\u00ef (Nord-est), Lawrence Diyem Jam.<\/p>\n

Les Nations unies appellent \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration des otages d\u00e9tenus par le Fdpc<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 4 October 2014
\nLe repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies en Centrafrique, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Babacar Gaye, a appel\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration sans condition des personnes prises en otage par les \u00e9l\u00e9ments du Front d\u00e9mocratique du peuple centrafricain (Fdpc).<\/p>\n

Violence in Bambari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Centrafrique: un camp de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s attaqu\u00e9 \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 2 October 2014
\nBambari : 16 personnes tu\u00e9es lors d’une attaque attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 des ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Ndeke Luka | 2 October 2013
\nRCA: appel au calme apr\u00e8s les nouvelles violences \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 3 October 2014
\nCentrafrique : de violents affrontements font au moins 25 morts \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| Jeune Afrique | 3 October 2014
\nSeize personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es mercredi \u00e0 Bambari, dans le centre-est de la R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine, lors d’une attaque attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 des membres de l’ancienne r\u00e9bellion de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka. Les agresseurs ont cibl\u00e9 le site des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de la brigade de gendarmerie de la ville.<\/p>\n

Sanglant bilan \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique | 2 October 2014
\nUne vingtaine de personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es et plusieurs dizaines d’autres bless\u00e9es dans des affrontements entre groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e0 Bambari dans le centre-est de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA). Par ailleurs, les soldats fran\u00e7ais ont signal\u00e9 avoir tu\u00e9 mercredi \u00ab\u00a0cinq \u00e0 sept\u00a0\u00bb individus en riposte \u00e0 un groupe arm\u00e9, probablement musulman, qui a ouvert le feu sur la mission int\u00e9gr\u00e9e des Nations Unies en Centrafrique (MINUSCA) et la force fran\u00e7aise Sangaris. Bambari abrite l\u2019Etat-major de l\u2019ex-rebellion de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka.<\/p>\n

French forces kill at least five after Central Africa clashes<\/a>\u00a0| Reuters | 2 October 2014
\nFrench peacekeeping troops in Central African Republic killed at least five gunmen after coming under attack from Muslims and Christians at two different locations in Bambari, northeast of the capital Bangui, an army spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : l’ONU condamne des violences contre des civils \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| Centre d\u2019actualit\u00e9s de l\u2019ONU | 3 October 2014
\nLa Coordonnatrice humanitaire principale en R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine (RCA), Claire Bourgeois, a condamn\u00e9 de nouvelles violences qui se sont produites contre des civils suite \u00e0 un affrontement mercredi \u00e0 Bambari, troisi\u00e8me ville du pays et chef-lieu de la pr\u00e9fecture de la Ouaka.<\/p>\n

Violence in Bangui<\/strong><\/p>\n

Centrafrique : manifestations et violences, cinq morts \u00e0 Bangui<\/a>\u00a0| Jeune Afrique | 8 October 2014
\nCentrafrique : Tirs \u00e0 l\u2019arme lourde et violences \u00e0 Bangui<\/a>\u00a0| La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique | 8 October 2014
\nRCA: des violences \u00e0 Bangui, encore sous tension<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 8 October 2014
\nEn R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, un regain de tension s\u00e9vit \u00e0 Bangui depuis 24 heures. Les chauffeurs de taxi ont bloqu\u00e9, ce mercredi 8 octobre, plusieurs places de la ville en protestation apr\u00e8s l’agression d’un taximen au PK5, l’enclave musulmane de Bangui. Parall\u00e8lement, les habitants du PK5 ont manifest\u00e9 devant le si\u00e8ge de la Minusca apr\u00e8s la mort d’un musulman assassin\u00e9 la veille.<\/p>\n

Two killed, corpse mutilated, in Central African Republic unrest<\/a>\u00a0| Reuters | 8 October 2014
\nAn angry crowd killed a Muslim man in the capital of Central African Republic overnight, decapitating and burning his corpse, and in revenge Muslims killed a taxi driver, witnesses said on Wednesday.
\nThe incident brings to seven the number of people killed in the latest inter-communal attacks that began on Sept. 29 despite the presence of U.N. peacekeepers who fired shots in the air in the KM-5 neighbourhood of Bangui on Wednesday to restore calm.<\/p>\n

Interview Djotodia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michel Djotodia et la RCA: \u00abJ’ai le droit de revenir au pouvoir\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 5 October 2014
\nMichel Djotodia d\u00e9voile son intention de revenir au pouvoir<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 6 October 2014
\nL’ancien pr\u00e9sident centrafricain Michel Djotodia a donn\u00e9 une interview au quotidien r\u00e9gional fran\u00e7ais l’Est R\u00e9publicain. Paru ce samedi 4 octobre, l’entretien est titr\u00e9 \u00ab J’ai le droit de revenir au pouvoir \u00bb. Michel Djotodia s’est exprim\u00e9 par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone depuis le B\u00e9nin o\u00f9 il vit en exil depuis neuf mois, pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis son d\u00e9part de Centrafrique.<\/p>\n

Anti-balaka want President & PM to step down<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les anti-balaka demandent la d\u00e9mission de Catherine Samba-Panza<\/a>\u00a0| La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique | 6 October 2014
\nLe communique du groupe est sans ambigu\u00eft\u00e9 : \u00ab\u00a0devant la gravit\u00e9 d\u2019une telle situation, la Coordination nationale des op\u00e9rations du groupe d\u2019auto-d\u00e9fense et de r\u00e9sistance populaire donne 72 heures aux ministres anti-balaka de se retirer imm\u00e9diatement du gouvernement. Pass\u00e9 ce d\u00e9lai, le ministre qui se r\u00e9clamerait d\u2019une quelconque solidarit\u00e9 gouvernementale, ou de devoir de service, sera consid\u00e9r\u00e9 non seulement comme l\u2019ennemi du peuple, mais trait\u00e9 comme tel.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

C.African Republic militias call for president, PM to step down<\/a>\u00a0| Reuters | 7 October 2014
\nChristian militias in Central African Republic have called for the president and prime minister to resign and have ordered their ministers to pull out of the government, striking a blow to efforts aimed at quelling violence in the country.<\/p>\n

Catherine Samba-Panza ne c\u00e8dera pas \u00e0 l’ultimatum des anti-balaka<\/a>\u00a0| La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique | 7 October 2014
\nA Bangui, la transition d\u00e9j\u00e0 bien fragile va \u00e0 nouveau \u00eatre mise \u00e0 mal ce mercredi
\nLes ministres anti-balaka vont officiellement pr\u00e9senter leur d\u00e9mission conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 l\u2019ultimatum du mouvement qui a prend fin ce mardi soir.\u00a0Sur la Voix de l’Am\u00e9rique, Patrice Edouard Nga\u00efssona appelle toujours \u00e0 la demission de la pr\u00e9sidente de la transition.<\/p>\n

International missions<\/strong><\/p>\n

EU opts to extend Central African Republic mission<\/a>\u00a0| Reuters | 30 September 2014
\nEuropean Union envoys have agreed in principle to extend the mandate of an EU peacekeeping force in Central African Republic by three months to allow more time for the transition to a United Nations force, EU diplomats said on Tuesday.
\nThe decision to extend the mission, until mid-March 2015, was taken by EU member state diplomats meeting in the EU’s Political and Security Committee. The decision still needs ministerial approval, likely to be given at the next foreign ministers’ meeting on October 20.<\/p>\n

S\u00e9curit\u00e9 – L’Eufor RCA prolonge sa mission \u00e0 Bangui jusqu’en 2015<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 7 October 2014
\nLa force europ\u00e9enne en Centrafrique (Eufor RCA) va prolonger sa mission \u00e0 Bangui de trois mois, jusqu’en mars 2015, a-t-on appris de sources diplomatiques.<\/p>\n

RDC : la \u00abgal\u00e8re\u00bb des FARDC en Centrafrique continue<\/a>\u00a0| Afrikarabia.com | 4 October 2014
\nDes soldats congolais de la Minusca d\u00e9noncent les mauvaises conditions d\u2019exercice de leur mission en Centrafrique. L\u2019absence de prime et le manque criant de mat\u00e9riels pourraient remettre en cause l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 de leur action, \u00e0 la veille de leur d\u00e9ploiement \u00e0 Bambari le 8 octobre.<\/p>\n

Background, comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

God’s war in Middle Africa<\/a>\u00a0| Pambazuka News | 1 October 2014
\nAlthough the civil war in the Central African Republic now a religious character, it is not religious in origin. Decades of bad governance and political instability have accentuated sectarian sensibilities which revolve around distribution of dwindling resources in a zero-sum proposition.<\/p>\n

Lengthy C.African Republic poll delay could worsen crisis – U.N.<\/a>\u00a0| Reuters | 5 October 2014
\nA lengthy postponement of elections in Central African Republic meant to complete a return to democracy following a March 2013 coup would risk further worsening the crisis there, the top U.N. official in the region said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: Les musulmans continuent de payer le lourd tribut<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Africa Info (Douala) | 5 October 2014
\nIls sont innocents mais sont tous musulmans. En Centrafrique, l’appartenance religieuse vous condamne \u00e0 la mort. Epuration religieuse, nettoyage ethnique, il s’agit plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment d’un g\u00e9nocide farouchement soutenu par le Pr\u00e9sident d\u00e9chu Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9 et son entourage.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: D\u00e9fense et s\u00e9curit\u00e9 – Une nouvelle et dramatique erreur des Nations unies<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 6 October 2014
\nOpinion
\nNe nous voilons pas la face : l’intervention militaire que conduit la communaut\u00e9 internationale en Centrafrique risque de d\u00e9boucher sur un fiasco et de g\u00e9n\u00e9rer au final des violences pires que celles v\u00e9cues ces derniers mois par la population de ce pays. Ceci pour les trois raisons que voici : \u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Humanitarian news<\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news & events, including refugee and IDP issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alternatives to refugee camps: Can policy become practice?<\/a>\u00a0| IRIN | 7 October 2014
\nFor years, the images most commonly associated with refugees have been of sprawling, dusty camps populated by rows of tents sheltering thousands of men, women and children with little to occupy them besides queuing for aid handouts. The reality is that only just over one third of the world\u2019s 17 million refugees live in camps today. The rest choose to live in cities or communities where a more independent, if precarious, existence is possible.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Humanitarian Bulletins and Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province Orientale N\u00b027\/14, 1er octobre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| Reliefweb | UNOCHA | 1 October 2014<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Nord-Kivu N\u00b032\/14, 1er octobre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| Reliefweb | UNOCHA | 1 October 2014<\/p>\n

Rwandan refugee repatriation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kivu – 711 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s rwandais rapatri\u00e9s du 1er ao\u00fbt au 30 septembre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Le Potentiel | 4 October 2014
\nEn partenariat avec la sous- d\u00e9l\u00e9gation du Haut commissariat des Nations Unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (UNHCR) avec le concours du gouvernement provincial du Nord-Kivu, la Commission nationale pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s(CNR) de la RD Congo a rapatri\u00e9 vers leur pays 711 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s rwandais du 1er ao\u00fbt au 30 septembre 2014.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Rwandan refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Implementing Cessation Clause Is an Obligation<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The New Times | 3 October 2014
\nEditorial
\nSpeaking at the 65th executive committee meeting of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland, the Minister for Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs, Seraphine Munkatabana, revealed that some states hosting Rwandan refugees have not showed commitment to implement the Cessation Clause.<\/p>\n

Kivu – 711 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s rwandais rapatri\u00e9s du 1er ao\u00fbt au 30 septembre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Le Potentiel | 4 October 2014
\nEn partenariat avec la sous- d\u00e9l\u00e9gation du Haut commissariat des Nations Unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (UNHCR) avec le concours du gouvernement provincial du Nord-Kivu, la Commission nationale pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s(CNR) de la RD Congo a rapatri\u00e9 vers leur pays 711 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s rwandais du 1er ao\u00fbt au 30 septembre 2014.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Humanitarian Bulletins and reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Central African Republic: Refugee Situation UNHCR Regional Update 34, 27 September-3 October 2014<\/a>\u00a0| Reliefweb | UNHCR | 3 October 2014<\/p>\n

Central African Republic Emergency Situation (as of 3 October 2014)<\/a>\u00a0| Reliefweb | UNHCR | 7 October 2014<\/p>\n

Humanitarian situation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bambari Hospital a Lone Place of Help in Violence-Plagued CAR<\/a>\u00a0| Voice of America |
\n1 October 2014
\nIn the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) – almost 2 years of conflict – has left the country\u2019s 2nd city, Bambari, without a government. The only establishment still functioning is the main hospital where doctors and nurses perform surgery on victims from recent fighting under threats from armed men.<\/p>\n

Some Muslim Men Begin to Return to Bangui to Rebuild Lives<\/a>\u00a0| Voice of America | 2 October 2014
\nMuslims who fled attacks in the Central African Republic\u2019s capital Bangui over the past 10 months are starting to return, only to find their homes looted and destroyed.
\nTens of thousands of Muslims fled the inter-communal violence that broke out in Bangui last December. Many went to neighboring Cameroon and Chad. As they return home to the majority Muslim neighborhood of PK5, they are finding that life remains difficult.<\/p>\n

Refugees from CAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cash Grants Transform Life in Congo Camp for Central African Republic Refugees<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | UNHCR | 3 October 2014
\nThe market in Mole refugee camp was buzzing on a recent Saturday morning, with stalls selling everything from fish, goat meat, cassava and vegetables to clothes, cosmetics, household items and electronic equipment.<\/p>\n

Rapatriement de dizaines de S\u00e9n\u00e9galais r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s de RCA au Cameroun<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 4 October 2014
\nSoixante-dix S\u00e9n\u00e9galais ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rapatri\u00e9s dans la nuit de vendredi \u00e0 samedi vers Dakar. Il s’agit pour la majorit\u00e9 d’anciens r\u00e9sidents de Centrafrique qui ont fui le conflit avant de se r\u00e9fugier au Cameroun. RFI a recueilli leur t\u00e9moignage \u00e0 la descente de l’avion, \u00e0 Dakar.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Justice and Tribunals<\/h1>\n

Selected articles on criminal justice proceedings regarding crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region.<\/strong>
\nICC<\/strong><\/p>\n

UN marks 10 year anniversary of relationship with International Criminal Court<\/a>\u00a0| UN News Centre | 3 October 2014
\nThe United Nations and the International Criminal Court today recommitted to their decade-long relationship calling it \u201cindispensable for a strong international community and the protection of the interests of humanity.\u201d In a joint statement, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song, welcome the tenth anniversary of the entry-into-force of the Relationship Agreement between two organizations.<\/p>\n

\u00a0DRC<\/h2>\n

Ndala assassination trial \u2013 Opening week\u2019s events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : 20 militaires jug\u00e9s pour l\u2019assassinat du colonel Mamadou Ndala<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 1 October 2014
\nRDC: le proc\u00e8s des assassins pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s du colonel Ndala s\u2019ouvre \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 1 October 2014
\nRDC : qui est responsable de la mort de Mamadou Ndala ?<\/a>\u00a0| Jeune Afrique | 2 October 2014
\nVingt \u00e9l\u00e9ments des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC sont jug\u00e9s depuis ce mercredi 1er octobre \u00e0 Beni, dans le Nord-Kivu, pour l\u2019assassinat du colonel Mamadou Ndala. L\u2019officier militaire, nomm\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de brigade \u00e0 titre posthume, avait \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 dans un attentat \u00e0 Beni, le 2 janvier denier. Outre l\u2019assassinat, ces soldats comparaissent aussi pour des infractions de terrorisme, vols des effets militaires et non assistance \u00e0 personne en danger.<\/p>\n

Beni : le chauffeur de Mamadou Ndala entendu \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re audience<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 2 October 2014
\nLe chauffeur du Colonel Mamadou Ndala- tu\u00e9 dans un attentant \u00e0 Beni en janvier- a reconnu avoir d\u00e9tenu le t\u00e9l\u00e9phone portable de l\u2019officier apr\u00e8s sa mort. Il comparaissait mercredi 1er octobre \u00e0 l\u2019ouverture du proc\u00e8s des pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s assassins de l\u2019ancien commandant du 42\u00e8 bataillon commando des unit\u00e9s de r\u00e9action rapide de l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise.<\/p>\n

Affaire Mamadou Ndala : le t\u00e9moin-cl\u00e9 est mort<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 2 October 2014
\nProc\u00e8s Mamadou Ndala: plaidoyer pour l\u2019autopsie du corps du sergent major Ngabu<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 2 October 2014
\nRDC – Proc\u00e8s Mamadou Ndala : la mort inexpliqu\u00e9e du t\u00e9moin-cl\u00e9 complique l’affaire<\/a>\u00a0| Jeune Afrique | 2 October 2014
\nL\u2019avocat du sergent major Ngabu exige de la cour militaire op\u00e9rationnelle du Nord-Kivu l\u2019autopsie du corps de son client. T\u00e9moin-cl\u00e9 dans le proc\u00e8s des pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s assassins du colonel Mamadou Ndala, le sergent major Ngabu est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 jeudi 2 octobre matin \u00e0 Beni dans des circonstances non \u00e9lucid\u00e9es, un jour seulement apr\u00e8s sa comparution. La cour de son c\u00f4t\u00e9 refuse pour l\u2019instant de se prononcer sur la mort de celui qui \u00e9tait \u00e0 jusque-l\u00e0 en \u00e9tat de pr\u00e9vention.<\/p>\n

Mamadou Ndala: le minist\u00e8re public \u00e9voque des indices de complicit\u00e9 de la garde du colonel<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 3 October 2014
\nLe minist\u00e8re public affirme avoir des indices probables de complicit\u00e9 de la garde du colonel Mamadou Ndala lors de son assassinat, en janvier dernier, dans le territoire de Beni, \u00e0 350 Km au Nord de Goma (Nord-Kivu). Il a fait ses affirmations, jeudi 2 octobre dans la soir\u00e9e devant la cour, lors du d\u00e9bat avec les avocats des pr\u00e9venus. Le minist\u00e8re public a fond\u00e9 sa conviction sur les d\u00e9positions faites par les pr\u00e9venus adjudant Safari Banza Mwabo et capitaine Moussa Banza.<\/p>\n

Proc\u00e8s Mamadou Ndala : d\u00e9bat autour de l\u2019\u00e2ge d\u2019un pr\u00e9venu pr\u00e9sum\u00e9 rebelle ADF<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 3 October 2014
\nL\u2019audience de ce vendredi 3 octobre dans le proc\u00e8s de l\u2019assassinat du colonel Mamadou Ndala a largement tourn\u00e9 autour du d\u00e9bat entre le minist\u00e8re public et la d\u00e9fense sur l\u2019\u00e2ge de l\u2019un des pr\u00e9venus, pr\u00e9sum\u00e9 membre de la r\u00e9bellion ougandaise des ADF.<\/p>\n

RDC: mort inexpliqu\u00e9e du t\u00e9moin cl\u00e9 de l’affaire Ndala<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 3 October 2014
\nRDC : proc\u00e8s mal engag\u00e9 dans l’assassinat de Mamadou Ndala<\/a>\u00a0| Afrikarabia.com | 5 October 2014
\nAffaire Ndala en RDC: les audiences reprennent<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 6 October 2014
\nRDC : la VSV pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par le d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00ab suspect \u00bb du chauffeur de Mamadou Ndala<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 7 October 2014
\nLe sergent Ndongala est mort subitement le 2 octobre en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo dans des circonstances non d\u00e9termin\u00e9es. Son d\u00e9c\u00e8s suscite beaucoup d’interrogations dans le pays, car il \u00e9tait le chauffeur du colonel Mamadou Ndala. Un h\u00e9ros de la lib\u00e9ration de la ville de Goma et de l’offensive contre le M23 qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 le 2 janvier dernier par un tir de roquette. Le proc\u00e8s de ses assassins pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s s’est ouvert mercredi \u00e0 Beni. Parmi les vingt accus\u00e9s, son chauffeur, qui lui, \u00e9tait poursuivi pour non-assistance \u00e0 personne en danger. Mais il \u00e9tait aussi un t\u00e9moin-cl\u00e9 de l’attaque.<\/p>\n

Affaire Mamadou Ndala: le capitaine Ndaka entendu \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 6 October 2014
\nFeu Colonel Mamadou a vraisemblablement \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 par les ADF-Nalu usant de leur habituelle tactique de l\u2019embuscade<\/a>\u00a0| Digitalcongo.net | 6 October 2014
\nExpliquant le mode op\u00e9rationnel de la tactique de l\u2019embuscade pris\u00e9e par les rebelles ougandais des ADF-Nalu, mode constat\u00e9 dans l\u2019assassinat du Colonel Mamadou Ndala, le commandant secteur de Beni a d\u00e9duit au proc\u00e8s sur cet assassinat que ce dernier a bien pu \u00eatre perp\u00e9tr\u00e9 par les dits affreux ougandais.<\/p>\n

Affaire Mamadou Ndala : myst\u00e8re autour de l\u2019origine du feu qui a br\u00fbl\u00e9 le v\u00e9hicule du colonel<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 7 October 2014
\nLes renseignants militaires qui ont t\u00e9moign\u00e9 lundi 6 octobre 2014 au 4e jour du proc\u00e8s sur la mort du colonel Mamadou Ndala affirment tous que le v\u00e9hicule qui le transportait n\u2019a pas pris feu sur les lieux de l\u2019embuscade qui serait \u00e0 l\u2019origine de sa mort. Selon eux, la Jeep a roul\u00e9 ensuite sur au moins un kilom\u00e8tre. Le colonel Mamadou Ndala, nomm\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de brigade \u00e0 titre posthume, a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 le 2 janvier
\ndans un attentat \u00e0 Beni, dans le Nord-Kivu.
\nAu moins huit renseignants civils et militaires sont pass\u00e9s \u00e0 la barre lundi.<\/p>\n

Proc\u00e8s des assassins du colonel Mamadou Ndala – Renseignants militaires et civils se contredisent \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Le Potentiel | 7 October 2014
\nLa version des renseignants civils sur la mort du colonel Mamadou Ndala dans une embuscade le 02 janvier 2014 \u00e0 Ngadi (\u00e0 pr\u00e8s de 10 km de Beni) et celle des renseignants militaires ne concordent pas devant la Cour militaire op\u00e9rationnelle du Nord-Kivu, si\u00e9geant en chambre foraine la tribune du 8 Mars, \u00e0 Beni.<\/p>\n

Affaire Mamadou Ndala : \u00e0 la barre, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Muhindo relance la piste ADF<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 8 October 2014
\nLe commandant de l\u2019op\u00e9ration \u201cSokola\u201d a comparu mardi 7 octobre au proc\u00e8s des assassins pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s du colonel Mamadou Ndala en qualit\u00e9 de renseignant. Selon sa version, Mamadou Ndala aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 par les rebelles ougandais des ADF.\u00a0 Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Muhindo Akili Mundos explique sa th\u00e8se par le mode op\u00e9ratoire des assaillants.<\/p>\n

Trial against \u201cColonel 106\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC: la perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 requise \u00e0 l’encontre du \u00abcolonel 106\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 8 October 2014
\nLe minist\u00e8re public a requis la perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 pour le Colonel Bedi Mobuli Engangela. Depuis un mois et demi, celui que l\u2019on surnomme le \u00abcolonel 106\u00bb est jug\u00e9 pour crimes de guerre et crime contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9. Des crimes qu\u2019il aurait commis pendant trois ans, entre 2005 et 2007 dans le Sud-Kivu alors que ce commandant de l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise avait d\u00e9sert\u00e9. Son verdict est attendu dans huit jours dans un proc\u00e8s qui se veut exemplaire pour montrer la capacit\u00e9 de la justice congolaise \u00e0 juger aussi des hauts grad\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Specialised courts on crimes committed between 1993 and 2003?<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC: les crimes commis de 1993 \u00e0 2003 pourront-ils \u00eatre jug\u00e9s?<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 5 October 2014
\nQuatre ans apr\u00e8s la publication du Mapping Report de l’ONU – la cartographie qui d\u00e9voilait l’\u00e9tendue des crimes commis en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo entre 1993 et 2003, les chambres sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es que le gouvernement avait promis de mettre en place n’ont toujours pas vu le jour. Quels sont les obstacles \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation de ces chambres sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es ?<\/p>\n

ICC Bemba trial<\/strong><\/p>\n

CPI\/Bemba – R\u00e9quisitoire et plaidoiries finales report\u00e9s \u00e0 novembre dans l’affaire Bemba<\/a>\u00a0| Hirondelle News Agency | 3 October 2013
\nLa Cour p\u00e9nale internationale (CPI) a report\u00e9 au mois de novembre prochain l\u2019audition des derniers arguments oraux du procureur et de la d\u00e9fense dans le proc\u00e8s de Jean-Pierre Bemba, s\u00e9nateur et ancien vice-pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), apprend-on vendredi.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Life sentence for former Kagame bodyguard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ex-bodyguard jailed for trying to kill Rwandan President Kagame<\/a>\u00a0| Reuters | 3 October 2014
\nLt Mutabazi Sentenced to Life As Two Are Acquitted in Terror Trial<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The New Times | 4 October 2014
\nA former bodyguard of Rwanda’s Paul Kagame was sentenced to life on Friday for plotting to kill the president, but he complained that he had been kidnapped and said he would appeal. Joel Mutabazi was also convicted of being an accomplice in grenade attacks that killed two people in a Kigali market last year in coordination with exiled opposition groups. Mutabazi says he was kidnapped last October in Uganda, where he had refugee status, and brought back to Rwanda to stand trial. Human Rights Watch said last year his \u00ab\u00a0forcible return raises grave concerns\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Rwanda : prison \u00e0 vie pour un ex-membre de la garde de Paul Kagam\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| Jeune Afrique | AFP | 4 October 2014
\n\u00abProc\u00e8s de la terreur\u00bb au Rwanda, Jo\u00ebl Mutabazi jug\u00e9 coupable<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 4 October 2014
\nAu Rwanda, le proc\u00e8s dit \u00ab de la terreur \u00bb s\u2019est achev\u00e9, vendredi 3 octobre. Une cour militaire de Kigali a condamn\u00e9 Jo\u00ebl Mutabazi, ancien membre de la garde pr\u00e9sidentielle \u00e0 la prison \u00e0 vie. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu coupable de toutes les charges retenues contre lui \u00e0 savoir notamment l\u2019accusation de terrorisme, de meurtre, de crime contre l\u2019Etat ou encore de d\u00e9sertion. Jo\u00ebl Mutabazi et 15 autres pr\u00e9venus \u00e9taient accus\u00e9s d\u2019\u00eatre impliqu\u00e9s \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents degr\u00e9s dans les attaques \u00e0 la grenade qui frappent le Rwanda depuis 2010 et attribu\u00e9es aux rebelles des FDLR alli\u00e9s au parti d\u2019opposition en exil du Congr\u00e8s national rwandais (RNC).<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Burundi: un des chefs de l’opposition condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 un an de prison<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 3 October 2014
\nAu Burundi, le chef du parti Frodebu qui a dirig\u00e9 le pays dans les ann\u00e9es 1990 et pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Alliance d\u00e9mocratique pour le changement, principale coalition de l\u2019opposition, a \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 le 2 octobre par un tribunal de Bujumbura, \u00e0 une ann\u00e9e de prison ferme. L\u00e9once Ngendakumana est encore libre pour l’instant parce qu’il a fait appel de la d\u00e9cision des juges. Officiellement, il est poursuivi pour une lettre envoy\u00e9e au secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu en f\u00e9vrier 2014. L’opposant accusait le pouvoir de conduire ce pays droit vers une situation semblable \u00e0 celle qu’a v\u00e9cue le Rwanda en 1994. Mais pour le chef du parti Frodebu, il n’y a aucun doute : ce proc\u00e8s est avant tout politique.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Natural resource exploitation, governance and trade<\/h1>\n

Minerals, energy (oil & gas, hydro and solar), poaching, logging, foreign investment, trade, environmental issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ivory trafficking<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mobilisation mondiale contre le trafic d’ivoire<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 4 October 2014
\nUne \u00ab\u00a0marche mondiale\u00a0\u00bb est organis\u00e9e, ce samedi 4 octobre, dans pr\u00e8s de 125 villes du monde, afin d’exiger des mesures d’urgence contre le braconnage des \u00e9l\u00e9phants et des rhinoc\u00e9ros d’Afrique. Le trafic d\u2019ivoire est devenu le quatri\u00e8me trafic le plus important au monde apr\u00e8s le trafic de drogue, la contrefa\u00e7on et la traite d’\u00eatres humains. Les chiffres du braconnage sont –\u00a0chaque ann\u00e9e\u00a0– de plus en plus alarmants.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Mining<\/strong><\/p>\n

Province Orientale: les creuseurs artisanaux somm\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9vacuer la r\u00e9serve d\u2019Epulu<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 2 October 2014
\nLes exploitants artisanaux de minerais (or, diamant et coltan) sont appel\u00e9s \u00e0 \u00e9vacuer, d\u2019ici le 15 octobre, la r\u00e9serve de faune \u00e0 okapi (RFO), \u00e0 Epulu, en territoire de Mambasa (Province Orientale). Le Conseil provincial restreint de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 a lanc\u00e9 cet ultimatum, mercredi 1 er octobre, apr\u00e8s les diff\u00e9rents rapports \u00e9tablis par le Comit\u00e9 provincial de lutte contre la fraude et la contrebande dans le secteur des ressources naturelles et de l\u2019Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature (ICCN).<\/p>\n

Ituri: controverse autour du d\u00e9logement des occupants ill\u00e9gaux de la R\u00e9serve \u00e0 Okapis<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 7 October 2014
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et les autorit\u00e9s de la R\u00e9serve de faune \u00e0 Okapis (RFO) sont divis\u00e9es sur l\u2019arr\u00eat\u00e9 du gouverneur de la Province Orientale, Jean Bamanisa, annon\u00e7ant l\u2019op\u00e9ration de d\u00e9logement forc\u00e9 des occupants ill\u00e9gaux de cette aire prot\u00e9g\u00e9e. Selon cet arr\u00eat\u00e9, toutes les personnes qui exploitent ill\u00e9galement les ressources naturelles dans l\u2019habitat naturel de l\u2019Okapi dans le territoire de Mambasa ont jusqu\u2019au 15 octobre pour partir. Pass\u00e9 ce d\u00e9lai, une op\u00e9ration militaire mixte FARDC-gardes de parc les chassera de force.<\/p>\n

Dans la ruche des creuseurs: enfin une mine propre au Sud Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| Le carnet de Colette Braeckman | 2 October 2014
\nLemera,
\nM\u00eame si pour un gaillard qui tamise le sable, casse la pierre ou coltine des sacs bien ferm\u00e9s, il y en a dix qui regardent, appuy\u00e9s sur leur pelle, la mine de Rubanga, pr\u00e8s de Lemera, ressemble \u00e0 une ruche. Creus\u00e9e dans la falaise ocre, une grande excavation est soutenue par des piliers de bois. Si \u00e0 l\u2019entr\u00e9e, un homme peut se glisser, plus ou moins accroupi, \u00e0 quelques m\u00e8tres de l\u00e0, lampe frontale bien accroch\u00e9e et piolet brandi, il faut ramper et frapper sur les parois humides, pour en d\u00e9tacher des blocs o\u00f9 luiront, peut-\u00eatre, des fragments de cassit\u00e9rite. D\u00e9sireux de vivre au plus pr\u00e8s l\u2019effort des mineurs, Thierry Michel suit l\u2019\u00e9quipe jusque dans les entrailles de la colline, cam\u00e9ra \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9paule. Mais la p\u00e9nombre aidant, il ne ram\u00e8nera que quelques images floues, moins convaincantes que les sc\u00e8nes qui se d\u00e9roulent \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur. Car \u00e0 l\u2019entr\u00e9e de la mine, il y a moins de d\u00e9sordre qu\u2019on ne le croirait au premier abord : ici, les creuseurs se sont constitu\u00e9s en une coop\u00e9rative, dot\u00e9e d\u2019un comit\u00e9 de gestion. C\u2019est \u00e0 un petit homme mal fagot\u00e9, tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sent sur les lieux, que le chef coutumier de Lemera a confi\u00e9, en exclusivit\u00e9, l\u2019exploitation de ce pan de colline et c\u2019est avec ce dernier que le \u00ab comit\u00e9 \u00bb a n\u00e9goci\u00e9 les droits d\u2019exploitation.<\/p>\n

Kinshasa va abriter en novembre prochain le forum Ocde-Cirgl<\/a>\u00a0| Digitalcongo.net | ACP | 3 October 2014
\nL\u2019annonce a \u00e9t\u00e9 faite par le coordonnateur national de la Cirgl dudit forum portant sur l\u2019organisation pour la coop\u00e9ration et le d\u00e9veloppement en Europe(Ocde)-Cirgl et les groupes des experts des Nations Unies dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs.<\/p>\n

Les ministres des Mines de la CIRGL en r\u00e9union \u00e0 Kinshasa le 6 novembre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| Digitalcongo.net | Le Potentiel | 4 October 2014
\nPr\u00e8s de 400 d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s venus du monde entier vont participer \u00e0 ce forum conjoint sur la chaine d\u2019approvisionnement responsable des minerais de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC).
\nLes ministres des Mines des 11 pays membres de la Conf\u00e9rence internationale sur la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs vont se r\u00e9unir \u00e0 Kinshasa (Rd Congo) le 06 novembre 2014, apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9union (3-5 novembre) du Forum international OCDE (Organisation de coop\u00e9ration et de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomiques) -CIRGL-Groupe des experts de l\u2019ONU sur la \u00ab Diligence r\u00e9gionale sur l\u2019exploitation des ressources naturelles dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Climat des affaires – Le d\u00e9ficit \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un risque majeur pour l’exploitation mini\u00e8re en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | 4 October 2014
\nLe probl\u00e8me d’acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des sources fiables et durables est la principale cause du retard constat\u00e9 dans l’approbation des nouveaux projets et la mise en \u0153uvre des phases d’expansion de ceux qui sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 op\u00e9rationnelles, \u00e0 en croire Lindsey Domingo, Country Managing Partner.<\/p>\n

Namibia May Seek Investors for DRC, Zambia Rail to Port<\/a>\u00a0| Bloomberg | 8 October 2014
\nNamibia may seek private investors to fund a railway line linking the north of the country with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as mineral shipments from those nations through the port at Walvis Bay increases.<\/p>\n

Banro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Banro Provides Q3 2014 Production Update for its Twangiza Gold Mine, DRC, and Brief Operations Overview<\/a>\u00a0| Marketwired | Banro Corporation | 7 October 2014
\nBanro Corporation (\u00ab\u00a0Banro\u00a0\u00bb or the \u00ab\u00a0Company\u00a0\u00bb) (NYSE MKT:BAA)(TSX:BAA) is pleased to report an increase of more than 30% in gold production at its Twangiza mine over the third quarter of 2013 and to provide a brief operations update for its Twangiza and Namoya gold mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the \u00ab\u00a0DRC\u00a0\u00bb).<\/p>\n

Tiger Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiger reaches capacity at Kipoi<\/a>\u00a0| Mining Weekly | 7 October 2014
\nCopper miner Tiger Resources has reached nameplate capacity at its solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) plant, at its Kipoi copper project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
\nThe company said on Tuesday that it had produced 2 015 t of copper metal during the month of August, with the plant operating at 97% of its nameplate design capacity, while some 2 104 t of copper was produced in September.<\/p>\n

Virunga National Park<\/strong><\/p>\n

EU Support for Virunga National Park and Cooperation With the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | PR Newswire | 1 October 2014
\nEstablished in 1925, Virunga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which has been strongly supported over the years by the EU, its largest donor. Located in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on the border with Uganda and Rwanda, Virunga is renowned for being the most biologically-diverse protected area in Africa and home to critically-endangered mountain gorillas, elephants and lions in a landscape that includes volcanoes, glaciers, lakes and plains.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel de Merode: \u2018Gorillas take on all the positive aspects of being human\u2019<\/a>\u00a0| The Guardian | 4 October 2014
\nThe director of the Virunga National Park, Congo, 44, on being shot by assailants, losing his temper, and the bravery of rangers.<\/p>\n

Congo-K: Virunga: dam versus oil wells<\/a>\u00a0| Africa Energy Intelligence | 7 October 2014
\nDuring the screening of a documentary denouncing the oil industry\u2019s encroachment on the Virunga national park in Congo-K before the European Parliament in Brussels on Oct. 1st (…)<\/p>\n

Forests & logging<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isangi: la population appel\u00e9e \u00e0 une bonne gestion de foret<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 3 October 2014
\nLe projet R\u00e9duction des \u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre contre la d\u00e9forestation et d\u00e9gradation (Redd) appelle la population \u00e0 une gestion durable de la foret dans le territoire d\u2019Isangi (Province Orientale).\u00a0Le responsable de cette structure, Jean de Dieu Malongola, a lanc\u00e9 cet appel, jeudi 2 octobre, lors du lancement des travaux d\u2019adoption d\u2019un plan d\u2019am\u00e9nagement de la zone du projet pilote Redd d\u2019Isangi.<\/p>\n

Matadi: le blocage persiste autour de 61 containers du bois wenge<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 5 October 2014
\nNouveau rebondissement dans l\u2019affaire de 61 conteneurs des grumes du bois wenge disput\u00e9s par 4 entreprises et bloqu\u00e9s au port international de Matadi. Apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9cision du Parquet\u00a0 g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la R\u00e9publique, qui a reconnu fin septembre dernier \u00e0 l\u2019entreprise Tala Tina la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 de cette cargaison, un blocage persiste quant \u00e0 l\u2019ex\u00e9cution de cette mesure. Le repr\u00e9sentant de cette soci\u00e9t\u00e9 au Bas-Congo, qui d\u00e9nonce cette situation, accuse certaines\u00a0 autorit\u00e9s judiciaires et politiques de bloquer les d\u00e9cisions du procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la R\u00e9publique et du ministre en charge de l\u2019Environnement qui ont donn\u00e9 raison \u00e0 son entreprise dans ce dossier.<\/p>\n

Bois wenge bloqu\u00e9s \u00e0 Matadi: des ONG plaident pour une vente au profit du Tr\u00e9sor<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 8 October 2014
\nDes ONG, r\u00e9unies au sein de la Coalition nationale contre l\u2019exploitation ill\u00e9gale du bois (CNCEIB), plaident pour que les 61 containers de bois wenge, bloqu\u00e9s au port de Matadi, soient vendus au profit du Tr\u00e9sor public. Cette cargaison de bois a \u00e9t\u00e9 illicitement exploit\u00e9e par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Terco, dans la concession de l\u2019entreprise Tala Tina, au Bandundu, affirme le Parquet g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la R\u00e9publique.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace Afrique d\u00e9nonce l\u2019exploitation ill\u00e9gale des for\u00eats en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| Digitalcongo.net | 8 October 2014
\nAvec ce qu\u2019il appelle sa \u00ab bataille contre l\u2019exploitation foresti\u00e8re ill\u00e9gale \u00bb Greenpeace d\u00e9nonce ceux qui sont en train de laisser tomber le peuple congolais et de nuire au commerce du bois. Dans un nouveau rapport, cette Ong indique que le secteur de l\u2019exploitation foresti\u00e8re en RDC se trouve dans un \u00e9tat de \u00ab chaos organis\u00e9 \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Land<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phantom Menace<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | Africa in Fact | 1 October 2014
\nPerhaps it is the size of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or its strife-torn history that fires the imagination, but people seem to believe any statistical claim made about the central African country.
\nTake for example the assertion, in former US vice-president Al Gore’s latest bestseller, \u00ab\u00a0The Future\u00a0\u00bb, that 48% of the DRC’s cultivable land has been sold to foreign investors. The claim was repeated as recently as July in the pages of Le Potentiel, a DRC newspaper.<\/p>\n

Province Orientale: d\u00e9but d\u2019une campagne d\u2019informations sur la loi fonci\u00e8re en Ituri<\/a>\u00a0| Radio Okapi | 5 October 2014
\nLe gouvernement de la Province Orientale a lanc\u00e9, samedi 4 octobre, la campagne d\u2019informations sur la loi fonci\u00e8re dans le district de l\u2019Ituri. Cette mission est men\u00e9e par la commissaire provinciale en charge des Affaires fonci\u00e8res et de l\u2019Urbanisme, Justine Kerovi, pour donner une r\u00e9ponse participative aux conflits fonciers dans ce district.<\/p>\n

Hydropower<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi\/Congo-K\/Rwanda: Ruzizi 3 looks set to take off<\/a>\u00a0| Africa Energy Intelligence | 7 October 2014
\nAfter a full two years of bargaining, operators of a future Ruzizi 3 dam straddling the confines of Burundi, Congo-K and Rwanda, have finally reached an agreement.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Hydropower<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi\/Congo-K\/Rwanda: Ruzizi 3 looks set to take off<\/a>\u00a0| Africa Energy Intelligence | 7 October 2014
\nAfter a full two years of bargaining, operators of a future Ruzizi 3 dam straddling the confines of Burundi, Congo-K and Rwanda, have finally reached an agreement.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Hydropower<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi\/Congo-K\/Rwanda: Ruzizi 3 looks set to take off<\/a>\u00a0| Africa Energy Intelligence | 7 October 2014
\nAfter a full two years of bargaining, operators of a future Ruzizi 3 dam straddling the confines of Burundi, Congo-K and Rwanda, have finally reached an agreement.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Minerals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Owners will lose rights over mineral-rich land – Museveni<\/a>\u00a0| Daily Monitor | 2 October 2014
\nPresident Museveni has said the government will change the law to allow intending investors in the mining industry to access private land that contains minerals without negotiating with the land owners.<\/p>\n

Museveni Urges Miners On Value Addition<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The Observer (Kampala) | 2 October 2014
\nPresident Yoweri Museveni has urged investors to always add value to the minerals they extract, saying this is the best way Uganda’s economy will benefit from its extractives industry. According to a press statement from State House, Museveni said: \u00ab\u00a0You should always bear this in mind – adding value to minerals – so that we get more jobs as well as build technical capacity and a strong base for the economy.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Starfield\u2019s Uganda tin mining licence revoked \u2013 Kasbah<\/a>\u00a0| Mining Weekly | 3 October 2014
\nAustralia-listed mineral exploration and development company Kasbah Resources reported on Friday that fellow Australian junior Starfield Metals had lost a mining licence in Uganda, in which it was meant to earn a stake.<\/p>\n

Oil & gas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ugandan Firms Want Oil Deals<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | East African Business Week | 5 October 2014
\nLocal companies intent on being part of Uganda’s nascent oil and gas industry, are asking for closer working relations with oil companies so that they are aware of the industry needs. The local firms say oil firms and the government should furnish them with information so that they can learn, prepare and improve their capacity to be ready to work in this intensely demanding industry.<\/p>\n

Oil and Gas Production – Dangers of Fracking<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | East African Business Week | 5 October 2014
\nAs I previously predicted Uganda has now found a substantial reservoir of natural gas and the government will be looking at a development plan to fully utilise such a find.<\/p>\n

Uganda: Ernest Rubondo<\/a>\u00a0| Africa Energy Intelligence | 7 October 2014
\nThe head of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD) in Uganda, Ernest Rubondo, is examining bids by consultants seeking a contract to assist the energy ministry in organizing a licensing round for oil blocks.<\/p>\n

Tullow Oil<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tullow’s Mixed Fortunes<\/a>\u00a0| allAfrica | The Independent (Kampala) | 6 October 2014
\nOil giant says they are well-placed for the remainder of the year, into 2015.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Regulation, voluntary initiatives, and CSR<\/h1>\n

Selected articles on legal and voluntary initiatives relating to natural resources and good governance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conflict minerals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sourcing practices changing as US law on mineral imports from Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region takes hold<\/a>\u00a0| Mining Weekly | 3 October 2014
\nFor decades, the trade in tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (also known as 3TG), along with various other minerals and resources, has played a central role in funding and fuelling some of the world\u2019s most brutal conflicts.
\nAccording to international nongovernmental organisation Global Witness, revenues from the extraction and sale of these natural resources, also known as \u2018conflict minerals\u2019, not only provide armed groups with the means to operate but also provide State security forces and corrupt officials with off-budget funding.<\/p>\n

Conflict over conflict minerals<\/a>\u00a0| Africa Confidential | 10 October 2014
\nArguments grow over whether measures to ensure mineral exports are conflict-free need strengthening or are damaging local society. An open letter from a group of 70 academics and specialists in Congo and the Great Lakes region has claimed that legislation and other measures to control conflict minerals are not having the desired effect. Addressed to governments, companies, non-governmental organisations and other interested parties, it says that policies inspired by campaigners may have created more hardship than benefit for the communities they were seeking to help. The authors, some based in Congo-Kinshasa, refer to social responsibility policies announced by United States’ industry giants Intel and Apple early this year, which followed a wave of initiatives to ‘clean up’ eastern Congo’s mining sector.<\/p>\n

28 North Kivu civil society organisations reply to the Open Letter<\/a>\u00a0| ChristophVogel.net | 7 October 2014
\nA reply to the earlier published open letter on so-called conflict minerals. It was co-ordinated by Prince Kihangi, a well-respected and experienced expert and signed by 27 other representatives. While we do not agree with all points raised and refute certain allegations, we are immensely pleased to see a further contribution to this crucial debate.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Minerals law<\/strong><\/p>\n

Owners will lose rights over mineral-rich land – Museveni<\/a>\u00a0| Daily Monitor | 2 October 2014
\nPresident Museveni has said the government will change the law to allow intending investors in the mining industry to access private land that contains minerals without negotiating with the land owners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other<\/h1>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Election run-up<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundian Civil Society Fights Back But Will it be Enough?<\/a>\u00a0| ThinkAfricaPress | 3 October 2014
\nMedia, opposition and civil society groups have been pushing back against government attempts to constrict political space, but as elections approach the fight will only get harder.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Anti-gay laws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uganda’s Museveni says new gay law risks trade boycott by the West<\/a>\u00a0| Reuters | 3 October 2014
\nUgandan President Yoweri Museveni has said his country risks a trade boycott by the West if it reintroduces a divisive anti-gay law that was rejected by the constitutional court.
\nThe original version of the law passed in February punished gay sex with long prison terms and alarmed Western donors, some of whom withheld aid in protest. The constitutional court overturned it on a technicality in August.<\/p>\n

Ouganda: Museveni met en garde contre les \u00ablobbies homosexuels\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| RFI | 3 October 2014
\nEn Ouganda, le pr\u00e9sident Yoweri Museveni a mis en garde contre le risque d’un \u00e9ventuel \u00abboycott commercial\u00bb de son pays en cas de nouveau vote d’une loi sur la p\u00e9nalisation de l’homosexualit\u00e9. Le pr\u00e9sident avait \u00e9t\u00e9 largement critiqu\u00e9 cet \u00e9t\u00e9 pour avoir promulgu\u00e9 une loi, depuis annul\u00e9e, durcissant la r\u00e9pression de l’homosexualit\u00e9. Museveni s’est exprim\u00e9 \u00e0 travers une tribune parue vendredi dans le quotidien pro-gouvernement\u00a0New Vision. La loi en question \u00e9tant gel\u00e9e, le pr\u00e9sident dit s’inqui\u00e9ter des cons\u00e9quences \u00e9conomiques de ce projet, du fait des \u00ablobbies homosexuels\u00bb occidentaux.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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IPIS Recent Publications<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Boundary spanning: moving towards strategic stakeholder engagement<\/a>\u00a0| 3 February 2014 | IPIS
\nBy Anna Bulzomi
\nTo address complex human rights impacts, companies need to move away from responding to crises and work with communities towards creating shared value.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights<\/em>: The 2nd Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva 2013<\/a>\u00a0| January 2014 | IPIS
\nFrom the 2 – 4 December 2013, IPIS attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. The Forum was established by the Human Rights Council and is under the guidance of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. IPIS\u2019 researchers Gabriella Wass and Anna Bulzomi offer some insights into topics at the Forum that struck them as particularly interesting.<\/p>\n

Practice What You Preach: Theory and Practice of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)\u2019s Stakeholder Engagement Plan in Chad<\/a>\u00a0| 9 January 2014 | IPIS
\nThe past decade has seen a staggering increase in Chinese investment flows in Africa, leaping from USD 392 million in 2005 to USD 2520 million in 2012. Chinese Government officials often describe the burgeoning Sino-African ties as \u2018win-win partnerships\u2019, emphasizing how their \u2018non-interference\u2019 policy truly allows African countries to choose their own development path.
\nAgainst this background, doubts may arise with regard to the environmental and social standards applied by Chinese companies conducting business overseas, especially in post-conflict states with poor human rights records and inadequate governance structures.\u00a0The case discussed in this paper concerns the operations of the Chadian branch of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).<\/p>\n

Business, Human Rights, and Uganda\u2019s Oil – Part II: Protect and Remedy: Implementing State duties under the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0| December 2013 | IPIS
\nThe following is the second in a series of four reports exploring business and human rights issues in Uganda\u2019s oil sector. This series is a collaboration between IPIS vsw and ActionAid Uganda.
\nIn accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, this second report assesses the duty of the Ugandan, British, French and Chinese States to prevent, investigate, punish and redress human rights abuse by businesses.<\/p>\n

In search of clean water: human rights and the mining industry in Katanga, DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2013 | IPIS
\nToday, around 1,8 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the most water-rich country in Africa, 51 million people lack access to potable water; only 26% of the population has access to safe drinking water. This is one of the lowest access rates in the world.
\nIn the Katanga province, rich in cobalt and copper, some industrial mining companies operate provoking significant pollution of water sources, seriously affecting the local population. Although there is a lack of comprehensive data available, several studies conducted by local civil society show environmental, health and socio-economic negative effects.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights<\/em>: Kimberley Process: observations from the sidelines. Part I<\/a>\u00a0| 21 November 2013 | IPIS
\nTen years after the launch of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) this paper is the first in a two part series providing an overview of where the Kimberley Process and international efforts to combat the trade in conflict diamonds currently stand. It will analyse some of the present challenges facing the system and some of the potential solutions on the table.<\/p>\n

Travail des enfants dans le site minier d’exploitation artisanale de Bisie en territoire de Walikale. Une crise oubli\u00e9e en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 19 November 2013 | Prince Kihangi Kyamwami
\nPlus de deux d\u00e9cennies apr\u00e8s l\u2019entr\u00e9e en vigueur de la Convention relative aux droits de l\u2019enfant (1989) en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), la situation des enfants dans le territoire de Walikale demeure critique.<\/p>\n

Ambushed in Bangkok? The U.N. Panel on North Korea and the case of the IL-76 \u00ab\u00a04L-AWA\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 14 November 2013 | IPIS\/TA
\nThis new IPIS\/TA report explains why the conclusion of the latest United Nations report on North Korea sanctions, about an arms flight grounded in Thailand, is not supported by facts, but based on a misalliance of wrong and misleading information, gleaned both about the cargo aircraft, its flight and the entities involved, together with erroneous interpretations of standard aviation practices made by the UN Panel of experts on North Korea.<\/p>\n

Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in Eastern DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 12 November 2013 | IPIS
\nIn August 2009 the \u2018International Peace Information Service\u2019 (IPIS) published a first map of militarised mining areas in Eastern DR Congo. By 2012, the international interest in the issue had grown but the map was out-dated. To find a structural solution, IPIS sat down with the Congolese mining cadastre (CAMI) and agreed to set up a permanent system to monitor artisanal mining activities and the involvement of armed groups in the mineral exploitation and trade.\u00a0A first version of the resulting map has been published at\u00a0https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/mapping\/webmapping<\/a>. It shows the location of nearly 800 mining sites and 85 trading centres, including information about armed groups presence and involvement, and the scale of the mining activity. The map includes at least 410 cases of illegal taxation by armed groups or the Congolese army.<\/p>\n

‘Conflict Minerals’ initiatives in DR Congo: Perceptions of local mining communities<\/a>\u00a0| 12 November 2013 | IPIS
\nThe exploitation of minerals is an important source of income for many communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Yet this mineral wealth also plays a significant role in the continuation of insecurity in parts of the country.
\nOver recent years, several domestic, regional and international initiatives have been developed to address the so-called \u2018conflict minerals\u2019 problem and the high level of informality in the DRC\u2019s artisanal mining sector. These initiatives have provoked varying reactions regarding their impact on local livelihoods.
\nThis report aims to provide insight into the impact of initiatives on the livelihood strategies of local communities in the DRC, based on field research in a wide range of mining areas; and document the perceptions of local stakeholders of these initiatives and their impacts.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights:<\/em>\u00a0Why businesses should assess human rights impacts from the outset of projects. SOCO International Oil Company in Virunga National Park, DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 26 August 2013 | International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
\nSOCO International, a British oil company, is prospecting for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Virunga National Park \u2013 a World Heritage Site. For the past year, their presence has been criticised for putting a fragile environment at risk. However, more recently, their impact on human rights has also been questioned. In this Insights IPIS looks at why it is so vital for companies to employ rights-respectful processes, such as those advised in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, from the very beginning of the prospection stage.<\/p>\n

Strijd tegen conflictmineralen: sleutel tot conflictresolutie in Oost-Congo?<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July\u00a0 2013 | IPIS\u00a0(Internationale Spectator)
\nDe PDF van dit artikel is met toestemming van de redactie overgenomen uit de ‘Internationale Spectator, Clingendael Magazine voor Internationale Betrekkingen’, uitgegeven door de Koninklijke Van Gorcum, te Assen namens het Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen \u2018Clingendael\u2019 te Den Haag.<\/p>\n

Business, Human Rights, and Uganda’s Oil. Part I: Uganda’s oil sector and potential threats to human rights<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | International Peace Information Service (IPIS) \u2013 ActionAid International Uganda
\nThe following report is the first of a series of four collaborations between IPIS Research and ActionAid International Uganda. The series sheds a light on the oil sector in Uganda, its possible impact on human rights, and how government, companies, and civil society can best enable a positive bond between oil and the welfare of the Ugandan people.<\/p>\n

The formalisation of artisanal mining in the DRC and Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| December 2012 [April 2013]\u00a0| IPIS
\nThis report describes and evaluates initiatives to formalise the artisanal mining sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, in order to locate lessons learned. We hope that these perspectives will support the formation of well-informed policy and regulatory options \u2013 both by the EU and by harvesting countries \u2013 concerning the formalisation of timber production in tropical countries.
\nThe report was commissioned by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), which is dedicated to advancing human well-being, environmental conservation and equity through providing information that leads to better informed and equitable decision making about the use and management of forests in tropical countries.<\/p>\n

Gold and diamonds in the Central African Republic. The country’s mining sector, and related social, economic and environmental issues<\/a>\u00a0| 26 March 2013 | IPIS
\nGold and diamonds in Central Africa easily conjure up images of conflict, rebel funding, human rights violations, and smuggling. As a country landlocked within an unstable region, neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and recently the scene of another coup, the Central African Republic (CAR) might be considered an appropriate candidate for analysis within the conflict-mineral perspective. Yet this framework would ignore the country\u2019s mining sector\u2019s very specific characteristics. The sector offers an essential livelihood to many households, represents the country\u2019s second most important export product, and is organised in a particular way. Nonetheless, a wide range of issues regarding the country\u2019s mining sector persist.
\nThis report aims to analyse both the Central African Republic\u2019s gold and diamond mining sector and related environmental and socio-economic issues.<\/p>\n

Pinocchio Ltd. The NRA and its corporate partners: US shipments of small arms ammunition by sea<\/a>\u00a0| 25 March 2013 | TA-R\u00a0| IPIS
\nThe National Rifle Association (NRA) claims to have monitored in the last 20 years all United Nations activities that could impact Second Amendment rights. Its latest target is the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international treaty to establish common international standards for the import, export, and transfer of conventional arms presently under discussion at the United Nations. The international community has been calling for the inclusion of ammunition and civilian arms within the scope of the ATT. This reasonable call is used by the NRA to claim that the ATT could restrict the lawful ownership of firearms in the United States.<\/p>\n

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