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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n

In Mushaki,\u00a0North Kivu<\/a>, seven alleged M23 combatants have reportedly been handed over to the FARDC by the Ra\u00efa Mutomboki after trying to convince the local militia to join their cause. In\u00a0South Kivu<\/a>, a family of six has died in ethnic violence in Mutarule. While the identity of the attackers is still unknown an official inquiry into the case has been called for. In\u00a0Katanga<\/a>, last week\u2019s inter ethnic violence between Pygmies and the Bakaka continued, with three Pygmies reported dead and several houses torched in the Kasinge area. Meanwhile, the FARDC have\u00a0announced that its forces have taken possession of the headquarters of warlord\u00a0G\u00e9d\u00e9on\u00a0Mutanda, though the militia leader managed to escape.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0anti-balaka groups in Bangui have released 100 children over the last week, the UN reports. Meanwhile, the fighting continues, as 34 people died in new violence attributed to Seleka fighters. They are said to have been killed in a series of attacks on remote villages in the northern M’bres region.<\/p>\n

In the Angolan capital Luanda the Heads of State and Government of the\u00a0International Conference on the Great Lakes Region<\/a>\u00a0(ICGLR) met at the end of last week, to discuss the security situation in the region and especially in the DRC. While only the presidents of Angola, DRC, Uganda and the invited president of South Africa were present, the participants decided to give the\u00a0FDLR\u00a0<\/a>rebels a 6-month deadline until December 31st<\/sup>\u00a0to disarm. Meanwhile, the\u00a0Southern African Development Community<\/a>\u00a0has called upon the UN to facilitate the repatriation of former FDLR fighters and suggested temporarily hosting former fighters outside the Great Lakes region.<\/p>\n

Marking the 10th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the\u00a0Gatumba massacre<\/a>, Human Rights Watch amongst others, has voiced the need for justice. On 13 ao\u00fbt 2004 more than 150 Congolese refugees were killed and more than 100 others injured in the camp in Burundi. The organisation calls on the Burundian government to bring those responsible for the attack to justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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IPIS\u2019 Latest\u00a0Publications<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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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<\/a>\u00a0\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

International Conference on the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Heads of State of the ICGLR Meet in a Mini-Summit On Security in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region in Luanda<\/a>\u00a0| 12 August 2014 | All Africa | ICGLR
\nHeads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) are to meet in Angolan capital Luanda in a mini- summit devoted to the assessment of security situation in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region. The summit was preceded by a meeting of chiefs of defence staff that opened Tuesday and that will be followed by the meeting of defence ministers on Wednesday 13 th August. The summit itself will take place on 14th August. The aim of the mini-summit is to assess the implementation of the decisions of the mini-summit of the ICGLR held in Luanda on 25 March, this year.<\/p>\n

Regional Defence Ministers Meet in Angola<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nICGLR Leaders Analyse Security and Humanitarian Situation in DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | All Africa | Angola Press
\nThe security and humanitarian situation in the DR Congo (DRC), on the development recorded since last March, is being analysed this Thursday in Luanda in the 2nd Mini-Summit of the Heads of States and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).<\/p>\n

ICGLR Should Not Waste the Opportunity to Pacify Region<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nOver the last one month, the United Nations and Western capitals have expressed strong support for peace efforts in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The international community finally seems to be realising that the single most important factor behind the cycle of insecurity and human rights abuses that have dogged the Great Lakes region for the last two decades, shattering hopes and dreams of millions of civilians, is genocide ideology and those that represent it.<\/p>\n

Eastern Africa Standby Force meeting (EASF)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rwanda to Host Meet On Regional Standby Force<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nMinisters for Defence and Chiefs of Defence Staff from the region will convene in Kigali starting today for the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) meetings for policy organs. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, the officials will be meeting for the 12 ordinary policy organs meetings which will be held under the theme: \u00ab\u00a0Eastern Africa Standby Force towards Full Operational Capability\u00a0\u00bb. \u00ab\u00a0These four-day meetings follow the decision of the EASF Assembly of Heads of State held on June 26 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on the sidelines of the AU Summit, to fast-track EASF full operational capacity by December 2014,\u00a0\u00bb the statement reads in part.<\/p>\n

US military aid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Handmaiden to Africa’s Generals<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | The New York Times
\nOp-Ed by Alex de Waal and Abdul Mohammed
\nSecurity is a core concern of the American government\u2019s Africa policy. This was made clear in May when President Obama proposed a $5 billion Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund to supplement programs the Pentagon already has in 35 countries. And it was made clear again at the recent U.S.-Africa summit in Washington, when Mr. Obama announced $110 million a year for an African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership, a program to train and equip six African armies for peacekeeping operations. Because Mr. Obama is committed to scaling back the deployment of United States troops to combat terrorism, America\u2019s security strategy in Africa translates largely into training and equipping African armies. Although this approach rightly gives African governments the lead in tackling their own security problems, it is misguided nonetheless. It is, in effect, providing foreign tutelage to the militarization of Africa\u2019s politics, which undermines peace and democracy throughout the continent. America\u2019s diplomacy is becoming a handmaiden to Africa\u2019s generals.<\/p>\n

LRA<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 morts dans une attaque de la LRA \u00e0 Bili<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes hommes arm\u00e9s identifi\u00e9s aux combattants de l\u2019Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA) ont attaqu\u00e9, mercredi 13 ao\u00fbt, des villages situ\u00e9s\u00a0 \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de Bili, un poste d\u2019Etat situ\u00e9 \u00e0 plus de 500 km au Nord de Kisangani (Province Orientale). Des sources sur place parlent de quatre personnes tu\u00e9es dont trois civils et un milicien. Deux autres personnes ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es.
\nC\u2019est aux environs de 5 heures locales que ces hommes arm\u00e9s ont attaqu\u00e9 des habitations \u00e0 une dizaine de kilom\u00e8tres de Bili-centre, affirment diff\u00e9rentes sources locales.<\/p>\n

La LRA de Joseph Kony \u00ab\u00a0survit\u00a0\u00bb dans le sud-est de la Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLa gu\u00e9rilla ougandaise de l’Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA) continue de semer la terreur dans le sud-est de la Centrafrique, notamment gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 certains \u00e9l\u00e9ments de l’ex-r\u00e9bellion S\u00e9l\u00e9ka qui apporteraient ponctuellement de l’aide \u00e0 ses membres, selon des experts du dossier. Depuis 1986, la gu\u00e9rilla ougandaise de l’Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA), fond\u00e9e dans le but de lutter contre le r\u00e9gime du pr\u00e9sident ougandais Yoweri Museveni, s\u00e8me la terreur sur le continent.<\/p>\n

Ugandan army rescues hostages held by LRA<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Aljazeera
\nUgandan troops have rescued 45 women and children held by fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels after battles with the rebels, the army said. Army officials said they were freed in two separate batches earlier this month in Digba, in the remote forests of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. \u00ab\u00a0We rescued from the LRA 45 people, the latest (batch) being 32 women and children,\u00a0\u00bb Ugandan army spokesman Paddy Ankunda told the AFP news agency on Wednesday. He said another batch of 13 women and children had also been freed. The Ugandan-led rebels are known to raid villages and enslave residents, forcing them to work as fighters or porters. \u00ab\u00a0The release of civilians, and surrender of the fighters, is because of the pressure our army has exerted on the rebels,\u00a0\u00bb Ankunda said.<\/p>\n

Kony’s LRA still holding on in Central Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | Reliefweb | AFP
\nDown, but not out, the guerrillas of the Lord’s Resistance Army, led by one of Africa’s most brutal militia leaders Joseph Kony, are holding on in the Central African Republic with support from the rebels who temporarily seized power last year. \u00ab\u00a0Each week, the LRA raids a village in the bush, steals, rapes, kills and kidnaps,\u00a0\u00bb said Guillaume Cailleaux, a coordinator with the US group Invisible Children. Kony, who is sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC), is \u00ab\u00a0still active\u00a0\u00bb in the southeast of the Central African Republic (CAR) at the head of Africa’s oldest surviving rebel group, responsible for eight to 10 incidents per month, Cailleaux said. \u00ab\u00a0But the LRA no longer has any political or religious vision. It is in survival mode … and has never been so weak.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Les FARDC et la MONUSCO traquent les \u00e9l\u00e9ments r\u00e9fractaires de la LRA<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLa traque des \u00e9l\u00e9ments r\u00e9fractaires de l’Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du seigneur (LRA) reste une priorit\u00e9 des FARDC et de la Force de la Monusco. Les Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) et la force de la Monusco sont d\u00e9termin\u00e9es \u00e0 contrer jusqu’au bout la menace que repr\u00e9sente l’Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du seigneur. C’est dans ce redoublement d’effort que les forces onusienne et congolaise poursuivent, avec vigueur dans les districts de Haut et de Bas-U\u00e9l\u00e9, leurs op\u00e9rations conjointes d\u00e9nomm\u00e9es \u00ab Rudia II \u00bb (Retour II), \u00abChuma Ngumi \u00bb (Poing d’acier) et \u00ab Bienvenue \u00e0 la Paix\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Le Coordonnateur humanitaire condamne une attaque meurtri\u00e8re par la LRA<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | UN News
\nLe Coordonnateur humanitaire en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), Moustapha Soumar\u00e9, a fermement condamn\u00e9 vendredi une attaque meurtri\u00e8re, le 12 ao\u00fbt, par des combattants pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s de l’Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA) contre le village de Mayangu dans l’Est du pays.<\/p>\n

M23<\/strong><\/p>\n

L’ex-M23 accuse Kinshasa de non respect des accords sign\u00e9s \u00e0 Nairobi<\/a>\u00a0| 12 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nTant que Kinshasa ne divulguera pas le contenu exact des accords conclus derni\u00e8rement \u00e0 Nairobi, l’ex-M23 trouvera toujours un pr\u00e9texte pour r\u00e9clamer plus. Alors que la p\u00e9riode d’amnistie est arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 terme, l’ex-M23 est \u00e0 nouveau revenu \u00e0 la charge. Lundi, l’ex-r\u00e9bellion du Mouvement du 23-mars (M23) s’est rappel\u00e9e au bon souvenir du gouvernement de RDC. Elle a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 des injustices dans l’application de la loi d’amnistie et affirm\u00e9 que nombre de ses membres r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s au Rwanda et en Afrique du Sud avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 emp\u00each\u00e9s de remplir l’acte d’engagement \u00e0 ne pas reprendre les armes. L’ex-r\u00e9bellion du Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9, lundi 11 ao\u00fbt, l’attitude du gouvernement de RDC.<\/p>\n

Ex-rebels accuse DR Congo army of executing PoWs<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | Reliefweb
\nFormer rebels beaten last November by government and UN troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday accused the army of executing 10 prisoners of war. \u00ab\u00a0We are completely distressed, stunned, frustrated\u00a0\u00bb to learn of \u00ab\u00a0the summary execution of the prisoners of war by the DRC’s military intelligence service in Kinshasa … between the months of July and August 2014,\u00a0\u00bb political chief, Bertrand Bisimwa, of the Movement of March 23 (M23) said in a statement. The government has denied the allegation.<\/p>\n

L\u2019ex-M23 accuse la RDC d\u2019avoir ex\u00e9cut\u00e9 des prisonniers de guerre<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019ex-r\u00e9bellion congolaise du M23 accuse l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise d\u2019avoir ex\u00e9cut\u00e9 des prisonniers de guerre issus des rangs de l\u2019ex-CNDP de Laurent Nkunda. Dans un communiqu\u00e9 parvenu lundi 18 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Radio Okapi, le pr\u00e9sident de la branche politique de ce mouvement, Bertrand Bisimwa, indique que les faits se sont d\u00e9roul\u00e9s entre juillet et aout 2014. Le gouvernement congolais, de son c\u00f4t\u00e9, rejette ces accusations. Pour son porte-parole, Lambert Mende, la RDC n\u2019ex\u00e9cute plus personnes ; m\u00eame pas les prisonniers condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 mort.<\/p>\n

Repatriation of Angolan refugees from DRC<\/strong><\/p>\n

D\u00e9but du rapatriement volontaire de 30 000 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s angolais de Kinshasa<\/a>\u00a0| 20 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe Haut commissariat des Nations unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (HCR) a commenc\u00e9 mardi 19 ao\u00fbt le rapatriement volontaire de 30 000 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s angolais vivant depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es \u00e0 Kinshasa. Au moins 500 de ces r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s ont pris place ce mardi \u00e0 bord d\u2019un train, \u00e0 la gare centrale de Kinshasa, \u00e0 destination de Matadi, dans le Bas-Congo, avant de rejoindre la fronti\u00e8re entre les deux pays. C\u2019est la suite d\u2019un rapatriement volontaire suspendu en 2012 en raison d\u2019\u00e9lections l\u00e9gislatives en Angola.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rape of bodies, rape of resources, rape of a nation<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Pambazuka
\nThe situation in DRC illustrates the deficiency of global ethics, selfishness and the longstanding failure to value the lives of the African people. Tackling the DRC\u2019s impasse requires a comprehensive approach and involvement of national, regional, continental and international communities. One of the biggest challenges facing Africa and the international community is bringing sustainable peace to DRC, thus addressing the genocide that has occurred for decades.<\/p>\n

TROUBLE ALL OVER \u2013 WHERE IS RAIA MUTOMBOKI HEADING TO?<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | christophvogel.net
\nLater this year, I am going to have a peer-reviewed article in the Annuaire des Grand Lacs, but the situation on the ground develops as quickly and unexpectedly that it asks for a current overview \u2013 in particular the set-up of this \u2018franchise\u2019 as Jason Stearns coined it, will already be outdated massively upon publication of the earlier mentioned piece. Unfortunately, there is a tremendous lack of scholarly analysis prevailing for Raia Mutomboki. Besides Stearns, Vlassenroot\/Hoffmann, and a few unpublished local researchers, there is no quality work around. Some bizarre papers even argued a while ago, Raia Mutomboki were Tutsi rebels. In all honesty, what a blatant misreading.<\/p>\n

Prof. Mwayila Tshiyembe – \u00ab Pas d’\u00e9mergence sans gouvernance – la RDC doit faire rena\u00eetre la souverainet\u00e9 mat\u00e9rielle de l’Etat \u00e0 se gouverner \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
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\n\u00c9mergence? Un mot \u00e0 la mode sur les l\u00e8vres des dirigeants politiques d’ici et d’ailleurs. Aux ex-Za\u00efrois, il rappelle l’illusion d\u00e9nomm\u00e9e ‘Objectif ’80’ et d’autres tralalas d\u00e9magogiques. S’il ne s’agit pas, cette fois, d’un second mirage, de quels atouts dispose alors la RD du Congo pour que son gouvernement promette le paradis au peuple d’ici 2030 ? Nous avons interrog\u00e9 M. Trudon Mwayila Tshiyembe, Docteur d’Etat en droit et Docteur en Sciences politiques, Directeur de l’Institut Panafricain de G\u00e9opolitique de Nancy (France), Professeur de G\u00e9opolitique aux Universit\u00e9s de Paris XII, de Kisangani et de Lubumbashi.<\/p>\n

Sexual violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

3000 victimes de violences sexuelles recens\u00e9es au Nord-Kivu et au Maniema<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPr\u00e8s de 3 000 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 viol\u00e9es entre janvier et juin derniers dans les provinces du Nord-Kivu et du Maniema. Ces chiffres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 livr\u00e9s, lundi 18 ao\u00fbt, par l\u2019H\u00f4pital Heal Africa, sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 dans l\u2019aide aux victimes de viols, \u00e0 Goma, chef-lieu du Nord-Kivu. Cet \u00e9tablissement hospitalier affirme avoir recens\u00e9, au cours de la m\u00eame p\u00e9riode, 2 829 survivants de violences sexuelles dans ces deux provinces en proie \u00e0 des groupes arm\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

MONUSCO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin Kobler – \u00ab La MONUSCO se retire de la RDC dans deux ans, \u00e0 la fin du cycle \u00e9lectoral \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 19 AUGUST 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLe Repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’Onu en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) a annonc\u00e9 lundi 18 ao\u00fbt 2014 \u00e0 Kinshasa le retrait de la Mission de stabilisation en RDC (Monusco) du territoire congolais \u00ab \u00e0 la fin du cycle \u00e9lectoral \u00bb constitutionnellement pr\u00e9vu fin 2016. \u00ab La Monusco se retire de la RDC dans deux ans, \u00e0 la fin du cycle \u00e9lectoral \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Martin Kobler au sortir d’un entretien avec le ministre de l’Int\u00e9rieur, S\u00e9curit\u00e9, D\u00e9centralisation et Affaires coutumi\u00e8res, Richard Muyej.<\/p>\n

Border to Angola<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commander Worried About Vulnerability On Border With DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | All Africa | Angola Press
\nThe National Police Border Command of Angola (PGFA) voiced concern over the continued violations on the border strip between the country’s northern province of Zaire and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by foreign citizens of various nationalities. This was expressed Wednesday in Mbanza Congo, northern Zaire province, by the National Commander of Border Police, the Chief Commissioner, Ant\u00f3nio Pedro Kandela. Addressing the meeting of members of the Consultative Council of the provincial command of the National Police, the commander said that the signs reported at the Luvo Border Check Point, since the late 2013, were quite worrying.<\/p>\n

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

Un ultimatum lanc\u00e9 aux FDLR \u00e0 l’issue du sommet des Grands Lacs<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nUltimatum des dirigeants des Grancs Lacs aux FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| 17 August 2014 | All Africa | Cameroon Tribune
\nGrands lacs – la CIRGL adresse un ultimatum de derni\u00e8re chance aux FDLR\u00a0<\/a>| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nLes rebelles hutus rwandais du FDLR ont jusqu’au 31 d\u00e9cembre pour d\u00e9sarmer. C’est la conclusion du sommet – restreint – des chefs d’Etat de la Conf\u00e9rence internationale pour les Grands Lacs qui s’est cl\u00f4t jeudi \u00e0 Luanda. Les pr\u00e9sidents angolais, congolais et ougandais \u00e9taient pr\u00e9sents, mais Sassou Nguesso, Paul Kagame et Jakaya Kikwete, attendus, n’ont finalement pas fait le d\u00e9placement. Apr\u00e8s les chefs d’\u00e9tat-major et les ministres, ce sont les chefs d’Etat de la Conf\u00e9rence internationale pour les Grands Lacs (CIRGL), qui se sont r\u00e9unis ce jeudi \u00e0 Luanda, en Angola.<\/p>\n

Military Action Against FDLR Long Overdue \u2013 Mushikiwabo<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nThere should be no more delays in taking military action against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia, Foreign Affairs minister Louise Mushikiwabo said yesterday. Mushikiwabo, who represented President Paul Kagame at the second mini-summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in the Angolan capital Luanda, told journalists that extending deadlines for surrender of the DR Congo-based outfit was a delaying tactic.<\/p>\n

Africa Leaders Urge UN to Help Relocate Rwandan Hutu Rebels<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | Voice of America
\nLeaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) want the United Nations to assist in removing members of a Rwandan rebel group from eastern Congo.\u00a0\u00a0 The 15-member bloc made the appeal at the end of a two-day summit in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The leaders of southern African countries also resolved to speed up the industrialization of their countries to fight poverty.\u00a0 They said the region was \u201cgenerally peaceful and stable,\u201d but appealed to the United Nations to help address the situation in the Great Lakes region.\u00a0\u00a0 The Democratic Republic of Congo, a Southern African Development Community member, is hoping to rid its eastern provinces of rebel groups that have kept the region in the grips of chaos and violence for years.<\/p>\n

Pressure Mounts On FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | The Independent
\nThe UN mission chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo has warned the last remaining rebel group in the east to lay down arms or face military action. The FDLR, a Rwandan Hutu militia that includes perpetrators of the 1994 genocide of Tutsis, has been given a six-month deadline to disarm and to hand over those wanted for war crimes, Martin Kobler told the UN Security Council. \u00ab\u00a0To the FDLR: Seize this last opportunity and move forward with this process. All combatants, including leaders, must disarm now,\u00a0\u00bbsaid Kobler.<\/p>\n

Les FDLR conditionnent leur rapatriement au Rwanda par l’ouverture de l’espace politique<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLe Rwanda, qui refuse tout dialogue politique avec les FDLR, encourage en revanche ses ex-combattants \u00e0 revenir volontairement dans le pays afin d’\u00eatre d\u00e9mobilis\u00e9s et r\u00e9int\u00e9gr\u00e9s dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Depuis 2001, 11 000 ex-combattants FDLR sont rentr\u00e9s au Rwanda, un pays salu\u00e9 pour ses performances \u00e9conomiques, mais souvent point\u00e9 du doigt pour ses atteintes aux droits de l’Homme. Les FDLR posent d’ailleurs comme condition \u00e0 leur rapatriement l’ouverture de l’espace politique. Jeudi 14 ao\u00fbt, les chefs d’Etat des Grands Lacs, r\u00e9unis en sommet, ont durci le ton : ils ont donn\u00e9 aux rebelles hutu rwandais FLDR jusqu’au 31 d\u00e9cembre, et pas un jour de plus, pour d\u00e9sarmer. Hier, sur les antennes de RFI, Martin Kobler, patron de la Monusco, la mission des Nations Unies en RDC, a salu\u00e9 cette d\u00e9cision. \u00ab L’option militaire est sur la table \u00bb, a-t-il soulign\u00e9. Martin Kobler appelle les FDLR \u00e0 rentrer pacifiquement au Rwanda pour vivre \u00ab vie paisible \u00bb.<\/p>\n

La SADC appelle l’Onu \u00e0 \u00ab accueillir temporairement les FDLR dans des pays tiers en dehors des Grands Lacs \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLes chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement des pays membres de la Communaut\u00e9 de d\u00e9veloppement de l’Afrique australe (SADC), r\u00e9unis pour leur 34\u00e8 Sommet ordinaire du 17 au 18 ao\u00fbt 2014 \u00e0 Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), ont appel\u00e9 l’Onu \u00e0 \u00ab accueillir temporairement les \u00e9l\u00e9ments des FDLR qui ont d\u00e9pos\u00e9 les armes volontairement dans des pays tiers en dehors de la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs \u00bb. \u00ab En ce qui concerne la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, le Sommet a appel\u00e9 les Nations Unies, en coop\u00e9ration avec l’Union africaine, \u00e0 apporter son concours en rapatriant les \u00e9l\u00e9ments des FDLR qui se sont rendus et ont d\u00e9pos\u00e9 les armes volontairement, et en les accueillant temporairement dans des pays tiers en dehors de la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs \u00bb, ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 les 10 chefs d’Etat, dont le pr\u00e9sident rd-congolais Joseph Kabila Kabange, les 2 vice-pr\u00e9sidents et 2 Premiers ministres pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 ce Sommet.<\/p>\n

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

Poursuite des op\u00e9rations militaires contre ADF et NDC<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLes FARDC et la Monusco poursuivent inlassablement leurs op\u00e9rations militaires contre les rebelles de l’Alliance des forces d\u00e9mocratiques (ADF) et les miliciens du groupe Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Cheka Nduma (D\u00e9fense du Congo (NDC) dans les territoires de Beni et de Walikale, au Nord-Kivu. Le lieutenant-colonel F\u00e9lix-Prosper Basse, porte-parole militaire de la Monusco, l’a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 hier mercredi 13 ao\u00fbt au cours de la conf\u00e9rence hebdomadaire de la Mission onusienne en RDC \u00e0 Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

160 ex-otages des ADF livr\u00e9s \u00e0 eux-m\u00eames \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nEnviron 160 ex-otages des rebelles ADF vivent, depuis quelques jours, dans une situation humanitaire d\u00e9plorable dans le territoire de Beni, \u00e0 environ 350 km au Nord de Goma (Nord-Kivu). La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Beni indique que ces personnes ne b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient, depuis leur retour de captivit\u00e9, d\u2019aucune assistance des autorit\u00e9s, ni des organisations humanitaires. L\u2019administrateur du territoire de Beni, Amisi Kalonda dit n\u2019avoir aucun moyen pour les assister.<\/p>\n

7 pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s ex-rebelles du M23 captur\u00e9s \u00e0 Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nAu moins sept personnes, dont une bless\u00e9e, seraient d\u00e9tenues par les FARDC depuis vendredi 15 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Mushaki, \u00e0 une quarantaine de Kms \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de Goma, dans le territoire de Masisi (Nord-Kivu). Soup\u00e7onn\u00e9es d\u2019appartenir \u00e0 l\u2019ex-r\u00e9bellion du M23, ces personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 remises aux FARDC bas\u00e9es \u00e0 Ngungu par la milice Ra\u00efa Mutombiki qui op\u00e8re dans le groupement Ufamandu I, au sud de Masisi. Avant cela, des violents combats ont oppos\u00e9 ces deux groupes \u00e0 Remeka dans le m\u00eame secteur, affirment plusieurs sources locales et administratives.<\/p>\n

Rencontre de r\u00e9conciliation entre les communaut\u00e9s ethniques de Kitshanga<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes communaut\u00e9s ethniques de Kitchanga, au Nord-Kivu, ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d\u2019enterrer leurs haches de guerre et de promouvoir une cohabitation pacifique. Des d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s des ethnies Hunde, Tutsi et Hutu l\u2019ont d\u00e9clar\u00e9 au cours d\u2019une rencontre qui a r\u00e9uni plus d\u2019une centaine de personnes cette semaine \u00e0 Kitshanga, devant les autorit\u00e9s administratives et les notables. La rencontre \u00e9tait une initiative de l\u2019association \u00abProgramme de reconstruction de la paix et d\u00e9veloppement\u00bb.<\/p>\n

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

Une famille de six personnes massacr\u00e9es dans le Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nNouveau drame dans la province du Kivu. Six personnes d\u2019une m\u00eame famille ont \u00e9t\u00e9 assassin\u00e9es dans un village de l\u2019est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) o\u00f9 un massacre ethnique d\u00e9but juin avait fait plus de 30 morts, a annonc\u00e9 ce jeudi la Mission de l\u2019ONU (Monusco). \u00ab Cette nouvelle attaque contre six membres d\u2019une m\u00eame famille \u00e0 Mutarule, dans la province instable du Sud-Kivu, mercredi, est intol\u00e9rable et je condamne ce crime avec la plus forte \u00e9nergie \u00bb, selon le chef de la Monusco, Martin Kobler. D\u2019apr\u00e8s ce dernier, la Force de la Monusco, bras militaire de la Mission, \u00ab a tout de suite \u00e9t\u00e9 mise en \u00e9tat d\u2019alerte et participe, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 congolaises, aux recherches visant \u00e0 retrouver les assaillants, afin de les traduire en justice \u00bb.<\/p>\n

UN envoy condemns murder of family in eastern town<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | UN News
\nA senior United Nations official today condemned the murder of six members of the same family in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and urged those living in the town of Mutarule to practice restraint to avoid further escalation. \u201cThis new attack against six members of the same family in Mutarule yesterday is unacceptable and I strongly condemn this crime,\u201d declared Martin Kobler, head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in a statement. Following the killings, MONUSCO forces were immediately placed on alert and are joining forces with the Congolese security forces to locate the assailants in order to bring them to justice.<\/p>\n

La police nationale appel\u00e9e \u00e0 enqu\u00eater sur le massacre de Mutarule<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe coordinateur de la nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Sange, Gilbert Kwangaba, a appel\u00e9 jeudi 14 ao\u00fbt la police nationale congolaise \u00e0 diligenter une enqu\u00eate sur le massacre de six personnes d\u2019une m\u00eame famille, \u00e0 Mutarule (Sud-Kivu). Ces personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 abattues, dans la nuit de mardi 12 ao\u00fbt, par des hommes arm\u00e9s dont l\u2019identit\u00e9 n\u2019est pas encore connue.<\/p>\n

Plus de 3 300 retourn\u00e9s de Ziralo sans assistance humanitaire<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPlus de trois mille trois cents personnes retourn\u00e9es de Ziralo, un groupement du territoire de Kalehe (Sud-Kivu), vivent sans assistance humanitaire depuis 7 jours, a affirm\u00e9 vendredi 15 ao\u00fbt le chef de poste d\u2019\u00e9tat de cette entit\u00e9, Nsengo Witanene Melchior. Ces personnes avaient fui depuis le mois de juillet dernier des affrontements entre les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Ra\u00efa Mutomboki et Kirikicho.<\/p>\n

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

4 morts dans une attaque de la LRA \u00e0 Bili<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes hommes arm\u00e9s identifi\u00e9s aux combattants de l\u2019Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA) ont attaqu\u00e9, mercredi 13 ao\u00fbt, des villages situ\u00e9s\u00a0 \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de Bili, un poste d\u2019Etat situ\u00e9 \u00e0 plus de 500 km au Nord de Kisangani (Province Orientale). Des sources sur place parlent de quatre personnes tu\u00e9es dont trois civils et un milicien. Deux autres personnes ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es.
\nC\u2019est aux environs de 5 heures locales que ces hommes arm\u00e9s ont attaqu\u00e9 des habitations \u00e0 une dizaine de kilom\u00e8tres de Bili-centre, affirment diff\u00e9rentes sources locales.<\/p>\n

Les \u00e9lus saluent l\u2019appui du PNUD dans la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des armes en circulation illegal<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes d\u00e9put\u00e9s nationaux \u00e9lus de l\u2019Ituri (Province Orientale) saluent l\u2019apport du Programme des Nations unies pour le d\u00e9veloppement (PNUD) dans l\u2019op\u00e9ration \u00abArme de d\u00e9veloppement\u00bb, men\u00e9e dans leur contr\u00e9e. Cette op\u00e9ration du gouvernement a permis de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer, en six mois, plus de 11 000 armes l\u00e9g\u00e8res et de petit dans ce district de la Province Orientale. Ces armes sont remises contre des motos, v\u00e9los, moulins, pagnes, t\u00f4les et autres biens.<\/p>\n

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

Three Pygmies ‘mutilated and killed by Katanga militia’<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Reliefweb | AFP
\nThree Pygmies were mutilated and killed by separatist militiamen in the Katanga province of Democratic Republic of Congo, further stoking inter-ethnic tensions, the UN said on Wednesday. Fighters from the Bakata Katanga group burned several houses in the Kasinge area in the north of the province last week, before \u00ab\u00a0attacking civilian Pygmies\u00a0\u00bb, Lieutenant Colonel Felix Prosper Basse, of the UN mission in the country, said. \u00ab\u00a0Three Pygmies were mutilated before being killed by the militiamen,\u00a0\u00bb who came from the Baluba ethnic group, he said.<\/p>\n

Des militaires accus\u00e9s d\u2019avoir abattu 5 personnes \u00e0 la carri\u00e8re de Kawama<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nQuatre ONG des droits de l\u2019homme accusent des militaires d\u2019avoir abattu cinq personnes dans le site minier de Kawama, \u00e0 une vingtaine de kilom\u00e8tres de Lubumbashi (Katanga). Ces structures, membres de la plate-forme \u00abBonne gouvernance\u00bb, ont exprim\u00e9 leur indignation au cours d\u2019une conf\u00e9rence de presse tenue mercredi 13 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Lubumbashi.<\/p>\n

Richard Muyej appelle les peuples bantou et pygm\u00e9es \u00e0 la cohabitation pacifique<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nUne difficile cohabitation est observ\u00e9e depuis plusieurs mois entre les communaut\u00e9s bantoue et pygm\u00e9e dans la partie Nord de la province du Katanga. Dans la recherche et la promotion de la cohabitation pacifique, le ministre de l’Int\u00e9rieur, S\u00e9curit\u00e9, D\u00e9centralisation et Affaires coutumi\u00e8res, Richard Muyej, a donn\u00e9 de la voix, le mardi 12 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Lubumbashi o\u00f9 il s\u00e9journe, en appelant \u00e0 la cohabitation pacifique des communaut\u00e9s bantoue et pygm\u00e9e particuli\u00e8rement celles du territoire de Manono express\u00e9ment invit\u00e9es \u00e0 enterrer la hache de guerre et de la haine tribale qui les opposent encore.<\/p>\n

Richard Muyej d\u00e9cide d\u2019arr\u00eater les auteurs du conflit ethnique Pygm\u00e9es-Bantous<\/a>\u00a0| 17 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nTous les auteurs cit\u00e9s dans le conflit qui oppose depuis environ 4 mois les Pygm\u00e9es aux Bantous dans le Nord du Katanga seront arr\u00eat\u00e9s, a annonc\u00e9 samedi 16 ao\u00fbt le ministre de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur, Richard Muyej. A l\u2019issue de sa mission dans cette partie de la province, il a indiqu\u00e9 que cette mesure vise d\u2019une part \u00e0 cr\u00e9er un climat de cohabitation pacifique entre les deux communaut\u00e9s; et de l\u2019autre, faciliter le retour des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s dans leur milieu\u00a0 d\u2019origine.<\/p>\n

Des militaires accus\u00e9s d\u2019ing\u00e9rence dans les affaires coutumi\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe commissaire de district adjoint en charge de l\u2019\u00e9conomie et des finances du Haut Lomami, Wilfrid Mukanjila, accuse des \u00e9l\u00e9ments des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) d\u2019ing\u00e9rence dans les affaires coutumi\u00e8res dans ce district du Katanga. D\u2019apr\u00e8s ses dires, des militaires tentent d\u2019imposer un chef coutumier dans la chefferie de Kadya. Il appelle la hi\u00e9rarchie militaire \u00e0 \u00e9clairer rapidement cette situation afin d\u2019\u00e9viter tout d\u00e9rapage.<\/p>\n

Conflit Pygm\u00e9es-Bantous au Katanga – Les tireurs de ficelles dans le collimateur du gouvernement<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLe gouvernement menace d’arr\u00eater tous les instigateurs du conflit communautaire opposant les Pygm\u00e9es aux Bantous depuis quatre mois dans le Nord du Katanga. Les Pygm\u00e9es et les Bantous s’affrontent depuis quatre mois dans le Nord du Katanga. Pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 par ce conflit communautaire, le gouvernement Matata a d\u00e9p\u00each\u00e9, la semaine derni\u00e8re dans cette partie de la province cuprif\u00e8re, le ministre l’Int\u00e9rieur Richard Muyej pour s’enqu\u00e9rir de la situation.<\/p>\n

Kalemie – L’op\u00e9ration de d\u00e9minage prend fin le 1er octobre<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | Le potentiel
\nLa R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo entend poursuivre son \u00e9lan pour le d\u00e9minage afin de retirer au plus vite les mines et les restes explosifs de guerre encore pr\u00e9sents sur son sol. D\u00e9but\u00e9s \u00e0 la mi-juillet 2014, les travaux de d\u00e9minage sur la piste de l’a\u00e9rodrome de Nyunzu, une localit\u00e9 situ\u00e9e \u00e0 186 km \u00e0 l’Ouest de Kalemie (Katanga), devraient prendre fin le 1er octobre prochain. Le superviseur de cette op\u00e9ration, Fanny Tshikudu, cit\u00e9 par radiookapi.net, l’a annonc\u00e9 vendredi 15 ao\u00fbt. Les travaux de d\u00e9minage sont ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s par l’ONG Mag, en collaboration avec le Centre de coordination de lutte anti-mines des Nations unies (UNMACC).<\/p>\n

L\u2019arm\u00e9e prend le contr\u00f4le du quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du chef milicien G\u00e9d\u00e9on<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019arm\u00e9e indique avoir pris le contr\u00f4le du quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du chef de guerre G\u00e9d\u00e9on Mutanda \u00e0 Kibawa dans le Nord du Katanga. Le commandant de la 61e brigade des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC), Colonel Stanislas Kabezya, qui livre cette information indique que l\u2019arm\u00e9e a pris possession dimanche du fief de ce chef milicien apr\u00e8s une attaque lanc\u00e9e le m\u00eame jour. Le chef milicien a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 s\u2019\u00e9chapper.<\/p>\n

Equateur<\/strong><\/p>\n

La Monusco r\u00e9duit sa pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 Mbandaka<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Monusco a ferm\u00e9 officiellement son bureau de Mbandaka (Equateur) samedi 16 ao\u00fbt, ne laissant sur place qu\u2019une antenne qui va fonctionner avec un effectif r\u00e9duit \u00e0 dix agents. La c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de transition a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sid\u00e9e par Martin Kobler, Repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies en RDC qu\u2019accompagnait son adjoint charg\u00e9 des questions humanitaires Moustapha Soumar\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Six personnes br\u00fbl\u00e9es vives pour sorcellerie \u00e0 Businga<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nSix personnes accus\u00e9es de sorcellerie br\u00fbl\u00e9es vives \u00e0 Businga<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014
\nAll Africa | Le Potentiel
\nA cause de l’\u00e9pilepsie qui s’est r\u00e9pandue \u00e0 Businga, dans la province de l’Equateur, des jeunes gens ont vite trouv\u00e9 les brebis galeuses qui auraient jet\u00e9 le mauvais sort sur leur village. Dans leur justice punitive, ces jeunes gens ont br\u00fbl\u00e9 vives six personnes de troisi\u00e8me \u00e2ge. Dans la province de l’Equateur, six personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 br\u00fbl\u00e9es vives en dates du 4 et 5 ao\u00fbt 2014 par des jeunes gens de Businga, \u00e0 140 km de Gbadolite, dans le district du Nord-Ubangi. Elles \u00e9taient accus\u00e9es d’avoir provoqu\u00e9 des crises d’\u00e9pilepsie sur plusieurs personnes en leur jetant de mauvais sorts. Les justiciers ont aussi incendi\u00e9 48 habitations appartenant \u00e0 ces pr\u00e9tendus sorciers ou \u00e0 leurs proches, faisant pr\u00e8s de 300 personnes sans abris.<\/p>\n

Maniema<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 miliciens tu\u00e9s dans des affrontements avec des FARDC \u00e0 Amalasa<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes affrontements entre des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Simba et des militaires congolais ont fait trois morts-dont deux miliciens- et trois bless\u00e9s. Les deux groupes se sont affront\u00e9s samedi 16 et lundi 18 ao\u00fbt dans la localit\u00e9 d\u2019Amalasa au Maniema. Ces combats ont occasionn\u00e9 un d\u00e9placement de la population de ce secteur.
\nDes t\u00e9moins dans la r\u00e9gion rapportent que les militaires auraient attaqu\u00e9 les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef qui s\u2019\u00e9taient rendus \u00e0 Amalasa samedi pour participer \u00e0 une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie religieuse \u00e0 l\u2019Eglise CECA 16.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n

What Hope for an Extended Ceasefire in the CAR?<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | African Arguments
\nThe signing of a ceasefire on 23 July between the CAR’s Seleka rebels and anti-Balaka fighters raised some hopes of a political solution after more than a year of violence. The talks, held in Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, involved dozens of members of armed groups, about 170 Central African officials and civil society members. The ceasefire was welcomed by the international community and the African Union, who expressed hope that it would put an end to violence that has killed thousands and displaced more than 900,000 people – nearly a quarter of the country’s population.<\/p>\n

UN<\/strong><\/p>\n

L’ONU se f\u00e9licite des progr\u00e8s sur le plan politique<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | UN News
\nA l’occasion d’une r\u00e9union du Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 mardi sur la situation en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, le Repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral dans ce pays, Babacar Gaye, s’est f\u00e9licit\u00e9 des progr\u00e8s enregistr\u00e9s au cours des derni\u00e8res semaines sur le plan politique et a exhort\u00e9 la communaut\u00e9 internationale \u00e0 continuer de soutenir le pays \u00e0 sortir de la crise.<\/p>\n

Fighting kills 34 in M\u2019br\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ex-Seleka Rebels Kill 34 in CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | Voice of America
\n‘At least 34’ massacred in Central Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | Aljazeera
\nRebel gunmen kill 34 in Central African Republic: officials<\/a>\u00a0| 17 August 2014 | Reuters
\nSuspected ex-rebels from the Central African Republic’s Seleka movement have massacred at least 34 people in several northern villages over the past several days, officials said. The former rebels killed at least 34 people over the last week in a series of attacks on remote villages, Bienvenu Sarapata, mayor of the M’bres commune in north of the capital Bangui told the AP news agency on Saturday. \u00ab\u00a0At least 34 people from several villages were killed between August 13 and 15 in the M’bres region by armed men identified by inhabitants as ex-Seleka,\u00a0\u00bb an officer in the African peacekeeping force, MISCA, told the AFP news agency on the same day. The officer said the fleeing residents spoke of the attackers \u00ab\u00a0firing on their victims at point-blank range and chasing them into the bush and some of the victims died by hanging, others were beaten or tortured to death\u00a0\u00bb. One resident who fled, Achille Ketegaza, confirmed that account to AFP, saying: \u00ab\u00a0The attackers arrived by foot and on motorbikes. They fired point-blank at anybody they encountered. They said they were going to ‘clean’ eight villages between M’bres, Ndele and Bakala before September 15.\u00a0\u00bb A UN force is to be deployed to the country on September 15.<\/p>\n

34 personnes tu\u00e9es<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | BBC
\nDe nouveaux s\u00e9vices, imput\u00e9s aux ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | Voice of America
\nTrente-quatre personnes au moins ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es dans la r\u00e9gion de M’br\u00e9s, dans le nord de la Centrafrique, par des membres pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s de l’ex-r\u00e9bellion S\u00e9l\u00e9ka et des Peuls arm\u00e9s, a indiqu\u00e9 l’Agence France-Presse (AFP). Selon un officier de la force africaine (Misca), elles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es entre mercredi et vendredi. Le soldat de la force africaine affirme que les assaillants tiraient \u00e0 bout portant sur leurs victimes, qu\u2019ils poursuivaient dans leur fuite en brousse. \u00ab\u00a0Certaines des victimes sont mortes par pendaison, d’autres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 battues et tortur\u00e9es \u00e0 mort\u00a0\u00bb, a-t-il pr\u00e9cis\u00e9. Ces violences marquent une nouvelle violation du tr\u00e8s fragile accord de cessez-le-feu sign\u00e9 fin juillet \u00e0 Brazzaville (Congo) entre protagonistes de la crise centrafricaine.<\/p>\n

La fuite des villageois de M’br\u00e9 victimes d’exactions<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nDepuis plusieurs jours, des villageois fuient le village de M’br\u00e9 vers Kaga-Bandoro, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 4 heures de route. Ils t\u00e9moignent d’exactions perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es par des hommes arm\u00e9s en d\u00e9but de semaine. Entre 30 et 40 personnes auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es. La Misca, la force africaine de maintien de la paix, assure n’avoir pour l’instant aucune information. Le r\u00e9seau est quasi inexistant dans la zone de M’br\u00e9. Plus aucune autorit\u00e9 locale n’est pr\u00e9sente sur place et ce n’est que gr\u00e2ce aux t\u00e9moignages de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s qui arrivent par petits groupes que l’information se pr\u00e9cise petit \u00e0 petit.<\/p>\n

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

CAR Refugees Face Harrowing Trip to Cameroon<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe number of refugees fleeing the strife-torn Central African Republic for Cameroon has declined somewhat, but not because the C.A.R. is returning to calm.\u00a0 Refugees and aid workers say fewer people are able to make the trip because of malnourishment and insecurity. The refugees entering in Gado from the troubled Central African Republic look tired, sick and hungry. According to the U.N. refugee agency, the numbers crossing the border has dropped in recent weeks, from 10,000 per week to about 8,000 now. Marie Anjaba, who fled her residence in the C.A.R. town of Bouar a month ago, says their numbers are falling because many Central Africans have died. She said fewer people are coming now because many of them either die while trekking to Cameroon or are killed by Muslim Seleka rebels.<\/p>\n

Thousands of People Fearing Violence Look for Refuge At the Hospital and Military Compound in Batangafo<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | All Africa | MSF
\nBatangafo, in northern CAR, tries to regain normality after intense fighting between Seleka militias and Sangaris forces last week. The clashes left dozens dead and wounded, and again caused terror among the inhabitants of the area. However, some 1,500 residents of the town seek shelter every night at the hospital in fear of an upsurge in violence, while at least 4,000 others also seek refuge at the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping mission (MISCA). The MSF medical officer in the area, Cecilia Greco, visited the periphery of Batangafo and found that \u00ab\u00a0many of the inhabitants have left the city for surrounding areas or even in the direction of Bouca\u00a0\u00bb, a nearby town located further south.\u00a0\u00bbRight now the situation seems calmer, and perhaps in a few weeks people will be back in their homes,\u00a0\u00bb she added. After the fighting, robberies and looting in parts of the city have increased, leading thousands of residents to flee to the hospital and to the headquarters of the African Union peacekeepers on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

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

Bangui veut en finir avec la peur<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nA Bangui, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 revient progressivement mais les traumatismes des violences restent. Beaucoup d’habitants ont encore peur de circuler dans des quartiers o\u00f9 la majorit\u00e9 des habitants ne sont pas de leur confession. Au PK5, les habitants en majorit\u00e9 des musulmans refusent de sortir de leur quartier. Pour en finir avec ces peurs et prouver que la libert\u00e9 de d\u00e9placement existe \u00e0 Bangui, une ONG locale, avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, a travers\u00e9 \u00e0 pied deux quartiers de Bangui de confessions diff\u00e9rentes. C’est une marche symbolique qui se fraie triomphalement un passage sur l’avenue Koudougou du quartier musulman PK5. \u00ab On est en train de faire la manifestation pour ramener la paix.<\/p>\n

Separation of the country?<\/strong><\/p>\n

La Centrafrique, vraiment \u00ab\u00a0une et indivisible\u00a0\u00bb?<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | Deutsche Welle
\nINTERVIEW: Abakar Sabone
\nLa partition de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine est-elle en train de devenir une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 ? Par communiqu\u00e9, l’ex-coalition Seleka a annonc\u00e9 la cr\u00e9ation de l’Etat autonome du Dar El Kouti, bas\u00e9 dans le nord… puis d\u00e9mentie. La d\u00e9cision N 003, de la cr\u00e9ation du nouvel Etat autonome dans le nord de la RCA, porte l’estampille du pr\u00e9sident du Front populaire pour la renaissance de Centrafrique Michel Djotodjia. Probl\u00e8me : le document n’est pas sign\u00e9 par l’ancien pr\u00e9sident de la transition centrafricaine, qui est pourtant d\u00e9sign\u00e9 par le document comme le chef d’Etat et de gouvernement de ce nouvel Etat, le Dar El Kouti.<\/p>\n

Peacekeeping<\/strong><\/p>\n

A un mois de sa mise en place, la Minusca cherche ses homes<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLe 15 septembre prochain, les casques bleus de la Minusca seront officiellement d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s en Centrafrique. La force onusienne prendra le relai des soldats africains de la Misca, qui vont \u00eatre int\u00e9gr\u00e9s aux troupes de l’ONU. Mais d’autres bataillons doivent arriver sur le terrain. Au maximum, 10 000 soldats et 1 800 policiers pourraient \u00eatre pr\u00e9sents en Centrafrique selon la r\u00e9solution 2419 de l’ONU. Les Nations unies sont v\u00e9ritablement les mains dans le cambouis pour pr\u00e9parer le d\u00e9ploiement de cette force le 15 septembre. \u00ab Nous sommes en train de pousser les feux par tous les moyens \u00bb, confirme Herv\u00e9 Ladsous, secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint de l’ONU.<\/p>\n

La Misca va bient\u00f4t passer le t\u00e9moin \u00e0 la Minusca<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nLe transfert d’autorit\u00e9 entre la mission africaine du maintien de la paix en Centrafrique et la Minusca plac\u00e9e sous mandat des Nations unies sera effectif le 15 septembre prochain. Sur le terrain, de nombreux d\u00e9fis attendent tous les acteurs impliqu\u00e9s dans le processus de paix et de r\u00e9conciliation en Centrafrique.<\/p>\n

CAR to get 7,600 UN peacekeepers next month<\/a>\u00a0| 20 August 2014 | Aljazeera
\nThe United Nations is due to send 7,600 troops and police to Central African Republic to take over peacekeeping duties from an African force in the conflict-torn country, the UN envoy to CAR has said. Babacar Gaye said on Tuesday that the initial number of troops that will enter the country on September 15 represents about 65 percent of a nearly 12,000-strong UN force authorised by the UN Security Council in April. Peter Wilson, Britain’s deputy ambassador, said Gaye told council members he expects the full force to be on the ground early next year.<\/p>\n

Children and armed conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plus de 100 enfants lib\u00e9r\u00e9s par des groupes arm\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | UN News
\nne centaine d’enfants \u00e2g\u00e9s entre 8 et 17 ans ont \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9s au cours de la semaine pass\u00e9e par des groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e0 Bangui, la capitale de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, \u00e0 la suite de n\u00e9gociations, s’est f\u00e9licit\u00e9 lundi le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF). Les 103 enfants, dont 13 filles, \u00e9taient associ\u00e9s \u00e0 des groupes arm\u00e9s anti-Balaka op\u00e9rant principalement \u00e0 Bangui et dans l’Ouest de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine et qui ont pris les armes en r\u00e9action aux attaques des ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka. \u00ab Alors que le conflit se poursuit, le nombre d’enfants utilis\u00e9s par des groupes arm\u00e9s a augment\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on spectaculaire \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le repr\u00e9sentant de l’UNICEF en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, Souleymane Diabat\u00e9. \u00ab Le recrutement d’enfants dans les conflits est une violation grave des droits de l’enfant. Ces enfants ont connu un niveau de violence qu’aucun enfant ne devrait jamais avoir \u00e0 vivre. \u00bb<\/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

Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

Food security alarm for east, central Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | IRIN
\nSome 20 million people are facing acute food insecurity in eastern and central Africa, with most of them being at \u201ccrisis\u201d and \u201cemergency\u201d levels, according to aid agencies. This figure compares unfavorably with 15.8 million people in July 2013.\u00a0 The affected countries include Somalia, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Central Africa Republic (CAR), Sudan, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Tanzania. \u201cThe overall nutrition situation in the region has deteriorated precipitously and, according to survey results, the Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) levels are higher than 20 percent, exceeding the World Health Organization\u2019s emergency threshold of 15 percent, especially in parts of South Sudan, CAR, Somalia and northern Kenya,\u201d said the East and Central Africa Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG), a multi-stakeholder regional forum chaired by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Measles<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSF Forced to Suspend a Measles Vaccination Campaign Following a Violent Incident in the Kalonge Area<\/a>\u00a0| 12 August 2014 | All Africa | MSF
\nM\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) has been forced to interrupt a measles vaccination campaign in the Kalonge area in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A serious incident occurred on Sunday 3 August in the town of Cifunzi, where a clash erupted between troops of the Congolese Army and an armed group. As a result, eight people were killed while eight more were injured and had to be treated by MSF in Kalonge hospital. MSF members suffered violent threats from militants.<\/p>\n

Refugees\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plus de 400 000 d\u00e9plac\u00e9s vivent dans la pr\u00e9carit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPlus de quatre cent mille d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de guerre vivent encore dans conditions humanitaires pr\u00e9caires, a annonc\u00e9 mardi 19 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Bunia le bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires en Ituri \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la journ\u00e9e mondiale de l\u2019aide humanitaire.\u00a0 Cette situation s\u00e9vit notamment au sud d\u2019Irumu et dans le territoire de Mambasa, o\u00f9 les FARDC poursuivent la traque des groupes arm\u00e9s encore actifs.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

New government<\/strong><\/p>\n

L’aide humanitaire, un des premiers d\u00e9fis du futur gouvernement<\/a>\u00a0| 12 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLa Centrafrique est toujours dans l’attente de son prochain gouvernement. Une fois les tractations termin\u00e9es, l’un des premiers d\u00e9fis pour la nouvelle \u00e9quipe gouvernementale sera sans aucun doute la question humanitaire. Par rapport au mois de janvier, le nombre des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s est en baisse, mais la situation est encore critique pour des milliers de personnes. Les d\u00e9plac\u00e9s sont moins nombreux qu’il y a six mois. Au mois de janvier, ils repr\u00e9sentaient en effet environ un quart de la population, soit un million de personnes.<\/p>\n

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

Central African Republic Emergency Situation (as of 15 August 2014)<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: Refugee Situation UNHCR Regional Update 28, 9-15 August 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Reliefweb<\/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><\/p>\n

\u00a0DRC<\/h2>\n

War crimes trial<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proc\u00e8s pour crimes de guerre<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | BBC
\nAu Sud-Kivu, dans l’est de la RDC, le proc\u00e8s d\u2019un ancien officier sup\u00e9rieur des Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) d\u00e9nomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0106\u00a0\u00bb se poursuit. Ce proc\u00e8s pour crimes de guerre d’un ex-officier de l’arm\u00e9e devrait, selon l\u2019ONU, tester l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 de la justice militaire.<\/p>\n

DR Congo war crimes trial of Egangela ‘a test case of justice’<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | BBC
\nThe war crimes trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo of an ex-army officer will be a test of military justice, the UN mission in the country says. Lt Col Bedi Mobuli Egangela is charged with crimes including murder, rape and torture allegedly committed between 2005-2006 in eastern DR Congo. \u00ab\u00a0He’s a very symbolic case,\u00a0\u00bb the UN’s Scott Campbell told the BBC. The former commander, known as \u00ab\u00a0Colonel 106\u00a0\u00bb, has denied the charges. Conflict in eastern DR Congo has continued long after the end of the country’s civil war in 2002 as numerous armed groups compete for the control of the area’s rich mineral resources. Col Egangela was a militia leader who was incorporated into the army as part of peace deal, becoming the commander of the 106th battalion.<\/p>\n

Yves Kawa sentenced to nine years<\/strong><\/p>\n

L’ancien chef milicien Yves Kawa condamn\u00e9 en appel \u00e0 9 ans de prison ferme<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nCondamn\u00e9 au premier degr\u00e9 \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9, ensuite acquitt\u00e9 puis de nouveau poursuivi, l’ancien chef de guerre de l’Ituri du mouvement d\u00e9nomm\u00e9 \u00ab Parti pour l’unit\u00e9 et la sauvegarde de l’int\u00e9grit\u00e9 du Congo (PUSIC), Yves Kawa, vient, cette fois, d’\u00eatre condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 9 ans de servitude p\u00e9nale principale par la Cour militaire de la Province Orientale. Le mardi 13 ao\u00fbt 2014, la Cour militaire de la Province Orientale, si\u00e9geant en chambre foraine \u00e0 Bunia, a prononc\u00e9 son arr\u00eat dans l’affaire minist\u00e8re public et parties civiles contre Yves Kawa Panga Mandro, cet ancien chef milicien condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 au premier degr\u00e9 en 2006 par le tribunal militaire de garnison de Bunia. Notamment pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l’humanit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Beneficiaries of amnesty law still imprisoned<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eenviron deux cents amnisti\u00e9s sont encore d\u00e9tenus \u00e0 Kinshasa<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLes avocats d’environ deux cents personnes amnisti\u00e9es ont indiqu\u00e9 que malgr\u00e9 la promulgation de la loi d’amnistie,, leurs clients sont encore incarc\u00e9r\u00e9es \u00e0 la prison centrale de Makala et \u00e0 celle de Ndolo \u00e0 Kinshasa. \u00abL’ex\u00e9cution de cette loi n’a atteint que la moyenne\u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 mercredi 13 ao\u00fbt Me Peter Ngomo, au lendemain de l’expiration du d\u00e9lai imparti aux candidats pour remplir l’acte d’engagement \u00e0 ne plus recourir aux armes pour faire des revendications politiques. Il a menac\u00e9 de saisir la justice si les prisonniers ayant d\u00e9j\u00e0 sign\u00e9 ce document \u00e9taient maintenus en d\u00e9tention.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Man extradited from Denmark on genocide charges<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court Remands Genocide Suspect Mbarushimana<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nThe Nyarugunga Primary Court yesterday remanded Emmanuel Mbarushimana for a month to allow prosecution to complete investigations into the charges against him. Mbarushimana was extradited from Denmark last month and is facing Genocide charges. Announcing the verdict, the judge at the Kicukiro-based court said the 52-year-old suspect could not be granted bail because there was no guarantee he would not flee the country.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Gatumba massacre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Massacre de Gatumba – les survivants veulent la fin de l’impunit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nMassacre de Gatumba : 10 ans apr\u00e8s, l\u2019impunit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLa communaut\u00e9 congolaise banyamulenge a comm\u00e9mor\u00e9 ce mercredi les 10 ans du massacre de Gatumba au cours duquel 160 banyamulenge congolais, r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s dans un camp au Burundi, furent tu\u00e9s. L\u2019impunit\u00e9 reste totale aujourd\u2019hui malgr\u00e9 les promesses. La communaut\u00e9 congolaise banyamulenge a comm\u00e9mor\u00e9 ce mercredi les 10 ans du massacre de Gatumba. Le 13 ao\u00fbt 2004, des membres des Forces nationales de lib\u00e9ration (FNL), un mouvement de burundais hutus, attaquent un camp o\u00f9 se sont r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s des banyamulenge congolais, des tutsis originaires du Sud-Kivu ayant fuit les combats en RDC, faisant 160 morts et une centaine de bless\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

No Justice Decade After Massacre<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | HRW
\nBurundian authorities should hold accountable those responsible for a 2004 massacre of Congolese refugees, Human Rights Watch said today. More than 150 refugees, most of them women and children, were killed and more than 100 others injured, on 13 ao\u00fbt 2004, at Gatumba, in one of the worst ethnically targeted attacks in Burundi since the 1990s. The leaders of the armed group that claimed responsibility have not been brought to justice. Almost all of the victims were Banyamulenge \u2013 Congolese Tutsi from the province of South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They had fled armed conflict in Congo and were living in a refugee camp in the Burundian town of Gatumba, close to the Congolese border. The attackers targeted them based on their ethnicity, shooting them or burning them to death, and sparing refugees from other ethnic groups and Burundians living in another part of the camp.<\/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

Free trade<\/strong><\/p>\n

Int\u00e9gration – vers la mise en place d’une zone de libre \u00e9change Comsesa-EAC-SADC<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nLe Burundi abrite une s\u00e9rie de r\u00e9unions consacr\u00e9e aux n\u00e9gociations de la zone de libre \u00e9change tripartie entre le March\u00e9 commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe (Comesa) la Communaut\u00e9 est-africaine (EAC) et la Communaut\u00e9 pour le d\u00e9veloppement de l’Afrique australe (SADC). Le forum prend fin le 12 septembre. Les objectifs sont multiples, \u00e0 savoir : la promotion du d\u00e9veloppement socio-\u00e9conomique des peuples de la r\u00e9gion \u00e0 travers la cr\u00e9ation d’emploi, et de la richesse et l’\u00e9limination de la pauvret\u00e9, de la faim, et de la maladie \u00e0 travers le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s. Le but est aussi de parvenir \u00e0 promouvoir l’innovation et les infrastructures physiques et informatiques, la cr\u00e9ation de l’investissement national, r\u00e9gional et \u00e9tranger et des opportunit\u00e9s commerciales.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Illegal logging<\/strong><\/p>\n

Activists urge DR Congo to do more to stop illegal logging<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Africa Daily
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo takes pride in recent steps to prevent illegal logging in its vast equatorial forests, but experts argue these measures are far from enough to stop a thriving business. In the Congo river port of the capital Kinshasa, which serves Atlantic routes, environment ministry agents have since last year delivered hundreds of certificates of traceability, spelling out the origin and transport details of logs. The precious documents have opened the way for legal exports of valuable hardwoods mainly to the European Union and to China, while regular buyers and suppliers say that in the past year, it has become much more difficult to trade in uncertified lumber. \u00ab\u00a0Since the certification process was introduced, I prefer to buy certified wood to stay out of trouble, since agents of the environment ministry watch over the traffic 24 hours a day,\u00a0\u00bb said Papy Mubala, an independent trader.<\/p>\n

Artisanal cobalt mining<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congolese devastate own homes in cobalt mining rush<\/a>\u00a0| 11 August 2014 | France 24
\nHundreds of artisanal miners have flooded a neighbourhood of Kolwezi in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo, after the discovery of a giant cobalt deposit. Our Observer explains how too much mining has effectively turned the ground into Swiss cheese \u2013 putting the whole neighborhood at risk. Kolwezi is a town renowned for its rich soil, home to vast quantities of mineral deposits containing aluminium, copper and especially cobalt. These minerals \u2013 keenly sought after and exploited by artisanal miners [miners who work independently] \u2013 are dug up and then sold on to mining companies in the region, many of which are Chinese.<\/p>\n

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

Une ONG veut sortir 12 000 enfants des sites miniers au Katanga<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\n\u00ab Refed mining artisanal \u00bb plaide pour l’interdiction des enfants dans les carriers mini\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nDans la province du Katanga, l’avenir de plusieurs enfants est compromis du fait de leur utilisation dans l’exploitation mini\u00e8re de type artisanal, o\u00f9 sont aussi expos\u00e9es des femmes enceintes. L’ONG \u00ab Refed mining artisanal \u00bb veut, donc, lutter contre cette situation. L’ONG \u00ab Refed mining artisanal \u00bb veut faire sortir 12 000 enfants de sites miniers de la province du Katanga. Elle a lanc\u00e9, le vendredi 15 ao\u00fbt 2014 \u00e0 Kalemie, une campagne de sensibilisation pour d\u00e9courager la pr\u00e9sence des enfants et des femmes enceintes dans les carri\u00e8res mini\u00e8res.<\/p>\n

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

Lawsuit against Hudbay in Canada may open new avenue to claims for abuses committed abroad, says commentary<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\n[T]he harsh reality is that Guatemalans have little to show for their efforts to secure their rights through their country\u2019s court system…Facing dim prospects in Guatemala, these three cases have been brought as a joint suit against Hudbay Minerals [in Canada]…This is the first one to win a judge\u2019s approval to move to the trial stage…There are several legal obstacles for bringing a case to Canada. The company defendants typically argue that Canadian courts lack jurisdiction…Or they might say that the case ought to be heard in the country where the alleged offence took place…Or they might claim that whatever happened was unpredictable…People in countries with weak judicial systems now have at least the possibility to seek justice in…Canada. If the verdict goes in favor of the plaintiffs, a new transnational understanding of rule of law will emerge…[Refers to Anvil Mining, Cambior, Copper Mesa, Compa\u00f1\u00eda Guatemalteca de N\u00edquel, Hudbay Minerals, Tahoe Resources]<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

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

Oil Refinery – NGO Finds Holes in Compensation<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | The Observer
\nGilbert Rubanga navigates through a bush to access his grass-thatched mud- and-wattle hut at Nyahaira village in the western district of Hoima. Rubanga is a cattle keeper and farmer, growing bananas, maize millet and sorghum. However, his livelihood now seems threatened by the government’s plan to construct an oil refinery on 29 square kilometres of land at Kabaale parish, Buseruka sub-county in Hoima. In 2012, the government, through Strategic Friends International (SFI), an agency implementing the land-acquisition programme for the refinery, surveyed Rubanga’s land and estimated it to be 7.4 acres. He was then promised resettlement, as a form of compensation. In the last two years, however, Rubanga has watched his once bustling village, hitherto full of households, women and children, become desolate, as more people are forced to give up their land to the refinery.<\/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

Other<\/h1>\n

Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working Paper says G8’s initiative on food security in Africa, which involves corporations, \u00ab\u00a0disregards fundamental principles of participation & accountability to human rights\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\nGlobal Policy Forum, MISEREOR and Brot f\u00fcr die Welt launch a new working paper on the \u00ab\u00a0Corporate influence through the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa\u00a0\u00bb. The working paper puts a spotlight on how business interests are promoted through the G8NA. To that end, the paper shows how the initiative bundles existing policy initiatives and aligns national policies to corporate interests. The paper concludes that the approach and objectives of the G8NA are highly problematic. The initiative serves as an enforcing mechanism for corporate driven blueprints for agriculture and sidelines national plans and international standards. It is dominated and tailored towards the interests of big corporate actors and is based on a reductionist approach of agricultural \u201cdevelopment\u201d. And lastly, the G8NA is poorly institutionalized and disregards fundamental principles of transparency participation and accountability.
\nDocument link<\/a><\/p>\n

Kimberly Process<\/strong><\/p>\n

Synthetic Diamonds and the Kimberly Process \u2013 Fighting the last war<\/a>\u00a0| 12 August 2014 | South African Institute of International Affairs
\nFor well over a decade, a unique, but flawed global governance initiative, the Kimberley Process, has sought to assure customers that the high prices that they pay for diamonds – stones sold as symbols of love \u2013 are not associated with war and bloodshed. But more recently, the increasing production of synthetic diamonds in response to demand in emerging countries is threatening the stability of the entire diamond market. Can an expanded human rights scope of the Kimberley Process, combined with coverage of polished stones and a robust, well-managed tracing system, provide the diamond industry with the instrument it needs for mined diamonds to survive as a store of value?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other<\/h1>\n

African non-state governance<\/strong><\/p>\n

African non-state ethnic networks: Social capital or social liability?<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Pambazuka
\nIn the midst of an abundant anti-ethnic bias in much of the critical literature in African studies, there may be a renewed necessity to theorize the salience and continuing production of \u201cethnic\u201d difference in a manner that could problematize and challenge the notion that ethnicity was merely a devious and divisive invention of colonialism, pure and simple, and must be overcome. The current study is questionning non-state formations based on ethnic networks in Africa to see if and how these networks mobilize social capital or social liability for economic and political development within the different contexts of their respective \u201cweak\u201d states. This study revives in a distinctly new way an older tradition in anthropology to use the study of \u201cstateless societies\u201d to pose critical questions about the constitution of modern society and the institutions on which political economy presumably rests.<\/p>\n

Poaching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tens of Thousands of Elephants Killed Every Year<\/a>\u00a0| 12 August 2014 | Voice of America
\nAugust 12 is World Elephant Day. It\u2019s estimated there are 500,000 elephants remaining in Africa. That\u2019s down from 1.2-million in the 1980s, as poaching continues to take its toll. African Wildlife Foundation\u2019s Beatrice Karanja says World Elephant Day is an attempt to save an iconic animal. \u201cWhat we hope to accomplish is to raise awareness to the plight of the elephants in Africa and the rate at which we\u2019re losing them, which is quite phenomenal. Africa lost 35,000 elephants last year. And it is predicted that if we continue on the trajectory that we are on now we will see no elephants in the wild by 2025.\u201d Speaking from Nairobi, Karanja said raising awareness about the plight of elephants begins at home.<\/p>\n

African Baby Boom<\/strong><\/p>\n

UN Report Predicts African Baby Boom<\/a>\u00a0| 13 August 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe African continent is primed for a massive baby boom within the next four decades, a shift that the United Nations\u2019 children\u2019s agency says represents both a challenge and a huge opportunity. By the year 2050, UNICEF predicts in a report released this week, Africa will be home to about 41 percent of the world\u2019s births. By that time, one in four people on this planet will be African. The boom is caused by several factors.\u00a0 Africa is already home to one of the world\u2019s youngest populations \u2013 and within the next few decades, those youngsters will reach reproductive age. The continent also has, for many reasons, high fertility rates and has seen a reduction in child mortality, meaning that more babies and children survive than ever before.
\nDocument link<\/a><\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Opposition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tshisekedi \u00e9vacu\u00e9 \u00e0 Bruxelles<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | BBC
\nL’opposant congolais Etienne Tshisekedi, 81 ans, a quitt\u00e9 samedi \u00e0 l’aube Kinshasa \u00e0 bord d’un avion m\u00e9dicalis\u00e9 qui a pris la route de Bruxelles. Il \u00e9tait en compagnie de son \u00e9pouse Marthe, un de ses enfants et un m\u00e9decin. Ils doivent faire plusieurs escales avant d’arriver \u00e0 Bruxelles, la premi\u00e8re \u00e0 Douala, au Cameroun. Avant le d\u00e9collage, la voiture de l’opposant a \u00e9t\u00e9 amen\u00e9e tout pr\u00e8s du jet allemand d’Air Alliance. De l\u00e0, sous le regard d’une dizaine de membres de sa s\u00e9curit\u00e9, l’opposant, trop faible pour marcher, a \u00e9t\u00e9 transport\u00e9 dans le jet.<\/p>\n

Abduction of human rights defenders\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release on the Abduction of M\u00e9diatrice Riziki and Ang\u00e9lique Navura, Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Reliefweb | African Commission on Human Rights
\nThe Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa, Commissioner ReineAlapini-Gansou, is deeply concerned about the situation of women human rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She notes that Ms M\u00e9diatrice Riziki and Ms Ang\u00e9lique Navura of the organisation Ensemble pour la Paix et l’Encadrement des Femmes en Milieu Rural (EPEFMR) were abducted between 13 and 17 July 2014 in Kiliba, Uvira, in South Kivu. The women were abducted by a group of people in the afternoon of 13 July 2014. The abductors reportedly threatened to kill these women human rights defenders if their organisation continued to promote and protect human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

Importance of DRC for the continent\u2019s development<\/strong><\/p>\n

DRC: The centre of the sun\u2019s radiance for the whole of Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | Pambazuka
\nAfter decades of violent conflict, dictatorship, a weak state and massive foreign interference, one could give up on DR Congo. But the country is on course to restoration. It will indeed become the centre of the sun\u2019s radiance for Africa.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Human Rights\/ LIPRODHOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Une d\u00e9cision inattendue dans l’affaire<\/a>\u00a0\u00ab LIPRODHOR \u00bb | 14 August 2014 | All Africa | PR Newswire
\nDeux ONG d\u00e9noncent une d\u00e9cision de la justice rwandaise<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLa F\u00e9d\u00e9ration internationale des droits de l’homme (FIDH) et l’Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT) d\u00e9noncent la d\u00e9cision de la justice rwandaise concernant la Liprodhor, la ligue rwandaise des droits de l’homme. Celle-ci juge en effet juge infond\u00e9e une plainte visant \u00e0 contester la prise de contr\u00f4le de l’organisation par le pouvoir. Dans un communiqu\u00e9 conjoint, les deux organisations d\u00e9plorent que le 8 ao\u00fbt 2014, \u00ab en pleines vacances judiciaires et au terme de reports incessants, le juge en charge du dossier ait rendu une d\u00e9cision inattendue, dans laquelle il a estim\u00e9 que l’action en justice intent\u00e9e \u00e9tait infond\u00e9e. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Constitutional reform<\/strong><\/p>\n

D\u00e9bat au sein de la majorit\u00e9 sur la r\u00e9vision de la constitution – Que peut-on attendre des acteurs ?<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Pays
\nLa mouvance pr\u00e9sidentielle en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) devrait prochainement se r\u00e9unir autour de la question de la r\u00e9vision de la Constitution \u00e0 la demande du Parti MSR (Mouvement social pour le renouveau) qui dit vouloir conna\u00eetre clairement la position du chef de l’Etat, Joseph Kabila, sur la question. D\u00e9tail et non des moindres, le pr\u00e9sident Kabila devrait prendre part \u00e0 cette r\u00e9union, pour donner himself sa position dans ce d\u00e9bat.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Election<\/strong><\/p>\n

Candidats pour 2015 avec un dossier judiciaire, passez votre chemin<\/a>\u00a0| 15 August 2014 | All Africa | RNW
\nPas de candidatures en 2015 pour ceux qui ont des dossiers judiciaires\u00a0\u00bb, c’est ce qu’a expliqu\u00e9 Prosper Ntahorwamiye, porte-parole de la CENI au Burundi, mardi dernier. Une diposition qui ne plait pas \u00e0 tout le monde. Prosper Ntahorwamiye a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 ce mardi que celui qui est frapp\u00e9 par une disposition judiciaire ne pourra pas \u00e9lire ou se faire \u00e9lire lors des \u00e9lections g\u00e9n\u00e9rales de l’ann\u00e9e prochaine. D’apr\u00e8s lui, participe et se fait \u00e9lire aux \u00e9lections celui qui remplit les conditions exig\u00e9es par la loi. \u00ab\u00a0Nous allons nous conformer \u00e0 cette m\u00eame loi.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Police Reform<\/strong><\/p>\n

Give Police More Power<\/a>\u00a0| 18 August 2014 | All Africa | The Independent
\nOPINION
\nAs the Uganda Police Force (UPF) celebrates over 100 years of dedicated service to the nation, there is a proposal to amend the Police Act, which will among others, change the name of the Force to Uganda National Police (UNP). The idea behind the change of name is that Ugandans fear the word \u00ab\u00a0Force\u00a0\u00bb, which to me is ironical considering the fact that the NRM government has demystified the gun and made state-inspired violence a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

Anti-Homosexuality law<\/strong><\/p>\n

Une nouvelle version de la loi anti-gay en preparation<\/a>\u00a0| 16 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nUne version \u00ab \u00e9dulcor\u00e9e \u00bb de la loi r\u00e9cemment annul\u00e9e par le Conseil constitutionnel ougandais devrait \u00eatre r\u00e9introduite aupr\u00e8s du Parlement. Cette fois, les relations entre adultes consentants ne devraient pas \u00eatre p\u00e9nalis\u00e9es. La premi\u00e8re version pr\u00e9voyait notamment la prison \u00e0 vie dans les cas \u00ab d’homosexualit\u00e9 aggrav\u00e9e \u00bb. \u00ab Une version qui ne d\u00e9range pas nos amis occidentaux, mais qui prot\u00e8ge les Ougandais. \u00bb C’est ainsi qu’un parlementaire ougandais a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le nouveau projet de loi anti-gay, en d\u00e9but de semaine.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

New government<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mahamat Kamoun futur Premier ministre sans gouvernement<\/a>\u00a0| 14 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLe nouveau Premier ministre centrafricain Mahamat Kamoun doit officiellement entrer en fonction ce matin \u00e0 Bangui. Les tractations pour former son gouvernement se poursuivent et elles sont pour le moins compliqu\u00e9es. \u00ab Les concertations pour former le nouveau gouvernement ont commenc\u00e9 le jour m\u00eame de la nomination de Mahamat Kamoun \u00bb, indique une source proche de la primature. Mais depuis mardi soir, certaines formations politiques appellent \u00e0 une suspension de ces n\u00e9gociations le temps de mener des discutions avec ceux qui refusent toujours d’entrer au gouvernement.<\/p>\n

Le choix du nouveau Premier ministre, Mahamat Kamoun, fait encore d\u00e9bat<\/a>\u00a0| 19 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLa d\u00e9signation d’un gouvernement n’est pas encore d’actualit\u00e9 en Centrafrique. Mardi, le pr\u00e9sident du parlement provisoire, Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet, a demand\u00e9 d’y \u00ab\u00a0surseoir\u00a0\u00bb, estimant que le Premier ministre, Mahamat Kamoun, ne faisait pas l’unanimit\u00e9. Le pr\u00e9sident du parlement provisoire de Centrafrique, Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet, a demand\u00e9, mardi 19 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Brazzaville, de \u00ab\u00a0surseoir\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 la mise en place d’un nouveau gouvernement dans son pays, estimant que le Premier ministre d\u00e9sign\u00e9 r\u00e9cemment ne fait pas l’unanimit\u00e9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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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