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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n

In the DRC, 280 hostages held by the ADF in\u00a0North Kivu<\/a>\u00a0were rescued in a joint mission between FARDC and MONUSCO. After attacks on Lake Tanganyika,\u00a0South Kivu<\/a>, Burundi has complained about a lack of collaboration between the two countries in the fight against Congolese militias. In\u00a0Province Oriental<\/a>, FRPI militiamen are accused of several atrocities against civilians in Ituri including rape, looting and taking hostages. Meanwhile, in Kinshasa the debate on\u00a0constitutional reform<\/a>\u00a0has dominated the media this week \u2013 at its core the question of whether President Kabila should be allowed to run for a third term. In the aftermath of a rally held by the opposition on Monday several leading opposition figures, including the UNC\u2019s leader Jean-Bertrand Ewanga, were arrested.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0Prime Minister Andr\u00e9 Nzapayek\u00e9 and his government resigned to allow for a new start to the transition. The move is part of the Brazzaville Agreement and is aimed to make way for a new and more inclusive government. Meanwhile, the peace agreement itself has come under rising pressure as fighting between Anti-Balaka and Seleka fighters continues. In Batangafo, nearly sixty people have been killed in fighting between the two groups and after Seleka fighters attacked French soldiers, members of the MISCA. Furthermore parts of the Seleka military wing, most prominently G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Joseph Zound\u00e9ko, have announced that they will not respect the agreement, claiming that the Seleka delegation attending in Brazzaville did not represent them. The Anti-Balaka have announced their plan to dissolve as a military organisation and run as a political party in next year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

Uganda\u2019s anti-homosexuality law<\/a>\u00a0has been overturned by its constitutional court. The internationally criticised law has been declared void, on the basis that the way in which it was passed was unconstitutional, according to the Court. The judgement has occasioned statements of relief and congratulation by the UN and human rights organisations such as Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of this week the\u00a0US-Africa Leaders Summit<\/a>\u00a0has brought together Presidents and African Heads of State in Washington to debate future economic cooperation. On the occasion of the summit civil society has stressed the importance of\u00a0transparency in the mining industries.<\/a><\/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<\/a>\u00a0\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?<\/a>\u00a0\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?<\/a>\u00a0| 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)\u00a0<\/a>| 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

Interview with Mary Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview with outgoing Africa Great Lakes Special Envoy Mary Robinson<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | IRIN
\nIn March 2013 Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and UN high commissioner for human rights was appointed special envoy to Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region to bolster implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region, an accord signed by 11 African countries in February that year. The envoy\u2019s role is to negotiate with leaders in the region, often highly mistrustful of each other, and find a way to create lasting peace in eastern DRC. During her time, former rebel group M23 surrendered and negotiated a peace agreement with the government, and other armed groups followed suit. Governments also agreed a Regional Plan of Action in January 2014, which included promises to respect national sovereignty, stop supporting armed groups and create better justice mechanisms.<\/p>\n

Regional peacekeeping<\/strong><\/p>\n

US Ambassador to UN Praises Rwandan Peacekeepers<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the world body could learn lessons from Rwanda\u2019s approach to peacekeeping. Speaking at a U.N. Security Council debate in New York this week, Ambassador Samantha Power said civilians in war-torn areas trust Rwandan peacekeepers to protect them. She also called on the international community to give regional peacekeeping organizations, like the African Union, full support. A recent internal U.N. report found that its peacekeeping missions have routinely failed to use force to protect civilians under attack. Referring to this report, Ambassador Power described it as troubling. She contrasted the U.N.\u2019s performance with that of regional organizations, such as the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, which she said have been willing to take on robust protection mandates.<\/p>\n

Children and Armed Conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update \u2013 August 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | Reliefweb
\nThis month\u2019s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations for the protection of children in the situations of Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan (Darfur) and Syria. In particular, the update provides recommendations on the transformation of the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) into United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).<\/p>\n

Refugee repatriation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congo Brazzaville Deports 140,000 DRC Citizens<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2014 | All Africa | Cameroon Tribune
\nThe government of Congo Brazzaville is showing no signs of let-up in its efforts to rid the country of foreigners without the right papers. Radio France Internationale, RFI, reported yesterday, 29 juillet 2014, that a total of 140,000 citizens from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, have either been expelled or returned home voluntarily in the last three months as a result of the drive.<\/p>\n

Former Angolan Refugee-Repatriation Date Set<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | All Africa | Angola Press
\nThe voluntary and organised repatriation of the former Angolan refugees in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled for 20 ao\u00fbt 2014. The decision is part of the conclusions emerged from the 7th Tripartite Meeting that gathered the governments of Angola, DRC and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held on 28 – 30 July in Luanda. Angop learnt that the meeting was intended to organise the voluntary repatriation and local integration of Angolan former refugees still residing in central African country, under the implementation of conclusions and recommendations from the 6th tripartite meeting held in Kinshasa on 23 – 25 July 2013.<\/p>\n

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

LRA Regional Update: Central African Republic, DR Congo and South Sudan<\/a>\u00a0(April – June 2014) | 31 July 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA
\nAttacks by the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) still remain a threat in CAR and DRC. Since January 2014, a total of 119 LRA attacks, 7 deaths and 307 abductions have been reported. Compared to 2013, this represents more than 60% of the attacks and almost 90 % of abductions reported by end of that year, an indicator that LRA is still very active in 2014. In Q2 of 2014, 57 attacks were reported, representing a slight decrease (12 %) from 65 attacks reported in Q1. However there has been a significant increase (132%) in number of abductions, with 216 abductions being reported as compared to 93 in Q1. Both CAR and DRC reported increased incidents of abductions. The number of reported deaths also increased to 5 up from 2 in Q1.<\/p>\n

A people dispossessed: the plight of civilians in areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo affected by the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Conciliation Resources
\nIn the far north east of the DRC daily life is dominated by constant insecurity. This is a result of continuing attacks by the LRA, confrontations with a growing number of Mbororo cattle herders and banditry. This report analyses the challenges of protecting civilians in the LRA affected areas of DRC and suggests ways forward.\u00a0 This report is part of a two stranded research project commissioned by Conciliation Resources on civilian protection and reintegration of abductees. The research is a result of continuing shortfalls in the effords of local, national and international actors to protect civiliants and reintegrate former LRA into their communities.
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Safe paths home: protecting civilians and supporting reintegration in LRA affected communities<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Conciliation Resources
\nThe Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) continues to threaten the lives and livelihoods of thousands of civilians in the border areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Unpredictable attacks and the awful memory of past atrocities prevent local communities from pursuing their traditional means of subsistence. They struggle to cope with severe individual and collective trauma and to accept family members and neighbours whom the LRA kidnapped and forced to kill. In response to this chronic insecurity, deep social and economic impact and inadequate responses from national and international actors, Conciliation Resources and partners conducted a thorough appraisal of current approaches to civilian protection and reintegration. The findings of these were released in two reports. This policy brief summarises the findings and policy suggestions of these reports.\u00a0\u00a0Direct link to the publication<\/a><\/p>\n

Border conflict between DRC and Rwanda<\/strong><\/p>\n

La RDC et le Rwanda veulent d\u00e9marquer leurs fronti\u00e8res communes<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s des minist\u00e8res congolais et rwandais de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur ainsi que les membres de la commission permanente des fronti\u00e8res Rwanda\u2013RDC se r\u00e9unissent depuis lundi 4 ao\u00fbt, pour quatre jours, \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu), autour de la question de mat\u00e9rialisation et d\u00e9marcation de la fronti\u00e8re commune entre les deux pays. Parmi ces experts, des Officiers militaires et des responsables des services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Cette bipartite vise \u00e0 identifier les bornes mat\u00e9rielles de la fronti\u00e8re commune r\u00e9elle entre le Rwanda et la RDC. Ces travaux font suite \u00e0 une r\u00e9union pr\u00e9liminaire de 2009, au cours de laquelle 5 bornes seulement sur les 22 initiales avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

Impunity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa\u2019s Slide Toward Disaster<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | The New York Times
\nOp-Ed: Helen Epstein
\nA specter is haunting Africa \u2014 the specter of impunity. Many countries the United States considers allies are in the grip of corrupt, repressive tyrants; others are mired in endless conflict. As Washington prepares to host the first-ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit next week, American policy makers must acknowledge their contributions to this dismal situation. By lavishing billions of dollars in military and development aid on African states while failing to promote justice, democracy and the rule of law, American policies have fostered a culture of abuse and rebellion. This must change before the continent is so steeped in blood that there\u2019s no way back.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Security situation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tentative d’infiltration du camp militaire Tshatshi – Le gouvernement appel\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9clairer l’opinion publique<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nPour la Voix des sans-voix pour les droits de l’Homme (VSV), la r\u00e9currence des attaques des sites strat\u00e9giques du pays suscite des interrogations sur leurs auteurs et complices qui n’ont manifestement aucune consid\u00e9ration vis-\u00e0-vis de la population dont on ne peut impun\u00e9ment troubler la qui\u00e9tude et mettre r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 en danger. Le point de presse tenu, le 30 juillet, dans la salle Fid\u00e8le Bazana au si\u00e8ge de la VSV a permis \u00e0 cette ONG de manifester ses inqui\u00e9tudes et sa crainte face \u00e0 la r\u00e9currence des attaques de certains sites strat\u00e9giques de la R\u00e9publique. \u00ab Notre conf\u00e9rence de presse constitue une sonnette d’alarme parce que le 30 d\u00e9cembre 2013, c’\u00e9tait des attaques contre la Radiot\u00e9l\u00e9vision nationale congolaise et d’autres sites \u00e0 travers le territoire national et, le 22 juillet, c’est le camp colonel Tshatshi qui est attaqu\u00e9 \u00bb, a expliqu\u00e9 le directeur ex\u00e9cutif de la VSV, Dolly Ibefo.<\/p>\n

Limits to supporting security sector interventions in the DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | ISS
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\nSince 2003, the international community has invested considerable resources in keeping the peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many interventions were focused on supporting security sector reform (SSR) and on the stabilisation of the volatile \u2018militia belt\u2019 in the eastern DRC, but these only achieved limited impact and the security context remains volatile. To explain why international efforts did not bring about the expected changes, the authors examine issues such as the peculiar relationship between the armed forces and local communities, and the neopatrimonial incentives of the Congolese elite. A largely technical approach that ignored the bigger political picture underscores the failure to fundamentally change the DRC\u2019s security context. The defeat of the M23 rebellion in 2013 was a rare success, but it now threatens to take away the necessary pressure for meaningful reform.
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In Congo, a Disabled Peace<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Foreign Policy
\nMaria crosses what is left of her legs and leans back against the wall of her UNHCR-issued tent. She is tall — before she stepped on a land mine in 2008, she was probably close to six feet — with dark, searching eyes and a chin that looks as if it were carved out of granite. She scarcely moves when she speaks. \u00ab\u00a0Life was never easy here,\u00a0\u00bb she says, while her 4-year-old granddaughter bounces quietly beside her on a thin mattress. \u00ab\u00a0But now it is impossible. In April, she tells me, the World Food Program (WFP), the United Nations’ humanitarian relief arm focused on hunger, stopped issuing her food assistance: the 12 kg of maize, 1.5 liters of cooking oil, and 4 kilos of beans that once provided a monthly lifeline for everyone in the refugee camp where she lives. \u00ab\u00a0Now I have nothing,\u00a0\u00bb Maria says, running her hand over the swollen nub that dangles below her right kneecap.<\/p>\n

Martin Kobler insiste sur la r\u00e9forme du secteur de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu en RDC, Martin Kobler, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 dimanche 3 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu) qu\u2019il restait du travail dans la r\u00e9forme du secteur de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Il s\u2019exprimait \u00e0 quelques heures de son d\u00e9part pour New York, o\u00f9 il doit pr\u00e9senter son rapport au Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Nations unies. Devant cet organe de l\u2019Onu, Martin Kobler devrait \u00e9galement \u00e9voquer la question du calendrier \u00e9lectoral congolais. \u00abJe me d\u00e9place \u00e0 New York maintenant. C\u2019est une tr\u00e8s tr\u00e8s bonne occasion d\u2019\u00e9changer de vues avec les membres du conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Et cette fois\u2013ci c\u2019est une r\u00e9union tr\u00e8s tr\u00e8s importante parce que c\u2019est au niveau minist\u00e9riel sous la pr\u00e9sidence du Royaume Uni \u00bb, a indiqu\u00e9 le chef de la Monusco.<\/p>\n

Alleged kidnapping of human rights activists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Des militaires et policiers accus\u00e9s d\u2019avoir enlev\u00e9 un membre de la VSV<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Voix des sans voix inqui\u00e8te apr\u00e8s une s\u00e9rie d’enl\u00e8vements<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nL’organisation de d\u00e9fense des droits de l’homme, la Voix des sans voix (VSV), accuse un groupe d’hommes arm\u00e9s, qu’elle soup\u00e7onne d’\u00eatre des policiers et des militaires, d’avoir \u00ab enlev\u00e9 \u00bb dans la nuit de samedi \u00e0 dimanche une dizaine de personnes dont l’un de ses membres, Honor\u00e9 Kapuku. Cela s’est pass\u00e9 dans une \u00e9glise du quartier de Brikin, dans la commune de Ngaliema \u00e0 Kinshasa. Il \u00e9tait un peu plus de deux heures du matin, selon des t\u00e9moins, lorsqu’un groupe d’hommes arm\u00e9s a fait irruption dans l’enceinte de l’\u00e9glise. Parmi eux, certains portaient l’uniforme de l’arm\u00e9e, d’autres \u00e9taient en civils, tous transport\u00e9s par un v\u00e9hicul\u00e9 flanqu\u00e9 du sigle de la police congolaise.<\/p>\n

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

Les FDLR accus\u00e9es d\u2019avoir bless\u00e9 10 personnes \u00e0 la machette \u00e0 Magelegele<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Lubero accuse les Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) d\u2019avoir bless\u00e9, en deux semaines, dix personnes \u00e0 la machette dans la localit\u00e9 de Magelegele, \u00e0 environ 200 km \u00e0 l\u2019Ouest de Butembo (Nord-Kivu). Selon cette structure, ces rebelles rwandais ont \u00e9galement kidnapp\u00e9 un infirmier vaccinateur dans cette partie du Nord-Kivu.
\nLe pr\u00e9sident de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Lubero, Joseph Malikidogo, accuse \u00e9galement les FDLR de contranidre la population aux travaux forc\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Les FDRL doivent \u00eatre d\u00e9mobilis\u00e9es \u00ab d\u2019ici la fin de l\u2019ann\u00e9e \u00bb, exigent les Etats-Unis<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe gouvernement am\u00e9ricain exige un d\u00e9sarmement rapide des rebelles rwandais des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR). Ce dernier groupe rebelle majeur encore actif dans l\u2019Est de la RDC doit \u00eatre d\u00e9mobilis\u00e9 \u00ab au plus tard \u00e0 la fin de l\u2019ann\u00e9e [2014] \u00bb. L\u2019envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial des Etats-Unis pour la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs, Russ Feingold, l\u2019a affirm\u00e9 mardi 5 ao\u00fbt lors sommet USA-Afrique qui se tient \u00e0 Washington. Le chef de l\u2019Etat congolais, Joseph Kabila prend part \u00e0 ces assises. Il n\u2019y aurait aucune justification que les FDLR sollicitent des n\u00e9gociations politiques, et le groupe doit \u00eatre d\u00e9mobilis\u00e9 \u00ab au plus tard \u00e0 la fin de l\u2019ann\u00e9e \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Russ Feingold.<\/p>\n

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

20 villages repris \u00e0 des groupes arm\u00e9s dans l’Est<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2014 | Reliefweb | rfi
\nL’arm\u00e9e congolaise et les Casques bleus ont repris la semaine derni\u00e8re une vingtaine villages \u00e0 des groupes arm\u00e9s actifs dans l’Est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, a annonc\u00e9 mercredi la Mission de l’ONU (Monusco). \u00ab\u00a0Environ vingt villages ont \u00e9t\u00e9 reconquis par les militaires congolais durant la semaine \u00e9coul\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb dans les territoires de Beni, Walikale et Lubero, situ\u00e9s dans la province mini\u00e8re du Nord-Kivu, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le lieutenant-colonel Felix-Prosper Basse porte-parole de la Monusco. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 repris pendant une phase d’op\u00e9rations conjointes de l’arm\u00e9e et des Casques bleus qui a commenc\u00e9 le 2 juillet pour mettre fin aux exactions (meurtres, viols, enr\u00f4lements d’enfants, pillages…) des groupes arm\u00e9s qui s’affrontent pour des raisons ethniques, \u00e9conomiques ou fonci\u00e8res.<\/p>\n

Les autorit\u00e9s coutumi\u00e8res s\u2019inqui\u00e8tent du d\u00e9part des casques bleus de Kashebere<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes autorit\u00e9s coutumi\u00e8res de Walikale s\u2019inqui\u00e8tent du d\u00e9part des casques bleus de la Monusco de la localit\u00e9 de Kashebere dans le groupement de Luberiki, en territoire de Walikale (Nord-Kivu). Cest depuis le d\u00e9but de cette semaine que les casques bleus sud-africains de la brigade d\u2019intervention de la Monusco qui y \u00e9taient d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s sont en train d\u2019\u00eatre red\u00e9ploy\u00e9s \u00e0 Pinga. Pour Alexandre Bamongo, chef coutumier de Luberiki, le d\u00e9part de ces casques bleus risque de replonger son groupement dans l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 caus\u00e9e par les groupes arm\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu authorities ban media coverage of Muslim community<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Reliefweb | Reporters sans Fronti\u00e8res
\nReporters Without Borders deplores the ban on any media coverage linked to the local Muslim community that the Higher Council for Broadcasting (CSAC) in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu issued on 28 July, which Muslims celebrate as Eid al-Fitr, the end of the month-long Ramadan fast. CSAC provincial coordinator Musingi Kongolo Annocie said in the communiqu\u00e9 announcing the ban that it was designed to help promote \u201cpeace and peaceful cohabitation in Nord-Kivu.\u201d But it forces news media and journalists to refrain from covering a significant ongoing event on unfounded security grounds.<\/p>\n

Les autorit\u00e9s veulent fermer les camps des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nQue faire pour mettre durablement un terme \u00e0 l\u2019existence des camps des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s au Nord-Kivu ? La question a \u00e9t\u00e9 au centre\u00a0 d\u2019\u00e9changes de deux jours\u00a0 entre le gouvernement provincial et les acteurs humanitaires \u00e0 Goma. Alors que le gouvernement provincial soutient que plusieurs zones de retour sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 s\u00e9curis\u00e9es, les humanitaires estiment qu\u2019on ne pas chasser de leurs camps les d\u00e9plac\u00e9s qui ne peuvent pas rentrer dans leurs milieux d\u2019origines pour des raisons particuli\u00e8res.<\/p>\n

Lib\u00e9ration des otages de l’ADF – la MONUSCO et les FARDC peaufinent des strategies<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | All Africa | le Potentiel
\nLes FARDC et la Monusco entendent en finir avec les rebelles ougandais de l’ADF. Seulement, ces derniers d\u00e9tiennent un nombre important d’otages qui peuvent servir de boucliers humains. Les Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) et la Force de la Mission des Nations unies pour la stabilisation du Congo (Monusco) peaufinent des strat\u00e9gies pour lib\u00e9rer les otages qui se trouvent entre les mains de l’Alliance des forces d\u00e9mocratiques (ADF). Le porte-parole militaire de la Monusco, le lieutenant-colonel F\u00e9lix-Prosper Basse, l’a d\u00e9clar\u00e9, le mercredi 30 juillet \u00e0 Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

Des casques bleus de la Monusco d\u00e9couvrent une cache d\u2019armes \u00e0 Kingi<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe 3e bataillon indien des casques bleus de la Monusco a d\u00e9couvert jeudi 31 juillet une cache d\u2019armes pr\u00e8s de la localit\u00e9 de Kingi, \u00e0 environ\u00a0 40 km de Goma, dans le territoire de Masisi (Nord-Kivu). Treize armes AK 47, des lance-roquettes et des rafales, treize chargeurs et plus de mille deux cent cartouches ont \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9s, enfouis dans le sol. Selon les officiers de ce bataillon, les casques bleus \u00e9taient en patrouille dans la zone lorsqu\u2019ils ont identifi\u00e9 un mouvement suspect dans la brousse.<\/p>\n

L’ex-num\u00e9ro deux des FARDC r\u00e9int\u00e9gr\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nGabriel Amisi Kumba, dit \u00ab Tango Fort \u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 blanchi par la commission du Conseil sup\u00e9rieur de la d\u00e9fense de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Ce g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, accus\u00e9 dans un rapport des experts de l’ONU de complicit\u00e9, de vente ou de trafic d’armes avec les groupes arm\u00e9s, a vu \u00e9galement sa suspension lev\u00e9e faute de preuves selon cette commission. De ce fait, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9habilit\u00e9 dans ses fonctions par le pr\u00e9sident Joseph Kabila.<\/p>\n

Des comit\u00e9s de paix install\u00e9s dans les anciennes zones des ADF \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe gouvernement congolais et la Monusco ont install\u00e9, samedi 2 ao\u00fbt, des comit\u00e9s de paix \u00e0 Totolito, Kambiya miba et Mamundioma, trois localit\u00e9s du territoire de Beni, d\u2019o\u00f9 les rebelles ougandais des ADF ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9log\u00e9s par l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise. Pour l\u2019administrateur de ce territoire du Nord-Kivu, ces comit\u00e9s sont charg\u00e9s de consolider la paix dans ces zones lib\u00e9r\u00e9es de l\u2019occupation des rebelles ougandais. Chaque comit\u00e9 est constitu\u00e9 d\u2019un chef local, d\u2019un membre de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, d\u2019un repr\u00e9sentant des confessions religieuses et celui des associations f\u00e9minines.<\/p>\n

Environ 280 otages ont \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nEnviron 280 otages lib\u00e9r\u00e9s de mains des rebelles ougandais des ADF<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nL’op\u00e9ration \u00ab Sokola \u00bb, lanc\u00e9e par les FARDC, avec l’appui de la Monusco, porte d\u00e9j\u00e0 ses fruits. Selon l’administrateur du territoire de Beni, quelque 280 otages sont retourn\u00e9s dans leurs familles. D’autres sont encore attendus \u00e0 fur et \u00e0 mesure que l’op\u00e9ration se poursuit. L’administrateur du territoire de Beni, Amisi Kalonda, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 dimanche, 3 ao\u00fbt 2014, qu’environ 280 otages ont \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9s de mains des rebelles ougandais des ADF, depuis le d\u00e9but de l’op\u00e9ration \u00ab Sokola \u00bb lanc\u00e9e contre eux en janvier dernier par les Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC), appuy\u00e9e par la Mission de l’Onu pour la stabilisation du pays (Monusco).<\/p>\n

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

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Sud-Kivu N\u00b027\/14, 31 juillet 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA<\/p>\n

Attaques sur le lac Tanganyika: le Burundi accuse la RDC de manque de collaboration<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe Burundi accuse la RDC de manque de collaboration dans la traque des bandits arm\u00e9s\u00a0 en tenues militaires congolaises qui volent et tuent dans le lac Tanganyika. D\u2019apr\u00e8s les autorit\u00e9s burundaises, cette situation pourrait d\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9rer en piraterie pouvant toucher les marchandises en provenance de la Tanzanie et de la Zambie. Le Burundi souhaite que cette question soit r\u00e9solue par voie diplomatique. La marine burundaise n\u2019appr\u00e9cie pas le manque de collaboration de la part de celle de la RDC pour traquer les bandits arm\u00e9s qui pillent et tuent des gens dans sur le lac Tanganyika. Elle invite Kinshasa \u00e0 conjuguer plus d\u2019effort dans la lutte contre ce banditisme.<\/p>\n

3e affrontement en 3 semaines entre les FARDC et une milice \u00e0 Bugorhe<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes hommes arm\u00e9s non identifi\u00e9s ont attaqu\u00e9 vendredi 1er ao\u00fbt une position tenue par l\u2019arm\u00e9e \u00e0 Bugorhe, dans le territoire de Kabare (Sud-Kivu). La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile locale parle d\u2019un bless\u00e9 parmi les militaires. Ce bilan est cependant rejet\u00e9 par le commandement du 1001e r\u00e9giment des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC). Il affirme que les assaillants ont \u00e9t\u00e9 repouss\u00e9s vers le parc national de Kahuzi Biega. Ces combats ont sem\u00e9 la panique parmi la population de cette localit\u00e9 et ses environs.<\/p>\n

8 bless\u00e9s dans une attaque \u00e0 la grenade \u00e0 Mwambangu<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nHuit personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es dans l\u2019explosion d\u2019une grenade \u00e0 Mwambangu, un village situ\u00e9 \u00e0 3 km au sud de Baraka, dans le Sud-Kivu. Les victimes sont tous membres d\u2019une \u00e9glise de r\u00e9veil. D\u2019autres fid\u00e8les de cette paroisse ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 ma\u00eetriser le lanceur de grenade, qu\u2019ils ont livr\u00e9 aux autorit\u00e9s militaires. L\u2019attaque contre la 3e \u00e9glise Malkiya Wa Ubembe a eu lieu pendant la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration de son anniversaire. Selon un des responsables de cette \u00e9glise, Kyalumba Kashindi, elle est l\u2019\u0153uvre d\u2019un groupe d\u2019hommes arm\u00e9s instrumentalis\u00e9s par une \u00e9glise concurrente.<\/p>\n

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

Des miliciens FRPI accus\u00e9s d\u2019exactions contre des civils \u00e0 Walendu Bindi<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes miliciens de la Force de r\u00e9sistance patriotique de l\u2019Ituri (FRPI) sont accus\u00e9s d\u2019avoir commis plusieurs exactions contre les populations civiles dans la collectivit\u00e9 de Walendu-Bindi, en district de l\u2019Ituri (Province Orientale). Des habitants de la r\u00e9gion les accusent notamment d\u2019avoir viol\u00e9, dimanche 27 juillet, une femme de 20 ans dans la localit\u00e9 de Kitoma. Ces combattants auraient abandonn\u00e9 la femme apr\u00e8s le viol. La victime a \u00e9t\u00e9 conduite par la suite \u00e0 l\u2019H\u00f4pital de Boga pour \u00eatre soign\u00e9e. Mais des sources locales indiquent que la femme viol\u00e9e n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 correctement prise en charge faute de m\u00e9dicaments dans cet \u00e9tablissement hospitalier.<\/p>\n

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

L\u2019activisme des miliciens perturbe les op\u00e9rations de cartographie \u00e9lectorale<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe secr\u00e9taire ex\u00e9cutif provincial de la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (Ceni) au Katanga, St\u00e9phane Moma Kabondo, accuse les groupes arm\u00e9s d\u2019entraver le d\u00e9roulement des op\u00e9rations de stabilisation des cartographies op\u00e9rationnelles. Les miliciens emp\u00eacheraient notamment les agents de la commission \u00e9lectorale d\u2019acc\u00e9der \u00e0 une dizaine de groupements, particuli\u00e8rement dans les territoires de Moba et Manono, pour faire leur travail.<\/p>\n

De nombreux Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef bless\u00e9s dans un combat avec les FARDC \u00e0 Moba<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDe nombreux combattants Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9s au cours des accrochages qui ont dur\u00e9 une semaine avec les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) dans la localit\u00e9 d\u2019Eva, en territoire de Moba (Katanga). Des sources militaires de la r\u00e9gion ne pr\u00e9cisent pas le nombre exact de miliciens touch\u00e9s, apr\u00e8s avoir attaqu\u00e9 les positions des FARDC dans cette partie du Katanga. Selon les m\u00eames sources, ces combats se sont \u00e9tendus jusqu\u2019au secteur de Mwenge wa Lui, dans une partie qui ouvre la voie au territoire de Pweto.<\/p>\n

\u00c9quateur<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les violences entre deux villages font 3 morts \u00e0 Lisala<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nTrois personnes sont d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9es et cinq autres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 gri\u00e8vement bless\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019issue des accrochages survenus, samedi 2 ao\u00fbt, entre les habitants des localit\u00e9s de Ngale et Bobala, dans le territoire de Lisala, \u00e0 environ 800 km de Mbandaka (Equateur). Selon les t\u00e9moins joints au t\u00e9l\u00e9phone depuis le lieu de drame, ces deux habitants se disputent les limites de terre. Cette information est confirm\u00e9e par le commissaire de district de Mongala (Equateur). Les m\u00eames sources indiquent que ces d\u00e9saccords ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9s \u00e0 la suite de la nouvelle limite trac\u00e9e par les agents de la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (Ceni) pour la nouvelle cartographie \u00e9lectorale dans cette partie de l\u2019Equateur.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Government responds to Amnesty International\u2019s last week\u2019s report<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi Vows Political Freedom for 2015 Elections Amid Criticism<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Bloomberg
\nBurundi said it\u2019s allowing political dissent in the run up to next year\u2019s elections amid rising concern that the government is cracking down on opposition groups. An Amnesty International report accusing Burundi\u2019s authorities of intimidating critics and failing to prevent politically motivated violence is untrue and an attempt to undermine the country\u2019s reputation, government spokesman Philippe Nzobonariba told reporters yesterday in the capital, Bujumbura. \u201cFreedom of expression and freedom of association are largely guaranteed in this country, but the laws must be respected,\u201d Nzobonariba said. The number of privately owned media outlets and political parties in Burundi are \u201crarely found in other countries\u201d of its size, he said.<\/p>\n

Le gouvernement burundais r\u00e9pond aux \u00aball\u00e9gations\u00bb d’Amnesty<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nMardi 29 juillet, Amnesty International sortait un rapport sur le Burundi qui d\u00e9non\u00e7ait une \u00ab campagne incessante d’intimidation \u00bb contre l’opposition et les voix critiques, \u00e0 l’approche de la pr\u00e9sidentielle de juin 2015 dans ce pays. Pour Philippe Nzobonariba, porte-parole du gouvernement, ces \u00ab all\u00e9gations \u00bb sont de \u00ab purs mensonges \u00bb. Dans le document publi\u00e9 mardi, Amnesty International pointe notamment du doigt les restrictions qui frappent de plus en l’opposition, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et les m\u00e9dias ind\u00e9pendants, ainsi que les violences politiques croissantes \u00e0 l’actif des Imbonerakure, les jeunes affili\u00e9s au parti au pouvoir. La r\u00e9ponse gouvernementale \u00e0 ces affirmations ne s’est pas fait attendre. Dans une charge virulente contre l’organisation internationale des droits de l’homme il l’a accus\u00e9e ce mercredi de s’\u00eatre mise aux services de ses ennemis.
\nDirect link to the report<\/a><\/p>\n

Political Conflict \/ 2015 Election<\/strong><\/p>\n

Status and dynamics of the political situation in Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | ISS
\nOnce hailed as a peacebuilding success story, Burundi has recently experienced escalating political tensions that threaten the stability of country ahead of its 2015 general elections. Frictions between political actors stem partly from the closing of the political space by the government, which prevents the opposition and civil society from operating freely in the country. Moreover, attempts by the ruling party to allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third mandate, in violation of the current constitution, have raised concerns about the democratic future of the country. Additionally, UN reports alleging that the CNDD-FDD has taken steps to arm and train its youth wing, the Imbonerakure, and recent violent incidents attributed the youth chapter, have heightened fears of a relapse of political violence.
\nDirect link to the publication<\/a><\/p>\n

The wrong man behind bars<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Pambazuka
\nIt’s been two months since Burundian authorities detained prominent human rights defender (HRD) Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa. What keeps the 66 year-old HRD at Mpimba central prison, in Bujumbura, is deeply disturbing as in the run up to the next elections in 2015 it sends a message to political activists and human rights defenders that the government may be preparing to take a much more hardline approach to its critics and opponents. The activist attracted police attention days after he took part in a discussion on a local radio station about the reported presence of Burundian soldiers in Eastern Congo. He had simply called for an independent investigation into the matter. Choosing to shoot the messenger rather than look into the issue, the authorities have chosen to investigate the human rights defender instead.<\/p>\n

Peace training<\/strong><\/p>\n

Killers to healers: training Burundi’s youth to choose peace<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | BBC
\nDieudonn\u00e9 Nahimana was a teenager when he saw first-hand the devastating effects of ethnic conflict in Burundi. Today, he draws on his experience of the 12-year civil war between Hutus and Tutsis to nurture a new generation of leaders who can rebuild the east African country and prevent it returning to war. His nation-building project New Generation, in Bujumbura, coaches ex-child soldiers and victims of war to become ambassadors for peace in a nation where ethnic tensions have simmered since the end of the conflict in 2005.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Prime Minister Andr\u00e9 Nzapayek\u00e9 resigns\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

La RCA sans Premier minister<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | BBC
\nD\u00e9mission du Premier ministre Andr\u00e9 Nzapayek\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nAndr\u00e9 Nzapayek\u00e9 aura tenu un peu plus de six mois au poste de Premier ministre de la transition. Nomm\u00e9 le 25 janvier par Catherine Samba-Panza, il a d\u00e9missionn\u00e9 mardi 5 ao\u00fbt. Une d\u00e9cision prise officiellement pour faciliter la mise en \u0153uvre de l’accord sign\u00e9 il y a une semaine \u00e0 Brazzaville. \u00ab\u00a0La pr\u00e9sidente de transition a demand\u00e9 et obtenu du Premier ministre, chef du gouvernement de transition, sa d\u00e9mission et celle de son gouvernement\u00a0\u00bb, a annonc\u00e9 un porte-parole de la pr\u00e9sidence sur les ondes de la radio d’\u00c9tat, rapporte l’AFP. \u00ab\u00a0Apr\u00e8s Brazzaville, le PM ne pouvait pas rester, explique un conseiller de Samba-Panza. La d\u00e9cision a \u00e9t\u00e9 prise pour donner un nouveau d\u00e9part \u00e0 la transition. Il faut tenir compte des aspiration des uns et des autres.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

CAR Government Steps Down As Part of Peace Deal<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Deutsche Welle
\nCentral African Republic’s interim prime minister, Andre Nzapayeke, and his Cabinet stepped down on Tuesday as part of a peace agreement reached last month with Christian and Muslim rebel factions, interim President Catherine Samba-Panza said. A spokesman for Samba-Panza told state radio that the resignation was at her request. Samba-Panza said that, following talks with both factions, she would make the transitional government more inclusive. There was no immediate announcement on who would replace the prime minister, though there was wide speculation that a Muslim politician could be chosen.<\/p>\n

Chomu Tumenta appointed new head of MINUSCA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ban appoints Cameroonian general to lead UN peacekeeping force<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2014 | UN News
\nAs the United Nations \u201cre-hats\u201d some of the African troops currently serving in the Central African Republic to a peacekeeping mission that will take over in mid-September, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that the current African force commander will remain in charge under the UN flag. Major General Martin Chomu Tumenta has been appointed to head the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), according to a statement from a UN spokesperson. The Major General will take up his appointment when MINUSCA officially takes authority from the African-led International Support Mission in the country (MISCA), which he now leads.<\/p>\n

Implementation of the ceasefire deal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calmer les enfants des rues de Bangui<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | All Africa | Deutsche Welle
\nUne semaine apr\u00e8s la signature du cessez-le-feu en Centrafrique, les Anti-balakas tentent de sensibiliser les enfants d\u00e9s\u0153uvr\u00e9s de Bangui pour les convaincre de mettre fin au lynchage des musulmans. Le but de cette campagne de sensibilisation de la Coordination des Anti-balakas en Centrafrique, pr\u00e8s d’une semaine apr\u00e8s la signature du cessez-le-feu \u00e0 Brazzaville, est d’informer les enfants sur les modalit\u00e9s pratiques de la mise en \u0153uvre de cet accord. Il faut surtout les convaincre de cesser le lynchage des musulmans encore pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 Bangui. L’initiative semble porter ses fruits, selon le charg\u00e9 des op\u00e9rations des Anti-balaka, Sylvestre Yagouzou, \u00e0 Bangui. Vous pouvez l’\u00e9couter en cliquant sur le lien ou sur l’image.<\/p>\n

CAR Parliament Discusses Brazzaville Ceasefire Deal<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | All Africa | Cameroon Tribune
\nAs a follow up to last month’s reconciliation and peace conference of Central African Republic, CAR stakeholders in Brazzaville, Congo, the country’s Transitional Parliament or Transitional National Council, CNT, began sitting in the capital, Bangui, on 1 ao\u00fbt 2014, in an emergency one-week session. The APA news agency reported that the session is also to present the conclusions of the parley, consider the implementation of the transition roadmap and the enlargement of the CNT in the light of the Constitutional Transitional Charter. Addressing the opening, CNT Speaker, Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet, appealed to all warring parties to seek consensus in order to restore peace in the beleaguered country. He announced that discussions were underway for the possible increase in the number CNT members; still as a sequel to the Brazzaville peace talks.<\/p>\n

New fighting and deaths endanger peace agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Des heurts \u00e0 Batangafo fragilisent le processus de paix<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLes violences qui ont secou\u00e9, mercredi, la ville de Batangafo, au nord de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, menacent le processus de paix. Pendant plusieurs heures, les membres de la seleka ont affront\u00e9 des hommes pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s comme des anti-balaka. A ce stade, il n\u2019est toujours pas possible d\u2019obtenir le bilan pr\u00e9cis, mais plusieurs personnes auraient p\u00e9ri, rapporte RFI. Les hostilit\u00e9s ont d\u00e9marr\u00e9 aux alentours de 10 heures du matin, lorsque la seleka de Batangafo est la cible d\u2019une attaque. Nul doute pour la seleka, l\u2019attaque est l\u2019oeuvre des anti-balaka. \u00ab C\u2019est une violation de l\u2019accord de cessation des hostilit\u00e9s \u00bb, s\u2019insurge le porte-parole de l\u2019\u00e9tat-major de la seleka, Ahmat Nedjad Ibrahim. \u00ab On vient de signer un accord \u00e0 Brazzaville, mais les anti-balaka continuent de nous provoquer \u00bb, rench\u00e9rit un autre membre de l\u2019\u00e9tat-major de la seleka, le colonel Narkoyo. \u00ab Nous avons ordonn\u00e9 \u00e0 tous nos \u00e9l\u00e9ments de cesser les violences, insiste-t-il. S\u2019il y a des gens qui se r\u00e9clament des anti-balaka et qui continuent ces violences, ce ne sont pas des anti-balaka \u00bb, ajoute \u00c9motion Brice Nansio, le porte-parole du mouvement.<\/p>\n

Violence Continues Despite Peace Deal<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | All Africa | Cameroon Tribune
\nDespite peace talks, ongoing clashes in Central African Republic take heavy toll on civilians<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | UN News
\nUnited Nations humanitarian staff working in crisis-torn Central African Republic (CAR) reported today that despite peace talks, civilians continue to be caught in crossfire in ongoing fighting. According to a UN spokesperson in New York, 26 civilians were killed earlier this week when clashes between armed groups resulted in an attack on the village of Batangafo in Ouham Prefecture. \u201cOur humanitarian colleagues tells us that despite recent peace talks in Brazzaville, clashes between armed groups have continued, exacting a heavy toll on civilians,\u201d St\u00e9phane Dujarric told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n

22 morts dans des combats entre anti-balaka et ex-s\u00e9l\u00e9ka<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nNouveaux combats entre miliciens en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | All Africa | La Tribune
\nLa Centrafrique est loin d\u2019\u00eatre au bout de ses peines. Au moins 22 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es lors de violents affrontements, mercredi et jeudi, entre miliciens anti-balaka et ex-rebelles s\u00e9l\u00e9ka \u00e0 Batangafo, \u00e0 300 km au nord de Bangui, la capitale centrafricaine. C\u2019est ce qu\u2019a indiqu\u00e9, ce vendredi, la force africaine (MISCA). D\u2019apr\u00e8s cet officier, des \u00ab \u00e9l\u00e9ments se r\u00e9clamant des anti-balaka sont entr\u00e9s dans la ville, mercredi, et ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 tirer en direction des bases des ex-s\u00e9l\u00e9ka entra\u00eenant la riposte de ces derniers \u00bb. Parmi les 22 victimes de ces combats meurtriers, les civils seraient les plus nombreux. On compte aussi quelques anti-balaka et ex-s\u00e9l\u00e9ka, selon cet officier sous couvert d\u2019anonymat, qui a \u00e9galement fait \u00e9tat de \u00ab plusieurs dizaines de bless\u00e9s \u00bb.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9nonciation de l’Accord de Brazzaville – On s’y attendait !<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Pays
\nOn voyait venir les choses. Cela n’a rien de surprenant. Le chef d’\u00e9tat-major de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 ne pas se reconna\u00eetre dans l’accord de cessez-le-feu qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 paraph\u00e9 in extremis \u00e0 Brazzaville au Congo, le 23 juillet dernier, sous l’\u00e9gide du pr\u00e9sident congolais Denis Sassou Nguesso. Certes, le m\u00e9diateur a pu sauver la face en arrachant de justesse et au forceps, un cessez-le-feu entre S\u00e9l\u00e9ka et antibalaka. Mais force est de constater que son application pose probl\u00e8me. Car la situation n’a visiblement pas \u00e9volu\u00e9 depuis le forum de Brazzaville qui \u00e9tait cens\u00e9 mettre fin \u00e0 la violence.<\/p>\n

Affrontements mortels entre l\u2019arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise et l\u2019ex-seleka<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\n37 morts dans les combats<\/a>\u00a0| 6 August 2014 | BBC
\nDes violents affrontements ont oppos\u00e9, lundi, l\u2019arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise et la r\u00e9bellion de l\u2019ex-seleka \u00e0 Batangafo dans le nord de la Centrafrique. Plusieurs morts sont \u00e0 d\u00e9plorer du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des rebelles. L\u2019arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise a violemment affront\u00e9 des membres de l\u2019ex-seleka, faisant plusieurs morts dans les rangs de rebelles, lundi, \u00e0 Batangafo, dans le nord de la Centrafrique, rapporte un membre de la Mission internationale de soutien \u00e0 la Centrafrique (MISCA). \u00ab Des soldats fran\u00e7ais de l\u2019op\u00e9ration Sangaris en mission de reconnaissance ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pris \u00e0 partie, lundi, par des ex-seleka, \u00e0 leur entr\u00e9e dans le centre \u00bb de Batangafo, a indiqu\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019AFP un officier de la MISCA. \u00ab Les militaires fran\u00e7ais ont ripost\u00e9 \u00bb, avec des armes lourdes. L\u2019op\u00e9ration a n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 le soutien de l\u2019avion de chasse Rafale.<\/p>\n

Les violents affrontements de Batangafo menacent-ils l’accord de Brazzaville ?<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLa d\u00e9mission mardi du Premier ministre centrafricain, Andr\u00e9 Nzapayek\u00e9, intervient alors que les affrontements entre l’arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise et des ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka \u00e0 Batangafo (300 km au nord de Bangui) ont repris. Des combats qui pourraient fragiliser l’accord de cessez-le-feu sign\u00e9 \u00e0 Brazzaville. Le calme est revenu mardi 5 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Batangafo, que des h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res survolaient toujours, apr\u00e8s une journ\u00e9e de combats entre forces de l’op\u00e9ration Sangaris et \u00e9l\u00e9ments de l’ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka \u00e0 l’entr\u00e9e de la ville. Le matin, l’arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise est entr\u00e9e dans cette localit\u00e9 situ\u00e9e \u00e0 300 km au nord de Bangui, l’ex-r\u00e9bellion \u00e9tait, elle, cantonn\u00e9e. Dans le m\u00eame temps, \u00e0 Bambari, des repr\u00e9sentants de Sangaris et de la Misca ont rencontr\u00e9 le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Joseph Zundeko, chef d’\u00e9tat-major de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka.<\/p>\n

Parts of Seleka reject peace agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accord de cessation des hostilit\u00e9s : discorde au sein de l\u2019ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August | Hirondelle
\nLe chef militaire de la seleka refuse l\u2019accord de Brazzaville<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August | Afrik.com
\nLe chef militaire de la seleka, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Joseph Zound\u00e9ko, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 ne pas reconna\u00eetre l\u2019accord de cessez-le-feu sign\u00e9 le 23 juillet dernier \u00e0 Brazzaville, capitale de la R\u00e9publique du Congo. L\u2019accord de cessez-le-feu sign\u00e9 le 23 juillet dernier \u00e0 Brazzaville entre l\u2019ex-seleka, les anti-balaka et le gouvernement centrafricain n\u2019est pas reconnu par l\u2019ensemble de la r\u00e9bellion \u00e0 majorit\u00e9 musulmane. Le chef militaire de ce mouvement, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Joseph Zound\u00e9ko, qui a conquis le pouvoir en mars 2013 au moment de la proclamation de Michel Djotodia comme Pr\u00e9sident de la Centrafrique, s\u2019est d\u00e9solidaris\u00e9 de la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de son camp qui s\u2019est rendu dans la capitale congolaise. \u00ab L\u2019accord sign\u00e9 \u00e0 Brazzaville a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9par\u00e9 par le gouvernement centrafricain sans l\u2019implication des forces r\u00e9publicaines. (\u2026) La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de l\u2019ex-seleka qui s\u2019est rendue \u00e0 Brazzaville n\u2019a pas le mandat d\u2019apposer une signature sur le document de cessez-le-feu sans l\u2019avis favorable de l\u2019\u00e9tat-major \u00bb, a-t-il expliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique. \u00ab L\u2019\u00e9tat-major ne se reconna\u00eet pas dans la signature de l\u2019accord de cessez-le-feu. Ce document n\u2019engage que la responsabilit\u00e9 de leurs auteurs signataires \u00bb, poursuit alors Joseph Zound\u00e9ko.<\/p>\n

MISCA accused of acts of sexual violence in IDP camps\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es accusent des soldats de la Misca de violences sexuelles<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | rfi
\nLa MISCA accus\u00e9e de violences sexuelles<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nDans les camps de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s, les femmes sont souvent victimes de violences sexuelles. A Bambari, de nombreux t\u00e9moignages pointent l’attitude des soldats de la Misca, en charge de la protection d’un des camps de la ville. La nuit, des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la force africaine de maintien de la paix se livreraient \u00e0 des abus, du harc\u00e8lement et de l’exploitation sexuelle sur de jeunes d\u00e9plac\u00e9es d\u00e9munies contraintes de se livrer, pour survivre, \u00e0 ceux qui sont cens\u00e9s les prot\u00e9ger. \u00ab Beaucoup de filles sont abandonn\u00e9es \u00e0 elles-m\u00eames. Parfois, elles me disent : \u00ab\u00a0notre vie actuelle n’est pas comme avant\u00a0\u00bb. Nous sommes oblig\u00e9es de nous livrer pour avoir de quoi manger. Pour avoir de quoi s’habiller. Il y a aussi du harc\u00e8lement sexuel. La nuit, les hommes de la Misca entrent dans les huttes pour avoir les filles. Elles sont oblig\u00e9es d’accepter : elles n’ont pas les moyens de subsister. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Anti-Balaka announce their dissolution and reformation as political party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les Antibalaka annoncent leur dissolution<\/a>\u00a0| 31. July 2014 | Hirondelle
\nRegagner les casernes pour ceux qui \u00e9taient dans l\u2019arm\u00e9e, s\u2019inscrire dans le processus de d\u00e9mobilisation pour les autres, c\u2019est l\u2019appel lanc\u00e9 mercredi aux Antibalaka par l\u2019un des leaders des Antibalaka. \u00ab M\u2019\u00e9tant brutalement rebell\u00e9 pour protester contre les exactions des S\u00e9l\u00e9ka sur la population civile et ayant obtenu le d\u00e9part de Michel Djotodia, suivi de la signature de l\u2019accord de cessation des hostilit\u00e9s de Brazzaville, le 23 juillet 2014, je pense qu\u2019il est imp\u00e9rieux de tout mettre en \u0153uvre pour consolider la paix et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 en RCA \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 mercredi \u00e0 la presse le capitaine Gilbert Kamezou-la\u00ef. \u00abJe demande aux fr\u00e8res d\u2019armes \u2018\u2018FACA (Forces arm\u00e9es centrafricaines) Antibalaka\u2019\u2019 de d\u00e9poser les armes et de regagner les casernes sans exception \u00bb, a poursuivi le capitaine annon\u00e7ant ainsi la dissolution de son mouvement. \u00ab Aux patriotes civils Antibalaka, \u00e0 qui je jette des fleurs pour leur sens patriotique, je leur demande de se regrouper pour leur enregistrement, en attendant le processus du DDR \u00bb (D\u00e9sarmement, D\u00e9mobilisation et R\u00e9insertion), a ajout\u00e9 le leader de la milice.<\/p>\n

Nga\u00efssona et l’avenir politique des anti-balaka<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nx-ministre des Sports de Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9, Patrice-\u00c9douard Nga\u00efssona est devenu le coordinateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du mouvement. Son objectif : le transformer en un parti politique respectable pour participer aux \u00e9lections pr\u00e9vues d\u00e9but 2015. Cr\u00e9\u00e9e en r\u00e9action aux exactions commises par l’ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka, qui a pris le pouvoir en mars 2013, la milice anti-balaka (majoritairement chr\u00e9tienne) cherche \u00e0 asseoir sa l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 en tant que parti politique, en vue des \u00e9lections pr\u00e9vues pour f\u00e9vrier 2015. Mais les dissensions internes et le manque de structures ralentissent le processus, sur fond de ressentiment ethnique. En parall\u00e8le, \u00e0 Bangui, les exactions commises par ses membres ont fait perdre \u00e0 la milice la popularit\u00e9 dont elle a pu jouir au d\u00e9but du conflit. Cela n’emp\u00eache pas certains politiciens de se r\u00e9clamer du mouvement anti-balaka et de rechercher ses faveurs. Preuve que le \u00ab\u00a0label\u00a0\u00bb n’est pas encore \u00e9cul\u00e9.<\/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

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

We must not look away from the crises in Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | BBC
\nA single photo focused the world\u2019s attention on Sudan in 93. As Gaza and MH17 dominate, Africa\u2019s horrors remain invisible. As controversial as the picture was, as problematic as it may have been for Carter to shoot it while the young girl sat, helpless prey to a vulture, the image sparked worldwide interest in the famine. People noticed and, suddenly, people cared. Now, three years after independence, South Sudan, the world\u2019s youngest country, is expected to declare that it is once again in a state of famine. The crisis has been caused by conflict between government forces and various opposition groups. Four million people are facing emergency levels of food shortages. One and a half million have been displaced and 50,000 children are at risk of death from malnutrition.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Ebola<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nouvelles mesures de pr\u00e9vention contre Ebola<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Reliefweb | Agence France-Presse
\nLa R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo va appliquer de nouvelles mesures sanitaires pour pr\u00e9venir l’apparition sur son sol de la fi\u00e8vre h\u00e9morragique Ebola, qui a fait pr\u00e8s de 700 morts en Afrique de l’Ouest depuis le d\u00e9but de l’ann\u00e9e, a-t-on appris de source officielle. Il y aura notamment \u00ab\u00a0un durcissement des mesures de screening (contr\u00f4le) des passagers pour tous les vols faisant escale au Nigeria, un pr\u00e9positionnement de tout le dispositif de protection et de diagnostic\u00a0\u00bb, a expliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 l’AFP le ministre de la Sant\u00e9, F\u00e9lix Kabange Numbi.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

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

Central African Crisis: Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (1 August 2014)<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA
\nThe security situation remains volatile throughout the country. Renewed tension and the escalation of violence in the interior of the country, in particular in the town of Bambari and Paoua, have triggered new displacements. Humanitarian operations continue to be severely constrained by insecurity and serious funding gaps. Total IDP figures remain high, with nearly one million people displaced internally and across borders. Hundreds of CAR refugees continue to arrive in Cameroon every week. A recent survey showed that 36 per cent of site-resident IDPs in CAR intend to remain in displacement sites.<\/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

DRC<\/h2>\n

FARDC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Un capitaine des FARDC jug\u00e9 pour meurtre de 14 d\u00e9tenus<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa deuxi\u00e8me audience en appel dans l\u2019affaire qui oppose le minist\u00e8re public au capitaine des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) Guisha et consorts s\u2019est d\u00e9roul\u00e9e lundi 4 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 la cour militaire de Lubumbashi au Katanga. Les pr\u00e9venus sont poursuivis pour crimes de guerre. Le principal accus\u00e9 \u00e9tait condamn\u00e9 au premier degr\u00e9 au tribunal militaire de Kipushi \u00e0 20 ans de prison pour ex\u00e9cution sommaire de 14 personnes pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es comme des combattants Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef en juillet 2012 \u00e0 Mitwaba.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

30 000 sentenced in gacaca court did not start their community service<\/strong><\/p>\n

30 000 CONDAMN\u00c9S AUX TRAVAUX D\u2019INT\u00c9R\u00caT G\u00c9N\u00c9RAL ONT DISPARU DANS LA NATURE<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2014 | Hirondelle
\nEnviron 30.000 Rwandais condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 des Travaux d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral (TIG) pour leur r\u00f4le dans le g\u00e9nocide des Tutsis de 1994 ont disparu dans la nature, d\u00e9plorent les autorit\u00e9s p\u00e9nitentiaires rwandaises. Le TIG ont \u00e9t\u00e9 introduits dans la loi rwandaise comme peine alternative \u00e0 l\u2019emprisonnement pour certaines cat\u00e9gories d\u2019auteurs du g\u00e9nocide pass\u00e9s aux aveux. L\u2019un des objectifs \u00e9tait de d\u00e9congestionner les prisons rwandaises. Au moment de leur cl\u00f4ture en juin 2012, les juridictions semi \u2013 traditionnelles gacacas (prononcer gatchatcha) qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 charg\u00e9es de juger la plupart des auteurs pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s du g\u00e9nocide, venaient de condamner 84.896 aux TIG, selon les chiffres officiels. Selon un rapport du Service correctionnel du Rwanda, sur ces 84.896 condamn\u00e9s au TIG, seulement 53.366 se sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s dans les camps o\u00f9 ils devaient effectuer cette peine alternative. Le service indique ne pas avoir de nouvelles des autres.<\/p>\n

Rwanda: The forgotten victims<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | Pambazuka
\nTwenty years ago this month, the Rwandan genocide came to an eventual end as the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), based in Uganda, gained control of the country sparking one of the largest refugee crises in history as millions of Hutu fled to neighboring DR Congo, Zaire at the time.\u00a0 Many articles over the past few months have written a variation of the following: \u2018Over 100 days, 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred.\u2019 But there are two groups of people deeply affected by the genocide that are rarely mentioned in the news, or the academic literature: the Batwa and children conceived through rape during the genocide.<\/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>
\nTransparency demanded by CSO\u2019s ahead of US-Africa summit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sommet Etats-Unis-Afrique: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile africaine plaide pour une transparence extractive<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes leaders de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile africaine regroup\u00e9s au sein la coalition \u00ab Publiez ce que vous payez \u00bb demande au pr\u00e9sident des Etats-Unis, Barack Obama, de s\u2019engager \u00e0 renforcer les r\u00e8gles multilat\u00e9rales sur la fiscalit\u00e9 pour freiner la fixation erron\u00e9e des tarifs commerciaux en Afrique. Leurs dol\u00e9ances sont contenues dans une lettre ouverte qu\u2019ils lui ont adress\u00e9e en pr\u00e9lude du sommet\u00a0 Etats-Unis-Afrique qui se tiendra les 5 et 6 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Washington. Cette coalition qui fait campagne pour un secteur ouvert et responsable dans les domaines de l\u2019extraction gazi\u00e8re, p\u00e9troli\u00e8re et mini\u00e8re, dit attendre de ce sommet des garanties \u00e0 offrir aux pays africains pour tirer profit de leurs ressources.<\/p>\n

CSOs Task Obama, African Govts on Transparency<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | This Day Live
\nAhead of the United States-African Leaders Summit taking place in Washington from today, US President Barack Obama and African leaders have been urged to ensure a level playing field that would ensure the continent\u2019s development.
\nThe call was contained an open letter addressed to President Obama, which was drafted by the African civil society leaders of Publish What You Pay (PWYP), a global coalition campaigning for an open and accountable gas, oil and mining sector, a copy of which was obtained by THISDAY. According to the letter, the African civil society leaders urged Obama to urge the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a swift publication of the rules governing section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act to ensure that they are in line with recent EU legislation and the emerging global standard for extractive transparency.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Gecamines<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pourquoi Ahmed Kalej Nkand a \u00e9t\u00e9 renvoy\u00e9 de la G\u00e9camines<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nAnnonc\u00e9 le 26 juillet, le limogeage surprise d’Ahmed Kalej Nkand, administrateur-directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’embl\u00e9matique G\u00e9camines, n’est pas uniquement d\u00fb aux \u00ab\u00a0graves erreurs de gouvernance\u00a0\u00bb r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9es par un r\u00e9cent audit sur la gestion de cette compagnie mini\u00e8re, et comme l’indique laconiquement l’ordonnance pr\u00e9sidentielle mettant fin \u00e0 ses fonctions. Kalej paie aussi sa m\u00e9sentente personnelle avec Albert Yuma Mulimbi, le pr\u00e9sident du conseil d’administration de la G\u00e9camines, qui est \u00e9galement \u00e0 la t\u00eate de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des entreprises du Congo (FEC). Surtout, il se serait, selon de bonnes sources \u00e0 Lubumbashi, oppos\u00e9 aux vues du d\u00e9put\u00e9 Zo\u00e9 Kabila, fr\u00e8re cadet du chef de l’\u00c9tat, sur le gisement cuprif\u00e8re de Kalumines, \u00e0 Lupoto, au Katanga.<\/p>\n

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

Outsourcing in the oil industry<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nUne rencontre a eu lieu, le jeudi 31 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Pointe-Noire, entre les repr\u00e9sentants de l’administration publique, les syndicats des travailleurs, les repr\u00e9sentants des entreprises de sous-traitance p\u00e9troli\u00e8re et les prestataires de services. Au menu, l’application des mesures gouvernementales sur le fonctionnement et l’installation de ce types d’entreprises en R\u00e9publique du Congo Serge Bouiti Viaudo, directeur de cabinet du ministre des Hydrocarbures a expliqu\u00e9 qu’il existe des dysfonctionnements dans la fa\u00e7on d’op\u00e9rer des entreprises sous-traitantes du secteur p\u00e9trolier. Ainsi, de fa\u00e7on coll\u00e9giale, une commission interminist\u00e9rielle est mise en place afin de travailler avec les repr\u00e9sentants des entreprises du secteur p\u00e9trolier et les syndicats.<\/p>\n

EITI<\/strong><\/p>\n

ITIE – La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile s’inqui\u00e8te au sujet des disparit\u00e9s de chiffres constat\u00e9es<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLes disparit\u00e9s constat\u00e9es entre les chiffres fournis par les r\u00e9gies financi\u00e8res et les entreprises du secteur extractif dans le cadre du rapport de l’Initiative pour la transparence dans les industries extractives (ITIE) ne cessent d’alimenter les d\u00e9bats dans les milieux des organisations de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile. Au cours de la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de lancement de la diss\u00e9mination du rapport ITIE\/2011 organis\u00e9e hier mercredi 30 juillet, la coalition Publiez ce que vous payez (PWYP), s’est dit inqui\u00e8te des \u00e9carts constat\u00e9s entre les chiffres fournis par diff\u00e9rentes entreprises soumises au processus ITIE et les r\u00e9gies financi\u00e8res charg\u00e9es de mobiliser les recettes pour le compte du Tr\u00e9sor public.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

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

‘Govt Reluctant to Sign Up for Oil Money Transparency’<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2014 | All Africa | The Observer
\nINTERVIEW
\nWifred Ngabiirwe is the executive director of Global Rights Alert and a campaigner for good governance in Uganda’s petroleum industry. She is also the national coordinator of Publish What You Pay – Uganda chapter (PWYP-U), a coalition of civil society organizations pushing for transparency and accountability in the oil sector. She told Edward Ssekika why signing up to Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative [EITI) is important for Uganda.<\/p>\n

Refinery Saga Setting a Bad Precedent<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | All Africa | East Africa Business Week
\nEven before Uganda starts selling its oil, conflicts surrounding the compensation of people who have been displaced by the oil refinery project hovers over the extractive industry in a bad way, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have expressed. While addressing journalists, Beatrice Rukanyanga of Kwatanisa Women’s Group a Community Based Organization (CBO) in Buseruka recently said half of the entitled people have not received their compensation. Benon Tusingwire the Executive Director, Navigators of Development Association, a CBO in the area said that compensation has not been fair and has been delayed.<\/p>\n

Regional Extractive Industry Excite Courier Firms<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | All Africa | East African Business Week
\nNew oil discoveries and mining activities in the East African region is exciting investors who are eying to enter into the fray either directly or as third parties in form of suppliers, transporters and service providers. Uganda and Kenya are basking with hope in the wake of oil and gas discoveries that are being developed for commercial production well as Tanzania has in the recent years moved to commercialize their gas deposits.<\/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

DRC<\/h2>\n

Traceability of wood exports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bois congolais – Le Gouvernement insiste sur la tra\u00e7abilit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | All Africa | La Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9
\nMa\u00eetriser la tra\u00e7abilit\u00e9 du bois congolais, c’est le nec plus ultra pour le Gouvernement de la R\u00e9publique qui tient \u00e0 recouvrer le gros des dividendes dans un secteur o\u00f9 l’intrigue a pris le dessus. L’ordre doit imp\u00e9rativement \u00eatre \u00e9tabli. Car, d\u00e9plore le Gouvernement, depuis janvier 2013, le bois rouge est illicitement exploit\u00e9 dans le village Nkala, en territoire de Kambove, dans le Katanga. Voila pourquoi, deux membres du gouvernement, respectivement, dans deux secteurs cl\u00e9s de la R\u00e9publique, en l’occurrence, les ministres de l’Environnement et son coll\u00e8gue de l’Economie cogitent ensemble pour assoir de strat\u00e9gies de lutte contre l’exploitation et le commerce illicites du bois congolais.<\/p>\n

CSR<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Africa-focused gold miner prioritises community empowerment<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | Ming Weekly
\nLondon- and Nasdaq-listed gold miner Randgold Resources aims to ensure that communities surrounding its mining operations benefit from the proceeds of mining the natural resources, says CEO Mark Bristow. He tells Mining Weekly that the company has built schools, clinics and homes for host- community members, and has initiated and participated in several fund-raising programmes for destitute communities on the continent. Bristow and a team of family and friends dubbed \u2018Boyz on Bikes\u2019 recently raised $1.6- million through their fourth trans-Africa charity bike ride to raise money for Africa\u2019s poor and increase international awareness of their plight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other<\/h1>\n

African Court of Justice and Human Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Immunity Cannot Allow Impunity<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | foreign policy
\nAfrican leaders want to exempt themselves from prosecution for terrible crimes — but new research shows their people aren’t as forgiving as they might think. This March, as mediators scrambled to arrest the devastating civil war in South Sudan, a coalition of the country’s civil society organizations wrote a letter to the Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan, a body established by the African Union to investigate crimes committed since violence engulfed the world’s newest country in December 2013, insisting that those responsible for the atrocities be held to account. \u00ab\u00a0Men and women in positions of authority and those in uniform have committed serious crimes on the assumption that they are absolutely immune from any accountability for their actions,\u00a0\u00bb they argued. There needed to be clear consequences for the widespread and often criminal behavior. \u00ab\u00a0Accountability should form the bedrock of a new institutional culture in which all citizens are equal and subject to the rule of law.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

French-African development foundation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naissance de la fondation franco africaine pour la croissance<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nC\u2019est le 15 juillet dernier qu\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9e, dans une relative discr\u00e9tion, \u00e0 Paris, la Fondation qui marque un tournant dans les relations \u00e9conomiques entre l\u2019Afrique et la France. Con\u00e7ue lors du Sommet de l\u2019Elys\u00e9e de d\u00e9cembre 2013, cette Fondation a pour architecte principal l\u2019\u00e9conomiste et banquier Lionel Zinsou, pr\u00e9sident de PAI Partners. \u00ab La France ne dispose pas de fondations aussi puissantes que les fondations anglo-saxonnes (Gates, Clinton), qui jouent un r\u00f4le essentiel dans le rayonnement et la dynamique de liens d\u2019affaires \u00bb, avaient fait remarquer, en d\u00e9cembre 2013, les auteurs de 15 propositions concr\u00e8tes pour relancer les relations \u00e9conomiques franco-africaines. Parmi eux, l\u2019ex-ministre fran\u00e7ais des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res Hubert V\u00e9drine, le banquier d\u2019affaires franco-b\u00e9ninois Lionel Zinsou et le dirigeant d\u2019entreprise franco-ivoirien Tidjane Thiam.<\/p>\n

US-Africa summit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Que peut-on attendre concr\u00e8tement du sommet Etats-Unis\/Afrique?<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\n\u00ab L’Afrique n’a pas besoin d’hommes forts, elle a besoin d’institutions fortes \u00bb. Discours de Barack Obama au Ghana (Juillet 2009) Le pr\u00e9sident am\u00e9ricain, Barack Obama, qui ach\u00e8ve son deuxi\u00e8me et dernier mandat dans deux ans, va rencontrer du 5 au 6 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Washington, une cinquantaine de chefs d’\u00c9tat et de gouvernement africains, except\u00e9s ceux qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9, soit suspendus par l’Union africaine (UA), soit n’ont pas de bonnes relations avec les \u00c9tats-Unis.<\/p>\n

African Leaders Coming to Talk Business May Also Be Pressed on Rights<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | The New York Times
\nWhen Barack Obama made his first trip as president to Africa in July 2009, he memorably told lawmakers in Ghana that \u201cAfrica doesn\u2019t need strongmen; it needs strong institutions.\u201d Next week, several of those strongmen will travel to Washington as part of a landmark gathering of nearly 50 African leaders. The question, Africa experts are saying, is what will Mr. Obama tell them? \u201cAre we going to have a strong message for these strongmen?\u201d said Vera Songwe, the World Bank\u2019s country director for Senegal, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania.<\/p>\n

U.S. Not Looking for Permanent Military Presence in Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | All Africa | Shabelle Media Network
\nThe US does not intend to have a permanent military presence in Africa to resolve the continent’s conflicts, but is committed to help its partners confront transnational threats, a top Obama administration official has said. \u00ab\u00a0Contrary to some claims, the US is not looking to militarize Africa or maintain a permanent military presence,\u00a0\u00bb National Security Adviser Susan Rice said at the US Institute for Peace. \u00ab\u00a0But we are committed to helping our partners confront transnational threats to our shared security,\u00a0\u00bb she said.<\/p>\n

US-Africa summit: What does Obama hope to achieve?<\/a>\u00a0| 3 August 2014 | BBC
\nBillions of dollars in deals and funding to be announced at Africa summit<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August | Reuters
\nThe United States will announce nearly $1 billion in business deals, increase funding for peacekeeping and commit billions of dollars to expanding food and power programs in Africa during a summit this week, U.S. and development officials say. U.S. officials said the Aug. 4-6 summit in Washington of nearly 50 African leaders hopes to showcase U.S. interest in the fast-growing region through a series of government-private partnership deals to boost trade and investment. The spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone is also a reminder of the vast development needs that persist in some of the region’s poorest countries, despite rapid their rapid economic growth and investment.<\/p>\n

Make Human Rights Central to Summit<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nUS President Barack Obama should ensure that human rights concerns are a major focus of the US-Africa Leaders Summit, Human Rights Watch said today. Rights concerns should not be relegated to meetings in the margins of the summit. The theme of the August 4-6, 2014 summit in Washington, DC, is \u201cInvesting in Our Future.\u201d The summit will host some 45 African heads of state, at least a dozen of whom lead repressive governments that have imprisoned journalists, human rights defenders, and anti-corruption campaigners. Many have approved laws that stifle freedom of expression and used national security, defamation, and anti-terrorism laws to prosecute independent writers, protesters, and activists who criticize government policy.<\/p>\n

African leaders want U.S. trade deal renewed for 15 more year<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Reuters
\nAfrican leaders urged the United States on Monday to renew a trade benefits program giving duty-free access to billions of dollars of African exports for 15 years, saying it would help cement trade relations and boost development in the region. South African President Jacob Zuma, one of nearly 50 African leaders in Washington to attend a three-day summit, said the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) when it expires next year was one of the key issues for this week’s talks.<\/p>\n

USA-Afrique: t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate Kerry-Kabila<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nVIDEO
\nLe secr\u00e9taire d\u2019\u00c9tat am\u00e9ricain John Kerry a salu\u00e9 lundi \u00e0 New York les efforts fournis par le pr\u00e9sident de la RDC Joseph Kabila pour r\u00e9gler les probl\u00e8mes des groupes arm\u00e9s qui op\u00e9raient dans l\u2019est de la RDC au nombre desquels les FDLR et le M23. Les deux personnalit\u00e9s ont eu un t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du sommet Etats-Unis-Afrique qui r\u00e9unit trente cinq pr\u00e9sidents africains, neuf Premiers ministres, trois vice-pr\u00e9sidents, deux ministres des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res et un roi autour de Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Debate on changing the constitution\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Modification de la Constitution – la bataille des textes se transporte \u00e0 Washington<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nLes d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s de la majorit\u00e9 et de l’opposition vont, en marge du sommet Afro-am\u00e9ricain pr\u00e9vue du 4 au 6 ao\u00fbt, faire triompher leurs id\u00e9es devant les strat\u00e8ges am\u00e9ricains r\u00e9unis au sein de la National endowment for democracy (NED). Un \u00e9chantillon de la classe politique congolaise est attendu incessamment \u00e0 Washington en marge du sommet afro-am\u00e9ricain pr\u00e9vu pour le 6 ao\u00fbt. \u00c0 l’invitation du pr\u00e9sident des \u00c9tats-Unis, Barack Obama, une cinquantaine de chefs d’\u00c9tat africains effectueront le d\u00e9placement de la capitale f\u00e9d\u00e9rale am\u00e9ricaine pour \u00e9changer sur les questions de d\u00e9mocratie, de d\u00e9veloppement et du respect des droits de l’Homme.<\/p>\n

Manifestation contre la r\u00e9vision de la Constitution<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | rfi
\nEn R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), l’opposition esp\u00e8re bien que Barack Obama aborde la question de la bonne gouvernance lors du sommet Etats-Unis \/ Afrique qui se tient actuellement \u00e0 Washington et qu’il appelle express\u00e9ment les dirigeants africains \u00e0 ne pas r\u00e9viser la Constitution. L’opposition congolaise a d’ailleurs appel\u00e9 ses partisans \u00e0 manifester \u00e0 Kinshasa, lundi 4 ao\u00fbt, pour protester contre toute modification de la Constitution. Plusieurs centaines de personnes \u00e9taient pr\u00e9sentes. Le leader de l\u2019UDPS, Etienne Tshisekedi, pourtant \u00e0 Kinshasa, n\u2019a pas fait le d\u00e9placement \u00e0 Ndjili. Absents \u00e9galement : Vital Kamerhe et Martin Fayulu qui, eux, se trouvent aux Etats-Unis.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9vision constitutionnelle ou non – La NSCC en appelle \u00e0 la recherche du consensus national<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nAu terme de son assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale extraordinaire tenue du 1er au 2 ao\u00fbt, la NSCC a appel\u00e9 les parties prenantes \u00e0 la r\u00e9vision constitutionnelle ou non \u00e0 privil\u00e9gier la recherche du consensus prenant en compte l’int\u00e9r\u00eat sup\u00e9rieur du peuple congolais. La Nouvelle Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile congolaise (NSCC) a organis\u00e9, du 1er au 2 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 son si\u00e8ge situ\u00e9 dans la commune de Kasa-Vubu, son assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale extraordinaire.<\/p>\n

La NSCC dit non \u00e0 la r\u00e9vision s\u00e9lective de la constitution<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Phare
\nLa Nouvelle Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Civile Congolaise a organis\u00e9 du 01 au 02 ao\u00fbt, une session extraordinaire de son Assembl\u00e9e G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, au si\u00e8ge provincial du MLC, dans la commune de Gombe. Cette rencontre avait pour objectif de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir autour de diff\u00e9rents points qui font l’actualit\u00e9 au sein de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 congolaise. A savoir : La situation socio-\u00e9conomique de la RDC, l’opportunit\u00e9 ou non de la r\u00e9vision de la Constitution, le processus \u00e9lectoral 2013-2014 : d\u00e9fis, enjeux et perspectives et la r\u00e9organisation des organes nationaux de la NSCC.<\/p>\n

Issue pacifique \u00e0 l’horizon 2016 – N’djili, l’Opposition propose un dialogue d’ici fin octobre !<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | All Africa | La Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9
\nDepuis la place Sainte Th\u00e9r\u00e8se de N’djili o\u00f9 ils ont tenu, hier lundi 4 ao\u00fbt, leur meeting anti-r\u00e9vision constitutionnelle, les opposants n’ont fait que tirer sur le r\u00e9gime. Ils ont mis en avant l’id\u00e9e d’un Dialogue politique sans exclusive d’ici fin octobre 2014. Bruno Mavungu, Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’Udps, a confi\u00e9 \u00e0 la foule nombreuse qu’au retour du Pr\u00e9sident Kabila des Etats-Unis, le dialogue devrait \u00eatre organis\u00e9. Il a m\u00eame fait une premi\u00e8re \u00e9bauche de l’ordre du jour. \u00ab Le d\u00e9part en douceur du Pr\u00e9sident \u00bb. Comme soubassement juridique, l’Opposition brandit, fallait-il s’y attendre, l’article 220 de la Constitution, la r\u00e9solution 2098 du Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l’Onu et l’Accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba sign\u00e9, le 24 f\u00e9vrier 2013, par 11 Chefs d’Etat africains. Pour Bruno Mavungu, donc, le dialogue est la seule voie indiqu\u00e9e pour pr\u00e9server la paix ch\u00e8rement acquise dans le pays.<\/p>\n

Opposition leaders arrested\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jean-Bertrand Ewanga interpell\u00e9 au lendemain du meeting de l\u2019opposition<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nUn d\u00e9put\u00e9 de l\u2019opposition poursuivi pour outrage \u00e0 Joseph Kabila<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nUn cadre de l\u2019opposition arr\u00eat\u00e9 apr\u00e8s une manifestation<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | rfi
\nL’opposant Ewanga traduit devant la Cour supr\u00eame pour \u00ab\u00a0\u00eatre all\u00e9 un peu loin\u00a0\u00bb?<\/a>\u00a0| 6 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nEn R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, l\u2019opposition continue \u00e0 d\u00e9noncer le projet qu\u2019elle attribue au clan Kabila de vouloir modifier la Constitution pour maintenir le pr\u00e9sident au pouvoir. Lundi, elle a organis\u00e9 un meeting \u00e0 Kinshasa et l\u2019un des orateurs, le secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019UNC, a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 ce mardi matin. La police est all\u00e9e chercher Jean-Bertrand Ewanga chez lui. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 national et secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019UNC de Vital Kamerhe, Jean-Bertrand Ewanga a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 en d\u00e9but de matin\u00e9e ce mardi, dans sa r\u00e9sidence situ\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de Kinshasa. Des policiers en uniforme, ainsi que d\u2019autres agents en civil, ont investi le quartier depuis la nuit et ont ensuite forc\u00e9 la porte. Jean-Bertrand Ewanga s\u2019est livr\u00e9 apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9chang\u00e9 au t\u00e9l\u00e9phone avec le pr\u00e9sident du groupe parlementaire UNC, Matata Ponyo<\/p>\n

DR Congo arrests opposition leader<\/a>\u00a0| 5 August 2014 | Aljazeera
\nSecurity forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a senior opposition legislator, a day after he took part in a rally that was held to oppose extension of presidential terms limits, his party said. Jean-Bertrand Ewanga, the general secretary of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) party, was \u00ab\u00a0arrested this morning very early at his home in Kinshasa after yesterday’s meeting,\u00a0\u00bb said a statement posted on Twitter by Lydie Omanga, communications chief for UNC president Vital Kamerhe on Tuesday. Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital on Monday to protest over suspicions that the rulers of the vast central African country intend to amend the constitution and enable President Joseph Kabila to stay in power beyond 2016, when he is due to step down after two five-year elected terms.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n
Attack on Transparency International office<\/strong><\/div>\n
Transparency International d\u00e9nonce des tentatives d\u2019intimidation<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | rfi
\nL’ONG Transparency International alerte les autorit\u00e9s rwandaises sur des menaces re\u00e7ues par son personnel \u00e0 Kigali. Dans un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 vendredi 1er ao\u00fbt, l’organisation de lutte contre la corruption, qui poss\u00e8de cinq bureaux dans le pays, demande au Rwanda de garantir la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de ses employ\u00e9s. Il y a un an d\u00e9j\u00e0, le 17 juillet 2013, d\u00e9plore l’organisation dans ce communiqu\u00e9, un membre de l’\u00e9quipe avait \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9 mort. Il aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9trangl\u00e9. Une enqu\u00eate avait \u00e9t\u00e9 ouverte mais elle n’a pas abouti. Et cette semaine, c’est l’actuelle pr\u00e9sidente de Transparency Rwanda qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 victime d’actes qu’elle qualifie d’intimidation, au si\u00e8ge de l’organisation \u00e0 Kigali.Police Investigates Transparency Rwanda’s Boss Alleged Attack<\/a>\u00a0| 4 August 2014 | New Times
\nThe Rwanda National Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating an alleged raid of Transparency International-Rwanda offices in a suspected attempt at the life of Marie Immacule Ingabire, its chairperson. Ingabire was not at office during the alleged attack last week, but the unidentified armed person allegedly assaulted a female security guard who was on duty. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner of Police Damas Gatare said Ingabire filed a case later that day on the alleged attack.New anti-corruption bill<\/strong>Anti-Corruption Crusaders Upbeat After Senate Endorses New Bill<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | New Times
\nSenate has approved a bill that gives authorities powers to seize ill-gotten wealth from corrupt civil servants and illegal businesses. The bill, endorsed Thursday evening, will become law after assent by the President and promulgation in the Official Gazette. The draft law had been passed by the Chamber of Deputies in February. The recovery of offence-related assets, will help boost the country’s anti-corruption fight, observers say. Rwanda remains the least corrupt country on the continent, according to Transparency International.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n
Anti-gay law overturned by constitutional court<\/strong>La Cour constitutionnelle examine la loi anti-homosexualit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nMercredi 30 juillet s’est tenue \u00e0 Kampala la premi\u00e8re audience concernant la requ\u00eate d\u00e9pos\u00e9e contre la tr\u00e8s pol\u00e9mique loi anti-homosexualit\u00e9 en Ouganda. La Cour constitutionnelle a ainsi pu examiner cette loi promulgu\u00e9e par le pr\u00e9sident Museveni en f\u00e9vrier 2014. Les requ\u00e9rants demandent l’annulation du texte. Malgr\u00e9 l’insistance du procureur qui demandait le report de l’audience, les juges de la Cour constitutionnelle ont tenu \u00e0 entendre l’affaire sans tarder en raison \u00ab de son caract\u00e8re sensible \u00bb.Amnesty International salue la d\u00e9cision d’annuler une loi anti-homosexualit\u00e9 en Ouganda<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | All Affrica | Voice of America
\nL’ONG de d\u00e9fense des droits humains Amnesty International (AI) se f\u00e9licite de la d\u00e9cision de la Cour constitutionnelle de l’Ouganda d’annuler une loi anti-homosexualit\u00e9 qui a suscit\u00e9 un toll\u00e9 international. La l\u00e9gislation pr\u00e9voyait des peines de prison \u00e0 vie pour les personnes reconnues coupables d’actes homosexuels consensuels. Le tribunal a statu\u00e9 que la mesure \u00e9tait entach\u00e9e de vices de proc\u00e9dure. La loi anti-homosexualit\u00e9 est inconstitutionnelle parce qu’elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9e par le parlement en d\u00e9cembre 2013 sans quorum \u00e0 la Chambre, a-t-il dit.Annulment of Uganda\u2019s anti-homosexuality law hailed by UN officials<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | UN News
\nUnited Nations officials have welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Court of Uganda to annul the country\u2019s Anti-Homosexuality Act, hailing it as a victory for the rule of law and social justice. The law, which drew condemnation from the UN when it was promulgated in February, called for a 14-year jail term for a first conviction, and imprisonment for life for \u2018aggravated homosexuality\u2019. Challenged by 10 petitioners, including civil society, parliamentarians and academics, the law was annulled by the Court over a lack of quorum when the bill was passed. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to all those who contributed to this \u201cstep forward,\u201d particularly the human rights defenders in Uganda who spoke out, at times incurring great personal risk.Uganda anti-gay law declared ‘null and void’ by constitutional court<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2014 | BBC
\nUganda court overturns anti-gay law<\/a>\u00a0| 2 August 2014 | Aljazeera
\nUganda’s constitutional court has overturned an anti-homosexuality law that was branded draconian and \u00ab\u00a0abominable\u00a0\u00bb by rights groups, saying it was wrongly passed by parliament. The law is \u00ab\u00a0null and void\u00a0\u00bb, presiding judge Steven Kavuma told the court on Friday, saying the process had contravened the constitution, as it has been passed in parliament in December without the necessary number of legislators. Cheering gay rights activists celebrated the ruling, but supporters of the law said they would appeal at the Supreme Court. \u00ab\u00a0Justice prevailed, we won,\u00a0\u00bb said lawyer Nicholas Opiyo, who led the challenge in the constitutional court.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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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