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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n

Aimed at restoring state authority in the area, FARDC, supported by MONUSCO, made gains in\u00a0North-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0against Mai-Mai Cheka-Nduma Defense of Congo (NDC) early last week, whilst in\u00a0South Kivu<\/a>\u00a0two people were killed and several others seriously injured in a clash between the Mai-Mai militias Raia Mutomboki and Kirikicho during the night of Monday to Tuesday this week. In attacks on several villages in\u00a0Province Orientale<\/a>\u00a0militia fighters killed six people. The attacks left many more injured, several women raped or taken hostage and a dozen houses torched. According to MONUSCO the security situation in the northern parts of\u00a0Katanga<\/a>\u00a0province remains fragile due to the presence of FDLR and Mai-Mai fighters. The decision to grant amnesty to 150 Mai-Mai fighters arrested in March caused criticism among the local community, while further 12 people were arrested on the suspicion of being Mai-Mai rebels.<\/p>\n

Around 1,400\u00a0FDLR<\/a>\u00a0fighters and their relatives are expected in Kisangani for disarmament at a temporary centre before being returned to their native countries. The Sothern African Development Commission has urged for a pact between Rwanda and the FDLR to facilitate peaceful disarmament and resettlement, while local communities who do not want to host the former fighters have expressed resistence.<\/p>\n

The sectarian violence in the\u00a0Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0is further escalating, according to Human Rights Watch, which calls for the development of a strategy to protect civilians. A UN Report has identified widespread impunity for human rights violations as the \u2018Main Stumbling Block\u2019 to a peaceful transition in the country. A\u00a0three-day multi-stakeholder meeting<\/a>\u00a0starting next Monday in Brazzaville aims to bring about a political solution to the conflict. Numerous political and religious groups were debating a boycott of the meeting earlier this week as others voiced their protest at not being included in the talks. Following internal talks within the\u00a0Seleka<\/a>\u00a0last week\u00a0 former CAR president Michel Djotodia has been re-elected as the group\u2019s political head as the rebels renamed themselves \u2018The Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic.\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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?\u00a0<\/a>\u2758\u00a0<\/strong>May 2014\u00a0\u2758<\/strong>\u00a011.11.11 i.s.m. IPIS
\nZo goed als de helft van de Belgische middelen voor ontwikkelingshulp gaat naar partnerlanden waar de overheid niet de capaciteit, wil en\/of legitimiteit heeft om de publieke zaken effici\u00ebnt te beheren, voor veiligheid te zorgen en om de bevolking uit de armoede te halen. Omdat traditionele hulprecepten in deze \u2018fragiele staten\u2019 op hun limieten stuiten, is er de laatste decennia een internationaal beleid ontwikkeld dat een blauwdruk voorstelt voor een gedifferentieerde aanpak om deze landen te ondersteunen in het traject richting meer weerbaarheid. De Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking onderschrijft de internationale engagementen over fragiele staten die hieruit ontstonden, zoals de fragiele staten principes (FSP\u2019s) en de New Deal. In 2013 werd er een Belgische strategienota voor fragiele situaties goedgekeurd. Positief is dat Belgi\u00eb zich, ondanks de moeilijke context, rond dit thema blijft engageren \u2013 zowel op internationaal beleidsniveau als binnen haar eigen ontwikkelingsbeleid.<\/p>\n

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

Business & Human Rights in Uganda: What’s on the Agenda?<\/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

Expulsions of Congolese from DRC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poursuite des expulsions des ressortissants de la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | rfi
\nLes expulsions de Congolais de Kinshasa vivant au Congo-Brazzaville continuent. Depuis quelques jours, c\u2019est au tour des r\u00e9sidents de la ville c\u00f4ti\u00e8re de Pointe-Noire de rentrer en masse dans leur pays d\u2019origine. Un afflux qui suscite l\u2019inqui\u00e9tude de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et des autorit\u00e9s. En 12 jours, pr\u00e8s de 10 000 Congolais vivant \u00e0 Pointe-Noire ont franchi la fronti\u00e8re en h\u00e2te pour rentrer dans leur pays d\u2019origine. Plus de la moiti\u00e9 sont des mineurs ou des jeunes qui vivaient avec leurs parents dans la capitale \u00e9conomique du Congo-Brazzaville. D\u2019apr\u00e8s Kinshasa, c\u2019est l\u2019annonce d\u2019op\u00e9rations polici\u00e8res \u00e0 venir pour renvoyer toutes les personnes sans visa qui auraient fait fuir ces Congolais de RDC. D\u2019autres sources d\u00e9crivent un climat difficile, de d\u00e9fiance vis-\u00e0-vis des Congolais de Kinshasa les poussant vers la porte de sortie.<\/p>\n

DRC \u2013 Rwanda border dispute<\/strong><\/p>\n

DRC, Rwanda Ease Tensions Over Border Trade<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe threat of trade visas now appears to have been lifted after some outside intervention. A regional body, the Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries, wrote to DRC authorities asking for clarification and pointing out that the visa plan was in breach of a regional agreement on free movement of goods and people. Economic community official Joseph Lititiyo told VOA Thursday that the DRC’s Foreign Ministry has clarified its position. He said the DRC’s response was to point out that other member states – namely Rwanda and Burundi – require Congolese citizens living in those countries to pay for a long stay visa, which is why the DRC has decided to apply the same measure. Officials in Goma said this week that this fee does not apply to cross border traders, who visit Congo on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

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

DRC refugees and the limits of durable solutions<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | IRIN
\nacilitating the return of conflict-displaced refugees to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the key components of regional stabilization efforts. With around 365,000 DRC nationals dispersed across several countries in the Great Lakes region, many of them for almost two decades, the traditional triad of \u201cdurable solutions\u201d – going home, integrating for good locally, or moving to a third country – remain \u201clargely elusive\u201d, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).<\/p>\n

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

Pour le M23, le processus d’amnistie est trop lent<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nEn RDC, il y a cette semaine une nouvelle vague d’amnistie. Selon le gouvernement, sur les 315 nouveaux b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires, 68 sont des membres de l’ex-r\u00e9bellion du M23. Cela porte \u00e0 une petite centaine le nombre d’ex-rebelles amnisti\u00e9s depuis l’adoption de la loi d’amnistie en f\u00e9vrier dernier, mais pour le M23 ce n’est pas assez. Pour l’ancien mouvement rebelle du M23, Kinshasa ne respecte que 1% des engagements pris dans la d\u00e9claration de Nairobi qui ent\u00e9rinait la fin du conflit entre l’arm\u00e9e et la r\u00e9bellion en d\u00e9cembre dernier.<\/p>\n

Angolan Ambassador Denies Existence of M23 Bases<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | All Africa | Angola Press
\nThe ambassador of Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Em\u00edlio Guerra, Monday in Kinshasa, ruled out the information by France International Radio (RFI) according to which Congolese rebel group M23 was organizing itself from Angola. \u00ab\u00a0The Angolan Government never hosted militaries bases of M23, and never had any particular contact with this group \u00ab\u00a0said the head of Angolan diplomatic mission warning the fact of such information being a cause of misunderstanding in the public opinion.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9clarations de Nairobi – Le M23 fait chanter le gouvernement<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nept mois apr\u00e8s la signature \u00e0 Nairobi (Kenya) des d\u00e9clarations qui ont mis fin aux pourparlers engag\u00e9s une ann\u00e9e plut\u00f4t entre Kinshasa et le M23, le spectre d’un enlisement refait surface. Une fois de plus, c’est l’ex-mouvement rebelle qui le bandit en accusant Kinshasa de mauvaise foi dans la mise en \u0153uvre des engagements conclus \u00e0 Nairobi entre les deux parties. Une attitude qui frise le chantage. Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop, dit-on. Le M23 vient \u00e0 nouveau de se signaler sur le front qu’il adule le plus, c’est-\u00e0-dire le chantage. Il accuse le gouvernement d’avoir fait preuve de mauvaise foi dans l’ex\u00e9cution des engagements convenus \u00e0 Nairobi au terme des pourparlers men\u00e9s sous l’\u00e9gide de la CIRGL (Conf\u00e9rence internationale sur la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs).<\/p>\n

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

D’apr\u00e8s la MONUSCO, le Rwanda reste ouvert au rapatriement des FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | La Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9
\nLe rapatriement des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) continue d’\u00eatre au centre des pr\u00e9occupations des congolais. Au cours de la conf\u00e9rence de presse hebdomadaire du mercredi 9 juillet dernier, la Monusco a affirm\u00e9 que le Rwanda demeure ouvert au rapatriement des \u00e9l\u00e9ments des FDLR, \u00e0 condition qu’ils ne propagent pas leur id\u00e9ologie au Rwanda. Cette information a \u00e9t\u00e9 livr\u00e9e par Ray Torres, Chef du Bureau de la Monusco \u00e0 Goma, dans la province du Nord-Kivu.<\/p>\n

Puzzle of FDLR intentions<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Africa Confidential
\nThe notorious militia is disarming but some say that\u2019s a blind. A complex mix of motives, alliances and regional interests is at work. Central and Southern African leaders have demanded the disarmament of the Rwandan Hutu militia, the Forces d\u00e9mocratiques de lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda. At a summit in Luanda on 2 July, politicians from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) gave the Congo-Kinshasa-based rebel group six months to hand in its arms. Yet the FDLR, which includes perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is not a unitary organisation and different political and criminal aims and alliances are pulling it in different directions. It has no single set of political aims.<\/p>\n

FDLR Commander Was in Rome for 10 Days, Reports Italian Newspaper<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | All Africa | News of Rwanda
\nThe Italian catholic group ‘Community of Sant’Egidio’ secured a tourist visa for FDLR commander Gen Gaston IYAMUREMYE for which he used to stay in Rome for 10 days contrary to information given to UN headquarters by MONUSCO that he did not travel, an investigation has revealed. On June 24, information leaked from the UN headquarters in New York that the chief of UN peacekeeping Herve Ladsous, a French national had requested the UN Security Council to lift travel ban on the FDLR commander so he could travel to Italy. The top militia leader is known by exact names IYAMUREMYE Gaston but also uses several others inluding Rumuli, ByiringiroVictor Rumuli, Victor Rumuri and Michel Byiringiro. UN sanctions require that the mission in DR Congo, known as MONUSCO, under Ladsous, does not allow any sanctioned individuals to leave Congo. Rwanda angrily protested against the travel pass.<\/p>\n

L\u2019Eglise protestante souhaite le rapatriement pacifique des FDLR et des Mbororo<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL’Eglise protestante propose le rapatriement pacifique des FDLR et Mbororo<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nUne nouvelle fois, l’Eglise s’invite dans la recherche de r\u00e9ponses sur la probl\u00e9matique s\u00e9curitaire dans la partie orientale du pays. Il s’agit de l’Eglise du Christ du Congo (ECC). Elle souhaite le rapatriement pacifique des rebelles rwandais des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) et des \u00e9leveurs ougandais des Mbororo dans leurs pays d’origine. Les \u00e9v\u00eaques de cette confession religieuse ainsi que des d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s des communaut\u00e9s protestantes du Nord-Kivu, du Maniema et de la Province Orientale ont exprim\u00e9 ce v\u0153u \u00e0 l’issue d’une r\u00e9union tenue le week-end dernier \u00e0 Kindu, rapporte radiookapi.net. Les acteurs d’\u00e9glises entendent ainsi jouer pleinement un r\u00f4le social qui d\u00e9montre bien que la foi ne se limite pas seulement \u00e0 un r\u00f4le passif.<\/p>\n

SADC Urges Orderly Rwanda Rebel Pact<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | All Africa | Tanzania Daily News
\nThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) has asked the international community to engage Rwanda and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the current efforts, to help rebel forces voluntarily disarm and resettle in their home country. Addressing reporters shortly after briefing ambassadors and heads of foreign missions accredited to Tanzania in Dar es Salaam, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Bernard Membe said SADC’s position was influenced by FDLR’s recent formal letter asking for peaceful engagement and subsequent home-going.<\/p>\n

1 400 combattants FDLR attendus \u00e0 Kisangani<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nMille quatre cents combattants rwandais des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) et quatre mille deux cents de leurs d\u00e9pendants sont attendus \u00ab prochainement \u00bb au Centre technique de bataillons (CTB) \u00e0 Kisangani. Ce centre am\u00e9nag\u00e9 h\u00e9bergera provisoirement ces rebelles en provenance du Nord et du Sud-Kivu qui ont accept\u00e9 volontairement de d\u00e9poser les armes. Ils seront ensuite achemin\u00e9s vers des pays d\u2019accueil, a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 le repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial adjoint du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu charg\u00e9 des op\u00e9rations de l\u2019Est de la RDC, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Abdallah Wafy.<\/p>\n

Sexual Violence\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Works to Curb Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | All Africa | U. S. Department of State
\nPRESS RELEASE
\nThe United States is committed to reducing gender-based violence in conflict zones around the world. To help when assaults on girls or women occur during conflicts, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is training community health workers to respond quickly. \u00ab\u00a0It’s important that survivors get care within the first 72 hours of an incident,\u00a0\u00bb said Courtney Blake, leader of a gender-protection team at USAID<\/p>\n

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

The African Union appoints a new Special Envoy for the issue of the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Reliefweb | African Union
\nThe Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, today appointed Lieutenant General (Rtd.) Jackson Kiprono Tuwei, a Kenyan national, as the new AU Special Envoy for the Issue of the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA). Lt. Gen. Kiprono Tuwei replaces Ambassador Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, who remains the AU Special Representative for Counter-Terrorism Cooperation and Director of the Algiers-based African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT).<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Will Congo’s Rebels Finally Come in From the Cold?<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Foreign Policy
\nThe DRC’s most notorious outlaws may finally be ready to end their 20-year war of rape and plunder.<\/p>\n

Accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba – La matrice des crit\u00e8res de suivi et indicateurs de mise en \u0153uvre valid\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLa R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo vient de valider la matrice des crit\u00e8res de suivi et indicateurs de mise en \u0153uvre des engagements nationaux de l’Accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba. Cette validation a eu lieu le samedi 12 juillet \u00e0 Kinshasa, au cours d’un s\u00e9minaire plac\u00e9 sous le haut patronage du pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique. Les membres du gouvernement, les partenaires signataires de l’Accord-cadre, la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, le secteur priv\u00e9 et les partenaires techniques et financiers ont pris \u00e0 ce s\u00e9minaire. Lequel a \u00e9t\u00e9 sanctionn\u00e9 par la mise en place d’un communiqu\u00e9 final sign\u00e9 par toutes les parties prenantes au processus.<\/p>\n

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

New Dawn in the Fight to End Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment and Use in Conflict<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Reliefweb
\nUN hails appointment of senior adviser on sexual violence, child recruitment<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | UN News
\nThe appointment of a presidential adviser on conflict-related sexual violence and child recruitment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) marks \u201ca new dawn\u201d in tackling these scourges, senior United Nations officials said today. The appointment of Jeannine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi is a demonstration of President Joseph Kabila\u2019s personal commitment to the fight against conflict-related sexual violence and recruitment and use of children in the DRC,\u201d said Zainab Hawa Bangura and Leila Zerrougui, the Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representatives on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Children and Armed Conflict, respectively.<\/p>\n

RDC\/violences sexuelles – L’ONU salue la nomination d’un conseiller sp\u00e9cial<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | All Africa | Angola Press
\nL’ONU a salu\u00e9 mardi la nomination, longtemps attendue, d’une responsable charg\u00e9e, au plus haut niveau de l’Etat, de lutter contre les violences sexuelles en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, pays particuli\u00e8rement touch\u00e9 par ce fl\u00e9au. Cette nomination \u00ab\u00a0marque une nouvelle \u00e8re dans la lutte contre la violence sexuelle li\u00e9e aux conflits et le recrutement et l’utilisation d’enfants\u00a0\u00bb en RDC, estiment la repr\u00e9sentante sp\u00e9ciale de l’ONU sur les violences sexuelles en conflit, Zainab Hawa Bangura, et la repr\u00e9sentante sp\u00e9ciale des Nations unies pour les enfants et les conflits arm\u00e9s, Leila Zerrougui.<\/p>\n

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

Report of the Secretary General on the Mission of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Reliefweb | UN Security Council
\nThe present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 39 of resolution 2147 (2014) of the Security Council, covers major developments since my report of 5 March 2014 (S\/2014\/157), in particular regards the keeping of commitments by the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the progress of the Mission of the United Nations stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in the execution of its mandate. It also updates the reconfiguration of MONUSCO and the transfer of tasks from the team of United Nations country.<\/p>\n

US broadens sanctions<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Will Broaden Sanctions to Deter Violence in Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | NY Times
\nThe United States will expand sanctions on groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it easier to target those who are trying to instigate violence and disrupt peacekeeping efforts in that country, the White House announced on Tuesday. \u201cThe United States continues to be deeply concerned about the situation in the D.R.C., which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security and stability of the country,\u201d the White House said in a statement. The announcement is a quiet signal that the United States is trying to stay engaged in a troubled region that the administration is often accused of forgetting. It comes a week after the administration placed sanctions on the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan militant group that operates in eastern Congo, and brings the United States in line with United Nations sanctions that are already in place. Those targeted by the sanctions could be subject to travel bans or have their assets frozen.<\/p>\n

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

Assessing the Performance of Monusco’s Force Intervention Brigade<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | All Africa | African Arguments
\nANALYSIS
\nRoughly 16 months ago (in March 2013), the United Nations strengthened its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) with a more robust force to \u00ab\u00a0neutralise armed groups\u00a0\u00bb. This came as a response to a wave of criticism MONUSCO experienced for its passive stance during the capture of Goma by M23 troops. The so-called ‘Force Intervention Brigade’ (FIB) was set up with 3,069 troops from South Africa, Tanzania, and Malawi – all SADC member states. In a highly robust, mobile, and versatile manner, the FIB would start tackling various armed groups operating in eastern DRC, e.g. M23, FDLR, ADF and APCLS.<\/p>\n

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

Des bastions de Cheka-NDC passent sous le contr\u00f4le des FARDC<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLa situation s\u00e9curitaire dans les localit\u00e9s situ\u00e9es \u00e0 l’Est du territoire de Walikale, au Nord-Kivu, a constitu\u00e9 la toile de fond des sujets d\u00e9battus au cours de la vid\u00e9o-conf\u00e9rence de la Mission onusienne en RDC d’hier mercredi 9 juillet \u00e0 Kinshasa. Selon le lieutenant-colonel F\u00e9lix-Prosper Basse, porte-parole militaire de la Monusco, l’environnement s\u00e9curitaire dans cette partie du Nord-Kivu est marqu\u00e9 par le lancement des op\u00e9rations des troupes gouvernementales, soutenues par les Casques bleus de la Brigade d’intervention de la Force de la Monusco, contre les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Cheka-Nduma Defense du Congo (NDC).<\/p>\n

Recent population displacements following military operations in Bunyampuli<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Reliefweb | MONUSCO
\nThe Armed Forces of the DR Congo (FARDC), supported by the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade, launched military operations in Bunyampuli, North Kivu, on 2 July 2014, against the Mayi Mayi NDC Sheka militia group, resulting in population displacements in the area. As of 4th July, the number of displaced people (IDPs) stood as follows: 238 families in Mpofi, 15 families in Bunangiri and 115 families in Kigoma village (4 Km south of a MONUSCO base at Mpofi.) Meanwhile, the FARDC continued sweeping operations in the area after dislodging these militiamen, thus allowing a significant number of IDPs to return to their homes, according to the MONUSCO Civil Affairs section.<\/p>\n

Une manifestation de l\u2019opposition emp\u00each\u00e9e par la police<\/a>\u00a0| 12 juillet 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa police a emp\u00each\u00e9 une marche de l\u2019opposition vendredi 11 juillet dans les rues de Goma, dans le Nord-Kivu. Le maire de la ville a obtenu le d\u00e9ploiement de policiers sur l\u2019itin\u00e9raire de la manifestation. Ces militants voulaient manifester contre la feuille de route de la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (Ceni) qui pr\u00e9voit le suffrage indirect pour l\u2019\u00e9lection des d\u00e9put\u00e9s provinciaux.<\/p>\n

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

La milice Ra\u00efa Mukombozi se r\u00e9organise dans plusieurs localit\u00e9s \u00e0 Walungu<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef de Ra\u00efa Mukombozi conduits par un certain Maheshe se r\u00e9organisent dans six localit\u00e9s du groupement de Mulamba en territoire de Walungu (Sud-Kivu). Les activistes des droits de l\u2019homme qui ont d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 cette situation, samedi 12 juillet, indique que ce groupe arm\u00e9 pille et enl\u00e8vent des personnes.<\/p>\n

Deux morts dans un affrontement entre milices Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDeux personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es et plusieurs autres gravement bless\u00e9es au cours d\u2019un affrontement entre les milices Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Raia Mutomboki et Mai-Mai Kirikicho la nuit du lundi 14 au mardi 15 juillet \u00e0 Ziralo, \u00e0 plus de 80 km au sud-ouest de Minova, dans le Sud-Kivu. Selon le pr\u00e9sident de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile locale, Kakuru Butumike, l\u2019absence de l\u2019arm\u00e9e dans ce groupement est \u00e0 la base des exactions commises par ces forces n\u00e9gatives. Il demande au gouvernement de s\u2019occuper de la s\u00e9curisation de cette zone pour le bien de ses habitants.<\/p>\n

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

Six tu\u00e9s dans les attaques des braconniers<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nSix personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es lors des attaques perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es depuis lundi dernier dans le groupement Bakaiko en territoire de Mambasa (Province Orientale). De sources locales ont indiqu\u00e9 jeudi 10 juillet que l\u2019op\u00e9ration a \u00e9t\u00e9 conduite par un braconnier arm\u00e9 connu sous le nom de Mangalibi qui serait le jeune fr\u00e8re de feu Paul Sadala Morgan. En dehors des morts enregistr\u00e9s, des sources locales parlent aussi de dix-sept femmes viol\u00e9es et\/ou s\u00e9questr\u00e9es dans le maquis des braconniers. Deux d\u2019entre elles auraient r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 s\u2019\u00e9chapper. Les miliciens seraient venus r\u00e9primer une attaque men\u00e9e quelques jours plus t\u00f4t par des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC contre leurs positions, poursuivent les m\u00eamessources.<\/p>\n

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

ACAPS Briefing Note: Conflict in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – 09.07.2014<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Des miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef interceptent un bateau sur le lac Tanganyika<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe bateau M\/V Patrick a \u00e9t\u00e9 intercept\u00e9 par des miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef lundi dernier sur le lac Tanganyika au niveau du village Kazumba (Katanga). Ce navire quittait Uvira au Sud-Kivu et se rendait vers Kalemie. Les assaillants ont emport\u00e9 2 000 dollars am\u00e9ricains et d\u2019autres biens, a affirm\u00e9 jeudi 10 juillet son responsable, James Amani. \u00ab Le bateau avait quitt\u00e9 le port de Kalundu lundi \u00e0 18h en partance pour Kalemie via Kabimba. Ils ont bien navigu\u00e9 sans obstacle et quand ils ont franchi Talama qui est la limite naturelle entre la province du Sud-Kivu et celle du Katanga, ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 surpris par deux pirogues avec moteurs de 75 chevaux \u00e0 bord desquelles il y avait des gens arm\u00e9s non autrement identifi\u00e9s \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 James Amani.<\/p>\n

Selon la Monusco, l’environnement s\u00e9curitaire au Nord-Katanga demeure pr\u00e9caire<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLe climat s\u00e9curitaire demeure pr\u00e9caire dans plusieurs localit\u00e9s situ\u00e9es au Nord-Katanga, du fait de la pr\u00e9sence d’\u00e9l\u00e9ments des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) et des activit\u00e9s n\u00e9gatives perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es par les \u00e9l\u00e9ments Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Yakutumba et Bakata-Katanga. Le porte-parole militaire de la Monusco, le lieutenant-colonel F\u00e9lix-Prosper Basse qui a livr\u00e9 cette information au cours de la conf\u00e9rence de presse hebdomadaire de la mission, hier mercredi 9 juillet \u00e0 Kinshasa, s’est pench\u00e9 sur les rapports \u00e9tablis par la police onusienne bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Kalemie. L’on note que le 2 juillet, les \u00e9l\u00e9ments affili\u00e9s au groupe Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Yakutumba ont attaqu\u00e9 et pris le contr\u00f4le du village Mapaypay, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 125 km au Nord de Kalemie, le long des rives du lac Tanganyika.<\/p>\n

Arrestation de 12 personnes suspect\u00e9es d\u2019\u00eatre des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nUne douzaine de personnes suspect\u00e9es d\u2019\u00eatre des combattants Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9es vendredi 11 juillet dans la localit\u00e9 de Tenke, \u00e0 200 Km de Lubumbashi, dans le Katanga. Selon des sources sur place, ce sont pour la plupart de\u00a0 jeunes gens qui portaient des armes blanches. Des rumeurs d\u2019attaque imminente de Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Bakata Katanga contre Lubumbashi circulaient vendredi dans la ville. La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 renforc\u00e9e dans la capitale provinciale.<\/p>\n

L’amnistie de 150 Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Kata Katanga fait d\u00e9bat<\/a>\u00a0| 13 July 2014 | rfi
\nEn R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, 150 membres du groupe ma\u00ef-ma\u00ef Kata Katanga, qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s apr\u00e8s une attaque contre la ville de Lubumbashi en mars 2013, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 amnisti\u00e9s. La d\u00e9cision provoque la pol\u00e9mique au sein d’une partie de l’opinion congolaise, qui estime que le pouvoir a subi des pressions. C\u2019\u00e9tait d\u00e9but mars 2013 : des combattants ma\u00ef-ma\u00ef avaient tent\u00e9 d\u2019investir la ville de Lubumbashi, au sud-est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. La riposte de la force publique avait oblig\u00e9 plus de 400 d\u2019entre eux \u00e0 se r\u00e9fugier dans le camp de la Mission de l’ONU en RDC, la Monusco.<\/p>\n

La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Tanganyika accuse les forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de tracasseries<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\na soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Tanganyika (Socitang), dans le Katanga, accuse les forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00eatre la source de plusieurs cas de tracasseries. L\u2019arm\u00e9e, de son c\u00f4t\u00e9, d\u00e9douane ses hommes et pointe du doigt la Police de circulation routi\u00e8re (PCR). Quant \u00e0 la police, elle dit poursuivre ses enqu\u00eates avant de se prononcer sur ces all\u00e9gations de tracasseries.
\nSelon Modeste Kabazi, porte-parole du cadre de concertation de la Socitang les auteurs de ces tracasseries sont aussi bien des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de l\u2019arm\u00e9e, de la police, que de l\u2019Agence nationale des renseignements (ANR).<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Rights activist bail denied<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi critic of government denied bail on security charge: lawyer<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Reuters
\nA rights activist campaigning against constitutional change critics say will upset Burundi’s ethnic balance and entrench President Pierre Nkurunziza in power has failed in his plea for bail, a defence lawyer said on Wednesday. The proposed amendments, which opponents fear may establish the primacy of Nkurunziza’s majority Hutus over Tutsis, have stirred the worst political crisis in the east African state since a 12-year civil war ended in 2005, and raised fears of renewed turmoil. Lawyers for Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, 66, arrested in May after accusing the ruling CNDD-FDD party of distributing weapons to youth groups and backing paramilitary training in neighbouring Congo, said they would appeal.<\/p>\n

Peacebuilding<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Uncertain Future of Peacebuilding in Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | All Africa | ISS
\nBurundi has enjoyed a short period of peace since 2010, but this could turn out to be the lull before the storm. Recent events paint a picture of growing tension between the government of Burundi and the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB). Burundi also faces an increasingly complicated situation with tension mounting ahead of the country’s 2015 elections, which could potentially obstruct peacebuilding processes in the country and undermine the progress that has already been made.<\/p>\n

Uprona<\/strong><\/p>\n

La police emp\u00eache l’Uprona de tenir une r\u00e9union \u00e0 Bujumbura<\/a>\u00a0| 13 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nUne r\u00e9union du comit\u00e9 central de l’Union pour le progr\u00e8s national (Uprona) dans la capitale burundaise a \u00e9t\u00e9 entrav\u00e9e, dimanche 13 juillet, par les forces de l’ordre d\u00e9ploy\u00e9es en grand nombre. Elles ont bloqu\u00e9 l’acc\u00e8s au si\u00e8ge du principal parti d’opposition tutsi, contraignant les militants \u00e0 rebrousser chemin et \u00e0 manifester dans le calme. Les membres du comit\u00e9 central du parti Uprona, accompagn\u00e9s par quelque 300 militants, se sont regroup\u00e9s \u00e0 une centaine de m\u00e8tres de leur permanence. Leur cort\u00e8ge s’est \u00e9branl\u00e9 aux environs de 11 heures locales, mais il n’est pas all\u00e9 bien loin, \u00e0 peine \u00e0 une dizaine de m\u00e8tres, avant de se heurter \u00e0 des dizaines de policiers anti-\u00e9meutes.<\/p>\n

Attempted murder of Chales Nditije\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

La guerre des chefs se poursuit \u00e0 l’Uprona<\/a>\u00a0| 13 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nSept mois apr\u00e8s le limogeage de son pr\u00e9sident, le combat pour le contr\u00f4le du principal parti tutsi du Burundi, l’Union pour le progr\u00e8s national (Uprona), se poursuit. Alors que son camp organise ce dimanche une r\u00e9union d\u00e9cisive au si\u00e8ge du parti, le pr\u00e9sident \u00e9vinc\u00e9, Charles Nditije, affirme avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 victime d’une tentative d’assassinat. Charles Nditije a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9vinc\u00e9 de son poste de pr\u00e9sident de l’Uprona il y a sept mois par le ministre de l’Int\u00e9rieur du Burundi au profit de Concilie Nibigira, vice-pr\u00e9sidente de ce parti jusqu’en 2009, et proche du pouvoir. Le camp Nditije a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d’organiser ce dimanche une r\u00e9union d\u00e9cisive du comit\u00e9 central de l’Uprona, alors que le parti est toujours sous contr\u00f4le des opposants \u00e0 Nditije, soutenus par les autorit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Pour les autorit\u00e9s, personne n\u2019a voulu assassiner Nditije<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | rfi
\nAu Burundi, la police avait arr\u00eat\u00e9, samedi 12 mai, dans un bar de Bujumbura, un homme, identifi\u00e9 par la suite comme un policier burundais, et qui aurait voulu assassiner – comme il l\u2019aurait reconnu sur le moment – Charles Nditije, limog\u00e9 de la t\u00eate du principal parti tutsi du pays, l\u2019Uprona, par le ministre burundais de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur il y a quelques mois. Mais d\u00e8s le lendemain, ce dernier laissait entendre qu\u2019il s\u2019agissait d\u2019une manipulation. Aujourd\u2019hui, tout semble indiquer qu\u2019on s\u2019achemine vers un classement sans suite de cette affaire. L\u2019information avait fuit\u00e9 depuis dimanche, le porte-parole de la police du Burundi, Helm\u00e9n\u00e9gilde Harimenshi l\u2019a confirm\u00e9e hier : le policer soup\u00e7onn\u00e9 de tentative d\u2019assassinat sur Chales Nditije nie tout en bloc. Il aurait assur\u00e9, au cours de son interrogatoire, qu\u2019il n\u2019avait jamais reconnu avoir re\u00e7u la mission d\u2019\u00e9liminer le pr\u00e9sident d\u00e9chu du parti Uprona.<\/p>\n

Charles Nditije maintient ses accusations contre le pouvoir<\/a>\u00a0| 16 July 2014 | rfi
\nL\u2019arrestation, samedi 12 juillet, d\u2019un policer soup\u00e7onn\u00e9 de tentative d\u2019assassinat sur Charles Nditije, limog\u00e9 de la t\u00eate du parti Uprona par le ministre de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur il y a quelques mois, suscite une grande pol\u00e9mique au Burundi. D\u00e8s le lendemain, le ministre burundais de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur laissait entendre que toute cette affaire pouvait \u00eatre une machination de l\u2019opposant lui-m\u00eame, et la police a signifi\u00e9 que l\u2019affaire pourrait \u00eatre class\u00e9e sans suite. Charles Nditije leur a r\u00e9pondu hier, en les accusant de vouloir brouiller les pistes car le pouvoir burundais serait derri\u00e8re cette tentative d\u2019assassinat.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Security situation (reports and analysis)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Central African Republic: Total Impunity in Central African Republic ‘Main Stumbling Block’ on Road to Political Transition, Committee Chair Says, Briefing Security Council<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | All Africa | UN Security Council
\nThe inflow of weapons into the Central African Republic appeared to have been staunched, but impunity for human rights abuses and illicit exploitation of minerals \u00ab\u00a0created fertile ground for rebel and criminal activities\u00a0\u00bb, the head of the sanctions committee on that country told the Security Council this morning. \u00ab\u00a0The total impunity that allows individuals to engage in or provide support for acts that undermine the peace, security and territorial integrity of the Central African Republic remains the main stumbling block on the road of the political transition,\u00a0\u00bb Raimonda Murmokait\u0117 of Lithuania, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013), said as she introduced the first interim report of the Panel of Experts on compliance with the arms embargo and targeted sanctions.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic de facto partitioned, UN experts say<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | Reuters
\nCentral African Republic is de facto partitioned with Christian militias in the west of the impoverished, landlocked country pillaging diamonds and mainly Muslim Seleka rebels in the east controlling gold mines, U.N. experts said on Friday. Violence between the Muslim and Christian communities killed at least 2,400 civilians between December and April, the panel said, but they acknowledged the toll was likely higher due to underreporting. Seleka rebels seized power more than a year ago, committing abuses on the majority Christian population that triggered waves of deadly revenge attacks by the anti-balaka Christian fighters, forcing a million people to flee their homes.<\/p>\n

Sectarian Violence Escalating<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nLa violence sectaire s’intensifie – Il faut de toute urgence mettre en \u0153uvre une strat\u00e9gie de protection des civils<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | All Africa | Human Rights Watch
\nNairobi \u2014 Un cycle infernal de violence sectaire s’aggrave dans l’est de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine. Des dizaines de civils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s depuis le d\u00e9but de juin 2014 et des dizaines de milliers de personnes ont abandonn\u00e9 leurs foyers, venant s’ajouter aux centaines de milliers de personnes qui ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 fui leurs maisons depuis que la violence a commenc\u00e9 en mars 2013. Une mission de recherche men\u00e9e par Human Rights Watch en juin a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 qu’au moins 62 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es entre le 9 et le 23 juin 2014 \u00e0 Bambari et dans ses environs, dans la pr\u00e9fecture d’Ouaka, dans le centre du pays, lorsque les affrontements entre les rebelles principalement musulmans de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka et les milices anti-balaka chr\u00e9tiennes et animistes se sont intensifi\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Republique Centrafricaine (RCA) Rapport de situation No.33 (au 10 juillet 2014)<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Brazzaville Forum 21 \u2013 23 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

Un long processus vers le dialogue et la r\u00e9conciliation<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nC’est un rendez-vous important qui se dessine pour la Centrafrique avec le Forum de r\u00e9conciliation nationale et de dialogue politique qui doit se tenir du 21 au 23 juillet \u00e0 Brazzaville au Congo. Un \u00e9v\u00e8nement qui r\u00e9unira toutes les parties prenantes au conflit, mais avant d’en arriver l\u00e0, un certain nombre d’\u00e9tapes sont attendues. Ces jours-ci \u00e0 Birao dans le nord-est de la Centrafrique, se tient une Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de la Seleka. A l’issue de cette r\u00e9union, le mouvement se constituera un v\u00e9ritable bureau politique dont les nouveaux responsables pourront signer solennellement une d\u00e9claration commune avec la mouvance anti-balaka.<\/p>\n

Sommet de Brazzaville sur la Centrafrique : le Forum de trop ?<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLa classe politique et les responsables religieux de la Centrafrique sont mont\u00e9s au cr\u00e9neau face \u00e0 l\u2019organisation \u00e0 Brazzaville du prochain Sommet pour la r\u00e9solution du conflit dans le pays. Ces acteurs qualifient \u00ab d\u2019inopportun \u00bb le d\u00e9placement \u00e0 Brazzaville pour r\u00e9gler \u00ab le probl\u00e8me centrafricain \u00bb. Alors qu\u2019il n\u2019a pas encore d\u00e9but\u00e9, les dirigeants religieux et de partis politiques centrafricains fustigent d\u00e9j\u00e0 le prochain Sommet de Brazzaville relatif au dossier centrafricain. Lors de ce Forum, pr\u00e9vu le 21 juillet prochain, il sera question de faire signer un cessez-le-feu entre anti-balaka et ex-seleka et d\u00e9finir le cadre du futur dialogue national. Mais la perspective d\u2019un nouveau sommet hors de la Centrafrique d\u00e9pla\u00eet aux frondeurs.<\/p>\n

Boycott du forum de Brazzaville – Aucune d\u00e9cision d\u00e9finitive<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | rfi
\nLes repr\u00e9sentants d’une cinquantaine de partis politiques et des trois principaux groupes religieux de Centrafrique avaient menac\u00e9 de boycotter les n\u00e9gociations de paix. Ces derni\u00e8res doivent d\u00e9buter le 21 juillet \u00e0 Brazzaville, sous l’\u00e9gide du m\u00e9diateur Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Mais pour les frondeurs, l’avenir du pays doit \u00eatre discut\u00e9 \u00e0 domicile, en non au Congo. Ces partisans du boycott ont rencontr\u00e9, samedi 12 juillet, les acteurs de la transition puis se sont r\u00e9unis en interne. Aucune d\u00e9cision d\u00e9finitive n’a \u00e9t\u00e9 prise. Apr\u00e8s plus de quatre heures de r\u00e9unions, les repr\u00e9sentants des 49 partis politiques conservent leur revendication principale : pour eux, des n\u00e9gociations de paix entre anti-balaka et Seleka ne peuvent se tenir qu’en Centrafrique, et non \u00e0 Brazzaville comme pr\u00e9vu le 21 juillet prochain.<\/p>\n

Mise au point de la CEEAC avant le Forum de Brazzaville<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLe Forum de Brazzaville devrait se tenir le 21 juillet prochain pour \u00e9voquer la crise en RCA. La semaine derni\u00e8re, dans une d\u00e9claration commune, une grande partie des partis politiques et toutes les confessions religieuses avaient qualifi\u00e9 cette r\u00e9union d’inopportune. Ils se disaient m\u00eame r\u00e9solus \u00e0 \u00ab ne plus se soumettre aux humiliations, aux d\u00e9cisions prises de l’ext\u00e9rieur \u00bb. La Communaut\u00e9 \u00e9conomique des Etats de l’Afrique centrale (CEEAC), qui est d\u00e9sign\u00e9e comme rapporteur de la m\u00e9diation internationale, a tenu \u00e0 faire une mise au point. La Communaut\u00e9 \u00e9conomique des Etats de l’Afrique centrale (CEEAC) insiste sur son r\u00f4le d’accompagnement du processus d\u00e9j\u00e0 engag\u00e9 par les autorit\u00e9s centrafricaines de transition et tient \u00e0 justifier le lieu choisi pour cette r\u00e9union : Brazzaville. Car comme l’explique, Ahmad Allam-Mi, le secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la CEEAC, Bangui ne r\u00e9unit pas les conditions s\u00e9curitaires n\u00e9cessaires : \u00ab Bangui, il est vrai, est tr\u00e8s calme, mais certains leaders ne viendraient pas \u00e0 Bangui. La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 n’est pas totale, m\u00eame les conditions de travail ne sont pas encore r\u00e9unies. C’est la raison pour laquelle on a pens\u00e9 que, peut-\u00eatre, il serait mieux que les leaders se retrouvent \u00e0 Brazzaville. Il n’y a pas d’autres raisons que celle-ci. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Les Antibalaka appellent \u00e0 la participation de toutes les sensibilit\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Hirondelle
\nLe mouvement des Antibalaka exhorte toute la classe politique centrafricaine \u00e0 participer au Forum de Brazzaville qui doit se d\u00e9rouler du 21 au 23 juillet. Cette rencontre demand\u00e9e par le groupe de contact international sur la Centrafrique fait couler beaucoup de salive \u00e0 Bangui o\u00f9 certains partis politiques disent pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer un forum sur la terre de leurs anc\u00eatres. Dans un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 lundi, le coordonnateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Antibalaka, Patrice-Edouard Nga\u00efssona, appelle les hommes politiques \u00e0 renoncer \u00e0 ce qu\u2019il appelle \u00ab la politique du ventre \u00bb. Il estime que le Forum de Brazzaville peut donner une chance \u00e0 son pays de retrouver le chemin de la paix et de l\u2019unit\u00e9 nationale. Le communiqu\u00e9 pr\u00e9cise que Brazzaville est le lieu appropri\u00e9 pour les Antibalaka de signer un v\u00e9ritable accord de cessez-le-feu avec les ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic Cease-Fire Talks May Restore Peace<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Bloomberg
\nCentral African Republic\u2019s prime minister urged political and civil society groups to attend a conference next week that seeks to end months of sectarian violence. The national conference \u201cis extremely important for the return of peace to our country,\u201d Prime Minister Andre Nzapayeke told state-owned Radio Centrafrique yesterday. The talks, organized by regional leaders, will be held in Brazzaville, the capital of neighboring Republic of Congo, and begin on July 21.<\/p>\n

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

Au moins 20 morts dans une attaque attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 des ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka<\/a>\u00a0| 8 July 2014 | Hirondelle
\nUne attaque attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 des ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka a tu\u00e9 lundi apr\u00e8s-midi au moins 20 personnes et fait 22 bless\u00e9s \u00e0 la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Joseph de Bambari (centre de la Centrafrique). Le bilan mat\u00e9riel s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ve \u00e0 20 maisons incendi\u00e9es, 3 v\u00e9hicules de l\u2019\u00e9v\u00each\u00e9 calcin\u00e9s et deux autres emport\u00e9s par les assaillants \u00e0 la veille de la visite du ministre fran\u00e7ais de la D\u00e9fense Jean-Yves Le Drian. Selon plusieurs t\u00e9moins joints au t\u00e9l\u00e9phone par RNL, des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de l\u2019ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka accompagn\u00e9s de musulmans arm\u00e9s de la ville ont lanc\u00e9 une attaque contre le site des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de la cath\u00e9drale, \u00e0 la recherche d\u2019Antibalaka. \u00ab Nous sommes sous le feu en ce moment. Les S\u00e9l\u00e9ka sont en train d\u2019attaquer notre site \u00bb, a eu le temps d\u2019indiquer un d\u00e9plac\u00e9 terr\u00e9 dans un coin de la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Joseph. Il a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 qu\u2019ils avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9venus la veille par des ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka qui affirmaient que le site abritait des Antibalaka.<\/p>\n

UN in Central African Republic condemns attack on civilians sheltering in church<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | UN News
\nL\u2019agence de l\u2019ONU pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s condamne les violences \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLa Coordonnatrice humanitaire principale en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA) de l\u2019agence des Nations-Unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, Claire Bourgeois, condamne fermement les violences indiscrimin\u00e9es contre les d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de la cath\u00e9drale St Joseph \u00e0 Bambari, le 7 juillet, et l\u2019attaque sur une mosqu\u00e9e \u00e0 Paoua, le 4 juillet. La Coordonnatrice humanitaire principale en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA) de l\u2019agence des Nations-Unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, Claire Bourgeois, condamne fermement les violences contre les d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de la cath\u00e9drale St Joseph \u00e0 Bambari, le 7 juillet, et l\u2019attaque sur une mosqu\u00e9e \u00e0 Paoua, le 4 juillet. Ces violences ont frapp\u00e9 le centre et l\u2019ouest du pays.<\/p>\n

Summit on CAR conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuing Violence in Bambari and Surrounding Area<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | ICRC
\nBambari and its surroundings have been rocked by violence, and the local population is being seriously affected. At the end of June, fighting injured or killed dozens of people. Thousands sought refuge near places of worship and international military posts. Since 7 July, there have been further outbreaks of violence, including an attack on a camp for displaced people. Once again, many have been killed or injured. Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Sangsue, head of the ICRC’s delegation in the Central African Republic, made a renewed appeal to the warring parties. \u00ab\u00a0Once again, we call on all those involved to spare civilians and to spare the wounded, whether combatants or non-combatants.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: Killing Continues in the Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | Deutsche Welle
\nThree days of mourning have been called in the Central African Republic after 26 people were killed in an attack earlier this week. This is the latest episode in an increasing wave of violence in the country. Those killed in the attack on 7 juillet 2014 were among thousands of civilians who had sought refuge at the Saint Joseph Catholic Church in the central region of Banguri. Gunman set fire to tents and opened fire, leaving 26 dead and 35 injured, according to new figures released by the local Red Cross. According to a witness from the African Union’s peacekeeping force MISCA, the attackers were wearing military uniforms linked to the majority-Muslim rebel group Seleka.<\/p>\n

Seleka leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michel Djotodia \u00e0 la t\u00eate du nouveau bureau politique de la Seleka<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nUn nouveau bureau politique pour la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | All Africa | Deutsche Welle
\nL’ex-pr\u00e9sident Djotodia reconduit \u00e0 la t\u00eate de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLes membres de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka se sont retrouv\u00e9s ces deux derniers jours \u00e0 Birao dans le nord- est de la Centrafrique. A l’issue de la rencontre : l’\u00e9lection d’un nouveau bureau politique avec comme chef Michel Djotodia. L’ancien leader du groupe, devenu entre temps pr\u00e9sident de transition avant d’\u00eatre contraint \u00e0 la d\u00e9mission est r\u00e9\u00e9lu \u00e0 la t\u00eate de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka. Le retour aux affaires de Michel Djotodia qui se trouve actuellement en exil au B\u00e9nin serait justifi\u00e9 selon l’un des portes parole du mouvement, le colonel Djouma Narkoyo : \u00ab C’est lui le fondateur de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka, comme adjoint on a mis Noureddine Adam, second\u00e9 par le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Mohamed Moussa Dhaffane. Ce sont nos dirigeants, ce sont eux \u00e0 l’origine m\u00eame de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka \u00bb.<\/p>\n

C.Africa Republic’s ousted leader back in charge of Seleka<\/a>\u00a0| 13 July 2014 | Reuters
\nCAR’s Seleka rebels reinstate leader<\/a>\u00a0| 13. July 2014 | Aljazeera
\nThe Central African Republic’s former president has been reinstated as head of one of the rebel groups in the country, according to a spokesperson. Ahmat Mahamat Nedjad said on Sunday that Michel Djotodia was re-elected as head of the Seleka rebel group, a Muslim-led movement that took over the CAR in the coup in March 2014. In addition to appointing a political wing of more than 30 members, Nedjad announced a change to the name of the group. The Seleka would now be known as the The Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic, he said. Nedjad said the decision was made during a meeting in the northern CAR town of Birao.<\/p>\n

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

Little help for CAR rape survivors<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | IRIN
\nThe presence of armed groups and continued fighting causing displacement across the Central African Republic (CAR) has led to an escalation of insecurity leaving women and girls vulnerable to forced marriage and extreme violence, including rape. Despite recent commitments from governments, UN agencies and NGOs to prioritize protecting women and girls from sexual and physical violence, current efforts in CAR remain underfunded. In the capital Bangui less than one third of clinics and health centres in internally displaced sites have the means to assist survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).<\/p>\n

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

Regional leaders take charge<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Africa Confidential
\nBackstage at the AU summit and increasingly worried about the state of affairs in CAR, regional leaders took some key decisions The leaders of the Francophone Central African grouping, the Communaut\u00e9 \u00e9conomique des \u00e9tats de l\u2019Afrique centrale, are demanding changes to CAR President Catherine Samba-Panza\u2019s government. Impatient at her lack of progress after five months in power, they excluded her from the CEEAC meeting held on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, at the end of June. While most summiteers were preoccupied by the problems of jihadism spreading in West and East Africa, Chadian President Idriss D\u00e9by Itno, as CEEAC Chairman, called the leaders together, obliging Samba-Panza to wait outside the room for all but five minutes of the meeting.<\/p>\n

L\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne lance un Fonds sp\u00e9cial pour la Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Afrik.com
\nL\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne va lancer son premier fonds fiduciaire pour contribuer \u00e0 la stabilisation et \u00e0 la reconstruction de la Centrafrique. L\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne compte poursuivre ses efforts pour pr\u00eater main forte \u00e0 la Centrafrique. L\u2019UE va lancer son premier fonds fiduciaire pour contribuer \u00e0 la stabilisation et \u00e0 la reconstruction de la Centrafrique, a annonc\u00e9 lundi la Commission. Selon la Commission, ce fonds fiduciaire \u00ab contribuera \u00e0 la reconstruction du pays, notamment en restaurant les administrations nationales et locales, en r\u00e9tablissant les activit\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques et les services essentiels (\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, transports, sant\u00e9 et \u00e9ducation) \u00bb. \u00ab Ses activit\u00e9s viseront aussi \u00e0 permettre aux pays voisins de surmonter les cons\u00e9quences de la crise frappant la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine \u00bb, qui a provoqu\u00e9 l\u2019afflux de dizaines de milliers de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s dans les zones frontali\u00e8res au Cameroun, au Tchad, en RDC et au Congo.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Conflict in western regions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les combats tribaux font pr\u00e8s de 100 morts<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLe dernier bilan dans les combats qui secouent les r\u00e9gions de Kasese et Bundibugyo, \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de l\u2019Ouganda, est d\u2019environ 100 morts. Pr\u00e8s de 100 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de l\u2019Ouganda, pr\u00e8s de la fronti\u00e8re avec la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), durant les combats qui opposent, depuis ce week-end, troupes ougandaises et hommes arm\u00e9s. Des conflits tribaux dans les r\u00e9gions de Kasese et Bundibugyo seraient \u00e0 l\u2019origine du conflit, selon les autorit\u00e9s. La communaut\u00e9 majoritaire, Bakonzo, aurait lanc\u00e9 les hostilit\u00e9s contre la communaut\u00e9 minoritaire Basongora en raison, entre autres, de diff\u00e9rends de longue date li\u00e9s \u00e0 la terre.<\/p>\n

Arrestations apr\u00e8s les violences au royaume du Rwenzori<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | rfi
\nTrois chefs traditionnels ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s jeudi 10 juillet en Ouganda pour leur implication pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e dans les violences tribales qui ont fait une centaine de morts r\u00e9cemment dans l’ouest du pays, a annonc\u00e9 la police. Le 5 juillet, des hommes arm\u00e9s appartenant \u00e0 l’une des ethnies de cette r\u00e9gion, \u00e0 cheval entre l’Ouganda et la RDC, avaient men\u00e9 plusieurs attaques coordonn\u00e9es et affront\u00e9 les forces de l’ordre. Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 sous caution vendredi 11 juillet, au lendemain de son arrestation, le Premier ministre du royaume du Rwenzori est la plus haute personnalit\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre interpell\u00e9e dans cette affaire. Deux autres notables de la m\u00eame chefferie sont toujours en garde \u00e0 vue.Tous sont arr\u00eat\u00e9s pour leur implication pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e dans les violences qui ont fait une centaine de morts samedi dernier. La police ne donne pas plus de d\u00e9tails pour l’heure sur le motif exact de ces arrestations.<\/p>\n

Ugandan Opposition Figure: Rwenzori Violence Caused by Government Policies<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe former leader of Uganda\u2019s main opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change, said President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s government is to blame for the Rwenzori violence earlier this month that left about 90 civilians and security personnel dead. Kizza Besigye accused the government of fueling ethnic friction by partitioning the country into tribal enclaves. But, government spokesman Ofwono Opondo reportedly said Besigye is a \u201cprophet of doom.\u201d\u00a0 Opondo said the violence western Uganda took place because the tribes failed to manage their internal problems. Besigye said Museveni has been undermining traditional institutions and pitting them against each other.<\/p>\n

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

Uganda\u2019s ‘Piglet Protesters’ say Their Work has Just Begun<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nOn June 17, two young men calling themselves the Jobless Brotherhood grabbed headlines when they snuck two piglets, painted in the ruling party\u2019s signature yellow, into the Ugandan parliament.\u00a0 Wearing signs saying \u201cM-Pigs,\u201d the piglets managed to get as far as the parliamentary chambers before being stopped by police. Norman Tumuhimbise and Robert Mayanja were arrested for the stunt, and released several weeks later on bail.\u00a0 The pair has since been re-arrested for illegal assembly under Uganda\u2019s Public Order Management Act. Tumuhimbise and Mayanja say they represent millions of desperate and unemployed Ugandan youth.\u00a0 Their rallying cry, \u201cDon\u2019t lead us into temptation,\u00a0\u00bb carries the veiled threat of violence.<\/p>\n

Uganda Lawmaker Hails Supreme Court Ruling<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nUganda\u2019s Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of four parliamentarians, stopping a Constitutional Court order that would have forced the legislators to vacate their seats in the law making body. The \u201crebel lawmakers\u201d were expelled from President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) after they were accused of bringing the group\u2019s name into disrepute and sowing divisions within the rank and file of the party. The NRM wanted the \u201crebel lawmakers\u201d to be thrown out of parliament following their expulsion. Mohammed Nsereko, an expelled NRM parliamentarian, hailed the ruling, describing it as a rare victory for judicial independence from the government\u2019s influence.<\/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

Canada to support work of ICRC in Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada Provides Humanitarian Assistance to the Great Lakes Region of Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Reliefweb | Government of Canada
\nLeon Benoit, Member of Parliament for Vegreville \u2013 Wainwright, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced that Canada will support the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Great Lakes region of Africa. This announcement will help provide emergency relief\u2014such as medical supplies, essential household items and psychosocial assistance\u2014to people affected by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as neighbouring countries. With this funding, the ICRC will also monitor and improve conditions facing people being held in detention centres throughout the region, particularly the most vulnerable, including women and children.<\/p>\n

Millennium Development Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa Takes Steps Toward Attaining Millennium Development Goals<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nA new U.N. report says sub-Saharan African countries have made some progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), but poverty remains a widespread problem. At the beginning of this century, U.N. member states unanimously agreed to forge a commitment to help the poorest to achieve a better life by 2015. The Millennium Declaration articulated a bold vision and established concrete targets for improving the existence of tens of millions of people and for saving the lives of those threatened by disease and hunger. A new report by the U.N. Development Program notes that persistent obstacles and new challenges may hinder sub-Saharan Africa’s ability to meet the 2015 goals on schedule.<\/p>\n

Cholera<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aid group sounds South Sudan cholera warning<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Aljazeera
\nAn outbreak of cholera is putting thousands of lives at risk in parts of South Sudan, worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis amid ongoing violence, according to the aid group Save the Children. The disease has infected more than 2,600 people and killed at least 60 since the first cases were reported in the capital, Juba, in May. Cholera outbreaks or alerts have been reported in nine of South Sudan’s 10 states. The situation is likely to get worse with heavy rains expected in coming weeks and months, the aid group said, calling for greater supplies of medicines.<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu – Le chef de la zone de sant\u00e9 de Lilungu tire la sonnette d’alarme<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nFizi: les habitants appel\u00e9s \u00e0 observer les r\u00e8gles d\u2019hygi\u00e8ne pour pr\u00e9venir le chol\u00e9ra<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019Inspection provinciale de la Sant\u00e9 du Sud-Kivu appelle les habitants de la localit\u00e9 de Baraka, en territoire de Fizi (Sud-Kivu), \u00e0 observer les r\u00e8gles d\u2019hygi\u00e8nes pour pr\u00e9venir le cholera. Il a lanc\u00e9 cet appel, le week-end dernier, lors d\u2019une r\u00e9union de r\u00e9flexion avec les autorit\u00e9s locales de la cit\u00e9 de Baraka. Le charg\u00e9 de la communication pour la sant\u00e9 au Sud-Kivu, docteur Claude Bahizire, a plaid\u00e9 pour l\u2019implication de la communaut\u00e9 pour \u00e9radiquer cette \u00e9pid\u00e9mie.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

63% live below poverty line<\/strong><\/p>\n

Croissance \u00e9conomique – \u00ab 63 % de la population de la RDC vit sous le seuil de la pauvret\u00e9 \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nLa porte-parole de l’\u00e9quipe-pays des Nations unies en RDC, Genevi\u00e8ve Delonois, estime que la majorit\u00e9 des Congolais vivent dans le d\u00e9nuement absolu avec un taux de mortalit\u00e9 maternelle et infantile tr\u00e8s \u00e9lev\u00e9. Alors que la RDC est en passe de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 l’\u00e9valuation de la deuxi\u00e8me revue annuelle du Document de strat\u00e9gie de croissance et de r\u00e9duction de la pauvret\u00e9 de deuxi\u00e8me g\u00e9n\u00e9ration (DSCRP II) et du programme d’action du gouvernement, Genevi\u00e8ve Delonois vient de jeter un pav\u00e9 dans la mare en confirmant la pr\u00e9carit\u00e9 qui gangr\u00e8ne encore le tissus \u00e9conomique du pays. Intervenant derni\u00e8rement lors de la conf\u00e9rence hebdomadaire de la Monusco, ce cadre onusien a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que soixante-trois pour cent de la population congolaise vit sous le seuil de la pauvret\u00e9 et que le taux de mortalit\u00e9 maternelle et infantile reste tr\u00e8s \u00e9lev\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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

ECHO et UNICEF renouvellent leur alliance dans la r\u00e9ponse aux urgences en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Reliefweb | ECHO
\ninshasa, le 14 juillet 2014. Le d\u00e9partement d\u2019Aide humanitaire et de Protection civile de la Commission europ\u00e9enne (ECHO) poursuit son engagement aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s du Fonds des Nations Unies pour l\u2019Enfance (UNICEF) dans la lutte contre la malnutrition en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), par un appui financier de 3,6 millions d\u2019euros, ainsi que dans la R\u00e9ponse Rapide aux Mouvements de Population (RRMP) par un soutien de 6 millions d\u2019euros. \u00ab Il est essentiel de poursuivre nos efforts communs dans la r\u00e9ponse aux urgences, afin de permettre \u00e0 tous les enfants de grandir dignement et de r\u00e9aliser leur potentiel, en particulier dans les zones touch\u00e9es par les crises \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Andrea Koulaimah, Chef de l\u2019unit\u00e9 Afrique Centrale, Soudan et Sud Soudan d\u2019ECHO.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

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

Central African Republic Emergency Situation (as of 11 July 2014)<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

ECHO Factsheet – 11 July 2014 – Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Reliefweb | ECHO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Justice and Tribunals<\/h1>\n

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

\u00a0DRC<\/h2>\n

Jean-Pierre Bemba<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proc\u00e8s Bemba \u00e0 la CPI – Le m\u00e9moire de la d\u00e9fense \u00ab d’ici le 25 ao\u00fbt \u00bb, la r\u00e9ponse de l’accusation \u00ab d’ici le 8 septembre 2014 \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLe d\u00e9p\u00f4t du \u00ab m\u00e9moire en cl\u00f4ture \u00bb de la d\u00e9fense du s\u00e9nateur rd-congolais Jean-Pierre Bemba, pr\u00e9sident du MLC – poursuivi devant la Cour p\u00e9nal internationale (CPI) \u00e0 La Haye depuis le 22 novembre 2010 \u00ab en qualit\u00e9 de sup\u00e9rieur hi\u00e9rarchique pour n’avoir pas pr\u00e9venu les crimes ni sanctionn\u00e9 leurs auteurs \u00bb entre octobre 2002 et mars 2003 \u00e0 Bangui (RCA) – est pr\u00e9vu \u00ab d’ici le 25 ao\u00fbt \u00bb. \u00ab Apr\u00e8s quoi, l’accusation et les avocats des victimes d\u00e9poseront leurs r\u00e9ponses d’ici le 8 septembre. La d\u00e9fense d\u00e9posera ensuite sa r\u00e9ponse d’ici le 22 septembre 2014. Les plaidoiries finales du proc\u00e8s sont fix\u00e9es le 13 octobre 2014 \u00bb, ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 les juges de premi\u00e8re instance le 26 mai dernier. Sylvia Steiner, Joyce Aluoch et Kuniko Ozaki ont \u00e9galement \u00ab d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que si M. Bemba \u00e9tait d\u00e9clar\u00e9 coupable, ils rendront une d\u00e9cision distincte sur sa peine \u00bb, rapporte une source proche de la CPI \u00e0 La Haye.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Genocide<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attentat contre l’avion d’Habyarimana – l’instruction est termin\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLes juges antiterroristes parisiens Marc Tr\u00e9vidic et Nathalie Poux ont achev\u00e9 leur enqu\u00eate sur l’attentat contre l’avion du pr\u00e9sident rwandais Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana en 1994, consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme le signal d\u00e9clencheur du g\u00e9nocide au Rwanda, ont annonc\u00e9 mardi les avocats de la d\u00e9fense. L’instruction du dossier en France a \u00e9t\u00e9 longue – 16 ans – et tr\u00e8s controvers\u00e9e. Les juges ont boucl\u00e9 leur enqu\u00eate sans pour autant apporter des r\u00e9ponses d\u00e9finitives \u00e0 cette affaire tr\u00e8s sensible. Le dossier sur l’attentat du 6 avril 1994 n’est pas clos, loin de l\u00e0. Les juges antiterroristes fran\u00e7ais estiment simplement qu’\u00ab ils sont all\u00e9s au bout de leur travail d’enqu\u00eate \u00bb. Il est vrai que depuis 2007, depuis que Marc Tr\u00e9vidic et Nathalie Poux ont r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 le dossier \u00ab min\u00e9 \u00bb de leur pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur le juge Jean-Louis Brugui\u00e8re, le dossier a bien avanc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Acquitted but still not free<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Pambazuka
\nRwanda gets plenty of applause for putting the genocide behind and creating a reconciled society focused on marching forward to a prosperous future. But is that so? In this article, we learn that former high-ranking officials who were acquitted of genocide charges by the international crimes tribunal in Arusha, or who served their sentences, are not welcome back home.<\/p>\n

July 4 and the empty slogans of ‘independence’, liberation’ and ‘never again’<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Pambazuka
\nIn the 20 years since genocide, Rwanda\u2019s government has fostered the appearance of national progress while focusing its machinations on concentrating power along ethnic lines. Rwanda has not reached reconciliation, healing, or equality, increasing its risk of another round of national upheaval.<\/p>\n

Jo\u00ebl Mutabazi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le \u00abproc\u00e8s de la terreur\u00bb ajourn\u00e9 au 17 juillet<\/a>\u00a0| 13 July 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nAu Rwanda, le proc\u00e8s de Jo\u00ebl Mutabazi et de ses 15 coaccus\u00e9s a \u00e9t\u00e9 une nouvelle fois report\u00e9 vendredi 11 juillet. Au Rwanda, le \u00ab proc\u00e8s de la terreur \u00bb a connu un nouveau rebondissement. Apr\u00e8s les principaux pr\u00e9venus, d’autres accus\u00e9s qui, selon le parquet, avaient avou\u00e9 leurs crimes face aux enqu\u00eateurs, se sont r\u00e9tract\u00e9s. Parmi eux, Cyprien Nibishaka. L’homme est accus\u00e9 d’\u00eatre le coordinateur au Rwanda du Congr\u00e8s national rwandais (RNC) et des FDLR, et d’avoir notamment envoy\u00e9 sa fianc\u00e9e, P\u00e9lagie Nizeyimana – \u00e9galement sur le banc des accus\u00e9s – en RDC suivre une formation militaire chez les rebelles hutus rwandais.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Perpetrators of atrocities must have nowhere to hide from justice<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Amnesty International
\nRights Group Calls for CAR Atrocities Investigation<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe identities of some of those suspected of ordering or committing the atrocities that have been taking place in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been made public today by Amnesty International, with a call for justice to be delivered to the people of the beleaguered nation. The report, Central African Republic:\u00a0Time for Accountability<\/a>, documents crimes under international law perpetrated across the CAR in 2013 and 2014, and calls for the investigation, prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators. It names members and allies of the anti-balaka and S\u00e9l\u00e9ka armed groups suspected of involvement in serious human rights abuses, outlining their roles and establishing their possible criminal responsibilities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

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

Civil society briefing calls on EU to strengthen conflict minerals regulation<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Business & Human Right Resource Centre
\nThe new European Parliament has a critical opportunity to strengthen legislation proposed by the European Commission that aims to create responsible mineral supply chains for Europe. In its current form the Commission\u2019s proposal, a voluntary scheme open to a limited number of companies, is weak and unfit for purpose. We are calling on MEPs to amend the draft legislation so that it legally requires companies to check their supply chains and identify and mitigate risk \u2013 a process known as due diligence \u2013 in line with existing international standards. Companies should also be required to report publicly on their efforts.
\nLink to Full Document<\/a><\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Farming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lancement du projet de construction des parcs agro-industriels<\/a>\u00a0| 16 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique, Joseph Kabila, a officiellement lanc\u00e9 mardi 15 juillet \u00e0 Bukanga Lonzo (Bandundu), le projet de construction des parcs agro-industriels qui devront \u00eatre implant\u00e9s dans toutes les provinces de la RDC. Selon le ministre de l\u2019Agriculture, Jean-Chrysostome Vahmwiti, le gouvernement esp\u00e8re offrir \u00e0 la population congolaise une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de produits alimentaires \u00e0 des prix abordables.<\/p>\n

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

Banro tumbles as DRC gold mine projections fall<\/a>\u00a0| 11. July 2014 | Mineweb
\nBanro bonds are suggesting the miner risks default after saying ore-processing forecasts may not reach projections in the DRC. Banro bonds are suggesting the miner risks default after saying ore-processing forecasts may not reach projections in the DRC. The $175 million in 10 percent bonds maturing in March 2017 trade at about 75 cents on the dollar for an equivalent yield of about 23 percent, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. That compares with an average dollar-bond price of $1.06 in Bank of America Merrill Lynch\u2019s U.S. high-yield index.<\/p>\n

Copper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transition year for high grade DRC copper miner<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Mineweb
\nLast year, Mawson West achieved copper production of over 20,000 tonnes, virtually all from the Dikulushi open pit which is now mined out.\u00a0 This year is very much one of transition for the company as it ramps up underground mining at Dikulushi and brings its Kapulo mine on stream.\u00a0 Consequently output during the first half of the current year has only been 1,623 tonnes of copper in concentrate and 130,000 ounces of silver and the stock price, along with much of the rest of the TSX resource sector, has consequently been very depressed and last year\u2019s impressive profits have been turned into losses so far, but should start turning round again in the second half as production increases.<\/p>\n

Rubamines \u2013 alleged disposessing of farmers lands<\/strong><\/p>\n

Likasi: des agriculteurs accusent Rubamines de les d\u00e9poss\u00e9der de leur terrain<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nKatanga – Rubamines accus\u00e9e de d\u00e9poss\u00e9der les agriculteurs de Likasi de leurs terres<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nDes agriculteurs de Likasi (Katanga) d\u00e9noncent la spoliation dont ils sont victimes de la part de Rubamines, une entreprise mini\u00e8re qui \u0153uvre dans cette partie du territoire anational. Les agriculteurs de Likasi (Katanga) accusent Rubamines, une entreprise mini\u00e8re \u0153uvrant dans cette contr\u00e9e, de les d\u00e9poss\u00e9der de leurs terres. Une situation qui provoque de m\u00e9contentements dans le chef de ces agriculteurs qui, du reste, ne s’en remettent qu’aux autorit\u00e9s comp\u00e9tentes pour revenir dans leurs droits. Pour manifester leur m\u00e9contentement, une centaine d’agriculteurs de ce coin a manifest\u00e9 le mercredi 9 juillet dans la matin\u00e9e devant les bureaux du service urbain de l’agriculture, p\u00eache et \u00e9levage de Likasi au Katanga. Ils accusaient, entre autres, l’entreprise mini\u00e8re Rubamines de les avoir d\u00e9poss\u00e9d\u00e9s de leur terrain de culture.<\/p>\n

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

ITIE – Les organisations de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du secteur des ressources naturelles saluent la conformit\u00e9 de la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLa d\u00e9claration de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo \u00ab Pays conforme \u00e0 l’Initiative de transparence des industries (ITIE) est salu\u00e9e par les Organisations de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de la RDC, engag\u00e9es dans le secteur des ressources naturelles, notamment la Coalition Publiez ce que vous payez, le R\u00e9seau ressources naturelles et la plate-forme des Organisations de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile intervenant dans le secteur minier. Ces derni\u00e8res estiment que cette conformit\u00e9 de la RDC constitue une opportunit\u00e9 pour am\u00e9liorer la gouvernance des industries extractives \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Military presence in mines in Banalia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Incursion des militaires dans deux carri\u00e8res mini\u00e8res de Banalia<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Banalia d\u00e9nonce la pr\u00e9sence des militaires congolais dans deux carri\u00e8res mini\u00e8res de ce territoire de la Province Orientale. Ce groupe de quatorze militaires seraient venus de Kisangani. Ils sont notamment accus\u00e9s de pillages, d\u2019extorsions et de vols. Des sources de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile indiquent que ces militaires sont arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 Banalia samedi 12 juillet vers 11 heures (heure locale). Ils se seraient ensuite s\u00e9par\u00e9s en deux groupes. Six ont pris la direction de la carri\u00e8re de Mangi et huit se sont dirig\u00e9s vers Panga.<\/p>\n

Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maniema Mining &Valko revieve Sakima<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Africa Inteligence
\nThe Maniema Mining Company (MMC) headed by India\u2019s Hitesh Chug and assisted by China\u2019s Chua Cheong Young, delivered $2.38 million (…)<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Catherine Samba-Panza limoge le ministre des Mines<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nOlivier Malibangar, ministre centrafricain des Mines depuis janvier, a \u00e9t\u00e9 limog\u00e9 mardi par la pr\u00e9sidente de la transition, Catherine Samba-Panza.
\nC’est le premier membre du gouvernement centrafricain \u00e0 \u00eatre limog\u00e9 depuis sa formation en janvier. La pr\u00e9sidente de la transition, Catherine Samba-Panza, a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de se s\u00e9parer du ministre des Mines, Olivier Malibangar, selon un d\u00e9cret lu mardi 15 juillet \u00e0 la radio nationale. Les attributions de ce poste strat\u00e9gique ont \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9es au Premier ministre, Andr\u00e9 Nzapayek\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Tin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kasbah Resources in Zarnack\u2019s footsteps<\/a>\u00a0| 15 July 2014 | Africa Intelligence
\nNow that its joint venture partnership with Toyota Tshusho Corp on the Achmach tin project in Morocco has been completed (…)<\/p>\n

Export<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uganda Sugar Exports Curbed by Wars, Regional Trade Barriers<\/a>\u00a0| 14 July 2014 | Bloomberg
\nUgandan sugar processors are holding 50,000 metric tons of unsold stock as exporters of the sweetener face obstacles in East African markets ranging from wars to duties, the head of the industry association said. \u201cWe are stuck with big volumes of sugar,\u201d Uganda Sugar Manufacturers\u2019 Association Chairman Jim Kabeho said on July 11 by phone. \u201cThis is affecting our expansion programs. We are threatened with closure.\u201d Efforts to market sugar in Rwanda are hampered by the abundance of cheaper imports from outside East Africa, while exporters to Kenya face barriers such as duties and red tape, said Kabeho. Conflicts in South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have also curbed the trade, he said.<\/p>\n

China National Offshore Oil Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n

CNOOC Opens Hoima District Office<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | All Africa | The Observer
\nChina National Offshore Oil Corporation has opened a new office in Hoima. During a dinner organized to officially unveil the offices in Hoima recently, Aminah Bukenya, Cnooc’s Public Relations Supervisor, said the building would help take services right to the heart of the oil-rich sub-region. \u00ab\u00a0This office now makes it easier for our people to access us rather than trekking all the way to Kampala. We are optimistic that this step will help cement our relationship with the locals,\u00a0\u00bb Bukenya said in a statement. Cnooc is so far the only oil company to have been granted a production licence for the Kingfisher field. According to the corporation statement, development is already in place at the field. Zakaria Lubega, the corporate social responsibility manager for Cnooc, said the company plans to construct roads, and widen an airstrip, among other initiatives.<\/p>\n

Fuel Storage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uganda Gets New Fuel Tanks Raising Capacity to 10 Million<\/a>\u00a0| 13 July 2014 | All Africa | East African Business Week
\nVivo Energy Uganda, the company that distributes and markets shell branded fuels and lubricants, has commissioned two new storage tanks to grow its fuel storage capacity by 10 million litres. Christian Chammas Vivo Energy Group CEO, reaffirmed the company’s commitment to growing all its businesses in Africa. \u00ab\u00a0We are investing in excess of $250 million over the next three years to grow our business, investing in new sites and facilities, and constantly improving our customer experience,\u00a0\u00bb Chammas said.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other<\/h1>\n

Constitutional term limits<\/strong><\/p>\n

US: African Leaders Should Honor Constitutional Term Limits<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe Obama administration says African leaders should honor constitutional term limits. The U.S. assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said President Barack Obama’s call for strong institutions in Africa includes respecting limits on power.\u00a0\u00bbIf constitutions call for term limits, then those term limits need to be honored. And we have been very clear in discouraging African leaders from making changes in their constitution that will benefit one person, one party, to allow that person to stay in power longer than the constitution intended for them to stay in power.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Death penalty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continental Conference on the death penalty in Africa: A decisive step towards an abolitionist continent<\/a>\u00a0| 7 July 2014 | FIDH
\nFrom July 2 to 4, 2014, the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (ACHPR), in cooperation with the Benin authorities, organised, in Cotonou, Benin, the first Continental Conference on the death penalty. This Conference, which gathered representatives from African Union (AU) Member States, parliamentarians, national human rights institutions, civil society organisations, has permitted to debate on the issue of the death penalty in Africa as well as on the need for the adoption of a regional legal instrument on its abolition. Today, 78 Human Rights Organizations launch a \u201cManifesto for a Protocol to the African Charter on the abolition of the death penalty\u201d supporting the adoption, by AU Member States, of a regional legal instrument expressly stating the abolition of the death penalty.<\/p>\n

LGBT Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Should aid be withdrawn from countries violating LGBT rights?<\/a>\u00a0| 9 July 2014 | Guardian
\nIn February, when Uganda’s government passed a law that threatens gay people with life imprisonment, the World Bank postponed a $90m loan that was going to be spent on the east African country’s health service. A spokesperson from the bank said that they wanted to ensure that \u00ab\u00a0development objectives would not be adversely affected by the enactment of this new law\u00a0\u00bb. But can LGBT rights be improved by withholding aid? An editorial in The Economist in April said that the international financial institution was wrong. \u00ab\u00a0The World Bank is a technocratic development organisation, not a place for political advocacy,\u00a0\u00bb said the piece. \u00ab\u00a0Setting up gay rights as a test of its lending decisions is likely to make the bank less effective at its core job: tackling extreme poverty.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Rights Group Says Ugandan Court Decision Violates Basic Freedoms<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Voice of America
\nRuling Against LGBT Activists Violates Rights<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nThe decision of the Ugandan High Court published on 9 juillet 2014, endorsing the government closure of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights workshop violates the right to freedom of assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. Justice Stephen Musota ruled against four LGBT rights activists who had sued the ethics and integrity minister, Simon Lokodo, for shutting down a February 2012 workshop. The judge ruled that the workshop participants were \u201cpromoting\u201d or \u201cinciting\u201d same-sex acts. \u201cCarnal knowledge against the order of nature\u201d is criminalized under Uganda\u2019s Penal Code. Justice Musota rejected the activists\u2019 argument that the purpose of the workshop was to develop human rights advocacy and leadership skills, finding that such objectives were simply a cover for promoting same-sex acts. The judge reasoned that human rights training on LGBT rights is itself a form of incitement to engage in prohibited same-sex practices. The plaintiffs are appealing the ruling to the Appeals Court.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

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

La Cour constitutionnelle pourra \u00eatre fonctionnelle en 2015<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nApr\u00e8s leur nomination par ordonnance pr\u00e9sidentielle, les neuf membres de la Cour constitutionnelle (CC) s\u2019att\u00e8leront prochainement \u00e0 mettre en place la nouvelle juridiction du pays. Cette proc\u00e9dure passe par des \u00e9tapes plus ou moins longues, ont estim\u00e9 mercredi 9 juillet des constitutionnalistes qui la composent. D\u2019apr\u00e8s eux, la toute nouvelle Cour constitutionnelle ne pourra \u00eatre fonctionnelle qu\u2019en 2015.<\/p>\n

Quatre \u00e9tapes restent \u00e0 franchir pour l’op\u00e9rationnalit\u00e9 de la Cour constitutionnelle<\/a>\u00a0| 11 July 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nL’effectivit\u00e9 de la mise en place de la Cour constitutionnelle requiert des \u00e9tapes \u00e0 franchir par les neuf membres nomm\u00e9s par Joseph Kabila sur ordonnance pr\u00e9sidentielle le lundi 7 juillet. Cette mise en place passe par des \u00e9tapes plus ou moins longues, ont estim\u00e9 mercredi 9 juillet des constitutionnalistes, qui la composent. Ces derniers, cit\u00e9s par radiookapi.net, estiment que la toute nouvelle Cour constitutionnelle ne pourra \u00eatre fonctionnelle qu’en 2015<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

French-Rwandan relations<\/strong><\/p>\n

D\u00e9molition du Centre culturel franco-rwandais \u00e0 Kigali<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nD\u00e9molition du Centre culturel fran\u00e7ais : Paris-Kigali, le d\u00e9samour s\u2019amplifie<\/a>\u00a0| 10 July 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLa d\u00e9molition du Centre culturel fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 Kigali est le symbole du d\u00e9samour diplomatique qui s\u2019amplifie entre Kigali et Paris, actuellement au plus bas. Plus rien ne va entre Paris et Kigali. La d\u00e9molition du Centre culturel fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 Kigali est le symbole de la d\u00e9t\u00e9rioration des relations diplomatiques entre Paris et le r\u00e9gime de Paul Kagam\u00e9. Le Centre culturel franco-rwandais a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9moli \u00e0 la pelleteuse. Les gravats sont encore visibles dans la capitale rwandaise. Tout a commenc\u00e9 lorsqu\u2019en 2008 Kigali a \u00e9tabli des normes fixant la hauteur maximale des b\u00e2timents des quartiers de la capitale. Le Centre culturel fran\u00e7ais ne r\u00e9pondait pas aux nouveaux crit\u00e8res \u00e9tablis par Kigali.<\/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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