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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n

In the past week violence in the Central African Republic (CAR<\/a>) seems to have slightly abated, but still over 15,000 people, mostly\u00a0Muslim<\/a>\u00a0civilians, are surrounded and threatened by militia groups. Three more\u00a0African peacekeepers<\/a>\u00a0were killed, bringing their number to\u00a019<\/a>\u00a0since December. UN Secretary-General\u00a0Ban Ki-moon<\/a>\u00a0appealed to the international community to send 3000 more troops, until a likely UN peacekeeping force is established, while\u00a0France<\/a>\u2019s parliament voted in favour of the extension of the French military mission in the country. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM<\/a>) has threatened France for its intervention in CAR, saying its \u201ccrimes will not remain unpunished\u201d.<\/p>\n

In DR Congo, various Mai-Mai militias remained active in\u00a0Masisi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Walikale<\/a>\u00a0territories in North Kivu, and in\u00a0Katanga<\/a>. As part of the new national\u00a0DDR<\/a>-programme, 250 ex-militiamen were sent to a military training centre in Bas-Congo, in the west of the country.
\nIn Bukavu, capital of South Kivu, police violently scattered a rally organised by Vital\u00a0Kamerhe<\/a>, one of president Kabila\u2019s main political opponents, leaving over 40 wounded.
\nRights groups called for ICC-indicted Sudan\u2019s President\u00a0Bashir<\/a>\u00a0to be arrested in Kinshasa, where he is attending a sub-regional meeting.<\/p>\n

Confidential papers leaked by a whistleblower suggest that\u00a0Dubai<\/a>\u2019s biggest gold refinery ignored guidelines designed to stop the trade in \u2018conflict gold\u2019; UN and other experts consider Dubai to be the main destination for Congolese conflict gold.<\/p>\n

In Uganda, President Museveni signed the new\u00a0anti-homosexuality law<\/a>\u00a0imposing harsh penalties for homosexual acts, receiving international outrage and condemnation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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IPIS\u2019 Latest\u00a0Publications<\/h1>\n

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

‘<\/a>Conflict Minerals’ initiatives in DR Congo: Perceptions of local mining communities\u00a0<\/a>| 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.<\/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>
\nAfrican rapid reaction force<\/strong>
\nLong road to an African rapid reaction force<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | IRIN
\nThe African Union (AU) is rethinking how it can most effectively deploy military forces to tackle the continent\u2019s crises. The African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) was first floated in the AU in 2013 as a stop-gap measure to counter the continued delays of an African Standby Force (ASF), which includes a quick reaction force, the Rapid Deployment Capability (RDC).<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

MONUSCO weekly press conference<\/strong>
\nConf\u00e9rence de presse des Nations Unies du mercredi 26 f\u00e9vrier 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | MONUSCO<\/p>\n

Violence against civilians and fighting between militias in Masisi, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nRDC: massacre de Masisi, l’enqu\u00eate de l’ONU<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | RFI
\nEn R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, apr\u00e8s des premi\u00e8res informations faisant \u00e9tat de la mort de 70 personnes dans une zone recul\u00e9e du Masisi dans l\u2019Est, la Mission des nations unis au Congo s\u2019est rendue sur place pour essayer d\u2019en savoir plus.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9claration du Coordonnateur Humanitaire en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, Moustapha Soumar\u00e9, sur les exactions commises \u00e0 l\u2019encontre des civils dans le Territoire de Masisi, Nord-Kivu – Kinshasa, 24 F\u00e9vrier 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb
\nRDC : la Monusco condamne les exactions contre les civils \u00e0 Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPr\u00e8s d\u2019une quarantaine de personnes auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es et des villages incendi\u00e9s depuis plusieurs semaines dans le territoire de Masisi au Nord-Kivu. Dans une d\u00e9claration faite ce lundi 24 f\u00e9vrier \u00e0 Kinshasa, le coordonnateur humanitaire en RDC, condamne ces exactions commises \u00e0 l\u2019encontre des civils.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: deux milices appel\u00e9es \u00e0 cesser les hostilit\u00e9s entre elles dans le Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019administrateur du territoire de Masisi, Dieudonn\u00e9 Tshishiku a appel\u00e9 vendredi 21 f\u00e9vrier les miliciens des Forces de d\u00e9fense pour les droits de l\u2019Homme (FDDH) et des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques du Congo (FDC) \u00e0 cesser les combats. Un appel lanc\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019issue d\u2019une r\u00e9union s\u00e9curitaire d\u2019urgence, convoqu\u00e9e suite \u00e0 leurs derniers affrontements, le m\u00eame jour dans le secteur de Ngululu, dans le groupement d\u2019Ufamandu I.<\/p>\n

Mai-Mai Cheka occupy several villages in Walikale,\u00a0<\/strong>North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu: les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Cheka occupent une dizaine de localit\u00e9s sur l\u2019axe Walikale-Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe NDC (Nduma Defense of Congo) du chef milicien Ntabo Ntaberizi alias Cheka occupe, depuis une semaine, une dizaine de localit\u00e9s sur l\u2019axe Walikale-Masisi, \u00e0 environ 70 km de Goma (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

Security situation improved in\u00a0<\/strong>Beni<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu : la situation s\u00e9curitaire s\u2019am\u00e9liore \u00e0 Kamango et \u00e0 Nobili<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa situation s\u00e9curitaire s\u2019est am\u00e9lior\u00e9e dans les localit\u00e9s de Kamango et Nobili depuis l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des militaires dans cette zone et la d\u00e9route des rebelles ougandais des ADF, il y a une dizaine de jours.<\/p>\n

Armed attacks and cattle rustling in Uvira,\u00a0<\/strong>South Kivu<\/strong>
\nSud-Kivu: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile d\u00e9nonce des attaques arm\u00e9es contre la population<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes attaques lanc\u00e9es par les hommes arm\u00e9s contre les civils deviennent de plus en plus fr\u00e9quents au groupement de Lemera.<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu : 96 vaches vol\u00e9es en deux mois dans la plaine de la Ruzizi<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nQuatre-vingt-seize vaches ont \u00e9t\u00e9 vol\u00e9es en deux mois dans la plaine de la Ruzizi..<\/p>\n

Continued violence in\u00a0<\/strong>Katanga<\/strong>
\nL\u2019\u00e9glise catholique d\u00e9nonce une \u00ab main noire \u00bb derri\u00e8re les violences au Katanga<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nBishop Terms Violence in Katanga ‘Unspeakable’<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | allAfrica | CISA
\n\u00ab\u00a0Let us say it loud and clear that our populations are not cannon fodder,\u00a0\u00bb say the Bishops of Katanga who denounce the serious situation of their province because of the violence of the \u00ab\u00a0Bakata – Katanga\u00a0\u00bb armed group, Fides News Service Reports.<\/p>\n

Katanga: affrontements entre militaires et miliciens Bakata Katanga \u00e0 Mukuyi<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes affrontements sont signal\u00e9s depuis le samedi 22 f\u00e9vrier entre l\u2019arm\u00e9e et les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Bakata Katanga \u00e0 Mukuyi dans le territoire de Moba.<\/p>\n

Katanga : le chef de Museka appelle au d\u00e9sarmement des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Malemba Nkulu<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe responsable de la chefferie Museka dans le territoire de Malemba Nkulu (Katanga) appelle les autorit\u00e9s provinciales, nationales et celles de la Monusco \u00e0 d\u00e9sarmer les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef actifs dans ce secteur.<\/p>\n

Congo’s Crisis In The Shadows: Katanga on a Knife Edge<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | ThinkAfricaPress
\nWith the secessionist group Bakata Katanga agitating for independence and Kabila’s support in the province waning, Katanga looks precariously balanced.<\/p>\n

Ituri – Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale : le gouvernement remet des biens mat\u00e9riels aux ex-miliciens de FRPI<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe gouvernement de la Province Orientale a remis le week-end dernier \u00e0 plus de cent ex-miliciens de la de la Force de r\u00e9sistance patriotique de l\u2019Ituri (FRPI) des matelas, couvertures, habits, chaussures et des savons. C\u2019est la toute premi\u00e8re assistance du gouvernement provincial \u00e0 ces combattants de Cobra Matata, qui se sont volontairement rendus \u00e0 l\u2019arm\u00e9e depuis mardi 18 f\u00e9vrier.<\/p>\n

Province Orientale – Le FRPI toujours actif \u00e0 Irumu<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel
\nDes miliciens du Front de r\u00e9sistance patriotique de l’Ituri (FRPI) continuent toujours \u00e0 se faire parler d’eux en Province Orientale, pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment dans le district d’Ituri. D’apr\u00e8s certaines sources, les \u00e9l\u00e9ments de ce groupe arm\u00e9 proc\u00e8dent, ces derniers temps, \u00e0 des incursions dans certaines localit\u00e9s situ\u00e9es au Sud du territoire d’Irumu.<\/p>\n

Reported raid by Angolan army in Bas-Congo<\/strong>
\nBas-Congo: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile d\u00e9nonce une incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e angolaise \u00e0 Tampala<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Songololo (Bas-Congo) d\u00e9nonce la destruction de deux champs de chanvre et de quatre habitations par l\u2019arm\u00e9e angolaise la semaine pass\u00e9e \u00e0 Tampala. Elle d\u00e9plore une violation du territoire congolais.<\/p>\n

Armed groups<\/strong>
\nRDC : Quelles le\u00e7ons tirer des r\u00e9bellions ?<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Afrikarabia.com
\nDes chercheurs du Projet Usalama se sont plong\u00e9s pendant 18 mois sur les motivations et les modes de fonctionnement des groupes arm\u00e9s en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC). Une analyse instructive pour mieux comprendre les conflits dans cette r\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n

DDR<\/strong>
\nRDC : doutes sur le plan de r\u00e9insertion des ex-combattants du M23<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLes partenaires financiers de la RDC ne sont pas convaincus par le plan de d\u00e9mobilisation et de r\u00e9insertion des anciens combattants du M23 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: 250 ex-combattants envoy\u00e9s \u00e0 Kitona<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDeux cent cinquante ex-combattants ont quitt\u00e9 mardi 25 f\u00e9vrier le centre de regroupement de Bweremana au Nord-Kivu pour le centre de formation militaire de Kitona dans le Bas-Congo. Le commandant du centre de Bweremana, colonel Banza Mufwankolo, indique que ces ex-miliciens proviennent de vingt-trois groupes arm\u00e9s dont les APCLS, Nyatura, Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Kifuafua et Ra\u00efa Mutomboki.<\/p>\n

Crafting a Viable DDR Strategy for Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 27 February 2014 | Enough Project
\nImplementing a viable and effective national strategy on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration, or DDR, of ex-combatants of armed groups in eastern Congo is an urgent issue in the regional peace process for the Democratic Republic of Congo, argues a new Enough report.<\/p>\n

1 year after signing Addis Framework Agreement\u00a0<\/strong>
\nRDC : Robinson salue les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s un an apr\u00e8s la signature de l’accord de paix<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nRDC : l’ONU juge que les objectifs de paix sont \u00e0 port\u00e9e de main<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nAccord d\u2019Addis-Abeba : la communaut\u00e9 internationale salue les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nA l’occasion de la comm\u00e9moration du premier anniversaire de l’Accord-cadre pour la paix, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la coop\u00e9ration pour la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo et la r\u00e9gion, les Nations Unies et ses partenaires ont estim\u00e9 que les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s \u00e9taient ind\u00e9niables et que les objectifs de paix \u00e9taient \u00e0 port\u00e9e de main.<\/p>\n

RDC: peu d\u2019avanc\u00e9es un an apr\u00e8s l\u2019accord d\u2019Addis-Abeba<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | RFI
\nLe 24 f\u00e9vrier 2013, onze pays d’Afrique centrale et orientale signaient l\u2019accord-cadre d\u2019Addis-Abeba. Ces Etats se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 ne pas soutenir les groupes arm\u00e9s actifs – notamment en RDC – et \u00e0 r\u00e9former police et arm\u00e9e. Mais aujourd\u2019hui, le m\u00e9canisme national de suivi de ces r\u00e9formes semble au point mort.<\/p>\n

ICC-indicted\u00a0<\/strong>Sudan<\/strong>\u00a0president Bashir in\u00a0<\/strong>Kinshasa<\/strong>
\nSudan’s Bashir in DRC Amid Calls for His Arrest<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | allAfrica | Sudan Tribune
\nA group of activists have urged the Congolese authorities to ensure the arrest of the Sudanese President, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur.<\/p>\n

Sudan President in DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nBashir Faces ICC Charges of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity<\/p>\n

President of the Assembly calls upon the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to respect its obligations under the Rome Statute<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Reliefweb | International Criminal Court (ICC)
\nIn light of the information that the President of Sudan, Mr. Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir, arrived in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to attend a sub-regional meeting, the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Ambassador Tiina Intelmann, recalls that two warrants of arrest issued by the Court against Mr. Omar Al-Bashir are outstanding.<\/p>\n

RDC: 90 ONG exigent l\u2019arrestation du pr\u00e9sident soudanais Omar El-B\u00e9chir<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC : pourquoi Kinshasa ne peut pas arr\u00eater Omar el-B\u00e9chir sur son sol<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nCongo must apprehend President Bashir and transfer him to The Hague to face genocide charges<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Enough Project
\nPr\u00e8s de quatre-vingt-dix associations \u0153uvrant en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) ont r\u00e9clam\u00e9 l\u2019arrestation du pr\u00e9sident Omar el-B\u00e9chir arriv\u00e9 mardi 25 f\u00e9vrier \u00e0 Kinshasa pour participer au sommet des chefs d\u2019Etat africains sur le March\u00e9 commun de l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Est et Australe (Comesa).<\/p>\n

Mende appelle les ONG r\u00e9clamant l\u2019arrestation d\u2019Omar El-Bechir \u00e0 la compr\u00e9hension<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nCPI: la RDC n\u2019arr\u00eatera pas le pr\u00e9sident soudanais Omar el-B\u00e9chir<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | RFI
\nLe porte-parole du gouvernement, Lambert Mende, a appel\u00e9 mercredi 26 f\u00e9vrier les ONG r\u00e9clamant l\u2019arrestation et le transfert \u00e0 la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale (CPI) du pr\u00e9sident soudanais Omar El-Bechir, \u00e0 la compr\u00e9hension.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

FDLR<\/strong>
\nRwanda: Tanzania Politician Admits Hosting FDLR Commanders in Dar es Salaam<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | allAfrica | News of Rwanda
\nThe home of Reverend Christopher Mtikila has on several occasions hosted senior commanders of Rwandan FDLR rebels transiting through Dar es Salaam Tanzania in efforts to link them up with the outside work, the UN and the politician himself have confirmed.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Ugandan army in\u00a0<\/strong>South Sudan<\/strong>
\nUgandan troops withdrawal pending on African Emergency Forces deployment<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Miraya
\nThe Uganda government says it will withdraw troops from South Sudan as soon as an African emergency force is ready to take over.<\/p>\n

Uganda Approves Shs120bn for S. Sudan Military Operations<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | allAfrica | Sudan Tribune
\nThe Ugandan cabinet has approved Shs120 billion as the supplementary budget to finance its army (UPDF) operations in neighbouring South Sudan.<\/p>\n

Why Uganda refuses to withdraw<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Africa Confidential
\nCalls from the United States and Ethiopia, its regional ally, for Uganda to withdraw its forces from South Sudan are falling on deaf ears in Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni and his diplomats insist the troops are in South Sudan as part of a bilateral arrangement between two sovereign states, arguing that its intervention prevented far worse losses than the around 10,000 people killed in the conflict so far. Uganda has had troops in South Sudan for years, mainly as part of operations against the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic<\/h2>\n

Security situation<\/strong>
\nMapping Central African Republic’s bloodshed<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Al Jazeera
\nAl Jazeera tracks the violence and the unfolding humanitarian tragedy of this underreported crisis.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic militia says will only disarm after Muslim rebels do<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | Reuters
\nA powerful militia in Central African Republic said on Saturday it will only disarm once its main rivals, the mainly Muslim Seleka fighters, lay down their weapons, a deadlock that risks prolonging the crisis in the war-torn country.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : trois civils musulmans assassin\u00e9s par balle \u00e0 Bangui<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique | AFP
\nTrois civils musulmans ont \u00e9t\u00e9 assassin\u00e9s par balle samedi \u00e0 Bangui par une foule en col\u00e8re, apr\u00e8s l’arr\u00eat du taxi qui les transportait pr\u00e8s de l’a\u00e9roport.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: tension dans une prison o\u00f9 sont d\u00e9tenus des anti-balakas<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | RFI
\nCentrafrique: La Misca d\u00e9joue une tentative d’\u00e9vasion \u00e0 la prison de Bangui<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | allAfrica | Les d\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville
\nEnqu\u00eate sur la prison de Ngaragba en RCA<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | allAfrica | Cameroon Tribune
\nLa Mission internationale de soutien \u00e0 la Centrafrique sous conduite africaine (MISCA) a annonc\u00e9 avoir d\u00e9jou\u00e9, le 24 f\u00e9vrier, une tentative d’\u00e9vasion des anti-balaka arr\u00eat\u00e9s le 15 f\u00e9vrier pour violences contre les musulmans<\/p>\n

Chad troops kill civilians in Central African Republic: residents<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Reuters
\nChadian peacekeepers shot dead three civilians in a Christian neighborhood of the capital of Central African Republic on Monday, local residents said.
\nIn another incident overnight, two Chadian peacekeepers were shot and killed and another wounded, said Elio Yao, a spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping force, MISCA.<\/p>\n

Des soldats tchadiens tu\u00e9s en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique
\nAu moins une dizaine de morts depuis dimanche au quartier Combattant \u00e0 Bangui<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Radio Ndeke Luka
\nA Bangui, les violences ont fait dimanche plus d\u2019une dizaine de morts dont trois militaires tchadiens. Les accrochages ont oppos\u00e9 dimanche, des soldats tchadiens de la MISCA aux anti-balaka dans le quartier Combattant non loin de l\u2019a\u00e9roport. Trois soldats tchadiens ont et tu\u00e9s puis en repr\u00e9sailles ce lundi matin, les soldats tchadiens auraient abattu quatre personnes dont un militaire centrafricain, \u00e0 hauteur du Camp Mpoko, base de la MISCA.<\/p>\n

Le corridor Garoua-Boula\u00ef-Bangui s\u00e9curis\u00e9 par la Misca<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | allAfrica | Cameroon Tribune
\nPlus de 2000 Camerounais rapatri\u00e9s gr\u00e2ce aux \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la force africaine.<\/p>\n

Armed groups surround thousands in Central African Republic: U.N<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Reuters
\nOver 15,000 people in Central African Republic, mostly Muslim civilians in makeshift camps, are surrounded and being threatened by armed militia groups, a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

CAR Militia Leader Arrested in Congo Brazzaville<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Voice of America
\n*VOA incorrectly reported Wednesday that anti-Balaka leader Patrice Edouard Ngaissona had been arrested. VOA regrets the error.<\/em>
\nThe African Union has confirmed the arrest in the Republic of Congo of Patrice Edouard Ngaissona, the self-proclaimed coordinator of the anti-Balaka armed movement.<\/p>\n

Tirs \u00e0 Bangui, Ngaissona d\u00e9ment son arrestation<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique
\nLa situation \u00e9tait confuse en d\u00e9but d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi ce mercredi au PK 12 \u00e0 la sortie nord de Bangui. En r\u00e9action \u00e0 l\u2019agression de deux des leurs par des anti-balaka, les combattants de l\u2019ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka casern\u00e9s au PK 11 ont ripost\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019arme lourde et l\u00e9g\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

RCA : l\u2019abb\u00e9 Nary prot\u00e8ge quelques 1200 musulmans \u00e0 Carnot<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique
\nDans la crise qui embrase la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, certains Centrafricains prennent le risque de prot\u00e9ger les d\u00e9plac\u00e9s en d\u00e9pit des menaces \u00e0 leur propre s\u00e9curit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

UN<\/strong>
\nCentral African Republic: UN’s Amos Calls for More International Troops to CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Voice of America
\nUnited Nations emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos has wrapped a two-day visit to the Central African Republic. Amos says more must be done to protect civilians who she says \u00ab\u00a0have born the brunt of unspeakable violence.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

UN officials urge collective action to save Central African Republic from current \u2018nightmare\u2019<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nCentrafrique : Ban Ki-moon propose un plan en six points pour stabiliser la situation<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nU.N. chief wants 3,000 more troops for Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Reuters
\nBan Ki-moon veut 3000 hommes suppl\u00e9mentaires en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | RFI
\nU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday appealed to the international community to send an additional 3,000 troops and police to Central African Republic to combat worsening sectarian violence until a likely U.N. peacekeeping force is established.<\/p>\n

‘You are not alone,’ Ban tells people of Central African Republic in appeal to end conflict<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nDans un message vid\u00e9o au peuple centrafricain, Ban appelle \u00e0 mettre fin aux violences intercommunautaires<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again taken to the airwaves to deliver a personal appeal to the people of strife-riven Central African Republic (CAR) to lay down their weapons, come together, and end the spiralling bloodshed and inter-communal violence that has plagued the country for months on end.<\/p>\n

Armed groups surround thousands in Central African Republic: U.N<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Reuters
\nOver 15,000 people in Central African Republic, mostly Muslim civilians in makeshift camps, are surrounded and being threatened by armed militia groups, a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : premi\u00e8re visite du Pr\u00e9sident de la Commission internationale d’enqu\u00eate<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nLe Pr\u00e9sident de la Commission internationale charg\u00e9e d’enqu\u00eater sur les violations des droits de l’homme en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, Bernard Acho Muna, a entam\u00e9 mercredi sa premi\u00e8re visite dans le pays depuis sa nomination le mois dernier.<\/p>\n

France<\/strong>
\nFrance risks long stay after misjudging Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | Reuters
\nWhen France sent troops to halt violence between Christians and Muslims in Central African Republic, commanders named the mission Sangaris after a local butterfly to reflect its short life. Three months later, it is clear they badly miscalculated.<\/p>\n

Military chief says violence abating in Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | RFI English
\nThe head of the French military mission in the Central African Republic has said sectarian violence has abated in the country since the arrival of peacekeepers in December.<\/p>\n

G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Philippe Ponti\u00e8s, chef de l’Eufor-RCA<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | RFI
\n\u00ab Cette mission consiste \u00e0 conduire une op\u00e9ration de transition en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, pour contribuer sur la zone de Bangui, \u00e0 l’\u00e9tablissement d’un environnement s\u00e9curis\u00e9. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Aqmi menace la France pour son intervention en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | RFI
\nDans un communiqu\u00e9, al-Qa\u00efda au Maghreb islamique (Aqmi) condamne les violences contre les musulmans en Centrafrique et menace la France pour son intervention. Ce communiqu\u00e9 fait suite \u00e0 un autre des talibans afghans sur la situation en RCA et \u00e0 une mobilisation sur le web jihadiste francophone, m\u00eame si aucune pr\u00e9sence jihadiste n’a encore \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9e en RCA.<\/p>\n

France draws up Central African Republic sanctions list, includes ex-leader Bozize<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Reuters
\nFrance has drawn up a list of eight citizens of Central African Republic, including former President Francois Bozize, on whom it believes the United Nations should impose sanctions, diplomatic sources said.<\/p>\n

France: la prolongation de la mission Sangaris en d\u00e9bat \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | RFI
\nCentrafrique : le Parlement fran\u00e7ais d\u00e9bat de la prolongation de Sangaris<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nFrench Parliament to Back Continued Central Africa Mission<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Bloomberg
\nA motion approving a continuation of France\u2019s military mission in the Central African Republic is guaranteed to pass parliament after receiving the support of Christian Jacob, party whip for the opposition UMP party.
\nFrance sent 1,600 troops to the Central African Republic in December to back up African forces trying to prevent ethnic fighting in the former French colony. Faced with continued violence, President Francois Hollande said two weeks ago that he would send another 400 soldiers.<\/p>\n

Right joins left in French parliament vote for CAR military mission<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | RFI English
\nCentrafrique: la France prolonge l\u2019op\u00e9ration militaire Sangaris<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | RFI
\nCentrafrique – France : l’op\u00e9ration Sangaris prolong\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLe parlement fran\u00e7ais autorise la prolongation de l\u2019op\u00e9ration Sangaris en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Ndeke Luka
\nFrench Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has welcomed parliament\u2019s vote to continue France\u2019s military presence in the Central African Republic. The majority of the mainstream right backed the move while not forgetting to criticise President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande.<\/p>\n

Analysis, background, comments, appeals<\/strong>
\nRCA: les dangers des convois<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | BBC Afrique
\nL’urgence en Centrafrique. Selon l’ONU, plus deux millions de personnes, soit la moitie des habitants du pays, ont besoin d’une aide humanitaire. Pendant ce temps, les \u00e9vacuations de musulmans se poursuivent. Une fois par mois, la force pan-africaine, la MISCA, organise un convoi de civils vers le Cameroun. Notre envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial Kassim Kayira a accompagn\u00e9 ce convoi lors de son p\u00e9rilleux voyage.<\/p>\n

NGO Coalition Letter on the Central African Republic and South Sudan<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Enough Project
\nOver two dozen humanitarian organizations and NGOs have issued a joint appeal to Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Director of Office of Management and Budget Sylvia M. Burwell in advance of President Obama\u2019s FY2015 Budget request to Congress, asking them to fulfill existing U.S. commitments in South Sudan and anticipate growing needs in the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n

RCA: ces \u00abamazones\u00bb anti-balaka du fleuve Oubangui<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | RFI
\nCoinc\u00e9e entre Bangui et la RDC sur le fleuve Oubangui, l’\u00eele de Bangossoa accueille en ce moment des centaines de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s – en plus des natifs de l’\u00eele – venus se mettre \u00e0 l’abri des violences qui ont secou\u00e9 ces derniers mois la capitale centrafricaine. Ils viennent de tous les quartiers de Bangui et tentent de survivre, tant bien que mal, sans l’aide d’ONG et sous la protection de jeunes filles anti-balaka.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : Michel Djotodia, cool \u00e0 Cotonou… Mais jusqu’\u00e0 quand ?<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nExil\u00e9 au B\u00e9nin, l’ex-pr\u00e9sident centrafricain, Michel Djotodia, s’est bien adapt\u00e9 \u00e0 sa nouvelle vie et joue les gentlemen-farmers. Mais la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale pourrait mettre fin \u00e0 cette paisible retraite…<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: Making the Mission Work<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | International Crisis Group
\nBy failing to engage when Crisis Group and others warned that the Central African Republic had become a phantom state, the international community has now had to become much more heavily involved, at much greater expense, after horrifying loss of life and massive displacement, with much greater odds of failure.<\/p>\n

Le pari du rapprochement entre Tchadiens et Centrafricains<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | RFI
\nLe d\u00e9ferlement de violences de ces derniers mois contre les populations musulmanes a conduit \u00e0 l’exode de plusieurs dizaines de milliers de Tchadiens qui vivaient en Centrafrique. Difficile d’enrayer le discours de haine qui s’est r\u00e9pandu \u00e0 cette occasion. Mais une association vient de se cr\u00e9er au sein de la diaspora et veut porter un autre message, un message de r\u00e9conciliation entre Tchadiens et Centrafricains.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : la paix \u00e0 tout prix<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nDans le pays, la situation s’envenime et les efforts pour arr\u00eater ce qui semble bien \u00eatre une \u00e9puration religieuse demeurent pour l’instant insuffisants. Mais avec le doublement des effectifs de la mission africaine et l’arriv\u00e9e d’un contingent europ\u00e9en, la tendance pourrait s’inverser.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : avec 19 tu\u00e9s depuis d\u00e9cembre, la Misca paie un lourd tribut sur le terrain<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLa force africaine en Centrafrique, la Misca, a perdu dix-neuf de ses soldats depuis d\u00e9cembre. Un bilan qui n’emp\u00eache pas la population de se m\u00e9fier de ses diverses composantes.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : pourquoi les Am\u00e9ricains sont r\u00e9ticents \u00e0 l’envoi de Casques bleus<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nAu Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, il existe encore des r\u00e9ticences am\u00e9ricaines \u00e0 l’envoi d’une op\u00e9ration de maintien de la paix (OMP) en Centrafrique, mais elles sont essentiellement financi\u00e8res.<\/p>\n

The Central African Conflict is about Far More than Religion<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | ThinkAfricaPress
\nCAR violence has been painted in largely religious terms, obscuring deeper dynamics. But these more complex aspects must be recognised if resolution efforts are to be effective.<\/p>\n

Conflict in the Central African Republic: it’s not just about religion<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Institute for Security Studies
\nThe crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left humanitarian organisations, international peacekeepers and observers frantically searching for solutions to stop the conflict.<\/p>\n

From the Sahel to the Savannah: Could Islamist Militants Set Up Shop in the CAR?<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | ThinkAfricaPress
\nThe Central African Republic has been described as the ‘next Somalia’ or ‘new Mali’, but Islamist militants wanting to deploy there would face big, if not insurmountable, challenges.<\/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

From Syria to Central African Republic, how to invest in refugees<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nAs scenes from Syria’s Yarmouk camp shock the world, our expert panel explores the ways the development community can go beyond meeting basic needs in refugee camps.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Nord-Kivu : des familles d\u00e9plac\u00e9es sans assistance humanitaire \u00e0 Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

La crise humanitaire perdure au Katanga, selon Ocha<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe nombre de personnes d\u00e9plac\u00e9es est pass\u00e9 de 55 000 en 2011 \u00e0 402 000 actuellement, indique le bureau des Nations unies pour la coordination des affaires humanitaires (Ocha) dans son bulletin de janvier dernier.<\/p>\n

Katanga: des centaines de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s ont fui les Bakata Katanga \u00e0 Kabola et Kikomo<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

RDC : le gouvernement et l\u2019Onu cr\u00e9ent un cadre national de concertation humanitaire<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe ministre congolais de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur, Richard Muyej Mangez, a annonc\u00e9 vendredi 21 f\u00e9vrier la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un cadre national de concertation humanitaire r\u00e9unissant le gouvernement congolais et les organisations des Nations unies.<\/p>\n

L\u2019UNICEF lance un appel de 125,9 millions dollars US pour aider plus de 6,8 millions d\u2019enfants affect\u00e9s par les crises humanitaires en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | UNICEF | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Plaidoyer pour le retour des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s congolais du Burundi, de l\u2019Ouganda et de la Tanzanie<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nEnviron 60 000 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s congolais, vivant au Burundi, en Ouganda et en Tanzanie, d\u00e9sirent retourner dans leur pays d\u2019origine..<\/p>\n

Katanga: l\u2019ONG Premi\u00e8re Urgence \u00e0 la rescousse de 81 000 vuln\u00e9rables de Manono et Pweto<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

Equateur : certains r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s centrafricains de Mole boudent les camps du HCR<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

UNOCHA bulletins<\/strong>
\nBulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Nord-Kivu N\u00b0 07\/14, 20 f\u00e9vrier 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | UNOCHA<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Sud-Kivu N\u00b0 07\/14, 26 f\u00e9vrier 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Katanga N\u00b0 07\/14, 26 f\u00e9vrier 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

New Refugee Camp Opened in Gisagara<\/a>\u00a0| 19 February 2014 | Rwanda Focus | allAfrica
\nA new camp for Congolese refugees opens in Gisagara District<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Government of Rwanda | Reliefweb
\nThe ministry of disaster management and refugees affairs (Midimar) officially opened another camp for Congolese refugees at Mugombwa sector in Gisagara district on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Fleeing and forgotten \u2013 South Sudanese refugees in Uganda<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Reliefweb | Oxfam<\/p>\n

Central African Republic<\/h2>\n

Nearly 20,000 Central African refugees fled to Cameroon this month \u2013 UN agency<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nForte hausse du nombre de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s centrafricains au Cameroun, selon le HCR<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nAlmost 20,000 people from the Central African Republic (CAR) have crossed into Cameroon since the beginning of February to escape the ongoing violence in their homeland, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: Population Displacement as of 20 February 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | ECHO | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

ECHO Factsheet \u2013 20 February 2014 \u2013 Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | ECHO | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Central African Republic Situation External Regional Update #3 – 13-19 February 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Central African Republic Emergency Update #8, 1 to 14 February 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

RCA : la crise nuit gravement au commerce local<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | RFI
\nLa crise en RCA affecte durement l\u2019\u00e9conomie locale. L\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 nuit \u00e0 l\u2019approvisionnement, les vendeurs n\u2019arrivent pas \u00e0 renouveler leurs stocks et la population n\u2019a pas assez d\u2019argent pour faire marcher le commerce.<\/p>\n

Cameroon’s Muslim Refugees Return Home<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Voice of America
\nCameroon’s military is bringing home the last of some 2,000 Muslim citizens who had taken refuge in the Cameroonian ambassador’s residence in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR). They tell stories of atrocities committed by the anti-balaka Christian militias in CAR.<\/p>\n

Bouar, R\u00e9publique centrafricaine – \u00ab ceux qui partent prennent de gros risques \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | allAfrica | MSF
\nAlors que la violence continue de se propager dans tout le nord-ouest de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA), MSF a ouvert un nouveau projet \u00e0 Bouar, une ville tr\u00e8s touch\u00e9e par le conflit et ses cons\u00e9quences.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: UN urges better security, more resources to aid civilians<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nCentrafrique : l’ONU s’inqui\u00e8te d’une crise alimentaire r\u00e9gionale due \u00e0 l’exode<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nWFP Warns Of Regional Crisis Due To Mass Exodus From Violent Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | WFP | Reliefweb
\nLe PAM s’inqui\u00e8te d’une crise r\u00e9gionale due \u00e0 l’exode caus\u00e9 par la violence en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | WFP | Reliefweb
\nAs thousands of people continue to flee violence across the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that neighbouring countries are struggling with more than 150,000 new arrivals in urgent need of assistance.<\/p>\n

Le HCR appelle \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger 15 000 personnes directement menac\u00e9es<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | allAfrica | UNHCR
\nLe HCR a appel\u00e9 mardi \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la situation de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine afin de prot\u00e9ger plus de 15 000 personnes dans 18 localit\u00e9s actuellement encercl\u00e9es et menac\u00e9es par des groupes arm\u00e9s au nord-ouest et au sud-ouest du pays.<\/p>\n

New UN programme aims to help Central African Republic communities heal, rebuild<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nCentrafrique : le PNUD lance un projet pour aider \u00e0 reconstruire le tissu social<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nThe United Nations development agency today launched an initiative to promote peace-building and social cohesion among the Central African Republic\u2019s (CAR) strife-riven communities, while also urging donors to fill a $22 million gap to ensure the project fulfills its objectives.<\/p>\n

Des milliers de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s centrafricains \u00e0 N’Djamena – \u00ab\u00a0au Tchad pour quoi faire ?\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | allAfrica | MSF
\nEn l’espace de deux mois, pr\u00e8s de 15 000 personnes en provenance de Bangui, capitale de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, sont arriv\u00e9es par avion \u00e0 N’Djamena.<\/p>\n

RCA: malnutrition et ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 menacent les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | RFI<\/p>\n

Equateur : certains r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s centrafricains de Mole boudent les camps du HCR<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi<\/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>
\nThe ICC and\u00a0<\/strong>Africa<\/strong>
\nInternational criminal justice in Africa: it’s not all about the ICC<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Afrikarabia.com
\nThe tension between the African Union (AU) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been well documented. Last year, the AU called for the cases against the leaders of Kenya and Sudan to be deferred, and member states have reportedly been encouraged to \u2018speak with one voice\u2019 against the prosecution of African heads of states for international crimes by the ICC.<\/p>\n

CPI : quelle justice pour l’Afrique ?<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nDes enqu\u00eates visant exclusivement des ressortissants du continent, une politique du deux poids deux mesures : les accusations fusent contre la CPI, qui voit sa l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 mise en doute. Remplit-elle correctement sa mission ? Deux juristes r\u00e9pondent.<\/p>\n

\u00a0DRC<\/h2>\n

Minova rape trial<\/strong>
\nRDC: fin des auditions des victimes dans le proc\u00e8s Minova<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | RFI
\nEn R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), les auditions des victimes dans le proc\u00e8s Minova se sont termin\u00e9es mercredi. Pendant sept jours, la cour militaire op\u00e9rationnelle avait \u00e9t\u00e9 sp\u00e9cialement d\u00e9localis\u00e9e sur les lieux du crime pour entendre les victimes pr\u00e9sum\u00e9es de viols et de pillages.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Simbikangwa genocide trial in\u00a0<\/strong>Paris<\/strong>
\nProc\u00e8s Simbikangwa: des t\u00e9moignages \u00e0 charge bien fragiles<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | RFI
\nLe proc\u00e8s de Pascal Simbikangwa, jug\u00e9 pour complicit\u00e9 dans le g\u00e9nocide de 1994, se poursuit devant la cour d\u2019assises de Paris. Ce jeudi 20 f\u00e9vrier, la cour a entendu les premiers t\u00e9moignages \u00e0 charge. Des t\u00e9moignages qui paraissent bien fragiles.<\/p>\n

G\u00e9nocide rwandais: des t\u00e9moignages \u00e0 charge contre Pascal Simbikangwa<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | RFI
\nLe proc\u00e8s de Pascal Simbikangwa devant la cour d’assises de Paris entre dans sa quatri\u00e8me semaine. Cet ancien officier des renseignements rwandais est poursuivi pour complicit\u00e9 de crimes de guerre et complicit\u00e9 de g\u00e9nocide dans son pays en 1994. Jusqu’\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent, la cour s’est pench\u00e9e sur le contexte historique du Rwanda ainsi que sur la personnalit\u00e9 et le parcours professionnel de l’accus\u00e9. Ce lundi 24 f\u00e9vrier, elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 entendre les d\u00e9positions des t\u00e9moins \u00e0 charge.<\/p>\n

Rwanda – Proc\u00e8s Simbikangwa : des membres des milices Interahamwe vont t\u00e9moigner<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nRwanda – Proc\u00e8s Simbikangwa : \u00ab\u00a0Il a dit qu’il fallait tuer les Tutsis\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n

Proc\u00e8s Simbikangwa : un ancien colonel fran\u00e7ais d\u00e9nonce un \u00ab\u00a0\u00a0\u00bbg\u00e9nocide judiciaire\u00a0\u00bb des Hutus\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n

G\u00e9nocide rwandais: Simbikangwa aurait jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le central<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | RFI<\/p>\n

French court blocks extradition of genocide suspects<\/strong>
\nTop French court blocks extradition of Rwandan genocide suspects<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | RFI English
\nRwanda genocide: France blocks extraditions<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | BBC Africa
\nG\u00e9nocide rwandais: la justice fran\u00e7aise s\u2019oppose \u00e0 trois extraditions<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | RFI
\nLa justice fran\u00e7aise rejette la demande d’extradition de Kigali pour trois Rwandais<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLa plus haute instance judiciaire en France s’oppose \u00e0 l’extradition de trois rwandais<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | allAfrica | Hirondelle News Agency
\nFrance’s highest court has ruled against the extradition of three Rwandans wanted in Kigali for their alleged role in anti-Tutsi genocide in 1994. The Cour de Cassation declared that the men could not be judged for a crime that was legally defined after the massacres took place.<\/p>\n

Rwanda: Kigali peine \u00e0 juger les pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s g\u00e9nocidaires<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | RFI
\nLa justice fran\u00e7aise a rejet\u00e9 ce mercredi 26 f\u00e9vrier les demandes d’extradition de trois Rwandais r\u00e9clam\u00e9s par Kigali pour leur implication pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e dans le g\u00e9nocide de 1994, alors qu\u2019un proc\u00e8s tr\u00e8s attendu \u00e0 Kigali a encore \u00e9t\u00e9 report\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui. Vingt ans apr\u00e8s le g\u00e9nocide, le Rwanda n\u2019a toujours pas la main sur les proc\u00e8s des pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s g\u00e9nocidaires.<\/p>\n

Anger As French Court Overturns Extradition Order of Genocide Suspects<\/a>\u00a0| 27 February 2014 | allAfrica | The New Times (Kigali)
\nRwanda has expressed disappointment in a French court’s decision overturning a previous ruling that approved the extradition to Rwanda of two Genocide suspects.<\/p>\n

ICTR \u2013 Acquitted but undesirable<\/strong>
\nTPIR – Acquitt\u00e9s par la justice internationale mais toujours ind\u00e9sirables<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Hirondelle News Agency
\nMalgr\u00e9 leur acquittement par la justice internationale, aucun pays ne veut d’eux sur son sol. Depuis une dizaine de jours, ce sont neuf anciennes personnalit\u00e9s rwandaises que le Tribunal p\u00e9nal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) est oblig\u00e9 de nourrir, loger et prot\u00e9ger, faute de pouvoir les relocaliser.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic<\/h2>\n

Justice a challenge for CAR governement<\/strong>
\nLa justice, un d\u00e9fi pour le gouvernement centrafricain<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | RFI
\nEn Centrafrique, la lutte contre l\u2019impunit\u00e9 est une priorit\u00e9 pour la nouvelle ministre de la Justice, Isabelle Gaudeuille. Seulement, le secteur judiciaire est \u00e0 genoux et tente difficilement de se redresser, pour poursuivre les auteurs des crimes, du d\u00e9linquant au criminel de guerre, sans structure et sans moyen.<\/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

Valuing natural resources critical to Africa’s ‘green economy’ growth – UN<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nThe next wave of investment and innovation in Africa will be driven by the need for new energy resources, wealth generation and job creation, the head of the United Nations environment agency told regional leaders, making a case for the need to place value on natural resources.<\/p>\n

Afrique subsaharienne : et si on remettait le courant ?<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nS\u00e9parer les activit\u00e9s de production, de transport et de distribution de l’\u00e9nergie, et r\u00e9partir clairement les r\u00f4les entre secteurs public et priv\u00e9. Telle est la recette mise en oeuvre dans plusieurs \u00c9tats subsahariens pour r\u00e9pondre, enfin, aux besoins des habitants.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Dubai<\/strong>\u00a0conflict gold audit failures went unpublished<\/strong>
\nRevealed: Why Dubai\u2019s first conflict gold audit never saw the light of day<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Global Witness
\nAccording to a former partner at Ernst & Young, the global accountancy firm turned a blind eye when a report of major audit failures at Dubai\u2019s biggest gold refinery went unpublished. A Global Witness report released today, City of Gold, considers the implications.<\/p>\n

Confidential papers raise fears over conflict gold<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nUN experts track Dubai gold trading activity in conflict-torn DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nPapers show firm accepted gold from customers walking in off the street with no paperwork.<\/p>\n

HP facilitates reporting on conflict minerals<\/strong>
\nHP Enhances Manufacturers’ Visibility Across Global Supply Chain<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | HP | Marketwired
\nHP today announced a new enhancement to the HP Compliance Data Exchange that will enable manufacturers to accurately and efficiently report the presence of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries in their supply chains.<\/p>\n

Mining code<\/strong>
\nMiners and government fail to agree on Congo mining code<\/a>\u00a0| 27 February 2014 | Mining Weekly | Reuters
\nDemocratic Republic of Congo’s government has extended talks with mining companies by a week to try to overcome differences over proposed tax changes in a draft mining code, a business group said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Copper production on the rise<\/strong>
\nCongo\u2019s Record Copper Production to Spur 2014 Growth, IMF Says<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Bloomberg
\nDRC copper output rises 52% in 2013 – IMF<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Mining Weekly | Reuters
\nLe FMI salue la stabilit\u00e9 du cadre macro-\u00e9conomique en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nEconomic growth in the Democratic Republic of Congo may accelerate to 8.7 percent, spurred by record copper production, the International Monetary Fund said.
\nCongo produced 942,000 metric tons of copper in 2013, up 52% from the year before.<\/p>\n

Congo Trumps Zambia as Top African Copper Miner, CRU Says<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Bloomberg
\nCopper mined in the\u00a0Democratic Republic\u00a0of Congo last year probably surpassed Zambian output for the first time since 1988, making it Africa\u2019s biggest producer, according to CRU Group.<\/p>\n

Lundin Mining<\/strong>
\nLundin Mining Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Lunding Mining Corporation | Marketwired
\nToronto, Ontario – Lundin Mining Corporation today reported net earnings of $42.1 million ($0.07 per share) for the quarter and $136.7 million ($0.23 per share) for the year ended 31 d\u00e9cembre 2013. Cash flows of $53.9 million were generated from operations in the quarter and $153.7 million for the year, not including the Company’s significant attributable cash flows from Tenke Fungurume of $141.8 million.<\/p>\n

Randgold Resources<\/strong>
\nRandgold Resources: Kibali Takes Next Step to Full Production<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Randgold Resources | Marketwired
\nRandgold commissions sulphide circuit at DRC flagship<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Mining Weekly
\nCommissioning of the sulphide circuit at the Kibali gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo is underway, Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow announced here today.\u00a0Kibali started production from its open pit through its oxide circuit last September and completion of the sulphide circuit will significantly advance its development as a world class gold mining complex.<\/p>\n

Mines : Mark Bristow, le d\u00e9nicheur de p\u00e9pites de Randgold Resources<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nMalgr\u00e9 la chute du cours de l’or, Mark Bristow, le PDG de Rangold Resources, ne se fait pas de souci pour sa soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Fort de gisements prometteurs au Mali et en RD Congo, il pr\u00e9voit d’augmenter sa production de 30 % en 2014.<\/p>\n

Alphamin Resources<\/strong>
\nAlphamin Commences Deep Drilling on Its 100% Owned Bisie Tin Project, DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Alphamin Resources Corp. | Marketwired
\nAlphamin Resources Corp. is pleased to announce that it has commenced deep diamond drilling on the Mpama North1 target on its wholly owned Bisie Tin Prospect (Bisie Project) in east central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

Power for mining<\/strong>
\nCongo-K\/Zambia: AEE Power bursts on scene<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe Spanish concern AEE Power, a subsidiary of Eurofinsa, has agreed with Actividades de Construccion y Servicios (ACS) to jointly construct a second interconnection with a capacity of 220kV between Zambia and Congo-K.<\/p>\n

Le Katanga pourrait atteindre une production de cuivre de 1,8 million de tonnes avec la centrale thermique de la G\u00e9camines<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel
\nLa G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des carri\u00e8res des mines (G\u00e9camines) a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de construire une centrale thermique qui produira jusqu’\u00e0 500 m\u00e9gawatt pour combler \u00ab le d\u00e9ficit en \u00e9lectricit\u00e9 de 332 m\u00e9gawatts \u00bb ayant caus\u00e9 de \u00ab grosses pertes de production de cuivre \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Hydropower – Inga<\/strong>
\nBernard Diayele – \u00a0\u00bb Le gouvernement congolais tient \u00e0 son projet de Grand Inga\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | allAfrica | Les d\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville
\nINTERVIEW
\nDans un entretien le 25 f\u00e9vrier avec Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville, le coordonnateur de la Cellule de gestion d’Inga 3, l’ing\u00e9nieur Bernard Diayele, r\u00e9affirme l’engagement de la RDC, de se doter de cet ouvrage qui soutiendra un boom \u00e9conomique du pays.<\/p>\n

Ugandan court to release ivory smuggled from DRC<\/strong>
\nUgandan court to release smuggled ivory<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | The Guardian blog
\nOn the eve of World Wildlife Day, court orders release of 2.9 tonnes of ivory destined for sale in China and the UAE.<\/p>\n

Fund for protected areas launched<\/strong>
\nRDC : lancement du Fonds Okapi pour la r\u00e9habilitation des parcs<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPr\u00e9servation des aires prot\u00e9g\u00e9es \/ Fonds Okapi – Les choses s\u00e9rieuses commencent<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel
\nLe Fonds Okapi pour la r\u00e9habilitation et la restauration des parcs et aires prot\u00e9g\u00e9es en RDC a d\u00e9marr\u00e9 ces activit\u00e9s mercredi 19 f\u00e9vrier.<\/p>\n

Civil society opposes oil exploration in\u00a0<\/strong>Virunga<\/strong>\u00a0National Park<\/strong>
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile oppos\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019exploitation du p\u00e9trole dans le parc de Virunga<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Digitalcongo.net
\nLe samedi 22 f\u00e9vrier 2014 les organisations de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Civile du Nord-Kivu ont organis\u00e9 une marche de protestation contre le projet de l\u2019exploitation du p\u00e9trole dans le Parc de Virunga.<\/p>\n

Reported customs fraud by Republican Guard<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu : des agents de la DGDA se disent victimes d\u2019arrestation arbitraire<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes agents de la Direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des douanes et accises (DGDA) ont affirm\u00e9 avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s arbitrairement jeudi 20 f\u00e9vrier \u00e0 Goma pendant qu\u2019ils s\u2019opposaient au d\u00e9douanement frauduleux de deux v\u00e9hicules par le commandant de la Garde r\u00e9publicaine (GR) \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re avec le Rwanda. Ce dernier a ni\u00e9 les faits.<\/p>\n

Zambia-DRC border unsafe<\/strong>
\nZambia: Conflict On DRC, Zambia Border Threatens Regional Trade<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | IPS
\nTruck driver Alfred Ndlovu transports cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) mineral rich Katanga Province to South Africa twice a month. He has been doing this for the last five years but now he is considering giving it up because he fears for his life every time he crosses the border.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Minerals<\/strong>
\nRwanda Minerals Sector Grows<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | East African Business Week | allAfrica
\nRwanda has been listed among the 20 countries with an abundance of minerals in sub-Saharan Africa. According to ‘Data Mining in Africa Country Investment Guide 2014’, ‘Such minerals bring in more income to the country if exported’.<\/p>\n

Power<\/strong>
\nRwanda: Belgium Gives U.S.$23 Million for Rwanda Power<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | East Africa Business Week | allAfrica
\nBelgium has stepped in to boost Rwanda’s infrastructure budget by giving $30 million including $23 million specifically for increasing electricity grid connections in rural areas.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Ugandan court to release ivory smuggled from DRC<\/strong>
\nUgandan court to release smuggled ivory<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | The Guardian blog
\nOn the eve of World Wildlife Day, court orders release of 2.9 tonnes of ivory destined for sale in China and the UAE.<\/p>\n

Oil<\/strong>
\nWill East Africa\u2019s new oil and gas producers get it right?<\/a>\u00a0| 19 February 2014 | Oil in Uganda<\/p>\n

Nwoya, Buliisa Residents Live in Fear of Oil Waste<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica<\/p>\n

Mining<\/strong>
\nUganda: Karamoja Remains Most Vulnerable to Human Rights Abuse in Uganda–Report<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nKaramoja remains Uganda’s most vulnerable sub-region when it comes to human rights abuses by government agencies, a new report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda says.<\/p>\n

Grabbing Karamoja’s Gold<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nFamilies work together, mining gold in Sodoku, Kaabong District. Artisanal mining is a key source of income for many communities in Karamoja durring the dry season. A mining company recently acquired a licence to explore on this land raising many concerns for the rights of the community.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic<\/h2>\n

New oil and mining minister<\/strong>
\nOlivier Malibangar<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe oil and mining industries in Central African Republic are now in the hands of Olivier Malibangar, former adviser to the former minister in the sector, Herbert Gontran Djono Ahaba.<\/p>\n

Other<\/h1>\n

Cameroon<\/strong>
\nCameroon Explores Mineral Wealth by Air<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Voice of America
\nThe world’s major mining interests – including Australia’s Sundance, Canada’s Rio Tinto Alcan and China’s SinoSteel – will get a new look at the minerals hidden beneath Cameroon when the government completes a sophisticated and expanded aerial survey of 457,000 square miles of the nation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

Selected articles on legal and voluntary initiatives relating to natural resources and good governance<\/strong>
\nEurope<\/strong>\u00a0vote to end shell companies<\/strong>
\nEuropean Parliament votes to end anonymous shell companies<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Global Witness
\nToday two key committees of the European Parliament voted in favour of creating public registries of who ultimately owns and controls companies and trusts registered in the EU, in a move welcomed by Global Witness.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Dubai<\/strong>\u00a0conflict gold audit failures went unpublished<\/strong>
\nRevealed: Why Dubai\u2019s first conflict gold audit never saw the light of day<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Global Witness
\nAccording to a former partner at Ernst & Young, the global accountancy firm turned a blind eye when a report of major audit failures at Dubai\u2019s biggest gold refinery went unpublished. A Global Witness report released today, City of Gold, considers the implications.<\/p>\n

Confidential papers raise fears over conflict gold<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nUN experts track Dubai gold trading activity in conflict-torn DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nPapers show firm accepted gold from customers walking in off the street with no paperwork.<\/p>\n

HP facilitates reporting on conflict minerals<\/strong>
\nHP Enhances Manufacturers’ Visibility Across Global Supply Chain<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | HP | Marketwired
\nHP today announced a new enhancement to the HP Compliance Data Exchange that will enable manufacturers to accurately and efficiently report the presence of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries in their supply chains.<\/p>\n

Mining code<\/strong>
\nMiners and government fail to agree on Congo mining code<\/a>\u00a0| 27 February 2014 | Mining Weekly | Reuters
\nDemocratic Republic of Congo’s government has extended talks with mining companies by a week to try to overcome differences over proposed tax changes in a draft mining code, a business group said on Wednesday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other<\/h1>\n

UN \u2013 business \u2013 development collaboration\u00a0<\/strong>
\nUN, Businesses Collaborate on Long-Term Plan to Help Developing Nations<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | VoA News
\nThe United Nations has begun laying the groundwork for initiatives that will help improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people after its 15-year plan, called Millennium Development Goals, ends in 2015.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Police disperses Kamerhe rally in Bukavu<\/strong>
\nKamerhe, nouvelle b\u00eate noire du r\u00e9gime<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Afrikarabia.com<\/p>\n

Congo security forces scatter attempted rally by Kabila rival<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Reuters
\nSeveral wounded as Congolese police open fire on demo<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nSud-Kivu : controverse sur le lieu de d\u00e9roulement du meeting de Vital Kamerhe<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nBukavu : la police disperse un rassemblement de l\u2019UNC, des bless\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC: la police tire sur la foule entourant une figure de l’opposition, cinq bless\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nRDC: la police disperse violemment les partisans de l\u2019opposant Kamerhe<\/a>\u00a0| 20-21 February 2014 | RFI
\nPolice opened fire Thursday on an opposition \u00ab\u00a0caravan for peace\u00a0\u00bb touring the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, wounding several people. The shooting erupted when several thousand demonstrators led by Vital Kamerhe, head of the opposition Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC), arrived in the city of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province.<\/p>\n

Martin Kobler, MONUSCO Chief deplores last night\u2019s violence in Bukavu, South-Kivu province<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | MONUSCO
\nMartin Kobler d\u00e9plore les violences qui ont entour\u00e9 l\u2019arriv\u00e9e de Kamerhe \u00e0 Bukavu<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nUN peacekeepers in eastern DR Congo meet with injured after political rally turns violent<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nRDC : l’envoy\u00e9 de l’ONU d\u00e9plore des incidents violents \u00e0 Bukavu<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nRDC: 47 personnes bless\u00e9es dans les heurts de jeudi \u00e0 Bukavu (ONU)<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nThe violent incidents broke out during a rally organized by \u201cUnion pour la Nation Congolaise (UNC)\u201d yesterday at the Independence Square in Bukavu, South-Kivu province. Of the forty-seven persons injured as reported by health and police officials, MONUSCO has been able to visit twenty civilian and police victims and hear their testimonies.<\/p>\n

Bukavu: 20 bless\u00e9s apr\u00e8s la dispersion du rassemblement de l\u2019UNC, selon le gouverneur Chisambo<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nVingt personnes dont 8 policiers ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es jeudi 20 f\u00e9vrier dans la d\u00e9bandade qui a suivi la dispersion, par la police, d\u2019un rassemblement de l\u2019Union pour la nation congolaise (UNC) de Vital Kamerhe \u00e0 la place de l\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance \u00e0 Bukavu, chef-lieu du Sud-Kivu. C\u2019est le bilan livr\u00e9 \u00e0 Radio Okapi par le gouverneur de province, Marcellin Chisambo.<\/p>\n

RDC : Vital Kamerhe d\u00e9plore les incidents de Bukavu<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC: retour au calme \u00e0 Bukavu<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | RFI
\n\u00ab Hier, j\u2019ai re\u00e7u des gaz lacrymog\u00e8nes, c\u2019\u00e9tait en pleine figure. J\u2019ai vu mon assistant recevoir un coup de ba\u00efonnette. La dame qui \u00e9tait \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 a attrap\u00e9 une balle \u00bb. C\u2019est en ces termes que l\u2019opposant Vital Kamerhe a d\u00e9plor\u00e9 les incidents survenus jeudi 20 f\u00e9vrier \u00e0 Bukavu.<\/p>\n

Bukavu : la \u00ab caravane de la paix \u00bb tourne \u00e0 l’affrontement<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | Afrikarabia.com
\nLa police congolaise a violemment dispers\u00e9 le rassemblement organis\u00e9 jeudi par Vital Kamerhe. 47 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9s et l\u2019opposant d\u00e9nonce m\u00eame une \u00ab tentative d\u2019assassinat \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu : la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile exige l\u2019ouverture d\u2019une enqu\u00eate apr\u00e8s des incidents de Bukavu<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Political crisis<\/strong>
\nBurundian Opposition Warns Cabinet Changes Risk Renewed Conflict<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Bloomberg
\nBurundian opposition leaders accused President Pierre Nkurunziza of undermining a peace accord that ended a 12-year civil war and warned that political unity between the country\u2019s main ethnic groups is fracturing.<\/p>\n

Nkurunziza nobbles opposition<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | Africa Confidential
\nThe appointment of a new Vice-President failed to relieve the political crisis and the President is now trying to manipulate opposition leaders. Burundi is facing its worst political crisis since the end of the civil war in 2000.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Anti-homosexuality law\u00a0signed<\/strong>
\nUganda: Anti-Gay Bill – Museveni Responds to Obama<\/a>\u00a0| 21 February 2014 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nI have seen the statement H.E President Obama of the USA made in reaction to my statement that I was going to sign the anti-homosexual Bill, which I made at Kyankwanzi. Before I react to H.E. Obama’s statement, let me, again, put on record my views on the issue of homosexuals.<\/p>\n

Uganda to consult scientists on homosexuality<\/a>\u00a0| 22 February 2014 | Al Jazeera
\nPresident to seek scientific advice on whether homosexuality is \u00ab\u00a0genetic or behavioural\u00a0\u00bb before signing anti-gay bill.<\/p>\n

Desmond Tutu condemns Uganda’s proposed new anti-gay law<\/a>\u00a0| 23 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nRetired archbishop accuses president of breaking promise in reconsidering law extending penalties against homosexuality<\/p>\n

Uganda\u2019s President Signs Antigay Bill<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | The New York Times
\nBrushing aside Western threats and outrage, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda significantly strengthened Africa\u2019s antigay movement on Monday, signing into law a bill imposing harsh sentences for homosexual acts, including life imprisonment in some cases, according to government officials.<\/p>\n

New anti-homosexuality law in Uganda violates basic human rights, stress UN officials<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nOuganda : l’ONU d\u00e9nonce la promulgation d’une loi visant les homosexuels<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay have spoken out against the anti-homosexuality law signed into force today in Uganda, saying it violates basic human rights and endangers lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the country.<\/p>\n

Enactment of Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | US Department of State
\nThis is a tragic day for Uganda and for all who care about the cause of human rights. Ultimately, the only answer is repeal of this law. The United States is deeply disappointed in the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda.<\/p>\n

The Politics of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Legislation<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Chatham House
\nAnalysis. Uganda’s President Museveni approved a new law that imposes life sentences for homosexuality in defiance of opposition from international donors, with whom he has in any case not enjoyed warm relations for some time.<\/p>\n

Uganda: Law Rolls Back Basic Rights<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nUgandan President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s signing of the Anti-Homosexuality bill into law is a deeply worrying infringement on the human rights of all Ugandans.<\/p>\n

Uganda: President Museveni Signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | Amnesty International
\nPresident Museveni has just signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. It is a draconian and damaging piece of legislation, Amnesty International said today.<\/p>\n

Anti-west and anti-gay: How Yoweri Museveni played to his audience<\/a>\u00a0| 24 February 2014 | CNN
\nState House Entebbe ebbed and flowed with dramatic contrasts: laughter at sexual jokes versus the pain of impending persecution and prosecution; Western freedoms clashing with African culture; an unwinnable battle between science and learned behavior; nature and nurture. Who decides?<\/p>\n

Ban urges Uganda to repeal anti-homosexuality law<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nOuganda : Ban souhaite que la loi contre l’homosexualit\u00e9 soit abolie<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | UN News Centre
\nSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Ugandan authorities to revise or repeal the country\u2019s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, one day after he said it violates basic human rights and endangers lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the country.<\/p>\n

US Lawmakers Slam Ugandan Anti-Gay Law<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Voice of America
\nUganda is reaping blistering international criticism and a loss of aid revenue after President Yoweri Museveni signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Ugandan ‘homosexuals’ named in Red Pepper paper<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | BBC Africa
\nUgandan Newspaper Lists ‘Top Homosexuals’<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Voice of America
\nDay After Uganda\u2019s Antigay Law Is Signed, a Tabloid Publishes Names<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | The New York Times blog
\nA Ugandan tabloid has named the country’s \u00ab\u00a0200 top homosexuals\u00a0\u00bb, a day after President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill toughening penalties for gay people.<\/p>\n

How US evangelical missionaries wage war on gay people in Uganda – video<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nIn these extracts from director Roger Ross Williams’ documentary God Loves Uganda, undercover filming by a Boston-based Anglican priest, Kapya Kaoma, shows how anti-gay evangelical campaigners from the United States have been influential in the debate, pushing Uganda to pass measures that would be unthinkable in the US.<\/p>\n

Inconsistency Killed the Cause: The West’s Outcry Over Uganda is Too Little Too Late<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | ThinkAfricaPress
\nThe West has had years to criticise Museveni for rights abuses. The fact that condemnation is only coming now, and over gay rights, plays right into the wily old president’s hands.<\/p>\n

Homosexualit\u00e9 en Ouganda : Museveni accentue la r\u00e9pression, avec la pr\u00e9sidentielle en t\u00eate ?<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nL’Ouganda a encore durci sa loi r\u00e9primant l’homosexualit\u00e9. Lundi, le pr\u00e9sident Yoweri Museveni a sign\u00e9 le texte pr\u00e9voyant notamment la prison \u00e0 vie pour les r\u00e9cidivistes ou encore la d\u00e9nonciation obligatoire des homosexuels. Non sans arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

Uganda donors cut aid after president passes anti-gay law<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nNorway and Denmark cut aid, while others including US review budgets over law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Uganda: how campaigners are preparing to counter the anti-gay bill<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | The Guardian
\nLGBT campaigners and development agencies tell us what their next steps are after President Yoweri Museveni signs anti-homosexuality bill.<\/p>\n

Uganda told anti-gay bill poses financial risk<\/a>\u00a0| 25 February 2014 | Reuters
\nSweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg warned Uganda on Tuesday that a new bill imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality could represent a financial risk for the east African economy.<\/p>\n

Denmark, Norway Reduce Uganda Aid Over Anti-Gay Law<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Voice of America
\nTwo European countries are reducing aid to the Ugandan government because of its new anti-homosexuality law.<\/p>\n

Uganda Shilling Slides as Donors Cut Aid on Anti-Gay Law<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Bloomberg
\nUganda\u2019s shilling fell the most since August against the dollar as donors threatened to cut aid after President Yoweri Museveni signed a law that carries life sentences for homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Kerry likens Uganda anti-gay law to anti-Semitism and apartheid<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Reuters
\nKerry Compares Ugandan Anti-Gay Law to Nazism, Apartheid<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Voice of America
\nU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday likened new anti-gay legislation in Uganda that imposes harsh penalties for homosexuality to anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa.<\/p>\n

The World Responds to Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law. Africa, Not So Much.<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | allAfrica | Daily Maverick
\nAnalysis. Condemnation of the harsh new measures from western leaders has been swift and categorical. From African leaders, on the other hand, there’s been an ominous silence.<\/p>\n

Steve Mbikayi : \u00abL\u2019homosexualit\u00e9 est un danger contre les valeurs africaines\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 26 February 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe d\u00e9put\u00e9 national Steve Mbikayi, auteur d\u2019une proposition de loi contre l\u2019homosexualit\u00e9 en RDC, a rencontr\u00e9 mardi 25 f\u00e9vrier des \u00e9tudiants de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 protestante au Congo (UPC), dans le cadre de sa campagne contre cette pratique. Pour l\u2019\u00e9lu de Kinshasa, l\u2019homosexualit\u00e9 est un danger contre la p\u00e9rennisation de l\u2019esp\u00e8ce humaine ainsi que les valeurs africaines. Steve Mbikayi a notamment salu\u00e9 la promulgation par l\u2019Ouganda d\u2019une loi renfor\u00e7ant la p\u00e9nalisation de l\u2019homosexualit\u00e9 dans ce pays.<\/p>\n

Uganda\u2019s Anti-Gay Law Punished in Foreign-Exchange Market<\/a>\u00a0| 27 February 2014 | Bloomberg
\nThe gains that had made\u00a0Uganda\u2019s shilling the second-best performing African currency this year are evaporating after President\u00a0Yoweri Museveni\u00a0imposed harsher penalties against homosexuals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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IPIS Recent Publications<\/h1>\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

Major Powers Fuelling Atrocities. Why the\u00a0world needs a robust Arms Trade Treaty<\/a>\u00a0| March 2013 | Amnesty International
\nIPIS contributed to the research for this AI report.
\nEvery year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to \ufb02ee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional arms and ammunition. Harrowing testimonies and images from con\ufb02ict zones and human rights crises around the world underline the urgent need to end irresponsible arms transfers and illicit traf\ufb01cking.<\/p>\n

The Arms Trade Treaty: Building a Path\u00a0to Disarmament<\/a>\u00a0| 19 March 2013 |\u00a0Sergio Finardi, Brian Wood, Peter Danssaert, Ken Matthysen
\nThe goal of this article is to examine and suggest proposals that could enhance the role of the international Arms Trade Treaty\u2014presently in discussion at the United Nations\u2014in the regulation of the international arms trade and in addressing the role of the legal trade in: a) providing the bulk of the arms used in armed conflicts, armed violence and human rights abuses; b) the excessive arming of developing countries; and c) the continuous unsettling of power balances in sensitive world regions, not least because of competition amongst arms-exporting countries.<\/p>\n

Upstream Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Final Report on one-year pilot implementation of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten<\/a>\u00a0| January 2013 | OECD – IPIS
\nThis report is the final in a cycle of three reports on the pilot implementation by upstream companies of the \u00ab\u00a0Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas\u00a0\u00bb. The goal of the report is to provide an overall assessment of the progress and impact of the one-year pilot implementation phase of the OECD Guidance and its Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten.\u00a0The pilot implementation phase of the Guidance focused on Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region and was carried out during the period August 2011 \u2013 October 2012. Drawing on lessons from the ground, this final report identifies key trends and common approaches to overcome challenges as well as tools used by companies to implement the OECD Guidance.<\/p>\n

Exploitation mini\u00e8re industrielle et artisanale au Sud-Kivu. Possibilit\u00e9s d’une cohabitation pacifique ?<\/a>\u00a0| December 2012 | Gabriel Kamundala Byemba
\nLe secteur minier en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et au Sud-Kivu en particulier alimente toujours les d\u00e9bats tant au niveau international qu\u2019au niveau national. Pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 sous plusieurs facettes, ce secteur au Sud-Kivu a \u00e9t\u00e9 dans le temps industriel, puis artisanal et aujourd\u2019hui il est en m\u00eame temps artisanal et industriel. Le retour en force, ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s industrielles dans le paysage minier du Sud-Kivu co\u00efncide avec l\u2019acc\u00e9l\u00e9ration des dynamiques mini\u00e8res, gr\u00e2ce aux opportunit\u00e9s qu\u2019offre la RDC en mati\u00e8re d\u2019investissements priv\u00e9s et aux r\u00e9formes amorc\u00e9es du cadre l\u00e9gislatif et r\u00e9glementaire du secteur minier congolais. Ces r\u00e9formes ont abouti \u00e0 la mise en place du nouveau Code minier en 2002 et du R\u00e8glement minier en 2003.<\/p>\n

Cartographie des motivations derri\u00e8re les conflits : le M23<\/a>\u00a0| November 2012 | IPIS
\n\u00c0 la lumi\u00e8re de la r\u00e9cente occupation de Goma par le M23 et eu \u00e9gard \u00e0 la recrudescence du risque de conflit arm\u00e9 \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle en RDC, IPIS publie une br\u00e8ve mise \u00e0 jour de sa s\u00e9rie de rapports \u00ab Cartographie des motivations derri\u00e8re les conflits \u00bb (2007-2010), en se focalisant sp\u00e9cifiquement sur les intentions du M23.
\nCes rebelles affichent clairement une ambition politique et s\u2019orientent vers l\u2019instauration d\u2019un contr\u00f4le politique sur le territoire, en contestant l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de Kinshasa \u2013 int\u00e9r\u00eats strat\u00e9giques qu\u2019ils pourraient partager avec le Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Mapping Conflict Motives: M23<\/a>\u00a0| November 2012 | IPIS
\nIn light of the recent occupation of Goma by M23 and the renewed risk of large-scale armed conflict in the DRC, IPIS publishes an update to its 2007-2010 \u2018mapping conflict motives\u2019 report series focusing specifically on the intentions of M23.
\nThe M23 rebels show a clear political ambition and a tendency to establish political control over territory and challenge Kinshasa\u2019s authority \u2013 strategic interests they might share with Rwanda.<\/p>\n

A Code of Conduct for Arms Transport by Air. Transport Services under an Arms Trade Treaty Series<\/a>\u00a0| August 2012 | IPIS
\nThis report is a discussion of some key considerations for the development of a Cargo Industry Voluntary Code of Conduct relating to the transport of arms, ammunition and other military equipment (ACI Code). The purpose of such a Code is to encourage as many aviation companies and other actors as possible in the air cargo industry to adhere to existing and new standards relating to the transport of arms, ammunition and other military equipment.<\/p>\n

Rough Seas. Maritime Transport and Arms Shipments<\/a>\u00a0| July 2012 | IPIS
\nAs stated by the authors in their report \u201cTransparency and Accountability\u201d (February 2012), the Chairman\u2019s Draft Paper (14 July 2011) presented by the Arms Trade Treaty’s Preparatory Committee (ATT PrepCom), included within the ATT\u2019s scope certain \u201cservices\u201d, such as transport and brokering. However, no provision has been envisaged for the monitoring or ATT-related regulation of arms transport services. Monitoring transport services may be key to implementing and enforcing the Arms Trade Treaty. This report will demonstrate how arms shipments may be monitored and reported where there is a substantial risk that the shipments could contribute to fuelling conflict, repressive state practices, and other human rights abuses. The report provides examples of the monitoring of actual conventional arms shipments to Egypt and Syria in 2011 and 2012, and of suspected conventional arms shipments to Syria in 2012.\u00a0 It also shows that where there is an open society, or at least a fair degree of access to government activities, arms transfers can be monitored and discussed without jeopardizing legitimate security policies.<\/p>\n

Upstream Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Cycle 2 Interim Progress Report on the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten<\/a>\u00a0| May 2012 | OECD \u2013 IPIS
\nThe following report is the second in a cycle of three on upstream companies\u2019 implementation of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten to the OECD\u2019s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. The objective is to report on progress made by upstream companies in their implementation of due diligence, with a focus on current practices and experiences in developing systems and processes for the implementation of the Five-Step OECD Framework.<\/p>\n

Etat des lieux du d\u00e9veloppement socio-\u00e9conomique dans les zones mini\u00e8res au Nord-Kivu (territoires de Walikale et Masisi)<\/a>\u00a0| March 2012 | ASSODIP | IPIS (editorial advice)
\nAt a moment when the attention of both the national and international communities is focused on the reorganisation of the mining sector in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the local civil society organisation ASSODIP considered it opportune to carry out a study of the impact of mining exploitation on the socio-economic development in North Kivu\u2019s Walikale and Masisi territories. These territories are among the richest in mineral resources of eastern DRC, with the exploitation and trade in minerals adding greatly to public revenues. Nonetheless, the concrete situations as presented in this paper sufficiently show that the development of the local mining communities has never been taken into due account.<\/p>\n

Assessment of existing practices regarding end-user certification<\/a>\u00a0| February 2012 | UNODA | IPIS
\nAlready, in 2002, the Security Council called upon States to establish an effective national end-user certificate system and to study the feasibility, as appropriate, of developing such a system at the regional and global levels, as well as information exchange and verification mechanisms. This study assesses existing practices regarding end-user certification in a wide range of countries. It examines concepts, documents and procedures relating to the regulation of end use and end users of conventional arms. It also endeavours to identify political and practical obstacles to the development of an international framework for authentication, reconciliation and standardization of end-user certificates. Finally, it proposes practical guidelines to assist States in the development of a reliable system of end-user certification.<\/p>\n

Transparancy and Accountability. Monitoring and Reporting Methods Under An Arms Trade Treaty<\/a>\u00a0| February 2012 | TransArms R | IPIS
\nWithout an understanding of the existing practices of States regarding their commonly agreed standards for the monitoring and reporting of their international transfers of conventional arms, it will be very difficult to draft many of the basic provisions of the Treaty to ensure compliance and enforcement. This report therefore seeks to clarify and discuss existing terminology and reporting practices for State regulation of international transfers of goods and services and for international transfers of conventional arms. It is hoped that this will also help contribute to the development of common international standards for monitoring and reporting international transfers of conventional arms. Standardization of statistical requirements and reporting methods is of paramount importance for the ATT to be effective.<\/p>\n

Upstream Pilot Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas\u00a0 Baseline Report on the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten<\/a>\u00a0| November 2011 | OECD | IPIS
\nIPIS executed the research for and writing of this OECD report. The present baseline report is the first in a cycle of three reports on the implementation by upstream companies of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (hereafter \u201cthe Guidance\u201d). The objective of this report is to understand where upstream companies currently stand with the implementation of due diligence.<\/p>\n

Violence against women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Whose responsibility? Whose complicity?<\/a>\u00a0| November 2011 | ITUC | IPIS
\nIPIS contributed the research for and writing of this ITUC report. Summary: Eastern DRC has been ravaged by war and violence since the mid-1990s. Civilians carry the greatest burden of the conflict. Women and girls are especially vulnerable to such attacks.. Hundreds of women and girls get sexually violated in their homes and at their workplace. Fuelled and motivated by Congo\u2019s minerals, rebel and army forces are inclined to maintain an insecure environment that ensures the continuation of the status quo. Congo\u2019s conflict minerals go through a convoluted, yet manageable and traceable, supply chain and end up in industrialised consumer products. The introduction of transparency and governance into the mining sector is advancing, but still much has to be done.<\/p>\n

Bisie. A one-year snapshot of the DRC\u2019s principal cassiterite mine<\/a>\u00a0| November 2011 | IPIS
\nMuch has happened in the mining sector of Eastern DRC over the last year. President Kabila imposed a ban on all mining activities last fall, during which production fell considerably. As soon as the suspension was lifted in the spring of this year, the major global electronic companies stopped buying minerals from the region, provoking a de facto embargo on Congo\u2019s minerals with detrimental effects on the sector. At the same time, the Congolese government has taken major steps to restructure its army in the east of the country. These different decisions in the mining and security sectors have affected the nature and volume of minerals production and export and have reconfigured the security situation in the region. The consequences of these actions are discussed and illustrated with the use of the most important and well-known cassiterite mine in North Kivu called Bisie.<\/p>\n

\u201cV\u00e9hicules civils militarisables\u201d and the EU arms embargo on Sudan<\/a>\u00a0| September 2011 | IPIS | TA-R | ASER
\nIn this case study we will focus on the use of European manufactured trucks in the Darfur region, and more specifically what the defence industry calls \u201cv\u00e9hicules civils militarisables\u201d – commercial vehicles that can be militarized. All armed actors in the conflict require vehicles to transport combatants through the vast Darfur deserts. Japanese Toyota (Landcruisers) pick-up trucks are the most common vehicles that are spotted in the region. Usually they are mounted with machineguns, and as such compose an important assault instrument. Furthermore, a wide array of military trucks or civilian trucks modified for military purposes are being used in Darfur, e.g. anti-aircraft guns are mounted on a variety of trucks to function as support and\/or attack vehicles. Some of these trucks are European models, assembled by a local company: GIAD Automotive Industry Company.<\/p>\n

Conflict motives in Kenya\u2019s North Rift region<\/a>\u00a0| September 2011 | IPIS intern series
\nKenya’s North Rift Region continues to suffer from violent conflict in which a series of actors are involved. Armed groups perform widespread and devastating raids against neighbouring communities. The strength of these warrior groups varies regionally and from case to case. Security operations are often characterised by their disproportionate brutality. Power figures are known to instigate violence or organise and finance armed militias. Uasin Gishu and Trans-Nzoia bore the brunt of the post-election violence in 2007 and 2008. The violence mainly pitted Kalenjin warrior groups against Kikuyu communities in a struggle over political injustices and power but also over economic discrepancies and feelings of ethnic antagonism.<\/p>\n

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