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News in Brief<\/h1>\n

Over the past week in the DRC<\/a>, North Kivu<\/a> saw the prevalence of FDLR activity throughout the province. The inhabitants of several villages in Lubero and Walikale territory were being held hostage by the militia, which reportedly used them as human shields. The rebels have been prohibiting any communication or transport in Buleusa, Bushalingwa, Kateku and Kanune village. Over the past 15 years, FDLR militiamen allegedly occupied almost a dozen villages in Walikale, collecting taxes and instituting their own leaders and courts. Also in Rutshuru territory, FDLR rebels have been illegally taxing farmers for accessing their fields. In Ituri<\/a>, FRPI militiamen displaced about 1500 families in Walendu Bindi, raping women and looting property. Meanwhile, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL) set an ultimatum for the repatriation<\/a> to the DRC of ex-M23 combatants who are still present in Uganda.<\/p>\n

The Burundi<\/a>an capital Bujumbura<\/a> remains the scene of armed attacks and widescale arrests. According to MSF (M\u00e9decins sans Fronti\u00e8res), over 60 people were injured during the grenade attacks last Monday, November 16. The explosion of two mortar shells near the presidential palace on Thursday morning did not cause any significant damage. On Saturday, November 21, police arrested 22 youths in Ngagara. Although the police claim to have found several Kalashnikovs in their possession, local inhabitants stated that none of the detained were armed. The next day, four people were injured when a group of armed assailants attacked Buterere. An attack by an unknown group of assailants in Gisuru, in the east<\/a> of the country, claimed the lives of one citizen and a police officer.<\/p>\n

In Bangui<\/a>, the capital of the Central African Republic<\/a>, two people were killed on Sunday in the Ngou-Ciment quarter in district 5. Protesters accused an armed group from PK5 to have committed the crime and deplored the alleged implication of MINUSCA peacekeepers. Christian anti-balaka and former military men have locked in PK5, considered to be the last Muslim quarter of the city. Inhabitants are prohibited from leaving the quarter to get provisions. Meanwhile, Uganda<\/a> and the CAR<\/a> are boosting security measures for the Pope\u2019s arrival<\/a>, who will visit PK5 as well.<\/p>\n

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Conflict and Security<\/h1>\n

Recent news on conflict and security related issues across the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n

DRC peacekeepers in CAR<\/b><\/p>\n

U.N. says Congo failed to properly vet Central African Republic troops<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 22 November 2015 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique<\/p>\n

According to the U.N. peacekeeping website, there are currently 809 Congolese troops and 123 police deployed as part of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic, known as MINUSCA. \u201cAs per standard procedure, U.N. Peacekeeping has conducted recently a pre-deployment assessment of the incoming DRC contingent,\u201d a U.N. peacekeeping official said on Thursday. Peacekeeping contingents are rotated regularly. \u201cThe results of this assessment and the vetting of the unit were unsatisfactory. U.N. Peacekeeping is in discussions with the DRC authorities on the future of the DRC contingent in MINUSCA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a> DRC<\/h2>\n

MONUSCO<\/b><\/p>\n

La Monusco se f\u00e9licite du renvoi de 47 casques bleus sud-africains de la RDC<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

La Mission des nations unies pour la stabilisation en RDC (Monusco) f\u00e9licite les autorit\u00e9s sud-africaines pour avoir d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de renvoyer 47 casques bleus. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 sanctionn\u00e9s, suite \u00e0 la violation des r\u00e8gles de couvre-feu en septembre dernier \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu). Le porte-parole de la Monusco, F\u00e9lix Prosper Basse, a indiqu\u00e9 ce jeudi \u00e0 Radio Okapi que cette d\u00e9cision cadre avec le code de bonne conduite en vigueur au sein de la force onusienne sur le sol congolais.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maman Sidikou: \u00abLa Monusco est engag\u00e9e \u00e0 accompagner la RDC vers la stabilit\u00e9 et le progr\u00e8s\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu en RDC, Maman Sidikou a r\u00e9affirm\u00e9 mardi 24 novembre au pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale, Aubin Minaku, l\u2019engagement de la Monusco \u00e0 accompagner la RDC vers la stabilit\u00e9 et le progr\u00e8s. \u00abJ\u2019avais besoin d\u2019\u00e9couter le pr\u00e9sident des \u00e9lus du peuple pour avoir son point de vue sur des questions aussi importantes comme les \u00e9lections \u00e0 venir, la stabilisation de l\u2019Est du pays o\u00f9 les bandes arm\u00e9es causent du tort aux populations. Et, nous nous sommes convenus qu\u2019un dialogue franc, profond et constructif soit r\u00e9engag\u00e9 avec le syst\u00e8me des Nations unies pour aider le pays dans tous ces domaines\u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. Sidikou \u00e0 l\u2019issue de leur entretien.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conf\u00e9rence de presse des Nations Unies du mercredi 25 novembre 2015<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | MONUSCO<\/span><\/p>\n

Les nouvelles \u00e0 propos des activit\u00e9s des composantes de la MONUSCO, des activit\u00e9s de l\u2019\u00e9quipe-pays et de la situation militaire en DRC.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Repatriation M23<\/b><\/p>\n

CIRGL: les ministres de la D\u00e9fense fixe un ultimatum \u00e0 l\u2019ex-M23<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Les ministres de la D\u00e9fense de la Conf\u00e9rence Internationale sur la R\u00e9gion des Grands-Lacs (CIRGL) ont indiqu\u00e9 que le processus de rapatriement du reste des ex-combattants ex-M23 bas\u00e9s en Ouganda doit commencer le 1er d\u00e9cembre prochain et s\u2019achever au plus tard le 15 d\u00e9cembre 2015. Ils ont lanc\u00e9 cet ultimatum \u00e0 l\u2019issue de la r\u00e9union restreinte des ministres de la D\u00e9fense, tenue mercredi 18 novembre \u00e0 Kinshasa. Cette r\u00e9union \u00e9tait organis\u00e9e dans le but d\u2019ex\u00e9cuter les d\u00e9cisions prises par les chefs d\u2019Etat de la CIRGL \u00e0 Luanda (Angola) en mai dernier, sur le rapatriement de ces ex-combattants M23 bas\u00e9s \u00e0 Ouganda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Compte \u00e0 rebours lanc\u00e9 pour le retour en RDC des anciens \u00e9l\u00e9ments du M23<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/span><\/p>\n

Les anciens \u00e9l\u00e9ments du M23 cantonn\u00e9s en Uganda n’ont plus que 27 jours pour regagner la RDC, soit du 18 novembre au 15 d\u00e9cembre 2015. C’est la d\u00e9cision finale de la r\u00e9union des ministres de la CIRGL, \u00e9largie \u00e0 la SADEC et tenue mercredi \u00e0 Kinshasa. Les diff\u00e9rents patrons des d\u00e9fenses des pays de la sous-r\u00e9gion ayant pris part \u00e0 cette derni\u00e8re r\u00e9union, qui avait pour but d’\u00e9valuer les d\u00e9clarations de Nairobi, ont promis de sanctionner les responsables de l’ancien mouvement qui ont depuis plusieurs mois pris en otage les troupes ayant d\u00e9j\u00e0 adh\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e0 l’option de regagner la RDC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Armed groups in DRC<\/b><\/p>\n

The Landscape of Armed Groups in the Eastern Congo<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 20 November 2015 | Christoph Vogel<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years ago, Congolese armed forces celebrated a historic victory against the M23 rebellion, raising hopes that the cycle of violence in the eastern Congo was petering out. Today, however, disappointment has set it. At least seventy armed groups are active in the eastern Congo, and approximately 1,6 million people remain displaced. The various approaches taken by the Congolese government and its foreign partners \u2013 including the stabilization program, demobilization efforts, and security sector reform \u2013 have produced meager results. Who are these armed groups? The Congo Research Group has mapped around seventy armed groups and their areas of influence in North and South Kivu, drawing on original field research. Most of these groups are small, not numbering more than 200 soldiers, and recruit largely along ethnic lines. <\/span><\/p>\n

RDC: le nouveau visage des groupes arm\u00e9s<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 22 November 2015 | Afrikarabia<\/span><\/p>\n

Deux chercheurs viennent de dresser un \u00e9tat des lieux des groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019Est du Congo. Ils notent \u00e0 la fois une prolif\u00e9ration inqui\u00e9tante, mais aussi une fragmentation de ces milices, ainsi qu\u2019un recul de l\u2019ing\u00e9rence des puissances r\u00e9gionales dans les deux Kivu.<\/p>\n

Insecurity in World Heritage sites<\/b><\/p>\n

Meurtres dans les sites du Patrimoine mondial: l\u2019UNESCO demande \u00e0 la RDC de s\u00e9vir<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

La directrice-g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019UNESCO demande \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9tat congolais d\u2019arr\u00eater et de traduire en justice les auteurs de dizaines de meurtres qui ont eu lieu dans diff\u00e9rents sites du Patrimoine mondial de la RDC en 2015. Dans un communiqu\u00e9 diffus\u00e9 durant le week-end, Irina Bokova condamne la recrudescence de violence de la part des miliciens, notamment dans les parcs nationaux de Garamba et des Virunga ainsi que dans la R\u00e9serve de faune \u00e0 okapis (RFO), en Ituri.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>North Kivu<\/b><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: les habitants de Walikale et Lubero ins\u00e9curis\u00e9s par les FDLR<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Les habitants des localit\u00e9s de Buleusa, Kateku, Bashalingwa et Kanune (Nord-Kivu), sont pris en otage depuis le week-end dernier, par les rebelles des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR). Selon un notable de la r\u00e9gion, ces rebelles hutus rwandais qui se sentent menac\u00e9s par les jeunes Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef du groupe Kiyanda-Yira de Lubero, utilisent ces habitants comme boucliers humains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: les FDLR interdisent les regroupements et communications \u00e0 Walikale et Lubero<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 20 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Les rebelles FDRL accentuent les interdictions impos\u00e9es aux populations des territoires de Walikale et Lubero, au nord de Goma, qui sont pratiquement prises en otages depuis le weekend dernier. Depuis deux jours, les FDRL (Forces d\u00e9mocratiques de lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda) interdisent tout regroupement, selon des sources \u00e0 Buleusa. Il n\u2019est pas question non plus de partager de la nourriture en groupe. Un responsable d\u2019une \u00e9cole de la r\u00e9gion affirme aussi que toute communication t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique est prohib\u00e9e \u00e0 Buleusa, Bushalingwa, Kateku et Kanune. Depuis qu\u2019ils ont pris le contr\u00f4le de ces localit\u00e9s, les rebelles ont \u00e9galement interdit tout d\u00e9placement. Ils auraient \u00e9tabli le ch\u00e2timent du fouet pour punir chaque habitant d\u00e9sob\u00e9issant \u00e0 ces r\u00e8gles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regain d\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e0 Goma<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Au moins quatre cas de cambriolages et braquages, souvent en plein jour, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9s la semaine derni\u00e8re \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu). L\u2019une des victimes a \u00e9t\u00e9 gri\u00e8vement bless\u00e9e par balle, avant de voir ses biens de valeur emport\u00e9s par des assaillants. Au cours de la parade hebdomadaire de la police du lundi 23 novembre, quinze pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s bandits \u00e0 mains arm\u00e9es ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s. Alors que les habitants de Goma se disent pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par la situation, la police affirme qu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019un banditisme li\u00e9 aux f\u00eates de fin d\u2019ann\u00e9e qui approchent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: 11 localit\u00e9s d\u2019Ikobo administr\u00e9s par les FDLR, selon des notables locaux<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Depuis quinze ans, onze villages du groupement Ikobo dans le territoire de Walikale sont occup\u00e9s et administr\u00e9s par les rebelles rwandais des FDLR, ont indiqu\u00e9 samedi 21 novembre plusieurs notables de Walikale. Ces derniers accusent les rebelles hutus rwandais de pr\u00e9lever diff\u00e9rentes taxes sur la population locale, de trancher des conflits entre individus devant leurs propres tribunaux et surtout de nommer et r\u00e9voquer des chefs coutumiers du terroir alors qu\u2019ils n\u2019en ont l\u00e9galement pas la comp\u00e9tence. Les habitants du groupement Ikobo, selon les notables locaux, sont \u00abpris en otage\u00bb depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es par les combattants FDLR dans l\u2019indiff\u00e9rence totale du gouvernement central.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prise d\u2019otage au Nord-Kivu: les rebelles FDRL chassent les habitants de Buleusa<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s une prise d\u2019otage d\u2019une semaine, les combattants FDRL ont lib\u00e9r\u00e9 dans la nuit de dimanche \u00e0 lundi les habitants de Buleusa, groupement d\u2019Iboko, en territoire de Walikal\u00e9. Les miliciens des FDRL (Forces d\u00e9mocratiques de lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda) ont chass\u00e9 la population de cette communaut\u00e9 pour mieux l\u2019occuper, selon des sources locales. Certains habitants ont fui vers Kimak, o\u00f9 se trouvent les FARDC (Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo), alors que d\u2019autres se dirigent vers Miriki et Luofu. Les responsables coutumiers craignent maintenant une catastrophe humanitaire et les \u00e9pid\u00e9mies que pourraient provoquer ces d\u00e9placements de population.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rutshuru: des FDLR imposent des taxes ill\u00e9gales aux agriculteurs<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Les Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) imposent, depuis quelques jours, des taxes ill\u00e9gales aux agriculteurs, dans le territoire de Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu). Selon plusieurs t\u00e9moignages, ces agriculteurs payent la somme de 40 dollars am\u00e9ricains par hectare de ma\u00efs avant toute r\u00e9colte et se plaignent du fait qu\u2019ils payent d\u00e9j\u00e0 5 dollars am\u00e9ricains comme droit d\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 leurs propres champs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: environ 204 personnes condamn\u00e9es pour viol en deux ans<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Au Nord-Kivu, la Police de protection de l\u2019enfant et de la femme a condamn\u00e9, en deux ans, environ 204 personnes sur les 593 arr\u00eat\u00e9es pour viol dans le cadre du projet \u00abTupinge Ubakaji\u00bb (en fran\u00e7ais: luttons contre les viols). Cette unit\u00e9 de police a livr\u00e9 ce bilan aux agences de l\u2019Onu, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la journ\u00e9e internationale de l\u2019\u00e9limination de la violence \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard des femmes, c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e le 25 novembre de chaque ann\u00e9e.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Des groupes arm\u00e9s tentent de se coaliser au Sud-Kivu, selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Des groupes arm\u00e9s tentent de se r\u00e9organiser au Sud-Kivu principalement dans le territoire de Kalehe et de Shabunda pour s\u2019attaquer aux positions des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC), ont r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 mardi 24 novembre des sources de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Bunyakiri. Les leaders de cinq groupes Ra\u00efa Mutomboki se sont r\u00e9unis samedi dernier pour peaufiner leur plan \u00e0 Nyambembe (Shabunda), indiquent les m\u00eames sources. Une autre r\u00e9union similaire des combattants de la milice Nyatura, coalis\u00e9s aux FDLR, se serait tenue le m\u00eame jour \u00e0 Kalehe.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ituri<\/b><\/p>\n

Ituri: 1500 familles abandonnent leurs villages suite aux exactions de la FRPI<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Environ mille cinq cents m\u00e9nages ont abandonn\u00e9, depuis deux semaines, leurs localit\u00e9s d\u2019origine suite aux exactions des miliciens de la Force de r\u00e9sistance patriotique de l\u2019Ituri (FRPI), dans la chefferie de Walendu Bindi. Il s\u2019agit des habitants des localit\u00e9s Alingba, Bunga, Kanyoro et Mogbe, ont indiqu\u00e9 vendredi 20 novembre des sources concordantes. Selon le chef de la collectivit\u00e9 de Walendu Bindi, Adaba Masumbuko, huit femmes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 viol\u00e9es par les miliciens de la FRPI. Le dernier cas de viol remonte \u00e0 la nuit de jeudi 19 novembre, dans la localit\u00e9 d\u2019Alingba, a-t-il ajout\u00e9 sans autres d\u00e9tails. Les biens de plusieurs familles de cette localit\u00e9 ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 pill\u00e9s par les miliciens, notamment des ch\u00e8vres.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ituri: pr\u00e8s de 150.800 personnes en ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire suite aux attaques des miliciens au sud Irumu<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Caritas | Reliefweb<\/span><\/p>\n

Une moyenne de trois attaques de pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s miliciens est signal\u00e9e quotidiennement dans le sud du Territoire d\u2019Irumu (Province de l\u2019Ituri), selon les rapports de suivi de protection. Ces attaques s\u2019accompagnent de violations des droits humains (pillages, viols, tueries,…), indique la note d\u2019informations humanitaires n\u00b024 du 18 novembre 2015 de OCHA Ex-Province Orientale. Cette situation affecte les secteurs de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et de la nutrition. Les experts de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire ont class\u00e9 le Territoire du sud Irumu en phase d\u2019urgence (phase 4). Environ 150.800 personnes, dont des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s, retourn\u00e9s et des membres de communaut\u00e9 d\u2019accueil, sont affect\u00e9es.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bunia: des hommes arm\u00e9s d\u00e9valisent dix v\u00e9hicules au pont Orwa<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Des hommes arm\u00e9s ont d\u00e9valis\u00e9, dans la nuit de lundi \u00e0 mardi 24 novembre dix v\u00e9hicules au pont Orwa, \u00e0 pr\u00e8s de 20 Km au sud de Bunia (ituri), en direction de Kisangani. Selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du territoire d\u2019Irumu, ces assaillants ont emport\u00e9 plus de 10 000 dollars am\u00e9ricains et plusieurs biens de valeur apr\u00e8s avoir tir\u00e9 des coups de feu en l\u2019air. C\u2019est vers 21 heures locales que ces v\u00e9hicules et trois motos sont tomb\u00e9s dans une embuscade tendue par cinq hommes arm\u00e9s, tous cagoul\u00e9s et habill\u00e9s en tenue militaire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Komanda: un militaire abat sa femme et s\u2019enfuit<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Un militaire des FARDC a tu\u00e9 son \u00e9pouse par balle mardi 24 novembre \u00e0 Komanda, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de Bunia dans la province de l\u2019Ituri. Selon le Chef de poste d\u2019encadrement de Komanda, Edmond Tondana, le couple se disputait avant que l\u2019homme n\u2019\u00f4te la vie \u00e0 sa femme en la criblant de balles. Le commandant second du secteur op\u00e9ration des Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) en Ituri confirme la nouvelle de l\u2019assassinat et a identifi\u00e9 le meurtrier. Il pr\u00e9cise que le tueur est un soldat qui \u00e9tait d\u00e9tach\u00e9 \u00e0 Komanda pour les renseignements. Il serait en fuite. \u00ab Tout est mis en \u0153uvre pour le retrouver afin qu\u2019il r\u00e9ponde de son acte devant la justice \u00bb, a-t-il affirm\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tanganyika<\/b><\/p>\n

Tanganyika: la lutte contre l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 est le d\u00e9fi majeur du nouveau commissaire sp\u00e9cial<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Le commissaire sp\u00e9cial du Tanganyika, Richard Ngoie Kitangala, et ses deux adjoints sont arriv\u00e9s samedi 21 novembre \u00e0 Kalemie, chef-lieu de Tanganyika. Devant une foule nombreuse venue les accueillir, les nouveaux dirigeants se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 lutter contre l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans cette ville. \u00ab\u00a0La premi\u00e8re chose que je suis venu vous dire, c\u2019est que notre arriv\u00e9e consacre l\u2019effectivit\u00e9 de la province du Tanganyika. Deuxi\u00e8mement, le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique nous a charg\u00e9s de s\u00e9curiser la population. Nous travaillerons pour mettre fin \u00e0 l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9, le banditisme et les tracasseries, J\u2019ai parl\u00e9 avec le chef de la police, il m\u2019a dit que le mauvais \u00e9tat des routes rend difficile l\u2019intervention de la police. Alors, je dis, nous devons r\u00e9habiliter les routes \u00bb, a promis Richard Ngoie Kitangala.<\/span><\/p>\n

Haut-Katanga<\/b><\/p>\n

RDC: l’opposition d\u00e9nonce la \u00ab\u00a0forte militarisation\u00a0\u00bb de Lubumbashi<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Un \u00e9lu de l’opposition congolaise a accus\u00e9 les autorit\u00e9s de chercher \u00e0 faire taire toute voix dissidente \u00e0 un an d’une pr\u00e9sidentielle incertaine. Christian Mwando, d\u00e9put\u00e9 national et un des leaders du groupe G7 pass\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019opposition apr\u00e8s avoir mis en garde le pr\u00e9sident congolais Joseph Kabila contre la tentation de s’accrocher au pouvoir, a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 mercredi la \u00ab\u00a0forte militarisation de Lubumbashi\u00a0\u00bb, deuxi\u00e8me ville de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. M. Mwando a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 les \u00ab\u00a0tracasseries\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0intimidations\u00a0\u00bb dont sont victimes selon lui les opposants \u00e0 Lubumbashi, et particuli\u00e8rement ceux du G7.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maniema<\/b><\/p>\n

Les FARDC ont recrut\u00e9 80 jeunes en un an au Maniema<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 20 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

En une ann\u00e9e, seules 80 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 recrut\u00e9es \u00e0 Kasongo et Pangi dans les rangs de l\u2019arm\u00e9e sur le 400 attendues. Colonel Benjamin Misenga Sumaili, charg\u00e9 du recrutement des volontaires des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) dans cette r\u00e9gion, compte sur les autorit\u00e9s politiques, administratives et coutumi\u00e8res pour encourager les jeunes \u00e0 s\u2019enr\u00f4ler.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kinshasa<\/b><\/p>\n

Police Fire Tear Gas at Stone-throwing Students in DRC<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Voice of America<\/p>\n

Police in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo fired tear gas Wednesday to disperse stone-throwing students whose protest against a feared increase in school fees was the latest sign of unrest ahead of a tense election season. Witnesses said the protest outside the Superior Institute for Architecture and Urbanism was the second by students in Kinshasa this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kinshasa: une ONG accuse des pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s agents de service de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de ran\u00e7onnement<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019ONG de d\u00e9fense des droits de l\u2019homme, Union pour le D\u00e9veloppement de l\u2019Humanit\u00e9 (UDH) accuse des personnes qui se pr\u00e9sentent comme des agents des services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de ran\u00e7onner les habitants de Kinshasa. Ces personnes qui op\u00e8rent notamment dans les arr\u00eats de bus, ravissent des t\u00e9l\u00e9phones, de l\u2019argent et d\u2019autres biens aux usagers de transport en commun. Selon cette ONG ainsi que plusieurs autres sources, ces personnes sont arm\u00e9es et habill\u00e9es en tenue civile.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Taxi-Moto thefts and \u2018murders\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

Mystery Murders, Theft of Bikes Leaves Kigali Riders Worried<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 20 November 2015 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Commercial motorcycle operators are in fear as a result of increasing murders of their colleagues, who are killed by people who hire them masquerading as passengers only to draw them into the trap of waiting accomplices, who kill them and steal their bikes. Many operators popularly known as taxi moto or bodaboda especially those riding new motorcycles, have since resorted to parking their machines when it clocks 6pm because they have become a target of these murders, and this has affected their earnings.<\/p>\n

Police Arrest Suspects in Taxi-Moto Thefts<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | The New Times | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Taxi-moto operators have been urged to strengthen their cooperation with security organs to fight and prevent crime, especially theft of their motorcyles and other belongings. The call was made by officials during a meeting with taxi-moto operators at Kicukiro Stadium in Kigali yesterday. The meeting focused on streamlining the profession of commercial motorcyclists and to woo them to be active in community policing initiatives. There has been a spate of theft of motorcycles and speculations of \u00ab\u00a0killings of motorcyclists,\u00a0\u00bb which Rwanda National Police said were hyper-reported.<\/p>\n

Alleged crossing of FDLR rebels into Burundi<\/b><\/p>\n

Rwanda Will ‘Talk’ to Burundi Over FDLR After Current Crisis<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Rwanda will seek clarity from Bujumbura over the alleged crossing of the Democratic Republic of Congo-based rebels into Burundi. Rwanda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Louise Mushikiwabo, disclosed this in a telephone interview on Thursday. She was reacting to an official statement from the Burundi government that said \u00ab\u00a0there has never been FDLR on Burundi territory and never will they be.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

Domestic violence<\/b><\/p>\n

Three Killed in Spate of Domestic Violence in Rwamagana District<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | The New Times | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Police in Rwamagana District are holding three suspects for allegedly killing three people, including an infant, following a two-day wave of domestic violence that has shocked residents of Karenge, Musha and Kigabiro sectors. According to Police, Jean Pierre Kamonyo, 44, a resident of Nyakabanda Cell in Musha Sector, was allegedly killed by his wife on Sunday at their home. Police say that she found her husband drunk, killed him using an axe and later dragged and buried the body in their bedroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a> Burundi<\/h2>\n

<\/a>Violence in Bujumbura<\/b><\/p>\n

Burundi: des attaques \u00e0 la grenade \u00e0 Bujumbura ont fait des dizaines de bless\u00e9s<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Jeune Afrique<\/span><\/p>\n

Selon M\u00e9decins sans fronti\u00e8res (MSF), plusieurs explosions \u00e0 la grenade ont eu lieu lundi 16 novembre dans la capitale burundaise. L’organisation a affirm\u00e9 avoir trait\u00e9 pas moins de 60 bless\u00e9s, a-t-on appris mercredi. \u00ab Lundi matin, nous avons soign\u00e9 en tr\u00e8s peu de temps pr\u00e8s de 60 personnes bless\u00e9es dans notre salle r\u00e9serv\u00e9e aux urgences \u00bb, a expliqu\u00e9 dans un communiqu\u00e9 Richard Veerman de MSF. Face \u00e0 l\u2019afflux des bless\u00e9s, un second bloc op\u00e9ratoire a d\u00fb \u00eatre ouvert dans le centre d\u2019urgence de MSF, qui soigne gratuitement ses patients. Ces explosions sont survenues au lendemain d\u2019une autre flamb\u00e9e de violences meurtri\u00e8res, ayant entra\u00een\u00e9 la mort d\u2019au moins sept personnes \u00e0 Bujumbura. De violents heurts provoqu\u00e9s lors d\u2019affrontements entre insurg\u00e9s et policiers et lors d\u2019une attaque contre un bar ; les premiers d\u2019ampleur depuis l\u2019op\u00e9ration de d\u00e9sarmement lanc\u00e9e d\u00e9but novembre par la police dans les quartiers contestataires de Bujumbura.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burundi: deux obus de mortier auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 tir\u00e9s aux abords du palais pr\u00e9sidentiel<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/span><\/p>\n

Une source au sein des insurg\u00e9s a revendiqu\u00e9 le tir de \u00ab\u00a0deux obus de mortier (…) peu apr\u00e8s minuit\u00a0\u00bb dans la nuit de mercredi \u00e0 jeudi. La police a qualifi\u00e9 l’incident de \u00ab\u00a0mensonge\u00a0\u00bb. \u00ab\u00a0Deux obus de mortier sont tomb\u00e9s cette nuit (de mercredi 18 \u00e0 jeudi 19 novembre, NDLR) tout pr\u00e8s des r\u00e9sidences de deux diplomates occidentaux qui habitent juste \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 du palais pr\u00e9sidentiel (du quartier) de Kiriri (…) sans faire aucun d\u00e9g\u00e2t fort heureusement\u00a0\u00bb, ni de victime, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 l’AFP un ambassadeur en poste au Burundi, qui a requis l’anonymat. Cette information a \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9e par deux hauts diplomates de diff\u00e9rentes ambassades.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burundi: coups de feu et grenades \u00e0 Bujumbura<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/span><\/p>\n

Les tirs et grenades ont \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9s dans les quartiers constestataires de Bujumbura, la capitale. Selon notre correspondant sur place, Christophe NKurunziza joint vers 23 heures \u00e0 Bujumbura, on ne peut pas pour l’instant savoir \u00ab\u00a0qui tire sur qui\u00a0\u00bb. Mais on sait qu’il y a dans ces quartiers les \u00a0\u00bb insurg\u00e9s\u00a0\u00bb qui tirent sur les positions des policiers, et ces policiers qui tirent sur les insurg\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\n

AU to Send Observers to Bujumbura, Deployment of Peacekeepers Halted<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

The African Union Peace and Security Council has temporarily [stalled] the deployment of peacekeepers to Burundi and instead voted to increase the number of specialised observers. The Council has authorised the deployment of 100 military experts, police and human rights observers to Burundi by December 15, after the AU Commission signs a memorandum of understanding that will govern the activities and movement of experts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab Chez Masuguru \u00bb, un \u00ab repaire \u00bb de criminels arm\u00e9s?<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 22 November 2015 | IWACU<\/span><\/p>\n

La police a arr\u00eat\u00e9 22 jeunes ce samedi 21 novembre. La population de Ngagara d\u00e9nonce cette action. Apr\u00e8s-midi de ce samedi, au bar dit \u00ab Chez G\u00e9rard \u00bb tenu par un certain Masuguru, quartier 4 de la zone Ngagara. Selon Mo\u00efse Nkurunziza, porte-parole adjoint de la police, il y a eu \u00ab contact \u00bb (\u00e9change de tirs) entre policiers et des \u00ab criminels arm\u00e9s \u00bb dans ce bar. La preuve : \u00ab la police a saisi une caissette d\u2019une mitrailleuse kalachnikov (Mi-Kalach) abandonn\u00e9e par des criminels arm\u00e9s qui tenaient une r\u00e9union dans ce m\u00eame bistrot. \u00bb Elle affirme m\u00eame avoir saisi une kalachnikov dans les alentours. Faux, r\u00e9torque S.I, habitant de Ngagara. \u00ab Aucun jeune n\u2019\u00e9tait arm\u00e9. Comment des jeunes arm\u00e9s tiendraient des r\u00e9unions dans des cabarets et a fortiori le jour? \u00bb Et d\u2019affirmer que la police n\u2019a arr\u00eat\u00e9 que des jeunes innocents qui \u00e9tanchaient leur soif.<\/span><\/p>\n

Une attaque \u00e9clair<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | IWACU<\/span><\/p>\n

Des bandits arm\u00e9s ont attaqu\u00e9 la zone Buterere, dans la nuit de ce dimanche 22 novembre. Quatre personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es et plusieurs biens vol\u00e9s. L\u2019attaque a commenc\u00e9 vers 19h30 au quartier Buterere 2 \u00e0 quelques m\u00e8tres du Lyc\u00e9e Islamique. \u00ab Ils \u00e9taient une dizaine d\u2019individus et portaient tous des tricots noirs et des shorts \u00bb, confie une source sous anonymat. Le groupe s\u2019est scind\u00e9 en deux, poursuit notre source, et le premier s\u2019est dirig\u00e9 vers une salle de r\u00e9ception commun\u00e9ment appel\u00e9 Maison Verte. \u00ab Ils ont tir\u00e9 plusieurs coups de feu en l\u2019air et ont intim\u00e9 \u00e0 tout le monde l\u2019ordre de se coucher par terre. \u00bb Sur place, ces bandits ont emport\u00e9 des t\u00e9l\u00e9phones portables, de l\u2019argent, des v\u00e9los et trois motos. Apr\u00e8s ce vol, ils ont lanc\u00e9 une grenade pr\u00e8s d\u2019un bistrot et quatre personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es, dont une gri\u00e8vement au ventre. L\u00e0 aussi, les malfaiteurs ont pris des motos, v\u00e9los et t\u00e9l\u00e9phones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burundi: au moins cinq morts au cours du week-end<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/span><\/p>\n

La police a proc\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 des arrestations et des saisies d’armes dans le quartier de Ngagara. Encore un week-end sanglant au Burundi: au moins cinq personnes tu\u00e9es. En outre, une vingtaine de jeunes auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s et conduits \u00e0 la prison centrale de Bujumbura. A Makamba, dans le sud du pays, pr\u00e8s de la fronti\u00e8re avec la Tanzanie, des personnes fuyant pour leur s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dorment \u00e0 la belle \u00e9toile, selon une ONG internationale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Musaga: une nuit ponctu\u00e9e de tirs et d\u2019explosions de grenades<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | IWACU<\/span><\/p>\n

Des d\u00e9tonations d\u2019armes et explosions de grenades dans la nuit du 23 novembre, dans la zone Musaga. Des habitants de cette localit\u00e9 racontent que les \u00e9changes de tirs ont commenc\u00e9 vers 21h. Ils ne savent pas ce qui s\u2019est r\u00e9ellement pass\u00e9 \u00e0 Musaga. Mo\u00efse Nkurunziza, porte-parole adjoint de la police, parle d\u2019une attaque d\u2019hommes arm\u00e9s entre la 8\u00e8me et la 12\u00e8me avenue dans la zone Musaga. Il pr\u00e9cise qu\u2019aucun d\u00e9g\u00e2t n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9 et que ces malfaiteurs n\u2019ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9s. Ce matin du 24 novembre, plusieurs douilles \u00e9taient encore visibles pr\u00e8s de l\u2019endroit commun\u00e9ment appel\u00e9 Otraco. La 12\u00e8me avenue dans le quartier Kinanira 1 \u00e9tait presque vide, peu de pi\u00e9tons et motards y circulaient. Une fouille-perquisition a \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9e entre la 5\u00e8me et la 12\u00e8me avenue. Bilan: aucun habitant interpell\u00e9 et pas d\u2019arme saisie.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Violence in the east of the country<\/b><\/p>\n

Burundi: deux personnes tu\u00e9es dans des violences \u00e0 l\u2019est<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | Afrik.com<\/span><\/p>\n

La tension est toujours vive au Burundi o\u00f9 un policier et un client ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s lors de l\u2019attaque au fusil d\u2019assaut d\u2019un bar de la commune de Gisuru, dans l\u2019est du pays, a annonc\u00e9, ce mardi 24 novembre 2015, le responsable local, Hassan Abdallah, gouverneur de la province orientale de Ruyigi. Selon lui, \u00ab un groupe de quatre criminels arm\u00e9s de fusils d\u2019assaut se sont introduits, vers 21h, dans un bar. Ils ont ouvert le feu sur les clients et ont tu\u00e9 un policier ainsi un directeur d\u2019\u00e9cole, avant de partir sans avoir rien vol\u00e9 \u00bb, pr\u00e9cisant que les tireurs s\u2019\u00e9taient ensuite enfuis vers la Tanzanie, dont la fronti\u00e8re est \u00e0 moins de 10 km des lieux. \u00ab C\u2019est la premi\u00e8re fois que notre province est attaqu\u00e9e de cette mani\u00e8re \u00bb a soulign\u00e9 Hassan Abdallah.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a> Uganda<\/h2>\n

Security measures for arrival Pope<\/b><\/p>\n

12,800 Police for Pope’s Visit<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | The Monitor | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

As the count down to Pope Francis’ visit draws closer, Police have lined up 12,000 police officers to ensure security during Pope Francis’ visit. An additional 800 traffic police officers will ensure a smooth flow of traffic during the Pontiff’s visit this week. This is unlike to 5,000 police officers during the Martyrs’ Day celebrations in June. Ten police lead vehicles will also be deployed to clear the road between Entebbe and clock tower after the arrival of the Pope. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said yesterday the police officers will be deployed at key areas that the Pontiff’s delegation will use.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a> Central African Republic<\/h2>\n

Warlords<\/b><\/p>\n

Portrait: Central African warlord living in opulence in a sea of poverty<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique<\/span><\/p>\n

Al Khatim, whose public appearances are a show of power and wealth in one of Africa\u2019s poorest nations, is one of the warlords who emerged from the Seleka (\u201cAlliance\u201d) of Muslim rebels that toppled president Francois Bozize in 2013. Known as \u201cthe president\u201d across territory south of the border with Chad, the general\u2019s trips through Kabo, his dusty \u201ccapital,\u201d are spectacular. Nobody would dare not to turn out and applaud, despite being regularly robbed by his men.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Violence in Bangui<\/b><\/p>\n

Encore deux personnes tu\u00e9es \u00e0 Bangui<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Radio Ndeke Luka<\/span><\/p>\n

Deux personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es dimanche au quartier Ngou-ciment dans le 5e arrondissement. Ce lundi aux environ de 11 heures, une foule de manifestants en col\u00e8re s’est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e au portail de Radio Ndeke Luka. Les manifestants en provenance du quartier Ngou-ciment et des quartiers Sarah et Ambassana dans le 3e arrondissement ont entonn\u00e9 la Renaissance, l’hymne national. Ces manifestants ont accus\u00e9 un groupe arm\u00e9 du Pk5 d\u2019avoir commis le forfait. Ils ont par la m\u00eame occasion d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 l’implication des casques bleus du contingent burundais de la Minusca dans cette attaque. Un seul mot sur toutes les l\u00e8vres, ne plus voir le contingent burundais dans leurs quartiers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Centrafrique: le dernier quartier musulman de Bangui asphyxi\u00e9 par un blocus<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | AFP | Reliefweb<\/span><\/p>\n

Nouveau durcissement du conflit inter-communautaire en Centrafrique, les miliciens anti-balaka, appuy\u00e9s par d’anciens soldats de l’arm\u00e9e, imposent un v\u00e9ritable blocus aux musulmans retranch\u00e9s du quartier PK-5 de Bangui, qui ne peuvent sortir pour s’approvisionner sans risque de se faire tuer. Tout autour de ce dernier bastion musulman de la capitale centrafricaine, o\u00f9 le pape Fran\u00e7ois entend se rendre pendant sa visite \u00e0 Bangui, dimanche et lundi, plusieurs dizaines de quartiers sont aujourd’hui d\u00e9serts: seules restent les d\u00e9combres de centaines de maisons incendi\u00e9es au cours des cycles d’attaques et de repr\u00e9sailles de septembre et octobre entre musulmans du PK-5, assimil\u00e9s \u00e0 l’ex-r\u00e9bellion S\u00e9l\u00e9ka, et miliciens chr\u00e9tiens. Depuis les massacres inter-communautaires de fin 2013-d\u00e9but 2014, c’est depuis ces quartiers que s\u00e9vissent les miliciens, bloquant toute sortie et entr\u00e9e du PK-5.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Security measures for arrival Pope<\/b><\/p>\n

Des mesures s\u00e9curitaires avant l’arriv\u00e9e du Pape<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Radio Ndeke Luka<\/span><\/p>\n

Le minist\u00e8re de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 Publique vient d\u2019annoncer de nouvelles dispositions pour assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la visite du Pape Fran\u00e7ois \u00e0 Bangui. Le chef de ce d\u00e9partement, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Pierre Chrisostome Sambia, dans une interview accord\u00e9e ce lundi 24 novembre \u00e0 Radio Ndeke Luka, appelle les centrafricains \u00e0 cesser toutes formes de violences.<\/p>\n

Peacekeeping<\/b><\/p>\n

Central African leaders urge boost for CAR peacekeepers<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | AFP | Reliefweb<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders from central African countries on Wednesday urged the UN to boost the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic to help stabilise a nation plagued by violence. Meeting in Gabon’s capital Libreville, heads of state and government from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) said they would request action from the UN Security Council to strengthen the 12,000-member MINUSCA force in CAR. This would allow the force \u00ab\u00a0to respond to security challenges in a stronger and more efficient way,\u00a0\u00bb the leaders said in a final statement from the summit, without giving further details.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Humanitarian News<\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news, including IDP and refugee issues, across the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n

Rwandan refugees in DRC<\/b><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: les d\u00e9put\u00e9s provinciaux appel\u00e9s \u00e0 s\u2019impliquer dans la sensibilisation des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s rwandais<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (HCR) et la Commission nationale pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (CNR) ont appel\u00e9 vendredi 20 novembre \u00e0 Goma les d\u00e9put\u00e9s provinciaux du Nord-Kivu \u00e0 s\u2019impliquer dans la sensibilisation pour l\u2019enregistrement biom\u00e9trique des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s rwandais pr\u00e9sents dans cette province de l\u2019Est de la RDC. Au cours d\u2019une session d\u2019\u00e9changes avec ces \u00e9lus, les deux organisations ont indiqu\u00e9 que plusieurs d\u00e9fis bloquaient encore la poursuite de cette op\u00e9ration. <\/span><\/p>\n

South Sudanese refugees in DRC<\/b><\/p>\n

RDC: des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s sud-soudanais affluent \u00e0 Dungu et Ango<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s sud-soudanais affluent depuis une semaine dans les territoires de Dungu (Haut-Uel\u00e9) et d\u2019Ango (Bas-Uel\u00e9). Selon les organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de ces deux provinces, ils fuient des affrontements ethniques entre les Dinga et les Zande dans la localit\u00e9 d\u2019Ezo (Soudan du Sud ). Le nombre exact de ces r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s n\u2019est pas encore connu. La plupart de ces r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 arriv\u00e9s dans les localit\u00e9s de Naparka, Doruma et Gangala dans le territoire de Dungu ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 Mopoyi dans le territoire d\u2019Ango, renseignent les m\u00eames sources. Selon les deux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s civiles, les ressortissants congolais font \u00e9galement partie de personnes qui ont fui ce climat d\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 au Soudan du Sud.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Burundian refugees in Rwanda<\/b><\/p>\n

Infographic: Burundian Refugees in Rwanda – Daily Statistics (Monday 23rd November 2015)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Burundi<\/h2>\n

Report: UNHCR Regional Update 18 – Burundi Situation (17 November 2015)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 17 November 2015 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Map: Burundi Situation: Displacement of Burundians into Neighbouring Countries (as of 17 November 2015)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

<\/a>Uganda<\/h2>\n

Burundian refugees in Uganda<\/b><\/p>\n

Infographic: Uganda – Burundi Refugee Situation (as of 17 November 2015)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Update on the Burundi Refugee Response, 12-19 November 2015<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

In the reporting period, a total of 278 Burundian refugees arrived in Uganda, higher than last week\u2019s 179 new arrivals. Of these, 79 refugees were received at Kabazana Reception Centre, up from 36 new arrivals reported last week. Eight individuals were transported from Mirama Hills and Bugango border points, 16 were referred from Kampala and 55 individuals directly arrived at the reception centre. The new arrivals are mainly coming from Bujumbura, Muyinga, Kirundo, Kibitoke and Bubanza province, citing insecurity in Burundi as reason for fleeing. The arrival trend is increasing and more people are expected to arrive should the reported insecurity in Burundi continue.<\/span><\/p>\n

DRC refugees in Uganda<\/b><\/p>\n

DR Congo Refugees Cross Into Uganda<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/p>\n

Attention has been on the violence in Burundi and its people leaving the country, but there is also a fresh — though silent influx of Congolese refugees into Uganda, fleeing violence, rape and killings by militias in the North Kivu region. On November 11 alone, Uganda received some 881 Congolese refugees who are causing a strain on the already overstretched facilities, officials said. David Mugenyi, the Commandant of Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in South Western Uganda says there has been an increase in the number of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo since the international community stopped focusing on the country especially when large rebel groups like M23 were disbanded.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Central African Republic<\/h2>\n

Map: Active USG Humanitarian Programs in Central African Republic (Last Updated 11\/19\/15)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | USAID | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Report: Gun battles in Central African Republic cripple access to healthcare<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | AlertNet | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

After gunmen burned down her village in scrubland of Central African Republic’s Ouaka region, Marceline Wanou fled into the forest with her two young sons, hoping to return in a few days. Nine months later Wanou has yet to go back, spending six months struggling to survive in the forest until a team of aid workers in July discovered her and 350 other members of her community, badly malnourished with many barely able to walk.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a> Justice and Tribunals<\/h1>\n

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

<\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n

Allegations sexual abuse by DRC peacekeepers in MINUSCA<\/b><\/p>\n

RDC: Kinshasa d\u00e9ment les accusations de viols par ses soldats en RCA<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique<\/span><\/p>\n

Les accusations de viols et d\u2019abus sexuels sur des civils par les troupes internationales de la MINUSCA \u00e9claboussent cette institution onusienne depuis des mois, et met sa cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9 en question. C\u2018\u00e9tait un des motifs qui avait pouss\u00e9 le pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent patron de la MINUSCA, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral s\u00e9n\u00e9galais Babacar Gaye \u00e0 la d\u00e9mission. Mis en accusation, des militaires camerounais, rwandais, congolais, et plus embl\u00e9matique en parall\u00e8le, des fran\u00e7ais de la Sangaris, pour une enqu\u00eate par ailleurs, depuis, \u00e9touff\u00e9e par Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

Justice for children<\/b><\/p>\n

Report\u00a0: Democratic Republic of Congo: Access to justice for children<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | CRIN | Reliefweb<\/span><\/p>\n

This report is part of CRIN’s access to justice for children project , looking at the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in national law, the status of children involved in legal proceedings, the legal means to challenge violations of children\u2019s rights and the practical considerations involved in challenging violations.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Rwanda: Arrest and release of seven members of the steering Committee of the Great Lakes Human Rights League (LDGL)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the information received, on 13 octobre 2015, the seven newly-elected members of the LDGL steering committee were arrested during a meeting organised at the LDGL offices in Kabeza, in the Kicukiro district, city of Kigali, and were taken to the Kabeza police station. The purpose of the meeting was to plan the transfer of power from the old LDGL steering committee to the new one. In the morning of October 13, a former LGDL staff member, \u2013 who the ex-president had illegally appointed to the position of Executive Secretary, \u2013 tried to disrupt the meeting several times and was prevented from entering the LDGL offices. He allegedly called in the police to have the new committee members arrested.<\/p>\n

CNLG Urges France to Cancel Arrest Warrants Against Rwandan Officials<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | The New Times | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG) has issued a fresh call for French courts to cancel standing arrest warrants against nine Rwandan officials and senior officers of Rwanda Defence Forces, saying the warrants are politically motivated. CNLG executive secretary Jean Damasc\u00e8ne Bizimana said in a statement yesterday that the French judiciary should emulate Spain that recently cancelled arrest warrants against Rwandan officials after realising that the accusations against them were politically motivated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

<\/a> DRC<\/h2>\n

IPIS report on mineral supply chains and conflict links in eastern DRC<\/b><\/p>\n

Mineral Supply Chains and Conflict Links in Eastern DRC. Five years of implementing supply chain due diligence<\/b><\/a><\/u><\/span> <\/b>| 25 November 2015 | IPIS<\/p>\n

Between 2009 and 2010 IPIS collected data on over 550 mining sites as part a conflict mapping exercise focusing on Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With the collaboration of Congolese researchers, IPIS collected the coordinates of the most important mining sites and information on on-site security in North and South Kivu provinces, Maniema, Northern Katanga and southeast Province Orientale, publishing maps of this data.<\/p>\n

Mining<\/b><\/p>\n

Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin Mining Group Set to Complete Zijin’s Investment in the Kamoa Copper Project<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Marketwired<\/p>\n

Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN), and Chen Jinghe, Chairman of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd., jointly announced today that Ivanhoe and Zijin have agreed to complete Zijin’s investment in Ivanhoe’s Kamoa Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo on or before 8 d\u00e9cembre 2015. Zijin agreed in May this year to acquire, through a subsidiary company, a 49.5% interest in Kamoa Holding Limited for an aggregate consideration of US$412 million. Kamoa Holding is an Ivanhoe Mines subsidiary that owns the company’s interest in the Kamoa Project. Ivanhoe also has agreed to sell 1% of its share interest in Kamoa Holding to Crystal River Global Limited. Details of the transaction are contained in the news release issued by Ivanhoe Mines on 26 mai 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

Les miniers au secours de la SNEL<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Africa Energy Intelligence<\/p>\n

D\u00e9pit\u00e9s par le retard de la plupart des chantiers hydro\u00e9lectriques congolais (AEI n\u00ba747), les op\u00e9rateurs miniers tentent tant bien que mal de trouver des solutions pour pallier les d\u00e9ficiences \u00e9lectriques, notamment en appliquant des strat\u00e9gies d’\u00e9conomie d’\u00e9nergie. La SNEL (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 nationale d\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9) vient ainsi de signer un contrat d\u2019approvisionnement de 30 MW avec la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019exploitation de Kipoi (SEK), filiale de l’australien Tiger Resources qui op\u00e8re le projet cuprif\u00e8re de Kipoi (Katanga), \u00e0 condition que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 augmente la puissance disponible du r\u00e9seau.<\/p>\n

Oil in Virunga<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

RDC: quel avenir pour le p\u00e9trole du parc des Virunga?<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n

Il y a du p\u00e9trole dans le parc des Virunga. Faut-il le laisser dormir afin de prot\u00e9ger cet environnement unique et ses c\u00e9l\u00e8bres gorilles, ou l’exploiter pour renflouer les caisses de l’\u00c9tat? Le d\u00e9bat s\u2019annonce\u2026 \u00e9ruptif. Apr\u00e8s avoir r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9, le 6 novembre, qu\u2019il y a bien du p\u00e9trole dans le parc des Virunga (\u00ab volcans \u00bb, en swahili), le gouvernement congolais se retrouve face \u00e0 un dilemme. Soit il d\u00e9cide de prot\u00e9ger le plus ancien parc national du continent, refuge des gorilles des montagnes, les \u00ab dos argent\u00e9s \u00bb, une esp\u00e8ce menac\u00e9e que le Rwanda voisin a su transformer en lucrative attraction touristique. Soit il autorise une exploitation p\u00e9troli\u00e8re afin de renflouer les caisses de l\u2019\u00c9tat.<\/p>\n

Grand Inga dam<\/b><\/p>\n

Barrage hydro\u00e9lectrique grand Inga: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile plaide pour l\u2019implication de la population<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile congolaise plaide pour l\u2019implication de la population congolaise dans le d\u00e9veloppement du projet Grand Inga. Ce denier pr\u00e9voit une production de 4 800 MW suppl\u00e9mentaires \u00e0 ce que produisent les barrages Inga I et II actuellement bien en dessous de leurs capacit\u00e9s. \u00abNous devons suivre tout ce qui se fait comme \u00e9tude pour conna\u00eetre les impacts du projet qui va \u00eatre d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 sur le plan environnemental, \u00e9conomique et social\u00bb, affirme Justin Mobomi, coordonnateur de la coalition d\u2019ONG pour le suivi des r\u00e9formes de l\u2019action publique (Corap).<\/p>\n

<\/a>Uganda<\/h2>\n

Uganda \u2013 Sudan cooperation<\/b><\/p>\n

Oil Minister Meets Ugandan Counterpart<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Sudan News Agency | Sudan AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Oil and Gas, Dr. Mohammed Zayed Awad reviewed with the Ugandan Minister Energy and Mineral Wealth, Irene Mufani the possibility for the joint of cooperation in the context of the African coordination. Dr. Awad, during the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the UNCTAD Conference, currently on session, at the Friendship Hall, indicated to the similarity of African economies, explaining Sudan’s experiment in the field of oil industry. The Minister has called on Uganda to benefit from Sudan’s experience in this connection, welcoming the Ugandan cooperation in this regard.<\/p>\n

Oil<\/b><\/p>\n

La guerre fait rage pour prendre la t\u00eate de Natoil<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 24 November 2015 | Africa Energy Intelligence<\/span><\/p>\n

Ils r\u00eavent tous du poste de directeur ex\u00e9cutif de la nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9 p\u00e9troli\u00e8re d’Etat, Natoil (National Oil Co.). Les proches du pr\u00e9sident ougandais, Yoweri Museveni, jouent des coudes pour \u00eatre l’heureux \u00e9lu. Le dernier entr\u00e9 en lice est Henley Tumukunde, cousin de la premi\u00e8re dame, Janet Museveni. Depuis qu’il a pris sa retraite de l’arm\u00e9e, il y a quelques semaines, avec le grade de lieutenant g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, il se donne sans compter pour la r\u00e9\u00e9lection de Museveni en 2016. Tumukunde est avocat et a r\u00e9cemment \u00e9tudi\u00e9 l’\u00e9conomie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re et gazi\u00e8re au Royaume-Uni afin d’accro\u00eetre ses chances d’obtenir le poste convoit\u00e9. Entit\u00e9 formellement enregistr\u00e9e en septembre, Natoil d\u00e9tiendra 15% de tous les futurs permis d’Ouganda. Les premiers seront attribu\u00e9s lors de l’appel d’offres en cours portant sur des zones du pourtour du lac Albert : Ngassa, Taitai-Karuka, Ngaji, Turaco, Kanywantaba.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Regulation, Voluntary Initiatives and Business and Human Rights<\/h1>\n

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

Mandatory disclosure<\/b><\/p>\n

Curses and compliance<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Africa Confidential<\/span><\/p>\n

Mandatory disclosure is new to oil, gas and mining giants. They are still doing battle with NGOs to minimise regulation. Until very recently, the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), launched in 2002 by then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, was widely seen as the gold standard for regulating mining industry relations with the countries they operate in. Corporations were against it at first, but now EITI has 29 ‘compliant’ countries and is backed by around 90 firms operating in the sector (AC Vol 52 No 6, Pushing for probity). Many non-governmental organisations, on the other hand, complain that EITI compliance is used by repressive regimes as evidence of accountability that in reality does not exist. Also that the scheme is voluntary and carries no effective sanctions for non-compliance except being declared ‘non-compliant’. Now, the regulatory playing field is changing. Voluntary codes like EITI are being superseded by a swathe of laws in North America and Europe prescribing mandatory country-by-country reporting (CBCR) for an increasing proportion of extractive firms.<\/p>\n

Gas exploitation Lake Kivu<\/b><\/p>\n

La RDC et le Rwanda vont signer un accord d\u2019exploitation du gaz m\u00e9thane<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

La RDC et le Rwanda ont pr\u00e9vu de signer, jeudi 19 novembre \u00e0 Gisenyi, un accord sur l\u2019exploitation du gaz m\u00e9thane dans le lac Kivu. Le ministre congolais des Hydrocarbures, Aim\u00e9 Ngoyi Mukena s\u00e9journe depuis mercredi au Rwanda pour parafer le document. Kinshasa et Kigali devront \u00e9galement s’accorder sur la surveillance du lac Kivu. De passage \u00e0 Goma, Ngoyi Mukena n\u2019a pas voulu commenter les suites de l\u2019affaire du permis d\u2019exploration p\u00e9troli\u00e8re dans le parc des Virunga accord\u00e9 \u00e0 la firme britannique Soco en 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

La RDC et le Rwanda signent un accord en pr\u00e9vision de l\u2019exploitation du lac Kivu<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 20 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

La RDC et le Rwanda ont sign\u00e9 jeudi 19 novembre \u00e0 Gisenyi un accord en pr\u00e9vision de l\u2019exploitation du gaz m\u00e9thane dans les eaux congolaises du lac Kivu, que les deux pays partagent \u00e0 leur fronti\u00e8re. L\u2019accord porte essentiellement sur la surveillance de ce cours d\u2019eau au moment de l\u2019exploitation du gaz qui y est contenu. Le lac Kivu est l\u2019un des trois lacs au monde, avec le Nyos et le Monoun au Cameroun, qui renferment de tr\u00e8s fortes concentrations en gaz. Sur ses 2 370 km\u00b2, il contient selon les estimations, quelque 60 km\u00b3 de m\u00e9thane dissous et environ 300 km\u00b3 de dioxyde de carbone (CO2).<\/span><\/p>\n

Rwanda, DRC in Deal to Manage L. Kivu Methane Gas Exploration<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | The New Times | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Effective exploration of methane gas in Lake Kivu will boost electricity generation in both Rwanda and DR Congo, increase economic growth in both countries and reduce the potential danger caused by a possible methane gas explosion. This was said Thursday by government officials from Rwanda and DR Congo while signing a memorandum of understanding under which the two countries committed to the protection of Lake Kivu and extraction of methane gas in a way that would not affect the environment and the population living around the lake.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n

Forest protection<\/b><\/p>\n

Equateur: le Cocaf et les habitants de Bolomba s\u2019engagent \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger la for\u00eat<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 22 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

La Compagnie commerciale africaine (Cocaf) et les populations des secteurs de Bolomba et de Mampoko dans le territoire de Bolomba (Equateur) ont sign\u00e9 vendredi 21 novembre un contrat en vue de la protection de la for\u00eat. Ce document interdit l\u2019exploitation du bois, mais la population va continuer de mener ses activit\u00e9s des champs et de la cueillette.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Rwanda Appeals to the U.S to Waive Links to Conflict Minerals<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 21 November 2015 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Rwanda has pressed upon the US the need to lift the restrictions under the \u00ab\u00a0conflict minerals\u00a0\u00bb rule, blaming it for the losses in its mining sector. The government said the country is now stable, and should be spared the application of the Dodd-Frank Act, a US law that has made mineral traceability, auditing and certification compulsory for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and nine neighbouring countries, to ensure that their minerals are not from conflict regions.<\/p>\n

Rwanda Wants Out of Conflict Category<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | East African Business Week | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Rwanda’s Minister of State in-charge of Mining, Evode Imena, has asked that Rwanda be considered a ‘conflict-free\u00a0\u00bb mineral country. \u00ab\u00a0Currently more money is spent complying with conflict mineral regulation than money spent for government taxes. We would like Rwanda to be considered as conflict-free because there is no conflict in Rwanda,\u00a0\u00bb he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Uganda<\/h2>\n

Oil<\/b><\/p>\n

Government Secrecy On Oil Sector Breeding Mistrust \u2013 Survey<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | The Monitor | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Government secrecy on oil and gas matters has created mistrust among Ugandans about the sector, a new survey has revealed. The survey conducted by Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), also shows that people who want to invest or provide services in the sector do not have the required information. Discussing the survey findings at a workshop in Kampala on Tuesday, Prof Elijah Mushemeza, a research fellow at ACODE, said: \u00ab\u00a0Our Constitution provides for access to information. It’s time that government opened up.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Deforestation<\/b><\/p>\n

Bunyoro Kingdom Accused of Destroying Forests<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 20 November 2015 | The Observer | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Something will strike you when you return to Masindi town. It is how bare the once-pristine western Uganda town has become. The giant mvule and mahogany trees are gone – by royal decree. In two letters dated October 10 and 12, the king of Bunyoro, Solomon Gafabusa Iguru, issued permits to timber dealer Asiimwe Addidas Omubiyasi to cut five mahogany trees opposite Masindi hotel, and the mvule trees on the Masindi-Kigumba road. This is the latest action from a king who may soon be described as a danger to forests. Months ago, Iguru clashed with the National Forestry Authority (NFA) when he sent a grader to construct a road inside Kaduku central forest reserve in Masindi Port sub-county, Kiryandongo district.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mining<\/b><\/p>\n

Parliament to Discuss New Mining Law Next Month<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Oil in Uganda | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

A new mining law to be debated by parliament starting next month promises to improve the environment for investment and generally enhance Uganda’s mining sector. \u00ab\u00a0We hope to have a new law for debate in Parliament by December,\u00a0\u00bb Peter Lokeris, the State Minister for mineral development told the annual general meeting of the Uganda Chamber of Minerals and Petroleum (UCMP), an outfit that brings together players in the petroleum and mining sectors last week.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Other<\/h1>\n

<\/a>Pope visit<\/b><\/p>\n

Pope Francis kicks off Africa tour with peace message<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | AlJazeera<\/span><\/p>\n

Pope Francis has called for ethnic and religious reconciliation after arriving in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, at the start of his landmark three-nation Africa trip that will also take him to Uganda and CAR.<\/p>\n

<\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n

Opposition manifestations repressed<\/b><\/p>\n

RDC: 7 manifestations de l\u2019opposition interdites ou r\u00e9prim\u00e9es en octobre, selon l\u2019ONU<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Bureau conjoint des Nations unies aux droits de l\u2019homme (BCNUDH) dit avoir not\u00e9 une application discriminatoire des lois \u00e0 l\u2019endroit de l\u2019opposition et de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile. Dans son rapport mensuel d\u2019octobre, il fait \u00e9tat de 7 manifestations de l\u2019opposition interdites par les autorit\u00e9s locales ou r\u00e9prim\u00e9es brutalement par les forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alors qu\u2019au moins 11 manifestations de soutien \u00e0 la majorit\u00e9 se sont d\u00e9roul\u00e9es sans aucune obstruction. Le BCNUDH regrette la diff\u00e9rence de standards appliqu\u00e9s \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 de r\u00e9union et de manifestation pacifique en fonction de l\u2019appartenance politique.<\/span><\/p>\n

Political dialogue<\/b><\/p>\n

M\u00e9fiance politique en RDC: le RSF de Lunda Bululu \u00e9crit \u00e0 Maman Sambo Sidikou<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 22 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Rassemblement des forces sociales et f\u00e9d\u00e9ralistes (RSF) a adress\u00e9 une lettre ouverte au nouveau repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, Maman Sambo Sidikou, dans laquelle il lui demande de s\u2019impliquer, dans le cadre de l\u2019accord cadre d\u2019Addis Abeba, pour assainir le climat politique afin d\u2019aboutir \u00e0 un dialogue r\u00e9ussi entre acteurs de la classe politique congolaise. Dans cette correspondance d\u00e9pos\u00e9e samedi 21 novembre au bureau de la Monusco \u00e0 Lubumbashi, le RSF d\u00e9plore le climat de m\u00e9fiance politique qui s\u2019est install\u00e9 entre la majorit\u00e9 et l\u2019opposition.<\/p>\n

Dialogue politique: Joseph Kabila propose quatre noms \u00e0 l\u2019ONU pour la m\u00e9diation<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Pr\u00e9sident de la RDC, Joseph Kabila, a propos\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Organisation des Nations unies (ONU), les noms de quatre personnes susceptibles d’assurer une m\u00e9diation internationale dans le dialogue politique, rapporte l\u2019AFP citant des sources gouvernementales. Joseph Kabila a propos\u00e9 les noms de l’ancien secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’ONU, Kofi Annan, du pr\u00e9sident angolais Eduardo Dos Santos, du pr\u00e9sident de l’Assembl\u00e9e nationale s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise, Moustapha Niasse, et de l’envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial de l’ONU pour les Grands Lacs, Sa\u00efd Djinnit, ont pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 ces sources \u00e0 l\u2019AFP.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Burundi<\/h2>\n

Insecurity measures<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Heurts au Burundi: la Conf\u00e9rence internationale pour la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs d\u00e9localise son si\u00e8ge en Zambie<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 20 November 2015 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/span><\/p>\n

La Conf\u00e9rence internationale pour la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs (CIRGL), qui regroupe douze pays de la sous-r\u00e9gion, a d\u00e9localis\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0provisoirement\u00a0\u00bb son si\u00e8ge de Bujumbura vers la Zambie, en raison de l’aggravation de la crise au Burundi, qui risque de \u00ab\u00a0devenir irr\u00e9m\u00e9diable\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Burundi: Obama impose des sanctions contre quatre hauts responsables<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/span><\/p>\n

Les quatre responsables burundais sont impliqu\u00e9s dans les violences dans ce pays plong\u00e9 depuis fin avril dans une grave crise politique, a annonc\u00e9 lundi la Maison Blanche. Ces sanctions \u00ab\u00a0ne visent pas le peuple burundais\u00a0\u00bb mais des individus au sein du gouvernement qui \u00ab\u00a0contribuent aux troubles\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0affaiblissent les institutions d\u00e9mocratiques\u00a0\u00bb et se rendent coupables d’atteintes aux droits de l’Homme, pr\u00e9cise l’ex\u00e9cutif am\u00e9ricain. Elles interviennent apr\u00e8s celles annonc\u00e9es d\u00e9but octobre par l’Union europ\u00e9enne.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suspension of NGO\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n

Burundi: le gouvernement interdit \u00ab\u00a0provisoirement\u00a0\u00bb d’activit\u00e9 les principales ONG locales<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 23 November 2015 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/span><\/p>\n

Le minist\u00e8re burundais de l’Int\u00e9rieur a interdit \u00ab\u00a0provisoirement\u00a0\u00bb lundi les activit\u00e9s des principales organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile burundaise, animatrices du mouvement anti-3e mandat du pr\u00e9sident Pierre Nkurunziza, d\u00e9j\u00e0 poursuivies pour insurrection et dont les dirigeants sont en exil. Une ordonnance du ministre de l’Int\u00e9rieur \u00ab\u00a0suspend provisoirement les activit\u00e9s de certaines organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, poursuivies par la justice pour leur r\u00f4le dans les crimes commis\u00a0\u00bb depuis le d\u00e9but de la contestation fin avril, a annonc\u00e9 \u00e0 l’AFP Th\u00e9rence Ntahiraja, porte-parole de ce minist\u00e8re.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington demande la lev\u00e9e de la mesure de suspension des organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | IWACU<\/span><\/p>\n

Cet appel est contenu dans un communiqu\u00e9 sorti ce mardi 24 novembre par l\u2019ambassade des Etats-Unis. Elle se dit profond\u00e9ment inqui\u00e8te. Pour cause: la r\u00e9cente annonce de la suspension des activit\u00e9s de plusieurs organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et le gel de leurs avoirs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burundi: UN rights chief deplores suspension of human rights groups, warns of \u2018civil war\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span> | 25 November 2015 | UN News Centre<\/span><\/p>\n

The top United Nations human rights official today deplored the Burundian authorities\u2019 suspension of 10 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including several working on peace and human rights issues, warning against a relapse into \u201cfull-fledged civil war.\u201d \u201cThis suspension appears to be an attempt by Burundian authorities to silence dissenting voices and to limit the democratic space,\u201d UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein said of the Central African country, which has been in the midst of a political crisis since President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Uganda<\/h2>\n

Police Admit Holding Three FDC Officials<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 19 November 2015 | The Monitor | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Police have confirmed they are hoding three Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party members from Mbarara District. FDC officials and relatives of the missing trio on Tuesday stormed the office of Rwizi Region Police commander, Mr Hillary Kulayigye to record a statement about missing persons. However, Mr Kulayigye called police headquarters in Kampala and was told that the trio was arrested and taken to Kireka-based Special Investigations Unit of police on terrorism charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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