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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Last week, the UN Security Council passed its first resolution dedicated exclusively to the issue of\u00a0small arms and light weapons<\/a>.According to a\u00a0UN report<\/a>\u00a0covering the period from November 2011 to May 2013, the human rights situation in eastern DR Congo significantly deteriorated, despite the Government\u2019s efforts, with the majority of violations being committed by security and defence forces as well as by combatants of M23 and other armed groups. The security and human rights situation has not improved over the last months, as described by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his report on the implementation of the Addis AbabaFramework<\/a>\u00a0Agreement. On the margins of the UN General Assembly, African heads of state met to discuss the conflict.In Kampala, the\u00a0talks<\/a>\u00a0with M23, by now well beyond the deadline of two weeks set by the ICGLR, seem to be at a deadlock over the issue of amnesty and integration into the Congolese army.In Rutshuru, North Kivu, the settlement of about 200\u00a0Rwandophone families<\/a>\u00a0in a zone controlled by M23 has caused\u00a0controversy.\u00a0Masisi<\/a>, also in North Kivu, saw some heavy fighting again between several armed groups.In southern\u00a0Ituri<\/a>, clashes between the Congolese army (FARDC) and FRPI rebels continued. The local population of the villages retaken by FARDC is accusing the army of pillaging, torturing and killing civilians.Elsewhere in Province Orientale, local civil society and authorities say military and police commit abuses in the gold and diamond mines and along roads and rivers in\u00a0Banalia and Bafwasende<\/a>.\u00a0The US has decided to suspend\u00a0its military aid to\u00a0Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0because it supports\u00a0the M23 rebel movement in the DRC, which uses child soldiers.\u00a0A\u00a0meeting<\/a>\u00a0on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on the catastrophic situation in the Central African Republic does not seem to lead to concrete results. Meanwhile, the transitional authorities and the multinational force Fomac are trying to\u00a0disarm<\/a>\u00a0the \u2018generals\u2019 of the ex-rebel coalition Seleka, so far with no effect.\u00a0The Special Court for Sierra Leone\u2019s Appeals Chamber upheld the conviction of former Liberian president Charles\u00a0Taylor<\/a>\u00a0for war crimes and crimes against humanity.\u00a0The European Court of Auditors published a report on the concrete results of the\u00a0aid<\/a>\u00a0the EU granted to the DR Congo between 2003 and 2011, judging them very limited.<\/p>\n

Arms Trade and Security in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent news on conflict, security and arms trade across the Great Lakes Region<\/strong>
\nFirst UN resolution on small arms and light weapons<\/strong>
\nSecurity Council urges strengthened efforts to tackle small arms scourge<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nLe Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 se mobilise contre le fl\u00e9au des armes l\u00e9g\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nSecurity Council Adopts First-Ever Resolution Dedicated to Question of Small Arms, Light Weapons<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN Security Council
\nUN Security Council passes first resolution on small arms trade<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | AFP | Space War
\nThe Security Council today, meeting at the ministerial level, voiced its grave concern at the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, which perpetuate conflict and instability worldwide and cause significant loss of life. In a resolution adopted by a vote of 14 in favour, with Russia abstaining, the Council welcomed efforts that have been made to tackle this scourge, and urged the further strengthening of cooperation and information sharing to combat the problem.<\/p>\n

Amb. Power At UN Security Council On Small Arms, Light Weapons<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | US Department of State | allAfrica
\nRemarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At the Security Council High-Level Meeting on the Small Arms \/ Light Weapons, 26 septembre 2013.<\/p>\n

Arms Trade Treaty<\/strong>
\nWorld leaders urged to make Arms Trade Treaty work after more than 100 sign on<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Amnesty International
\nAmnesty International\u2019s Secretary General Salil Shetty called on governments to act on their promises to end the flow of conventional arms that fuel atrocities and abuse, after the number of countries that signed the historic Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) passed the 100 mark.<\/p>\n

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DRC\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

MONUSCO weekly press conference<\/strong>
\nConf\u00e9rence de presse des Nations Unies du mercredi 2 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | MONUSCO<\/p>\n

UN Human Rights report<\/strong>
\nDR Congo: UN officials cite progress in rule of law, but also continued rights abuses in the east<\/a>\u00a0| 25 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nReport of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights and the activities of her Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2013 | UN General Assembly
\nRapport de la Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme sur la situation des droits de l’homme et les activit\u00e9s du Haut-Commissariat en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 12 July 2013 | UN General Assembly
\nL\u2019ONU d\u00e9plore la d\u00e9t\u00e9rioration de la situation des droits de l\u2019homme en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nProgress has been made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in putting in place a legal regime to combat impunity for human rights violations, but the rights situation in the east of the country continues to deteriorate, according to a new United Nations report presented to the press in Kinshasa today.<\/p>\n

UN meeting on implementation of Addis Ababa Framework Agreement<\/strong>
\nReport of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region (S\/2013\/569)<\/a>\u00a0| 24 (30) September 2013 | UN Security Council | Reliefweb
\nRapport du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral sur la mise en \u0153uvre de l\u2019Accord-cadre pour la paix, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la coop\u00e9ration pour la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo et la r\u00e9gion (S\/2013\/569)<\/a>\u00a0| 24 September (1 October) 2013 | UN Security Council<\/p>\n

Rwandan Support for Rebels Frustrates Attempts to End Fighting in Eastern Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Voice of America
\nU.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the attacks being carried out by rebels in Eastern Congo against civilians \u00ab\u00a0appalling\u00a0\u00bb. African heads of state met at the United Nations to discuss the conflict, which the United States says Rwanda is fueling by backing those rebels.<\/p>\n

Kagame, Museveni Speak Out On DR Congo At UN<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nPresident Paul Kagame wants action not words for the benefit of peace in the Great Lakes region.<\/p>\n

Stop asking me how to fix Congo, says Rwanda’s Kagame<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Reuters
\nRwandan President Paul Kagame says he doesn’t understand why people keep asking him how to end decades of conflict in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, despite accusations by U.N. experts that Rwanda backs Congolese rebels.<\/p>\n

L’ONU accuse le M23 d\u2019aggraver la situation humanitaire dans l\u2019est du pays<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | RFI
\nLe secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 au Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 un rapport d’\u00e9tape sur la mise en application de l’accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba, sign\u00e9 en f\u00e9vrier 2013 par onze pays, accord qui vise \u00e0 instaurer la paix en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Le rapport pointe une situation humanitaire qui se d\u00e9t\u00e9riore, des violences sexuelles sont en augmentation et se focalise surtout sur le cas du M23.<\/p>\n

President Kabila at UN General Assembly<\/strong>
\nJoseph Kabila exige \u00e0 l\u2019ONU des sanctions contre les Etats qui violent la souverainet\u00e9 des autres<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDevant l\u2019ONU, Joseph Kabila pose ses conditions pour une paix en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | RFI
\nAu Cours de la 68\u00e8me session de l\u2019assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Nations unies \u00e0 New-York, le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, Joseph Kabila a demand\u00e9, mercredi 25 septembre 2013, des sanctions \u00e0 l\u2019endroit des Etats qui violent la souverainet\u00e9 des autres Etats. Il a aussi ajout\u00e9, que la paix dans la r\u00e9gion d\u00e9pend notamment de\u00a0 la mise en \u0153uvre diligente, par les autres signataires de l\u2019accord-cadre d\u2019Addis-Abeba, des engagements qui leur incombent.<\/p>\n

Interviews with UN envoys<\/strong>
\nMartin Kobler sur RFI: \u00abapr\u00e8s le succ\u00e8s militaire, il faut une avanc\u00e9e politique en RDC\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | RFI
\nLundi 24 septembre, \u00e0 New York, en marge de l’Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l’ONU, les chefs d’Etat de la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs se sont retrouv\u00e9s en sommet. Une rencontre \u00e0 laquelle \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sent le nouveau chef de la Monusco, l’Allemand Martin Kobler, qui t\u00e9moigne au micro de Christophe Boisbouvier et raconte \u00ab la victoire militaire \u00bb de ses casques bleus.<\/p>\n

Trumping History with Hope in Great Lakes Region: Interview with Mary Robinson<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | The Global Observatory
\nTo implement the new \u201cFramework of Hope\u201d signed by eleven member states from arguably the most troubled region of Africa requires the involvement of a wide cross-section of the population in each of the signatory countries, said Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes region in Africa.<\/p>\n

Kampala talks<\/strong>
\nLes 78 commandants, assimil\u00e9s et hommes de troupes du M23 non \u00e9ligibles \u00e0 l’int\u00e9gration au sein des FARDC sont identifi\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLe gouvernement de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) a transmis le 19 septembre 2013 au facilitateur ougandais des pourparlers de Kampala, le ministre de la D\u00e9fense Crispus Kiyonga, la liste de 78 sur 1.700 commandants, assimil\u00e9s et hommes de troupes qu’il juge \u00ab non \u00e9ligibles \u00e0 l’int\u00e9gration au sein des FARDC \u00bb.<\/p>\n

RDC: les n\u00e9gociations avec le M23 s\u2019enlisent sur la question des amnisties<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | RFI
\nAlors qu’il y a eu des combats, jeudi 26 septembre, dans l’est de la RDC, o\u00f9 en sont les n\u00e9gociations entre le M23 et le gouvernement congolais ?<\/p>\n

Les pourparlers de Kampala se jouent d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 New York<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | IPS<\/p>\n

Pourparlers de Kampala : l\u2019Ouganda va pr\u00e9senter un projet d\u2019accord de paix entre Kinshasa et le M23<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe m\u00e9diateur ougandais des pourparlers de Kampala entre le gouvernement congolais et la r\u00e9bellion du M23 devrait pr\u00e9senter un projet d\u2019accord de paix ce samedi 28 septembre.<\/p>\n

RDC : les rebelles du M23 disent vouloir privil\u00e9gier la r\u00e9conciliation<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | AFP | Jeune Afrique
\nLa r\u00e9bellion Mouvement du 23 mars (M23), active dans l’Est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, affirme vouloir privil\u00e9gier le retour des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la r\u00e9conciliation nationale aux pourparlers de paix en cours \u00e0 Kampala.<\/p>\n

Le M23 juge \u00ab subsidiaires \u00bb les questions d’amnistie et d’int\u00e9gration dans les FARDC<\/a>\u00a0| 29 September 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLa r\u00e9bellion du M23 souhaite voir les pourparlers de Kampala (Ouganda) \u00ab accorder beaucoup plus d’importance \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la population et \u00e0 la r\u00e9conciliation nationale \u00bb, jugeant \u00ab subsidiaires \u00bb les questions d’amnistie et d’int\u00e9gration \u00e0 laquelle s’oppose Kinshasa pour une centaine de commandants, assimil\u00e9s et hommes de troupes.<\/p>\n

Pourparlers de Kampala : les d\u00e9bats ont d\u00e9pass\u00e9 le d\u00e9lai pr\u00e9conis\u00e9 par la CIRGL<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes pourparlers entre le gouvernement congolais et la r\u00e9bellion du M23 se d\u00e9roulent depuis le 10 septembre dernier \u00e0 Kampala, en Ouganda, soit depuis 20 jours.<\/p>\n

RDC : l’avenir des rebelles du M23 en question \u00e0 Kampala<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n

La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu toujours oppos\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9gration du M23 dans les FARDC<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDans une lettre\u00a0 adress\u00e9e \u00e0 Mary Robinson, l\u2019envoy\u00e9e sp\u00e9ciale du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu pour les Grands Lacs, et \u00e0 Martin Kobler, repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu en RDC, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu s\u2019oppose \u00e0 l\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019amnistier\u00a0 et d\u2019int\u00e9grer tous les rebelles du M23 dans l\u2019arm\u00e9e tel que le propose le pr\u00e9sident ougandais Yoweri Museveni m\u00e9diateur dans la crise entre Kinshasa et le M23.<\/p>\n

How many M23 can reintegrate?<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Congo Siasa
\nThe peace talks in Kampala have stalled since President Kabila went to the UN General Assembly. The two week extension announced by the facilitation has expired, and while the parties are set to convene again this week in Kampala\u2013\u2013and despite occasions outbursts of optimism from diplomats\u2013\u2013there is little sign that much has fundamentally changed.<\/p>\n

DRC Hopeful Peace Talks with Rebels Ends Next Week<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nAn official of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says peace talks between the government and the M23 rebel group in neighboring Uganda\u2019s capital, Kampala could be concluded next week.<\/p>\n

M23 on the ground, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nAt least two dead as DR Congo troops and rebels clash<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nNord-Kivu: les FARDC tuent 2 rebelles du M23 \u00e0 Kahunga<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC : nouveaux incidents entre les FARDC et le M23 dans l\u2019Est du pays<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique
\nRDC : le M23 affirme \u00eatre attaqu\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nLes pourparlers de Kampala se jouent d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 New York<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | IPS
\nFighting among rebels and government troops left at least two dead on Thursday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ending a short lull in violence as negotiations continue between the two sides.
\nThe clashes in the town of Kahunga, north of the provincial capital of Goma, were the first since UN peacekeeping troops and government soldiers forced rebels from the M23 movement to retreat on August 30.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: le M23 accus\u00e9 d\u2019avoir pill\u00e9 un centre m\u00e9dical \u00e0 Kiwanja<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDes hommes arm\u00e9s identifi\u00e9s comme des combattants du Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) ont pill\u00e9 dans la nuit de jeudi \u00e0 vendredi 27 septembre le centre de sant\u00e9 \u00ab Mapendo \u00bb de Kiwanja \u00e0 Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

L’ONU accuse le M23 d\u2019aggraver la situation humanitaire dans l\u2019est du pays<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | RFI
\nLe secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 au Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 un rapport d’\u00e9tape sur la mise en application de l’accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba. Le rapport pointe une situation humanitaire qui se d\u00e9t\u00e9riore, des violences sexuelles sont en augmentation et se focalise surtout sur le cas du M23.<\/p>\n

Controversy erupts over returnees<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Congo Siasa
\nRDC : l’arriv\u00e9e en zone M23 de 200 familles venues du Rwanda fait d\u00e9bat<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nNord-Kivu: controverse autour de l\u2019arriv\u00e9e d\u2019une centaine de familles \u00e0 Rutshuru<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nArriv\u00e9e de 200 familles rwandophones \u00e0 Rutshuru: la RDC demande des explications au HCR et \u00e0 Kigali<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes habitants de Rutsuru inquiets de l’afflux \u00e0 Chengerero d’un millier de refugi\u00e9s venus du Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nControversy has broken out over the alleged presence of up to several thousand Kinyarwanda-speaking returnees in M23 territory.<\/p>\n

UN peacekeeper dies<\/strong>
\nBan offers condolences after death of UN peacekeeper wounded in DR Congo attack<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nRDC : Ban d\u00e9plore la mort d’un soldat de la paix de la MONUSCO<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his condolences following the death of a United Nations peacekeeper who was wounded last month during clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

Heavy fighting between armed groups in Masisi, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nL’activit\u00e9 des milices \u00e0 Masisi et Walikale constitue \u00ab une pr\u00e9occupation majeure \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nDes groupes arm\u00e9s sont toujours actifs dans les territoires de Masisi et Walikale, ainsi que dans les localit\u00e9s de Pinga et Kamango.<\/p>\n

RDC: 16 morts apr\u00e8s 2 jours des combats entre miliciens \u00e0 Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 29 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nTrois milices se sont affront\u00e9es vendredi 27 et samedi 28 septembre \u00e0 Kalembe, dans la chefferie Bashali, dans le territoire de Masisi au Nord-Kivu. Ces combats ont oppos\u00e9, d\u2019une part, les combattants de Nduma Defense of Congo (NDC) \u00e0 ceux de l\u2019Alliance des patriotes pour un Congo libre et souverain (APCLS) et, d\u2019autre part, le NDC au Nyatura FDDH, une milice locale.<\/p>\n

Militia clashes kill 10 in east DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nRDC : au moins 10 morts dans des affrontements entre milices dans l’Est<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nFighting between two rival militia forces has killed at least 10 people in the Masisi territory of the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, official and civic sources said Monday. \u00ab\u00a0There were clashes between the APCLS (Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo) and elements of Sheka on Friday and Saturday at Kalembe,\u00a0\u00bb John Banyene, chairman of Masisi’s civil society association, told AFP.<\/p>\n

DRC: MSF denounces acts of violence perpetrated against civilians in Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res | Reliefweb
\nFollowing recent violent clashes between armed groups and attacks on villages in Masisi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res\/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is providing emergency care to the people affected and is calling on armed groups to respect civilians in accordance with international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: des miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef appel\u00e9s \u00e0 se retirer de Pinga<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nUne d\u00e9l\u00e9gation mixte des communaut\u00e9s Nyanga, Hunde, Baraza la Wazee et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile demande aux miliciens de l\u2019Alliance des patriotes pour un Congo libre et souverain (APCLS) de Janvier Kalahiri et le Nduma Defense of Congo (NDC) de Cheka de se retirer de la cit\u00e9 de Pinga et ses environs (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

Human rights activist killed by presumed FDLR in Lubero, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu : vive tension \u00e0 Miriki apr\u00e8s la mort d\u2019un d\u00e9fenseur des droits de l\u2019Homme<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

ADF-Nalu kidnap 36 and kill 5 in Beni, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu: 5 personnes tu\u00e9es en une semaine \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDans l\u2019est de la RDC, pr\u00e8s de 36 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enlev\u00e9es en une semaine par des groupes arm\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | RFI
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Beni accuse les rebelles ougandais de l\u2019ADF-Nalu d\u2019avoir tu\u00e9 cinq personnes et kidnapp\u00e9 trente-six autres, en l\u2019espace d\u2019une semaine, dans le territoire de Beni (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

Militia leader surrenders in Beni, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu : le chef de la milice Folc se rend aux FARDC avec une cinquantaine d\u2019hommes<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe leader du groupe arm\u00e9 Force \u0153cum\u00e9nique pour la lib\u00e9ration du Congo (Folc), le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral autoproclam\u00e9 Kava Waseli, s\u2019est rendu mardi 1er octobre aux Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC), accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019une cinquantaine d\u2019hommes, dont une dizaine d\u2019officiers.<\/p>\n

Military training camp for integrating Mai-Mai opened in Beni, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu – 44 \u00e9l\u00e9ments de 11 groupes arm\u00e9s Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef admis au centre d’entrainement militaire de Mangango<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLe Centre d’entra\u00eenement militaire de Mangango, \u00e0 une dizaine des kilom\u00e8tres de la ville de Beni (Nord-Kivu), a \u00e9t\u00e9 ouvert officiellement ce mardi 01 octobre 2013 et servira \u00e0 l’encadrement des \u00e9l\u00e9ments Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef du Nord-Kivu pour les int\u00e9grer au sein des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RD Congo (FARDC).<\/p>\n

Two convicted army officers escape from Bukavu prison, South Kivu<\/strong>
\nDR Congo: UN envoy voices concern at escape of two convicted army officers<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nLa MONUSCO pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par l’\u00e9vasion de la prison de Bukavu de deux militaires condamn\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nBukavu : le chef de la Monusco \u00ab vivement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 \u00bb par l\u2019\u00e9vasion de deux condamn\u00e9s militaires<\/a>\u00a0| 29 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nScott Campbell: \u00abL\u2019\u00e9vasion des 2 militaires de la prison de Bukavu est contraire \u00e0 lutte contre l\u2019impunit\u00e9\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nThe top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday voiced deep concern at the escape from prison of two national army officers who were convicted of gross human rights violations, including rape and murder.<\/p>\n

Clashes with FRPI in southern Ituri, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale : les FARDC d\u00e9logent des miliciens FRPI de 3 localit\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nIturi: l\u2019arm\u00e9e salue l\u2019apport de la Monusco dans la traque des miliciens<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) ont repris ces trois derniers jours le contr\u00f4le de trois localit\u00e9s de la collectivit\u00e9 de Walendu Bindi (Province Orientale) qui \u00e9taient occup\u00e9es par des miliciens des Forces de r\u00e9sistance patriotique de l\u2019Ituri (FRPI).<\/p>\n

Province Orientale: les FARDC accus\u00e9es de commettre des exactions \u00e0 Walendu Bindi<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nMoins d\u2019une semaine apr\u00e8s la reprise de plusieurs localit\u00e9s jadis sous occupation de la milice des Forces patriotiques de r\u00e9sistance de l\u2019Ituri (FRPI) dans la chefferie de Walendu Bindi, les FARDC sont accus\u00e9es de plusieurs exactions contre le population civile. Des sources locales d\u00e9noncent des pillages et des tortures contre des jeunes perp\u00e9tr\u00e9s par les forces loyalistes \u00e0 Gety et \u00e0 Aveba ainsi que des tueries des dizaines de civils \u00e0 Nyarada.<\/p>\n

Le climat s\u00e9curitaire demeure \u00ab tendu et volatile \u00bb dans le district d’Ituri<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLa Monusco juge \u00ab tendu et volatile \u00bb le climat s\u00e9curitaire dans le district d’Ituri (Province Orientale) \u00e0 la suite des combats intermittents opposant les militaires des Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) aux miliciens du Front de r\u00e9sistance patriotique de l’Ituri (FRPI) au sud du territoire d’Irumu.<\/p>\n

Rebels killed in northern Ituri, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale : les FARDC tuent 6 rebelles de l\u2019ALPC \u00e0 Aru<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nSix rebelles de l\u2019Arm\u00e9e pour la lib\u00e9ration du peuple congolais (ALPC) ont succomb\u00e9, le week-end dernier, au cours d\u2019un accrochage qui les a oppos\u00e9s aux Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) \u00e0 Ingi dans le territoire d\u2019Aru (Province Orientale).<\/p>\n

Mai-Mai militiamen exploit minerals in Bafwasende, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale: les autorit\u00e9s d\u00e9noncent l\u2019exploitation du coltan par les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Opienge<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes autorit\u00e9s du district de la Tshopo s\u2019insurgent contre l\u2019exploitation clandestine du minerai de coltan et autres richesses, r\u00e9cemment d\u00e9couverts dans le territoire de Bafwasende, par les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Opienge dans la Province Orientale.<\/p>\n

Army and police harassing miners in Bafwasende and Banalia, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale: les autorit\u00e9s et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de la Tshopo d\u00e9noncent les tracasseries militaires<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nCent chefs des secteurs et des chefferies ainsi que les responsables des organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du district de la Tshopo d\u00e9noncent les tracasseries militaires et polici\u00e8res dans les carri\u00e8res mini\u00e8res et sur les voies d\u2019\u00e9vacuation des produits agricoles. Selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et les autorit\u00e9s, les militaires et policiers pillent, violent les femmes et ravissent les biens de la population dans les carri\u00e8res de mine d\u2019or et de diamant dans les territoires de Banalia et Bafwasende ainsi que sur les voies fluviales et routi\u00e8res de ce district.<\/p>\n

Gun fight with Mai-Mai leaves two dead in Katanga<\/strong>
\nKatanga : un \u00e9change de tirs entre des miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef et la police fait deux morts<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDes affrontements entre les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef fid\u00e8les au chef Mangi Yulu et la police ont fait deux morts et un bless\u00e9 mardi 1er octobre \u00e0 Kyeja au Katanga. La police a indiqu\u00e9 qu\u2019il y a eu un mort dans chaque camp. Les miliciens ont attaqu\u00e9 la police pour lib\u00e9rer leur chef Mangi Yulu d\u00e9tenu \u00e0 Kamina par la police depuis le mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt dernier.<\/p>\n

Setting\u00a0up of National Human Rights Commission delayed<\/strong>
\nDes difficult\u00e9s logistiques et politiques bloqueraient l\u2019installation de la Commission des droits de l\u2019homme<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe blocage dans la mise en place de la Commission nationale des droits de l\u2019homme (CNDH) serait li\u00e9 \u00e0 des pesanteurs logistiques et politiques. C\u2019est en tout cas ce que d\u00e9clare le pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019ONG Avocats sans fronti\u00e8res en RDC, Me Richard Bondo.<\/p>\n

Recommendations UN \u2018Mapping\u2019 report on crimes 1993-2003 never applied<\/strong>
\nRDC : les recommandations du rapport \u00abMapping\u00bb sur les violations des droits de l\u2019homme jamais appliqu\u00e9es<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes recommandations du rapport Mapping publi\u00e9 par le Haut commissariat des Nations unies pour les droits de l\u2019homme le 1er octobre 2010 pour d\u00e9noncer de graves violations des droits de l\u2019Homme en RDC n\u2019ont toujours pas \u00e9t\u00e9 appliqu\u00e9es trois ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s. Ce rapport visait les crimes commis entre 1993 et 2003 en RDC. Il recommandait notamment au gouvernement congolais de cr\u00e9er des tribunaux mixtes compos\u00e9s de juges congolais et \u00e9trangers, afin de sanctionner les crimes internationaux. Aucune de ces recommandations n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 suivie au 1er octobre 2013.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Uganda Bolsters Security after Kenya Terror Attack<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Voice of America
\nA spokesman for Uganda\u2019s police says officials have bolstered security in all sensitive national installations in the wake of the Nairobi mall attack.<\/p>\n

Ugandan officers court-martialed over alleged coup plot<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | AFP | Africa Daily
\nAttorney Says Uganda Soldiers Unlikely to Receive Fair Trial<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Voice of America
\nFour Ugandan army officers have appeared in a military tribunal on charges of plotting a coup against President Yoweri Museveni, their lawyer and the military said Saturday.<\/p>\n

U.S. Marines Train UPDF in Special Operations<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nA group of 148 UPDF officers have completed a 10-week course conducted by the US Marines at the Uganda Peace Support Operations Training Center in Singo, Nakaseke district.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The US blocks military aid to Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Congo Siasa
\nU.S. Approves Military Aid For Countries With Child Soldiers<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | ThinkProgress
\nFew international news outlets picked this up, but it was an important decision. Yesterday, the US government decided not to grant a waiver to Rwanda for the use of child soldiers. Every year, the White House has to provide waivers to countries that the State Department reports as using child soldiers. This year, that report listed Rwanda as complicit in the recruitment of child soldiers for the M23. Still, the government could have provided a waiver\u2013\u2013as it did in the case of four countries\u2013\u2013but it chose not to.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First States supported by UN Peacebuilding Commission report substantial progress<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nBurundi : priorit\u00e9 au d\u00e9veloppement et \u00e0 la consolidation de la paix<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nBurundi and Sierra Leone, two African States often cited as success stories in United Nations efforts to consolidate peace in countries that have been ravaged by conflict, today reported significant progress on the path to reconstruction in addresses to the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

Le Burundi, menac\u00e9 par les shebabs somaliens, renforce sa s\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | RFI
\nLe Burundi oppos\u00e9 au retrait de ses troupes de Somalie<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | RFI
\nLes miliciens shebabs, qui ont men\u00e9 l\u2019attaque du Westgate Mall \u00e0 Nairobi, menacent tous les pays qui ont envoy\u00e9 ou soutenu les soldats de l\u2019Amisom, la force africaine en Somalie. C’est le cas du Burundi qui a en effet d\u00e9ploy\u00e9 un important contingent, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de l\u2019Ouganda pour lutter contre les shebabs.<\/p>\n

Dossier crimes – Buta, Bugendana et Gatumba<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Netherlands Worldwide | allAfrica
\nDes crimes hallucinants. Oui, des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s Banyamulenge ont \u00e9t\u00e9 massacr\u00e9s \u00e0 Gatumba en 2004. Un crime inamnistiable et les coupables doivent en r\u00e9pondre. Mais aussi \u00e0 Bugendana et \u00e0 Buta, o\u00f9 des revendications ont \u00e9t\u00e9 parfois faites. Et l’amnistie ne doit pas courir pour les auteurs. Rappel de ces crimes qui ont traumatis\u00e9 les Burundais.<\/p>\n

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

UN General Assembly<\/strong>
\nCentral African Republic premier at UN calls for urgent action to end violent conflict<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nTouch\u00e9e par une crise humanitaire sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, la RCA demande le soutien de la communaut\u00e9 internationale<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nRCA: l’appel \u00e0 l’aide du Premier ministre Nicolas Tiangaye devant l’ONU<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | RFI
\nDescribing the humanitarian situation in his country as \u201ccatastrophic,\u201d Central African Republic (CAR) Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye delivered an impassioned plea from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly today for full-scale international support to save his country from the internecine violence now tearing it apart.<\/p>\n

Le Congo met en garde contre les risques de \u00absomalisation\u00bb de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nLe Ministre des affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res et de la coop\u00e9ration de la R\u00e9publique du Congo a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 vendredi qu’il fallait \u00e0 tout prix \u00e9viter des situations de \u00ab vide \u00bb de pouvoir, terreaux fertiles des groupes subversifs, comme en t\u00e9moigne selon lui l’exemple de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA).<\/p>\n

Mini-summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly<\/strong>
\nRCA: la communaut\u00e9 internationale au chevet d’une crise oubli\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | RFI
\nLa situation en Centrafrique a fait l’objet le 25 septembre d’une r\u00e9union en marge de l’Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l’ONU. Cette r\u00e9union minist\u00e9rielle a rassembl\u00e9 la France, l’Union europ\u00e9enne, l’ONU, les Etats-Unis, l’Union africaine et les pays voisins de la Centrafrique. Le ministre fran\u00e7ais des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, Laurent Fabius, a expliqu\u00e9 que l’objectif \u00e9tait d’attirer l’attention sur la trag\u00e9die humanitaire et s\u00e9curitaire qui dure depuis le coup d’Etat de la Seleka, il y a six mois.<\/p>\n

U.S. Ambassador Power At U.N. Meeting on Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | US Department of State | allAfrica
\nRemarks By Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At The EU\/OCHA Ministerial Breakfast on the Central African Republic, 25 septembre 2013.<\/p>\n

ONU : progr\u00e8s sur la Syrie et l’Iran, espoirs pour la Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nRien de tr\u00e8s concret pour l’instant au sujet de la crise centrafricaine.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : les dessous de la position de Paris<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Afrik.com
\nFace \u00e0 la crise centrafricaine, Paris veut convaincre la communaut\u00e9 internationale de se mettre au chevet du pays, en renfor\u00e7ant la Mission internationale de soutien \u00e0 la Centrafrique (Misca), qui ne dispose que de 1 400 soldats. En r\u00e9alit\u00e9, pour Paris, il n\u2019est pas question d\u2019intervenir en Centrafrique.<\/p>\n

UN Human Rights Council appoints expert for CAR<\/strong>
\nHuman Rights Council appoints Experts for Central African Republic extends mandates for Sudan, Cambodia and Somalia<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | UN Human Rights Council | Reliefweb
\nOn technical assistance to the Central African Republic in the field of human rights, the Council decided to appoint an independent expert, for a period of one year, to monitor the situation of human rights in the Central Africa Republic.<\/p>\n

Seleka disarmament<\/strong>
\nRCA: les autorit\u00e9s tentent de museler la Seleka<\/a>\u00a0| 29 September 2013 | RFI
\nEn Centrafrique, le difficile d\u00e9sarmement des ex-membres de la Seleka<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | RFI
\nEn Centrafrique, les autorit\u00e9s de transition renouvellent leur mise en garde en direction des \u00ab g\u00e9n\u00e9raux \u00bb de la Seleka qui refuseraient de r\u00e9duire le nombre de combattants dans leurs rangs.<\/p>\n

Dissolving the Seleka rebel group could be a recipe for disaster in the CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Institute for Security Studies
\nIn August, United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos warned that \u2018the Central African Republic [CAR] is not yet a failed state, but has the potential to become one if swift action is not taken\u2019. This warning became all the more real when on 13 September Michel Djotodia, the interim president of the CAR, decided to dissolve the rebel coalition Seleka, which he had headed during the December 2012 rebellion that led to the overthrow of General Francois Boziz\u00e9, the CAR\u2019s former president.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: comment d\u00e9sarmer les chefs de guerre de l’ex-Seleka alli\u00e9s au nouveau pouvoir ?<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | RFI
\nLes autorit\u00e9s de transition en Centrafrique et la Fomac, la force d\u2019Afrique centrale, tentent de mettre au pas les \u00ab g\u00e9n\u00e9raux \u00bb de l’ex-coalition rebelle Seleka.<\/p>\n

Grave humanitarian and human rights situation<\/strong>
\nA Paoua, le gouvernement appelle au calme malgr\u00e9 la situation catastrophique dans la r\u00e9gion<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Ndeke Luka
\nLa population de Paoua dans l\u2019Ouham P\u00e9nd\u00e9 au nord de la R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine doit se souder pour \u00e9viter des affrontements inter religieux dans la r\u00e9gion. C\u2019est l\u2019appel lanc\u00e9 aux habitants de cette ville par la mission parlementaire et gouvernementale envoy\u00e9e par Bangui.<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: UN underscores grave humanitarian, human rights situation<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nL’ONU s’alarme d’une aggravation de la crise humanitaire en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nUnited Nations officials today voiced deep concern at the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and called on the transitional authorities to take urgent measures to protect the population against the risk of atrocity crimes and to restore the rule of law.<\/p>\n

Crise centrafricaine, c\u2019est l\u2019horreur dans l\u2019Ouham<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Radio Ndeke Luka
\nLa situation humanitaire reste d\u00e9grad\u00e9e dans le nord-ouest de la R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine (RCA). Les\u00a0 populations sont abandonn\u00e9es \u00e0 leur triste sort. La majorit\u00e9 des villages de la r\u00e9gion se sont vid\u00e9es de leurs habitants et sont contr\u00f4l\u00e9es par des jeunes villageois arm\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Les rebelles de la Sel\u00e9ka s\u00e8ment encore la terreur<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Africa Info (Douala) | allAfrica
\nLa mission Notre – Dame de Fatima de Bouar dans le Nord-ouest de la Rca a \u00e9t\u00e9 mis \u00e0 sac par les rebelles de la Seleka. Dans un communiqu\u00e9, un missionnaire italien et un diacre centrafricain crient leur d\u00e9sarroi.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: apr\u00e8s les attaques \u00e0 Bossangoa, la peur r\u00e8gne toujours en ma\u00eetre<\/a>\u00a0| 3 October 2013 | RFI
\nLa crise de confiance entre populations et ex-rebelles de la Seleka s\u2019est manifest\u00e9e de mani\u00e8re dramatique ces derni\u00e8res semaines dans le nord-ouest du pays, \u00e0 Bossangoa et dans sa r\u00e9gion. Des groupes d\u2019autod\u00e9fense, les \u00ab anti-balaka \u00bb ont attaqu\u00e9 des positions Seleka, entra\u00eenant des repr\u00e9sailles sur les civils chr\u00e9tiens.<\/p>\n

Refugee and IDP Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Non-comprehensive overview and selected articles on the status of refugees in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

DRC\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Statement attributable to the Humanitarian Coordinator in the Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Moustapha Soumar\u00e9, on the killing of health workers and civilians and the displacement of thousands of people in Orientale province<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb
\nThe killing of 10 civilians including three health workers this week in Geti in the Ituri district of Orientale province is unacceptable and unjustifiable.<\/p>\n

Mathotine Dz’dai, displaced in DRC: \u201cWe\u2019re risking death again\u201d<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | IRIN
\nMathotine Dz\u2019dai, d\u00e9plac\u00e9e en RDC : \u00ab Nous risquons encore de mourir \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | IRIN
\nBunia – In just the last month, fighting between the army and rebels in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced 100,000 people. Many are now living without humanitarian assistance and in very precarious conditions.<\/p>\n

Congo: Fighting Increases Number of Refugees<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | The Associated Press | The New York Times
\nA new United Nations report says the number of refugees fleeing the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo swelled by more than 350,000 in just the past few months as fighting escalated, pushing the number of people uprooted in the long-running conflict to three million.<\/p>\n

DRC\u2019s Sister Angelique Helps Brutalized Women Heal<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Voice of America
\nDungu \u2014 A nun in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has won one of the U.N.’s most prestigious awards for her work with displaced people and brutalized survivors of LRA attacks.<\/p>\n

RDC : la MONUSCO pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par le sort des civils d\u00e9plac\u00e9s en Ituri<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nLa Mission de l’Organisation des Nations Unies en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (MONUSCO) a indiqu\u00e9 mercredi que la situation dans la Province Orientale, situ\u00e9e dans le nord-est de la RDC, reste tendue, et qu’un nombre important de civils suppl\u00e9mentaires ont \u00e9t\u00e9 contraints de se d\u00e9placer.<\/p>\n

UNOCHA bulletins<\/strong>
\nBulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Nord-Kivu No 32\/13, 25 septembre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Hostilit\u00e9s et d\u00e9placements au Sud Irumu – 28 septembre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire, Province du Katanga No. 38\/13, 01 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province Orientale No 39\/13, 1er octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Nord-Kivu No 33\/13, 1er octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Situation humanitaire en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo – Note d\u2019information \u00e0 la presse, 2 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Refugee Influx Into Uganda Worrying<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nThe Commissioner of Refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has said the rising influx of refugees coming to Uganda may cause problems. David Kazungu said the country hosts over 234,000 refugees and of those 65 per cent have just crossed from Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tanzania Reportedly Deports 138 Citizens to Camps in Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Sabahi | allAfrica
\nTanzania’s Legal and Human Rights Center (LHRC) has claimed that at least 138 Tanzanians are detained in refugee camps in Rwanda after Tanzanian authorities mistook them for illegal immigrants and deported them, Tanzania’s The Guardian reported Friday (September 27th).<\/p>\n

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

RCA : 400 000 personnes d\u00e9plac\u00e9es par les violences<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n

U.S. Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance in Response to the Darfur and Central African Republic Crises<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | US Department of State | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: UN underscores grave humanitarian, human rights situation<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nL’ONU s’alarme d’une aggravation de la crise humanitaire en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nUnited Nations officials today voiced deep concern at the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and called on the transitional authorities to take urgent measures to protect the population against the risk of atrocity crimes and to restore the rule of law.<\/p>\n

UNHCR operation in CAR: Fact Sheet – 30 September 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Justice and Tribunals\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview and selected articles on major trials and tribunals for crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>DRC<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bemba trial<\/strong>
\nHearings in Bemba Trial Postponed to Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Bemba Trial Website | allAfrica<\/p>\n

Missing Witness Delays Bemba Hearings Yet Again<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Bemba Trial website | allAfrica<\/p>\n

Rwanda\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Genocide prosecution<\/strong>
\nPremier accus\u00e9 du TPIR renvoy\u00e9 \u00e0 Kigali : Demande de dessaisissement de la justice rwandaise<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Hirondelle News Agency
\nLes avocats du premier accus\u00e9 renvoy\u00e9 \u00e0 la justice rwandaise par le Tribunal p\u00e9nal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) demandent le dessaisissement du syst\u00e8me judiciaire rwandais, accusant Kigali de ne pas honorer ses engagements, apprend-on jeudi.<\/p>\n

Le procureur du MTPI rejette les all\u00e9gations d\u2019un pasteur renvoy\u00e9 au Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Hirondelle News Agency
\nLe bureau du procureur aupr\u00e8s du M\u00e9canisme pour les tribunaux p\u00e9naux internationaux (MTPI) a appel\u00e9 le pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019institution \u00e0 d\u00e9bouter un pasteur qui demande que la justice rwandaise soit dessaisie de son dossier.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Transitional justice<\/strong>
\n\u201cWe Have No Influence\u201d: International Discourse and the Instrumentalisation of Transitional Justice in Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 29 September 2013 | Stability: International Journal of Security & Development | Reliefweb
\nBurundi may soon reach yet another crossroads in its tumultuous history and on its path towards transitional justice. A contentious draft law for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission awaits approval by the country\u2019s National Assembly, which has raised a number of concerns about the independence of the eventual commission, the likelihood of popular participation in the process and the prospects for criminal justice.<\/p>\n

Other\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Conviction Charles Taylor upheld<\/strong>
\nProsecutor welcomes UN-backed court\u2019s decision to uphold Charles Taylor conviction<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nThe Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today welcomed the court\u2019s decision to uphold the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

War criminal Charles Taylor finally brought to justice after conviction and sentence are upheld<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Global Witness
\nThe upholding of former president of Liberia Charles Taylor’s conviction for war crimes marks the final stage of justice for the people of Sierra Leone and the victims of its brutal war, said Global Witness today.<\/p>\n

Charles Taylor conviction upheld: A major step against impunity in West Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Amnesty International
\nThe decision of the Special Court for Sierra Leone\u2019s Appeal Chamber to uphold the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor sends a clear message to leaders across the world that no-one is immune from justice, Amnesty International said today.<\/p>\n

Upholding of Charles Taylor conviction \u2018important step\u2019 for justice \u2013 Security Council<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | UN News Centre
\nMembers of the Security Council today welcomed the decision by a United Nations-backed court to uphold the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Sierra Leone\u2019s civil war.
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Natural Resources in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Recent news on issues relating to natural resource extraction and governance in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong>
\nArtisanal mining<\/strong>
\nAnd Another One: the Tragedy of Single-Issue Publications on Small-Scale Gold Mining<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | ThinkAfricaPress
\nOn September 13, Janine Morna published an article on Think Africa Press to accompany the publication of a new report by Human Rights Watch. The 96 page report primarily documents child labour, and secondarily deals with issues relating to the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining in Tanzania.<\/p>\n

Elephant poaching<\/strong>
\nNGOs Partner to End Elephant Poaching<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Voice of America
\nThe Clinton Global Initiative is working with conservation groups and African governments to step up efforts save one of the planet\u2019s most majestic beasts – the African elephant, which is critically endangered.\u00a0 In 2012 alone, over 35,000 were killed by poachers for their ivory tusks.<\/p>\n

Oil and the environment<\/strong>
\nOil Wealth and Poverty – Africa’s Last Eco-Frontier<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nAfrica is known as the World’s richest in terms of Natural resources. These include forests, wetlands, minerals, wild animals, fertile soils, lakes and rivers plus other magnificent land forms therefore, why the continent has remained as a habitat for the World’s poor has never been an issue of depravity of natural resources.<\/p>\n

DRC\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Virunga Park ranger arrested<\/strong>
\nParc des Virunga : Soco accus\u00e9e d\u2019avoir commandit\u00e9 l\u2019arrestation d\u2019un conservateur de l\u2019ICCN<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019association \u00abObjectif brousse\u00bb a accus\u00e9 vendredi 27 septembre 2013 l\u2019entreprise p\u00e9troli\u00e8re Soco d\u2019avoir commandit\u00e9 l\u2019arrestation d\u2019un conservateur de l\u2019Institut congolais de conservation de la nature (ICCN).<\/p>\n

Soco opponent jailed<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe chief curator of the Virunga National Park, Rodrigue Mugaruka, has been held behind bars at the intelligence service Agence Nationale de Renseignements (ANR) in Goma since he was arrested on Sept. 20.<\/p>\n

Clandestine coltan mining by Mai-Mai militia in Bafwasende, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale: les autorit\u00e9s d\u00e9noncent l\u2019exploitation du coltan par les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Opienge<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes autorit\u00e9s du district de la Tshopo s\u2019insurgent contre l\u2019exploitation clandestine du minerai de coltan et autres richesses, r\u00e9cemment d\u00e9couverts dans le territoire de Bafwasende, par les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Opienge dans la Province Orientale.<\/p>\n

Coltan smuggled to Rwanda<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu : 375 kg de coltan saisis sur un particulier \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re rwando-congolaise<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes douaniers congolais ont saisi un colis de 375 Kg de coltan dans la voiture d\u2019un particulier au poste fronti\u00e8re rwando-congolais \u00abgrande barri\u00e8re\u00bb, \u00e0 Goma, dans le Nord-Kivu.<\/p>\n

Army and police harass miners in Bafwasende and Banalia, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale: les autorit\u00e9s et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de la Tshopo d\u00e9noncent les tracasseries militaires<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nCent chefs des secteurs et des chefferies ainsi que les responsables des organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du district de la Tshopo d\u00e9noncent les tracasseries militaires et polici\u00e8res dans les carri\u00e8res mini\u00e8res et sur les voies d\u2019\u00e9vacuation des produits agricoles.<\/p>\n

Hydropower: Grand Inga<\/strong>
\nCongo, South Africa to Sign Inga Hydropower Treaty This Month<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nRDC : l\u2019accord de vente d\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Afrique du sud sera conclu en octobre<\/a>\u00a0| 29 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nInga III : la RDC proche d’un accord de vente d’\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 \u00e0 l’Afrique du Sud<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | AFP | Digitalcongo.net
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa will sign a treaty this month to cooperate on a hydropower project that could eventually provide more than 44,000 megawatts of energy to the continent. Construction of the Grand Inga project\u2019s first phase, the 4,800-megawatt Inga 3 on the Congo River, may begin in October 2015, according to a statement given to Bloomberg News by Congo\u2019s Energy Ministry today. The plant will start producing electricity in five years, it said.<\/p>\n

Inga to serve Juba, Cairo & Abuja<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nA lot of African countries are crossing their fingers that the Grand Inga dam will be built. But that\u2019s still far down the road.<\/p>\n

DRC and Brazil against deforestation<\/strong>
\nLa RDC et le Br\u00e9sil partenaires dans le programme de lutte contre la d\u00e9forestation Redd<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLa RDC et le Br\u00e9sil ont sign\u00e9 la semaine pass\u00e9e au Br\u00e9sil un accord de partenariat dans le domaine de la lutte contre la d\u00e9forestation via le projet de r\u00e9duction des \u00e9missions de CO\u00b2 provenant de la d\u00e9forestation et de la d\u00e9gradation des for\u00eats (Redd).<\/p>\n

German embassador urges DRC to protect its protected areas<\/strong>
\nL\u2019Allemagne encourage la RDC \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger ses aires prot\u00e9g\u00e9es<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019ambassadeur de l\u2019Allemagne en RDC a invit\u00e9 le mardi 1er octobre le gouvernement congolais \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les aires prot\u00e9g\u00e9es du pays. Il a estim\u00e9 que la RDC n\u2019avait pas besoin des explorations p\u00e9troli\u00e8res dans ces espaces pour accro\u00eetre ses revenus, faisant allusion \u00e0 la pol\u00e9mique sur l\u2019exploitation du p\u00e9trole dans le parc des Virunga.<\/p>\n

Regional parliaments want \u2018Green Brigade\u2019 for transborder nature areas<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale : les parlementaires de la sous-r\u00e9gion veulent cr\u00e9er une brigade verte<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDes parlementaires congolais, centrafricains, rwandais, burundais, ougandais et sud-soudanais ont propos\u00e9 mardi 1er octobre la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019une brigade verte pour la protection des zones naturelles transfrontali\u00e8res.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Oil<\/strong>
\nUganda\u2019s neighbours agree to participate in refinery project<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Engineering News
\nA regional refinery<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe planned construction of a controversial refinery in Uganda has received a crucial boost after neighbouring countries were incorporated into the project. Uganda Minister of State for Energy Simon D\u2019Ujanga recently said a new share- holding structure has been agreed to in terms of which private investors will own 60% of the facility, while East African Community member States, which include Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi, will own the remaining 40%.<\/p>\n

Aronda Investigates CSO Activities In Oil Region<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Red Pepper
\nThe unending complaints over activities of some Civil Society Organizations-CSOs in Bunyoro are attracting the attention of Uganda\u2019s ministry of Internal Affairs. Aronda says most of these organizations are interfering with the government program of building an oil refinery in Kabaale, Buseruka Sub County in Hoima district, by mobilizing residents against the project.<\/p>\n

Oil refinery: the people matter too<\/a>\u00a0| 29 September 2013 | The Observer (Kampala)
\nFor months, the press has been awash with expert arguments and counter arguments on the commercial viability of having a refinery of whatever capacity in a landlocked country that is Uganda.<\/p>\n

New Report Warns Commercial Banks On Oil Industry Investors<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nA new report compiled by African Alliance Uganda has lifted the lid on affairs inside Uganda’s banking industry, which could give stakeholders some serious food for thought.<\/p>\n

Oil Recovery Rates to Improve<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nA debate on the optimal percentage of crude oil that should be extracted from the ground has started underscoring the need for dialogue and consultations with stakeholders in public policy making process for the prudent management of Uganda’s petroleum resources.<\/p>\n

Let’s All Keep Track of the Oil, Laws and Jets<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nThings are looking up in the oil industry. The government last week awarded China’s Cnooc a production licence for the Kingfisher field. The Vice President of France’s Total E&P in Africa, Serge Matesco, says the oil companies are getting closer to signing agreements with the Government of Uganda over the field development plans.<\/p>\n

Norwegian Auditor General Tips Uganda On Oil Transparency<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nThe visiting Auditor General of Norway, J\u00f8rgen Kosmo, has advised his counterparts in Uganda to ensure accountability and transparency in the country’s nascent oil industry by eliminating secrecy and promoting openness.<\/p>\n

Mining<\/strong>
\nMining Guru Asks for All-Inclusive Sector<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nSouth African mining guru Bridgette Radebe has cautioned budding mining states like Uganda to create extractive industries that include and benefit local citizenry.<\/p>\n

Extractive Companies, Energy, Trade and Foreign Investment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent news on national and international extractive and energy companies and investment in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong>
\nAfrican Union Pushing for More Intercontinental Trade<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Voice of America
\nBoth the African Union and the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have held countless meetings and conferences on increasing intra-Africa trade. Efforts so far, however, have not translated into results.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mining<\/strong>
\nFreeport Says Tenke Mine in Congo Hit by Power Outages<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Bloomberg
\nDRC mine operators risk losses due to power shortages<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Bloomberg | Mineweb
\nLe d\u00e9ficit en \u00e9nergie \u00e9lectrique de 332 MW au Katanga pourrait bloquer la production des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s mini\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.\u2019s Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine has had to reduce operating rates because of frequent power outages in the past few weeks in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mines such as Tenke aren\u2019t receiving power promised by SNEL, according to a statement on the website of Prime Minister Matata Ponyo. Mine operators risk \u201cenormous losses\u201d because of the power shortages, the government said.<\/p>\n

Kilo Goldmines Ltd.: Cost Cutting Implementation<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Kilo Goldmines Ltd. | Marketwired
\nToronto, Ontario – Kilo Goldmines Ltd. announces that it has implemented a series of cost cutting measures to enhance cash retention. DRC staff has been reduced to care and maintenance level only.<\/p>\n

Minbos to sell DRC assets<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Mining Weekly
\nPhosphate rock developer Minbos Resources has taken the first steps to divest of its assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo, serving first right of refusal to its joint venture (JV) partner Allamanda Trading. Minbos holds a 65% interest over eight exploration permits covering some 2 000 km2 in the Bas Congo province. The permits include the Kanzi development project, with an inferred resource of 58.5-million tonnes grading 14.2% phosphate, as well as numerous previously explored targets.<\/p>\n

Mwana boosts Zani-Kodo resource to 2.98Moz<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Mining Weekly
\nJohannesburg \u2013 Results from a recent drilling programme at Aim-listed Mwana Resources\u2019 Zani-Kodo project, in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has lifted the tenement\u2019s Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant gold resource to 2.98-million ounces at 2.43 g\/t, up 13% compared with February 2013.<\/p>\n

Concordia Resource Corp. to Implement Corporate Reorganization<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Concordia Resource Corp. | Marketwired
\nVancouver, British Columbia – Concordia Resource Corp. announces that the Company is undertaking a significant corporate reorganization. \u00ab\u00a0Going forward, Concordia’s focus will be on the application of the new, state-of-the-art HPX TechCo geophysical technologies to gain a competitive advantage in its exploration initiatives on selected prospects in some of the world’s emerging mineral belts. We are excited to be able to secure 100% ownership in the Ebende Project in the DRC, (…),\u00a0\u00bb said Mr. Krepiakevich, Interim CEO.<\/p>\n

High Power Exploration Providing Selected Exploration Assets to Support Reverse Takeover of International Minerals Explorer Concordia Resource Corp.<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | High Power Exploration Inc. | Marketwired
\nLondon – Mark Gibson, Chief Executive Officer of High Power Exploration Inc. (HPX), announced today that the company is combining several assets with those of Concordia Resource Corp., a publicly-listed, Canada-based, mineral exploration company, through a reverse takeover.
\nThe new, combined company will be named Kaizen Discovery Inc. and will focus on the application of HPX’s state-of-the-art, proprietary, geophysical technologies to explore prospective underground targets in some of the world’s most prolific mineral-producing regions.<\/p>\n

RD Congo : XSML investit dans Alpha Transport<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nVia son fonds Central Africa SME Fund, le capital-investisseur n\u00e9erlandais XSML a investi dans Alpha Transport, bas\u00e9 en RD Congo. Le treizi\u00e8me investissement du fonds dans le pays.<\/p>\n

Oil<\/strong>
\nCaprikat\/Foxwhelp seek to shine<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nOil companies on Lake Albert are preening in the hope of finding partners. And former ENI executives are helping with the beauty contest.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

China\u2019s CNOOC wins oil production licence<\/strong>
\nChina’s CNOOC wins $2bn Uganda oil field contract<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | BBC Africa
\nChinese Firm Awarded Oil Production License<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | New Vision
\nUganda Issues First Oil Production Licence to Chinese Firm<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nUganda has awarded a production license for the Kingfisher Oil Field in Lake Albert to China’s state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC Uganda).<\/p>\n

Kingfisher Oil Field to Recover 31 Percent of Its 635 Million Barrel Reserve<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nUganda on Wednesday announced the first oil production license to the China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to start the development of the Kingfisher Field in Lake Albert basin. This is in preparation for commercial production expected by 2018, according to Peter Lokeris, the state minister for minerals.<\/p>\n

Total<\/strong>
\nTotal Suspends Oil Search in Nwoya<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nTotal E&P Uganda has temporarily suspended its operations in the northern district of Nwoya after a team that was conducting seismic surveys in the area found two unexploded ammunitions.<\/p>\n

Total operates in Exploration Area 1 (EA1) that includes Nwoya district, Murchison Falls national park, and parts of Nebbi. Corporate Affairs Manager Ahlem Friga-Noy yesterday insisted that the suspension with immediate effect was precautionary.<\/p>\n

Tullow<\/strong>
\nTullow back in arbitration<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nAlready engaged in arbitration with Uganda on a sales tax affair (AEI 686), the Irish oil company Tullow has just filed a second application for arbitration before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a unit of the World Bank.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rwanda rail project on track to bridge Africa’s economic divide<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | The Guardian
\nThe $13.5bn line between Kigali and Mombasa in Kenya is one of several African projects aimed at improving infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Regulation, Compliance and Corporate Social Responsibility<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview and selected articles on legal and reputational\u00a0issues relating to businesses operating in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong>
\nConflict minerals<\/strong>
\nEnsuring a balanced and informed debate on conflict minerals: Global Witness\u2019s response to Tim Worstall\u2019s 23rd September piece on Forbes.com<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Global Witness
\nLast week, Forbes.com published a piece by Tim Worstall in which he argued against the introduction of legally binding measures in the EU to tackle conflict minerals. The piece, titled \u2018Global Witness\u2019 Latest Silly Suggestion on Conflict Minerals\u2019 argued for a voluntary industry-led scheme and suggested that the cost to business of implementing legally binding measures will be too onerous. Sadly, Forbes.com didn\u2019t want to publish a separate article to present a different opinion to this one-sided piece. As such, we are publishing our full response below.<\/p>\n

Kofi Annan on transparency<\/strong>
\nKofi Annan calls on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to maintain high revenue transparency standards<\/a>\u00a0| 30 September 2013 | Global Witness
\nKofi Annan talks at Geneva’s Graduate Institute (Speech)<\/a>\u00a0| 27 September 2013 | Africa Progress Panel
\nKofi Annan, Chair of the Africa Progress Panel, gave a speech at the Graduate Institute in Geneva last week, which highlighted the benefits of mandatory transparency rules for the hundreds of billions of dollars that oil, gas and mining companies pay to governments in resource-dependent countries each year, in the form of taxes, royalties, licence fees and other kinds of revenue payments.<\/p>\n

Other<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The post-2015 debate: was Tony Blair right about Africa?<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Institute for Security Studies
\nAs world leaders gathered in New York last week for the 86th United Nations General Assembly, the crucial question of how to alleviate poverty in Africa and elsewhere was once again hotly debated. This was with the need in mind to formulate new plans, as the Millennium Development Goals are set to expire in 2015.<\/p>\n

Auditors say EU aid to DRC ineffective<\/strong>
\nDR Congo: Auditors criticise EU’s aid<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | BBC Africa
\nCongo : les limites de l’aide<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nUn audit qui critique autant l\u2019aide europ\u00e9enne que le Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Le carnet de Colette Braeckman
\nL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne invit\u00e9e \u00e0 mieux contr\u00f4ler son aide destin\u00e9e \u00e0 la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC: l\u2019\u00e9chec de l\u2019aide europ\u00e9enne ne devrait pas \u00eatre imput\u00e9 aux Congolais, affirme Lambert Mende<\/a>\u00a0| 2 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nMany EU projects aimed at building justice and good governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo are failing to deliver results, European auditors say. The EU \u00ab\u00a0needs to improve significantly its aid effectiveness\u00a0\u00bb in DR Congo, the European Court of Auditors says.<\/p>\n

Belgium wants \u2018Marshall plan\u2019 for DRC<\/strong>
\nLa Belgique sollicite un \u00ab plan Marshall \u00bb pour l\u2019Est de la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Belgique sollicite un \u00ab plan Marshall \u00bb en faveur de l\u2019Est de la RDC en proie \u00e0 des conflits r\u00e9currents depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es. Les ministres belges des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res et de la Coop\u00e9ration, Didier Reynders et Jean-Pascal Labille, l\u2019ont annonc\u00e9 le mardi 24 septembre \u00e0 l\u2019issue d\u2019une rencontre avec le chef de l\u2019Etat congolais Joseph Kabila, en marge de la 68\u00e8me session de l\u2019assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019Onu \u00e0 New-York.<\/p>\n

La RDC favorable au \u00ab plan Marshall \u00bb propos\u00e9 par la Belgique<\/a>\u00a0| 1 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe projet du \u00ab plan Marshall \u00bb pour le d\u00e9veloppement social et \u00e9conomique de l\u2019Est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) \u00ab ne d\u00e9range en rien le gouvernement congolais \u00bb, a soutenu, lundi 30 septembre, le ministre de la Communication et m\u00e9dias, Lambert Mende. Ce projet concerne notamment les secteurs de l\u2019\u00e9nergie, de l\u2019eau, de l\u2019agriculture et du commerce transfrontalier.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlternative Nobel Prize\u201d to doctor Denis Mukwege<\/strong>
\nLe Prix Nobel alternatif d\u00e9cern\u00e9 au m\u00e9decin congolais Denis Mukwege<\/a>\u00a0| 26 September 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nViolences sexuelles en RDC : Denis Mukwege re\u00e7oit le prix \u00ab\u00a0Right Livehood\u00a0\u00bb, un Nobel \u00ab\u00a0alternatif\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 28 September 2013 | Jeune Afrique
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