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

DR Congo:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no progress at\u00a0Kampala talks<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M23 attack\u00a0UN helicopter<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 short\u00a0clash<\/a>\u00a0M23 \u2013 army<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 civil society & governor: M23\u00a0reinforced<\/a>\u00a0with Rwandans<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Kivu: militias fighting in\u00a0Masisi<\/a>, new armed group at\u00a0Lake Edward<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ituri<\/a>: army chases FRPI militia<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SOCO<\/a>\u00a0ceases oil exploration in Bas-Congo province\u00b7<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Constitutional Court<\/a>\u00a0created<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRC 51st of 52 on 2013\u00a0Ibrahim Index<\/a>\u00a0of African Governance<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 new\u00a0essay series<\/a><\/p>\n

Central African Republic:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UN\u00a0Security Council<\/a>\u00a0resolution<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0to send more troops<\/p>\n

African Union decides that\u00a0ICC<\/a>\u00a0cannot prosecute any sitting member of African government<\/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\u00a0<\/strong>
\nLord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA)<\/strong>
\nCan Radios Stop the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army in Congo? \u2013 By Scott Ross<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | African Arguments
\nIn northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rural radio stations are used to protect civilians from violence.\u00a0 Part of a growing network of high frequency (HF) shortwave radios that connects rural villages in remote parts of the DRC and neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), these radios are switched on each day as local radio operators report their village\u2019s status in relation to a widespread conflict in the region.<\/p>\n

The LRA in Kafia Kingi<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Small Arms Survey
\nThe suspension of the Ugandan army operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) following the overthrow of the CAR regime in March 2013 may have given some respite to the LRA, which by the first quarter of 2013 appeared to be at its weakest in its long history. As of May 2013, there were some 500 LRA members in numerous small groups scattered in CAR, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Sudan.<\/p>\n

DDR<\/strong>
\nTDRP Quarterly Report April – June 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

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

MONUSCO weekly press conference<\/strong>
\nConf\u00e9rence de presse des Nations Unies du mercredi 16 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | MONUSCO<\/p>\n

MONUSCO Intervention Brigade<\/strong>
\nRDC : la Monusco va lancer son premier drone de surveillance fin novembre<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe commandant de la force de la Monusco, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Dos Santos Cruz, a annonc\u00e9 le mercredi 9 septembre que la mission onusienne allait lancer son premier drone de surveillance dans l\u2019Est du pays \u00e0 la fin du mois de novembre prochain. Il a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 que la base initiale du d\u00e9ploiement de ce drone sera \u00e0 Goma, dans le Nord-Kivu.<\/p>\n

Give them the helicopters<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Institute for Security Studies
\nWas it the result of a knee-jerk reaction after South Africa failed so dismally to protect ousted Central African Republic (CAR) strongman Francois Boziz\u00e9 against Seleka rebels earlier this year? Or is it Africa’s attempt at finding \u2018African solutions to African problems\u2019 following the \u2018humiliation\u2019 of having to rely on French troops to drive Islamists out of Mali? One thing is clear, though: the new Intervention Brigade for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), made up essentially of South African and Tanzanian troops, has done what 17 000 peacekeepers have been unable to do for years: hit back hard against the militias and rebels who wreak havoc in the eastern DRC.<\/p>\n

Redeployment MONUSCO\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMonusco : restructuration et red\u00e9ploiement annonc\u00e9 du personnel dans l\u2019est de la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLa d\u00e9cision de red\u00e9ployer le personnel de la Monusco dans l\u2019Est de la RDC bien accueillie<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\n\u00abNous allons essayer d\u2019accroitre notre pr\u00e9sence dans les parties de la RDC touch\u00e9es par le conflit: les deux Kivu, le Nord-Katanga et l\u2019Ituri\u00bb, a affirm\u00e9 vendredi 11 octobre le nouveau repr\u00e9sentant adjoint du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu en charge de la partie Est de la RDC, g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Abdallah Wafi.<\/p>\n

Kampala talks<\/strong>
\nKampala: les discussions sur le document final achoppent sur la question de l\u2019amnistie des rebelles<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nAlors que l\u2019envoy\u00e9e sp\u00e9ciale du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies pour les Grands lacs, Mary Robinson, le patron de la Monusco, Martin Kobler, ainsi que le ministre congolais des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, Raymond Tshibanda, sont arriv\u00e9s ce mercredi 16 octobre \u00e0 Kampala, les discussions sur le document final propos\u00e9 par la m\u00e9diation continuent d\u2019achopper sur les questions de l\u2019amnistie et du d\u00e9sarmement du M23.<\/p>\n

M23 Threaten to Abandon Kampala Talks<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nRDC: Le M23 accuse l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise de compromettre les n\u00e9gociations de paix<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | RFI
\nThe M23 rebels have threatened to abandon the current peace negotiations in Uganda if the government’s army doesn’t stop the offensive within 48 hours.<\/p>\n

M23, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nM23 Rebels in DRC Using Illegal Gold to Finance Rebellion<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nRDC: l\u2019exploitation de l\u2019or rapporte aux groupes arm\u00e9s 500 millions USD chaque ann\u00e9e, selon Enough Project<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nA report says rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are financing their campaign by smuggling out gold that ends up in the world’s banks and jewelry stores.<\/p>\n

Le ministre Mende r\u00e9pond au M23: stratag\u00e8mes en clair obscur<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Le carnet de Colette Braeckman
\nPar Lambert Mende Omalanga, Ministre des M\u00e9dias, Porte-parole du Gouvernement de la RDC
\n\u00ab (…) Les quatre v\u00e9rit\u00e9s de Ren\u00e9 Abandi au nom du M23 r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9es \u00e0 Colette Braeckman (Le Soir, 8 octobre) sont un effet de la complaisance d\u2019une certaine communaut\u00e9 internationale \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard du Rwanda et de sa cr\u00e9ature, le M23, en d\u00e9pit de quelques remontrances cosm\u00e9tiques (…)\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: un obus fait deux morts \u00e0 Kanyaruchinya<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDeux personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es et une autre bless\u00e9e le jeudi 10 octobre dans la soir\u00e9e par un obus tomb\u00e9 \u00e0 Kanyaruchinya \u00e0 une dizaine de kilom\u00e8tres au nord de Goma. Selon la police, le lieu de provenance de l\u2019obus n\u2019est pas connu.<\/p>\n

DR Congo: Mission chief condemns rebel attack on unarmed UN helicopter<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nLa MONUSCO condamne une attaque du M23 contre un de ses h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nCongo rebels fire on United Nations helicopter<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | Reuters
\nNord-Kivu : un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re de la Monusco essuie des tirs du M23 \u00e0 Rumangabo<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDR Congo: Attack on peacekeeping helicopter ‘unacceptable,’ says UN envoy<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nNord-Kivu : Mary Robinson condamne les tirs du M23 contre un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re de la Monusco<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC : le gouvernement condamne les tirs du M23 contre un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re de la Monusco<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nThe M23 rebel movement fired at a United Nations helicopter on Friday in the Rumangabo region, further raising fears of a return to fighting in the volatile region.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile d\u00e9nonce des renforts rwandais et ougandais au M23<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu a invit\u00e9 dimanche 13 octobre le chef de l\u2019Etat, Joseph Kabila, et le pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale, Aubin Minaku, \u00e0 d\u00e9clarer l\u2019\u00e9tat de si\u00e8ge dans les territoires de Rutshuru, Masisi et Nyiragongo, dans le Nord-Kivu. Dans un m\u00e9morandum adress\u00e9 \u00e0 ces autorit\u00e9s, Omar Kavota, vice-pr\u00e9sident et porte-parole de cette structure, affirme que plusieurs militaires rwandais et ougandais ont rejoint depuis deux jours les positions du M23 dans ces territoires.
\nNord-Kivu: Julien Paluku d\u00e9nonce l\u2019arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Rumangabo de 80 jeunes en provenance du Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe gouverneur du Nord-Kivu, Julien Paluku, d\u00e9nonce l\u2019arriv\u00e9e le lundi 14 octobre \u00e0 Kibumba, zone sous contr\u00f4le de la r\u00e9bellion du M23, de quatre-vingts jeunes en provenance du Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Life near the frontline in eastern DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | IRIN
\nThe frontline of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is only 6km away, yet most of the inhabitants of Kanyaruchinya, in North Kivu, have returned home, determined to resume their lives.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: bref \u00e9change de tirs entre FARDC et M23 \u00e0 Kanyamahoro<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) se sont affront\u00e9es bri\u00e8vement aux rebelles du M23, la nuit de lundi 14 octobre, dans la localit\u00e9 de Kanyamahoro situ\u00e9e \u00e0 30 km au Nord de Goma (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

RDC : le myst\u00e8re persiste sur la venue au nord-Kivu de 200 familles du Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Afrik.com
\nRDC : mais qui sont les nouveaux venus de Chengerero ?<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Africa N\u00b01
\nLes habitants de la localit\u00e9 de Chengerero s\u2019interrogent toujours sur l\u2019installation dans leur localit\u00e9 de 200 familles en provenance du Rwanda. Beaucoup affirment qu\u2019elles ne sont pas d\u2019origine congolaise mais rwandaise.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: une barri\u00e8re du M23 \u00e0 Ruhunda emp\u00eache l\u2019acc\u00e8s vers Goma<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes rebelles du M23 ont \u00e9rig\u00e9 une barri\u00e8re \u00e0 la localit\u00e9 de Ruhunda. Les habitants des groupements Buhumba et Kibumba, dans le territoire de Nyiragongo (Nord-Kivu) affirment qu\u2019ils ne sont plus en mesure de se rendre \u00e0 Goma.<\/p>\n

Suspicious movements of armed men, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile d\u00e9nonce \u00abun mouvement suspect\u00bb d\u2019hommes arm\u00e9s dans 3 territoires<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDans une d\u00e9claration officielle rendue publique mardi 8 octobre, la coordination provinciale de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 \u00ab un mouvement suspect \u00bb depuis le week-end dernier de troupes arm\u00e9es dans cinq localit\u00e9s de Rutshuru, sept de Nyiragongo et dans la partie Sud-Est de Masisi.<\/p>\n

Fighting between militias in Masisi, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu: deux civils tu\u00e9s dans des combats entre deux milices \u00e0 Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes combattants de la milice Nduma Defense Of Congo (NDC) du chef de guerre\u00a0 Cheka ont attaqu\u00e9 la nuit derni\u00e8re une position de l\u2019Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo libre et souverain (APCLS) \u00e0 Kaseke dans le territoire de Masisi au Nord-Kivu.<\/p>\n

RDC: nouveaux affrontements entre Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef APCLS et Nyatura \u00e0 Masisi<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nUn calme pr\u00e9caire r\u00e8gne depuis dimanche 13 octobre matin dans la localit\u00e9 de Muhanga \u00e0 plus de 70 kms au nord-ouest de Goma dans le territoire de Masisi au Nord-Kivu, apr\u00e8s deux jours d\u2019affrontements entre les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Nyatura et ceux de l\u2019Alliance des patriotes pour un Congo libre et souverain (APCLS).<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: les combats entre miliciens APCLS et Nyatura font de nouveaux d\u00e9plac\u00e9s \u00e0 Kitchanga<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDe nouveaux d\u00e9plac\u00e9s arrivent depuis trois jours dans la cit\u00e9 de Kitchanga au Nord-Kivu, fuyant les combats qui opposent les miliciens de l\u2019Alliance du peuple pour un Congo libre et souverain (APCLS) \u00e0 ceux de Nyatura dans les villages de Kalembe,\u00a0 Iringue et Kisimba.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: combats entre Ra\u00efa Mutomboki et Nyatura \u00e0 Masisi, 2 morts<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nNord-Kivu: environ 2 000 personnes fuient les combats entre FDLR et Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Ufamando<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nEnviron 2 000 personnes ont abandonn\u00e9 leurs localit\u00e9s pour fuir les affrontements qui opposent, depuis quelques jours, des rebelles des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) coalis\u00e9s avec des miliciens Nyatura aux Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef du groupe Ra\u00efa Mutomboki, dans le groupement d\u2019Ufamando 1er, en territoire de Masisi (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

New armed group at Lake Edward, North Kivu\u00a0<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu: un marin tu\u00e9 dans une embuscade des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef sur le Lac-Edouard<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nUn marin a \u00e9t\u00e9 abattu et un autre bless\u00e9, dimanche 13 octobre, au cours d\u2019une embuscade de la milice Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef des Forces arm\u00e9es pour la lib\u00e9ration et la r\u00e9sistance de la paix (FALRP) tendue \u00e0 une patrouille de la Force navale congolaise sur la c\u00f4te Ouest du Lac-Edouard.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : un nouveau groupe arm\u00e9 s\u00e8me l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 sur les rives du lac Edouard<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nUn nouveau groupe arm\u00e9 d\u00e9nomm\u00e9 Forces arm\u00e9es pour la lib\u00e9ration et la r\u00e9sistance pour la Paix (FALRP) a vu le jour depuis bient\u00f4t une ann\u00e9e. La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Kamandi qui a livr\u00e9, mercredi 16 octobre, cette information, indique que cette milice est principalement form\u00e9e des combattants ex-PARECO et d\u2019autres jeunes du milieu. Bas\u00e9 dans les secteurs de Tshanika et Ndwali, dans l\u2019ouest du lac Edouard (Nord-Kivu) o\u00f9 ils ses membres vivent principalement de la p\u00eache illicite et du braconnage, ce groupe op\u00e8re aussi \u00e0 Kamandi (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

Negotiations with Raia Mutomboki in Shabunda, South Kivu<\/strong>
\nSud-Kivu: poursuite des n\u00e9gociations de paix avec les deux factions de Ra\u00efa Mutomboki \u00e0 Shabunda<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDes n\u00e9gociations pour le r\u00e9tablissement de la paix dans le territoire de Shabunda se poursuivent\u00a0 depuis le 10 octobre entre l\u2019administrateur du territoire, les acteurs de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, les notables et autres leaders locaux avec les deux factions de la milice Ra\u00efa Mutomboki qui op\u00e8rent dans cette r\u00e9gion. Il s\u2019agit de celle de Sisawa et de Kikuni.<\/p>\n

Attack by presumed FDLR in Fizi, South Kivu<\/strong>
\nSud-Kivu: des FDLR ont d\u00e9valis\u00e9 un camion de marchandises \u00e0 Tulonge<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDes rebelles des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques pour la lib\u00e9ration du Rwanda (FDLR) sont accus\u00e9s d\u2019avoir d\u00e9valis\u00e9, le week-end dernier, les commer\u00e7ants et d\u2019autres passagers d\u2019un camion de marchandises, \u00e0 Tulonge, localit\u00e9 situ\u00e9e pr\u00e8s de 150 km au Sud du chef-lieu du territoire de Fizi (Sud-Kivu). Selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, les m\u00eames rebelles rwandais avaient pill\u00e9, il y a une semaine, un autre bus sur l\u2019axe Kilembwe, dans le territoire de Fizi.<\/p>\n

Army retakes villages occupied by FRPI in Irumu (Ituri), Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nIturi : l\u2019arm\u00e9e a repris toutes les localit\u00e9s occup\u00e9es par le FRPI, selon Alexandre Luba<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe vice-premier ministre en charge de la D\u00e9fense, Alexandre Luba Ntambo, a lou\u00e9 les efforts des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) pour restaurer l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de l\u2019Etat en territoire d\u2019Irumu, en Ituri (Province-Orientale). Selon lui, toutes les localit\u00e9s qui \u00e9taient occup\u00e9es par les miliciens de la FRPI de Cobra Matata sont d\u00e9sormais contr\u00f4l\u00e9es par les FARDC.<\/p>\n

Army liberates presumed LRA hostages in Ango, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale : l\u2019arm\u00e9e lib\u00e8re 35 otages de suppos\u00e9s rebelles ougandais de la LRA<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC ont lib\u00e9r\u00e9 en d\u00e9but de semaine trente-cinq Congolais pris en otage deux jours plus t\u00f4t par des hommes arm\u00e9s en territoire d\u2019Ango, en Province Orientale, a indiqu\u00e9 mercredi 9 septembre le Commissaire de district du Bas-U\u00e9l\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Presumed LRA elements in Bondo, Province Orientale<\/strong>
\nProvince Orientale\/Bondo : Des groupes d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ments de la LRA dans la r\u00e9gion de Sukadi et de Gwane s\u00e8ment la terreur<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Caritas | Reliefweb
\nDes groupes de la LRA rep\u00e9r\u00e9s au niveau de la r\u00e9gion de Sukadi et de Gwane s\u00e8ment la terreur, dans le dioc\u00e8se de Bondo, dans la Province Orientale, en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo.<\/p>\n

Militia in Maniema<\/strong>
\nManiema: les habitants de Lembelembe d\u00e9sertent leur localit\u00e9 apr\u00e8s l\u2019incursion d\u2019une milice<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLes habitants de Lembelembe au Maniema d\u00e9sertent leur localit\u00e9 depuis le mardi 15 octobre apr\u00e8s une incursion du groupe Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef command\u00e9 par un colonel d\u00e9serteur de l\u2019arm\u00e9 congolaise surnomm\u00e9 Thom\u2019s. Ils fuient les exactions commises par ces hommes arm\u00e9s accus\u00e9s notamment de tortures, de viols et de pillages.<\/p>\n

Congolese and Rwandan senators meeting on security situation<\/strong>
\nDes s\u00e9nateurs congolais et rwandais discutent de la crise s\u00e9curitaire dans les Grands Lacs<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC-Rwanda : les s\u00e9nateurs plaident pour des projets int\u00e9grateurs entre les deux pays<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nDes s\u00e9nateurs congolais et rwandais qui ont particip\u00e9 pendant deux jours aux travaux parlementaires consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la situation s\u00e9curitaire dans l\u2019Est de la RDC et dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs ont plaid\u00e9 mardi 15 octobre pour la relance des projets int\u00e9grateurs pour rapprocher les deux pays.<\/p>\n

Report on Congo-Rwanda relationship<\/strong>
\nRwanda\u2019s Stake in Congo: Understanding Interests to Achieve Peace<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Enough Project
\nWarped and exploitative regional relationships have been one of the most critical factors in Congo becoming the site of the deadliest war in the world over the past two decades. Several of Congo\u2019s neighbors have been deeply involved in the war, and the Congolese government\u2019s deep corruption and bad governance have created conditions in which the army and a host of militias have operated with impunity and destabilized eastern Congo. The Congo-Rwanda relationship, however, has been at the heart of the decade-and-ahalf-long war in Congo and is thus the focus of this report.<\/p>\n

EUSEC financing army reform<\/strong>
\nLa r\u00e9forme des FARDC b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d’un financement de 2 millions d’euros d’EUSEC RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLa Mission de l’Union europ\u00e9enne en RD Congo (EUSEC RDC) finance la mise en \u0153uvre du plan de la r\u00e9forme des FARDC avec une enveloppe de 2 millions d’euros dans le cadre du Programme d’action pour la p\u00e9riode allant du 1er octobre 2013 au 30 septembre 2014.<\/p>\n

Police<\/strong>
\nLa RDC aux commandes du comit\u00e9 des chefs de la police d\u2019Afrique centrale<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLa RDC appelle les pays de l\u2019Afrique centrale \u00e0 renforcer leur coop\u00e9ration dans la lutte contre la criminalit\u00e9 transfrontali\u00e8re<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | ACP | Digitalcongo.net
\nLa 14\u00e8me r\u00e9union du Comit\u00e9 des chefs de police d\u2019Afrique centrale (CCPAC) \u00e0 Kinshasa a \u00e9t\u00e9 mise \u00e0 profit par le ministre de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur Richard Muyej pour lancer un vibrant appel aux Etats de cette sous-r\u00e9gion \u00e0 renforcer leur coop\u00e9ration dans le combat contre la criminalit\u00e9 transfrontali\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

Lubumbashi: l\u2019\u00e9cole de formation de la police de Kasapa a rouvert<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019\u00e9cole de formation de la police de la Kasapa au Katanga a officiellement rouvert ce mercredi 16 octobre. Elle \u00e9tait ferm\u00e9e depuis dix ans.<\/p>\n

Reinsertion of child soldiers<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu: plaidoyer pour la r\u00e9insertion des enfants sortis des groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e0 Walikale<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019ONG Groupe d\u2019action et d\u2019appui pour un d\u00e9veloppement endog\u00e8ne (Graade) appelle le gouvernement \u00e0 s\u2019impliquer financi\u00e8rement dans la r\u00e9insertion des enfants sortis des groupes arm\u00e9s dans le territoire de Walikale (Nord-Kivu).<\/p>\n

Sexual violence<\/strong>
\nTowards Ending Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | UN Population Fund | Reliefweb
\nUNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, together with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, are on a joint visit to the DRC to deepen political commitment in the fight against sexual violence in the country.<\/p>\n

Ampleur des violences sexuelles en RDC et actions de lutte contre le ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne de 2011 \u00e0 2012<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN Population Fund | Reliefweb
\nLa recrudescence des violences sexuelles persiste<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | IPS
\nLe pr\u00e9sent rapport analyse les donn\u00e9es sur les cas incidents de violences sexuelles et bas\u00e9es sur le genre (VSBG) rapport\u00e9s en 2011 et 2012 par les acteurs de terrain diss\u00e9min\u00e9s dans sept provinces de la RDC (Bandundu, Bas Congo, Katanga, Kinshasa, Nord Kivu, Province Orientale et Sud Kivu).<\/p>\n

DRC sexual violence: UN, at last, recognizes the magnitude of crimes<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | FIDH
\nA high-level dialogue on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a new mechanism adopted through a vote of the U.N. Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n

Daily Beast: End Sexual Violence In War Zones<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Enough Project<\/p>\n

New essay series<\/strong>
\nAmani Itakuya. Introducing an essay series on peacebuilding in the Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | ChristophVogel.net
\nThe Amani Itakuya Essay Series is a project to create ideas, to discuss challenges and opportunities, and to engage constructive debates on peacebuilding in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its surroundings.
\nBringing together a range of local and international people \u2013 academics, journalists, activists, and practitioners \u2013 Amani Itakuya aims at enlarging the spectrum of a debate which is often led in closed and\/or within proximate circles among peers. This essay series will attempt at putting some of the ongoing debates and their participants onto one single platform \u2013 this website \u2013 in order to deepen existing dialogues on peace in the Congo.<\/p>\n

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

Report on Congo-Rwanda relationship<\/strong>
\nRwanda\u2019s Stake in Congo: Understanding Interests to Achieve Peace<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Enough Project
\nWarped and exploitative regional relationships have been one of the most critical factors in Congo becoming the site of the deadliest war in the world over the past two decades. Several of Congo\u2019s neighbors have been deeply involved in the war, and the Congolese government\u2019s deep corruption and bad governance have created conditions in which the army and a host of militias have operated with impunity and destabilized eastern Congo. The Congo-Rwanda relationship, however, has been at the heart of the decade-and-ahalf-long war in Congo and is thus the focus of this report.<\/p>\n

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

UN Security Council resolution<\/strong>
\nCentral African Republic: Security Council reinforces UN office, backs African Union peacekeeping role<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nRCA : le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 renforce la pr\u00e9sence de l’ONU et se dit pr\u00eat \u00e0 envisager des mesures suppl\u00e9mentaires<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | UN News Centre
\nSecurity Council expresses readiness to consider \u2018appropriate measures\u2019 against those fuelling violence in Central African Republic – Resolution 2121 (2013)<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | UN Security Council
\nLe Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9 exige le r\u00e8glement pacifique de la crise en R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine et se dit pr\u00eat \u00e0 adopter les \u00ab mesures appropri\u00e9es \u00bb – r\u00e9solution 2121 (2013)<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | UN Security Council
\nU.N. Security Council asks for Central African peacekeeping options<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Reuters
\nUN Calls for Peacekeeping Force in CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nCentrafrique : vote d’une r\u00e9solution \u00e0 l’ONU, Fabius \u00e0 Bangui dimanche<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nU.N. Backs Peace Effort for Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | The New York Times
\nUN votes to boost humanitarian support in CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Al Jazeera
\nCentrafrique: l’engagement \u00e0 pas compt\u00e9s de l’ONU<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | RFI
\nCentral African Republic: UN considers sending peacekeepers<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | FIDH
\nSeriously concerned by the deteriorating security situation and widespread human rights abuses in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today \u201creinforced and updated\u201d the United Nations peacebuilding office in the country, while also calling for a political resolution to the conflict.<\/p>\n

African Union<\/strong>
\nAU Calls for Urgent International Assistance to Peace Mission in CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Forum on China-Africa Cooperation | allAfrica
\nThe African Union (AU) has made an urgent call for international assistance to facilitate the operationalization of the international support mission in Central African Republic (CAR).<\/p>\n

France\u2019s Foreign Minister in Bangui: more French troops<\/strong>
\nFrance wants action on Central Africa ‘sectarian poison’<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Reuters
\nApr\u00e8s la r\u00e9solution \u00e0 l’ONU, Laurent Fabius en visite en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | RFI<\/p>\n

Central African Republic \u2013 Visit by Laurent Fabius (13 octobre 2013)<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | France Diplomatie
\nOctober 13, Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited Bangui in order to signal France\u2019s attachment to a swift improvement in the security situation and the living conditions of the people of the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n

France to increase troops in Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | Reuters
\nRCA: Paris va renforcer ses troupes<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nFrance Will Increase Troop Strength in CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nRCA: Laurent Fabius annonce l’envoi de troupes suppl\u00e9mentaires<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | RFI
\nEn visite \u00e0 Bangui, Laurent Fabius annonce l’envoi de troupes fran\u00e7aises d’ici la fin 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nUn \u00e9missaire fran\u00e7ais en Centrafrique. Laurent Fabius fixe des axes pour le retour \u00e0 la paix dans le pays<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Ndeke Luka
\nFrance will boost its troop presence in the Central African Republic by the end of the year under a forthcoming U.N. resolution to help prevent the country from spiraling out of control, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Quel type d’intervention fran\u00e7aise en Centrafrique?<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | RFI
\nQuelle forme pourrait prendre l’intervention de l’arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise en RCA ? Lundi 14 octobre, le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 un risque de d\u00e9bordement de la situation. A Paris, on parle d’un risque de \u00ab somalisation \u00bb, et on promet des renforts. L’arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise attend encore un mandat clair de la part des Nations unies pour lancer une op\u00e9ration.<\/p>\n

French President in South Africa<\/strong>
\nFrance’s Hollande: Central African Republic troubles could spill over<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Reuters
\nIntervention Needed in CAR – Zuma<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | sapa | allAfrica
\nHollande\/Zuma: urgence en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nZuma suppresses his suspicions about France to collaborate on solving the CAR crisis<\/a>\u00a0| 17 October 2013 | Institute for Security Studies
\nFrance in demand again as Central Africa crisis deepens<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Reuters
\nFrench President Francois Hollande said on Monday the collapse of the Central African Republic could destabilize the region, as he sought to drum up support for increased military intervention while on a state visit to South Africa.<\/p>\n

Security situation<\/strong>
\nRCA : un leader de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile souhaite une action plus ferme de l\u2019ONU<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique
\nGaga, un village minier situ\u00e9 \u00e0 environ 200 km au nord-ouest de la capitale centrafricaine, a \u00e9t\u00e9 le th\u00e9\u00e2tre d\u2019affrontements meurtriers pendant plusieurs jours.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : le \u00ab\u00a0faux colonel\u00a0\u00bb Mahamat Amine arr\u00eat\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Afrik.com
\nJustice exemplaire pour les auteurs d\u2019actes criminels \u00e0 Damara et Bangassou<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Radio Ndeke Luka
\nLe colonel Mahamat Amine, membre de l\u2019ex-coalition S\u00e9l\u00e9ka, a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 avec six de ses hommes \u00e0 Damara, o\u00f9 ils semaient la terreur depuis plusieurs mois.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : fin de partie pour le \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9n\u00e9ral\u00a0\u00bb Moussa Assimeh<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nLe pr\u00e9sident de transition de la Centrafrique, Michel Djotodia, tente d’\u00e9carter l’un des principaux chefs de guerre de Centrafrique, le \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9n\u00e9ral\u00a0\u00bb Moussa Assimeh.<\/p>\n

Organisations denouncing violence<\/strong>
\nCentral African Republic: A Country Overwhelmed by Terror More Each Day<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | FIDH
\nThe UN Security Council must immediately support international troops<\/p>\n

Central African Republic: Fighting Reaches Unprecedented Levels of Violence<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | MSF | allAfrica
\nMedical Aid Group: Workers Witness CAR Atrocities, Executions<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nCentral African Republic clashes: ‘Thousands flee villages’<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | BBC Africa
\nRCA: violence \u201csans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent\u201d<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nCentral African Republic: Group Reports New Deadly Attacks<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | The New York Times
\nMSF d\u00e9nonce une violence \u00absans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent\u00bb en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 17 October 2013 | RFI
\nTens of thousands of people have fled in a wave of attacks and ruthless killings by armed groups and government forces in north-western Central African Republic, the international medical aid organisation M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) reports today.<\/p>\n

Analysis<\/strong>
\nConflict trends (no. 19): Real-time analysis of African political violence, October 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | ACLED | Reliefweb
\nOctober issue of the Armed Con-flict Location & Event Dataset (ACLED) Conflict Trends. Each month, ACLED researchers gather, analyse and publish data on political violence in Africa in realtime.<\/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

RDC: 100 000 d\u00e9plac\u00e9s vivent dans des conditions \u00abcatastrophiques\u00bb \u00e0 Walendu Bindi<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu: des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s en difficult\u00e9 dans un quartier d\u2019Uvira<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : 580 familles des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s en situation difficile dans le parc des Virunga<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: les combats entre miliciens APCLS et Nyatura font de nouveaux d\u00e9plac\u00e9s \u00e0 Kitchanga<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

UNOCHA bulletins<\/strong>
\nBulletin humanitaire provincial: Province du Sud-Kivu, RD Congo – septembre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

RD Congo – Province du Sud-Kivu : D\u00e9placements au 30 septembre 2013 (Janvier 2009 – septembre 2013)<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire, Province du Katanga No. 39\/13, 09 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Nord-Kivu No 34\/13, 9 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire, Province du Maniema No. 30\/13, 10 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province Orientale No 41\/13, 16 octobre 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

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

R\u00e9publique centrafricaine: d\u00e9part imminent d’une mission d’\u00e9valuation humanitaire de l’ONU<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | UN News Centre<\/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>
\nAfrica and the ICC<\/strong>
\nAfrican states must reject calls to withdraw from the ICC<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Amnesty International
\nCour p\u00e9nale internationale : le front du refus africain en sommet \u00e0 Addis-Abeba<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nAddis-Abeba: sommet de l\u2019UA sur ses relations houleuses avec la CPI<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | RFI
\nWill Africa pull out of the ICC?<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | BBC Africa
\nAfrican Nations Discuss Stance on ICC<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nThe African Union (AU) is holding an extraordinary summit in Addis Ababa on 11 and 12 October. It is understood that a proposal will be tabled for the en bloc withdrawal of African countries from the Rome Statute of the ICC. Some AU members are concerned that the ICC is unfairly targeting African countries.<\/p>\n

In Africa, Seeking a License to Kill<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | The New York Times
\nOp-ed, by Desmond Tutu
\nNobel Laureate Fights African Pullout from Global Court<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | IPS
\nCape Town \u2014 Members of the African Union will meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today to discuss recent calls by some African leaders to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. These calls must be resisted. The continent has suffered the consequences of unaccountable governance for too long to disown the protections offered by the I.C.C.<\/p>\n

AU, Kenya and the International Criminal Court: Beyond Impunity<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Pambazuka News<\/p>\n

Saving African dictators from the ICC<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Pambazuka News<\/p>\n

ICC Is Critical Tool for Combating Rape and Sexual Violence<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | OSISA | allAfrica
\nThe International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict – including 7 Nobel peace laureates – called on members of the African Union (AU) to back the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a critical tool for combating rape and other forms of gender violence.<\/p>\n

African Union runs critical eye over International Criminal Court<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Reuters
\nPortfolio interactif : la CPI, 15 ans et 29 Africains en ligne de mire<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nThe International Criminal Court (ICC) has become a \u00ab\u00a0political instrument\u00a0\u00bb, Ethiopia’s foreign minister said on Friday, opening a meeting at which Africa will review its ties with the Hague-based war crimes tribunal.<\/p>\n

African Union condemns ‘unfair’ ICC<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | BBC Africa
\nICC’s ‘Unfair Treatment’ of Africa ‘Completely Unacceptable’ – AU<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency | allAfrica
\nThe African Union (AU) said on Saturday \u00ab\u00a0the unfair treatment that Africa has been subject to by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is completely unacceptable.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Africans tell ICC: Heads of state should not be tried<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Reuters
\nAfrican Leaders Want Prosecution Immunity for Heads of State<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nAfrican Union urges ICC to defer Uhuru Kenyatta case<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | BBC Africa
\nSommet de l\u2019UA: un consensus semble se d\u00e9gager pour \u00e9viter le retrait de la CPI<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | RFI
\nL’UA soutient les K\u00e9nyans Uhuru Kenyatta et William Ruto face \u00e0 la CPI<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | AFP | Jeune Afrique
\nL’UA veut la suspension des proc\u00e9dures de la CPI contre les pr\u00e9sidents en exercice<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | RFI
\nLes relations entre la CPI et l’Union africaine toujours sous haute tension<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | RFI
\nAfrica Chooses to Stay Inside the Law On Kenya<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | allAfrica
\nAU Issues Warning, but Not Parting, Shots to the ICC<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Daily Maverick | allAfrica
\nAU and the ICC \u2013 How They Voted<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | ThinkAfricaPress
\nThe AU’s ICC summit: A case of elite solidarity for self preservation?<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Institute for Security Studies
\nAfrican nations have agreed that sitting heads of state should not be put on trial by the International Criminal Court where Kenya’s leaders are in the dock.<\/p>\n

Dispatches: Failure of Leadership at AU Summit<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | Human Rights Watch
\nWhen African Union (AU) heads of state gathered in Addis Ababa this weekend for an extraordinary summit, Africans might have expected that their leaders would have extraordinary issues to discuss.<\/p>\n

AU Summit call for immunity of senior government officials is deplorable<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | Amnesty International
\nAmnesty condamne l’Union africaine<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nThe African Union\u2019s declaration that no senior government officials should appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and their call for deferral of the cases against Kenya\u2019s leaders is deplorable, said Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s Ruto to cooperate with ICC despite African pressure<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Reuters
\nDeputy Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday he would continue to cooperate with the International Criminal Court despite a call from African leaders for his case and that of President Uhuru Kenyatta to be delayed.<\/p>\n

President Kagame Discusses ICC, FDLR, EAC Integration, Women Majority in Parliament and More At Press Briefing<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Government of Rwanda | allAfrica
\nRwanda: nouvelle charge du pr\u00e9sident Kagame contre la CPI<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | RFI
\nPresident Paul Kagame said that Rwanda had already expressed a strong opinion on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at its inception ten years ago – questioning it’s premise – and the years that followed proved that Rwanda had made the right decision in not signing the Rome Statute.<\/p>\n

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

Bemba trial<\/strong>
\nBemba Hearings Cancelled Until Next Week<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Bemba Trial website | allAfrica<\/p>\n

Bemba’s Lawyers Oppose Admission of Untested Witness Statements<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Bemba Trial Website | allAfrica<\/p>\n

Chebeya case<\/strong>
\nLes veuves Chebeya et Bazana demandent un commissionnement de magistrats militaires de haut rang pour juger le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Numbi<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | PR Newswire | allAfrica
\nAlors que leur plainte est rest\u00e9e sans suite depuis plus de trois ans, les veuves de Floribert Chebeya et Fid\u00e8le Bazana interpellent de nouveau les autorit\u00e9s congolaises et demandent la traduction du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral John Numbi devant une juridiction impartiale et ind\u00e9pendante, afin qu’il r\u00e9ponde de sa responsabilit\u00e9 dans l’assassinat de leurs \u00e9poux.<\/p>\n

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

Genocide prosecution<\/strong>
\nTransferred Genocide Suspects Say They Don’t Understand Their Own Language<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Hirondelle News Agency | allAfrica
\nMugesera et Munyagishari : la peur d\u2019un proc\u00e8s en langue rwandaise<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Hirondelle News Agency
\nEver since being transferred to Rwanda in July by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), former militiaman Bernard Munyagishari has been fighting to have his genocide trial conducted in French, rather than the Rwandan language Kinyarwanda. He is on the same quest where another transferred Rwandan suspect, L\u00e9on Mugesera, failed last year.<\/p>\n

Genocide compensation<\/strong>
\nThe Rwandan case: is it possible to truly compensate victims of genocide?<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Peace Direct | Reliefweb
\nJean-Paul Mugiraneza discusses why the victims of the Tutsi Genocide- one of the worst incidences of mass killing in the 20th century- are still struggling to receive financial compensation for their physical and material loss 20 years on, and asks, is it even possible to fully compensate these people after such an atrocity?<\/p>\n

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>
\nManagement of natural resources in Africa<\/strong>
\nGestion des ressources naturelles – Matata pr\u00f4ne un \u00ab leadership fort \u00bb dans les Etats fragiles<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLa gestion des ressources naturelles exige un leadership et de la d\u00e9termination dans les Etats fragiles. C’est ce qu’a soutenu Matata Ponyo Mapon dans un forum organis\u00e9 \u00e0 Washington, en marge des assembl\u00e9es annuelles de la Banque mondiale et du FMI.<\/p>\n

Mercury agreement signed<\/strong>
\nInternational mercury accord to take effect in January 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Mineweb
\nA global agreement to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds has been signed in Minamata, Japan. Delegates from 140 nations and territories have signed the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury with the international treaty set to take effect in 90 days.
\nThe treaty gives governments 15 years to end all mercury mining. However, environmental groups have criticized the accord for failing to address the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining.<\/p>\n

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

Mining code revision<\/strong>
\nCongo\u2019s Government Wants 15% Stake of New Mines in Revised Code<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo plans to raise its free stake in new mining projects to 15 percent from 5 percent, said Chantal Bashizi, the vice president of the commission revising the mining code.<\/p>\n

Prospects for mining industry<\/strong>
\nMalgr\u00e9 les bonnes perspectives de croissance, le spectre de la guerre hante l’industrie mini\u00e8re<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLe dynamisme observ\u00e9 dans le secteur des industries extractives en RDC fait projeter une production de cuivre d\u00e9passant 600 000 tonnes en 2013 et atteignant environ 1 million de tonnes en 2014. Celle de l’or, qui est estim\u00e9e \u00e0 2 tonnes pour 2013, devrait grimper \u00e0 14 tonnes en 2014.<\/p>\n

Copper<\/strong>
\nDR Congo Copper Production Rises Despite Electricity Constraints<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo may boost copper exports to about 750,000 metric tons this year even as producers are held back by power constraints, Moise Katumbi, governor of mineral-rich Katanga province, said.<\/p>\n

Congo Rail Seeks to Link Copper Mines to Angola\u2019s Lobito<\/a>\u00a0| 17 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nRailway companies from Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola will meet to discuss linkages that would allow Congo\u2019s mine operators to ship copper to the port of Lobito in the neighboring African country.<\/p>\n

Miners to be taxed in francs<\/strong>
\nDRC Plans to Tax Miners in Francs to Cut Dollar Use<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nDemocratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Matata Ponyo said his government plans to tax mining companies in local currency in an attempt to \u201cdrastically reduce\u201d dollarization in the economy within three years.<\/p>\n

Mineral fraudsters arrested<\/strong>
\nSud-Kivu : Quatre fraudeurs des minerais appr\u00e9hend\u00e9s \u00e0 Nyabibwe<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | ACP | Digitalcongo.net
\nSelon la source, ces personnes ont vol\u00e9 200 Kg de cassit\u00e9rite, produits au site minier de Kalimbi, qu\u2019ils ont embarqu\u00e9s dans un minibus \u00e0 destination de Goma.<\/p>\n

Investments in power generation<\/strong>
\nDRC Plans Massive Investments in Power Generation, Agriculture<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nThe Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says his administration plans to invest about $ 50 billion in power generation both for domestic consumption and for export.<\/p>\n

Belgiums put money on Bamanisa<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe numerous mining projects in Orientale call for major supplies of power. Brussels wants to build up its special position in the sphere.<\/p>\n

Hydropower – Inga<\/strong>
\nSNEL<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe Belgian company Dredging International is vying with an American company for the contract to dredge the canal leading to turbines of the Inga dam.<\/p>\n

Jacob Zuma<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nJacob Zuma, South Africa\u2019s president, is due to visit Kinshasa at the end of this month to sign a contract with his Congolese counterpart Joseph Kabila concerning the supply of electricity from the future Inga 3 dam.<\/p>\n

Oil<\/strong>
\nShelf dispute drags on<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nA low-key battle with potentially big consequences is unfolding before the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in New York.<\/p>\n

Campaign against oil exploration in Virunga Park, North Kivu<\/strong>
\nAnna Friel joins campaign against oil exploration in Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | The Guardian
\nActress Anna Friel is to help publicise a newly invigorated WWF campaign against plans to explore for oil in one of the world’s most important regions for wildlife. British-based oil and gas company Soco began aerial surveys of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo this month, despite pleas from environmental campaigners and the British government.<\/p>\n

Virunga Park chief curator released<\/strong>
\nNord-Kivu: un conservateur du parc des Virunga lib\u00e9r\u00e9 apr\u00e8s 17 jours de d\u00e9tention<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nArr\u00eat\u00e9 par des militaires pour s\u2019\u00eatre oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019ex\u00e9cution d\u2019un projet de la firme Soco International \u00e0 Nyakakoma et gard\u00e9 au cachot de l\u2019Agence nationale de renseignements (ANR) \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu), le conservateur principal du parc des Virunga, Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, a \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9 depuis une semaine.<\/p>\n

Parks and reserves<\/strong>
\nUne enqu\u00eate sur les parcs et r\u00e9serves en RD Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | ACP | Digitalcongo.net
\nLa revue trimestrielle belge \u00ab Ardenne et Gaume \u00bb consacre son num\u00e9ro du troisi\u00e8me trimestre 2013 \u00e0 une longue enqu\u00eate r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par le journaliste Fran\u00e7ois Misser sur les aires prot\u00e9g\u00e9es en RD Congo.<\/p>\n

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

Oil<\/strong>
\nFirms Invited to Build Uganda Oil Refinery<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nUganda has invited private firms to express their interest in building and operating the proposed oil refinery to promote valuable use of the country’s petroleum resources. The Uganda Refinery Project will have the capacity to process 60,000 barrels per day and will be located in Hoima.<\/p>\n

Oil Refinery Threatened<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nBattle lines have been drawn between the government on one hand and activists and locals over the compensation and resettlement of residents to be evicted to create space for oil refinery infrastructure in Hoima, western Uganda.<\/p>\n

Oil Will Not Make You Rich – Minister<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nState minister for Agriculture, Prof Zerubaberi Nyira has advised people in the Albertine region to embrace agriculture instead of waiting for oil money which is not going to flow in their pockets.<\/p>\n

With Our Oil, We Must Build a ‘Welfare State’<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nOpinion. With the oil and gas money we should provide completely free education, health and health.<\/p>\n

Minerals<\/strong>
\nNation Seeks to Import Mozambique Coal<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nPresident Yoweri Museveni has revealed that Uganda is targeting to import coal from Mozambique to support the development of its vast iron ore reserves.<\/p>\n

Elephant poaching<\/strong>
\nClerics Arrested With Ivory<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica<\/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><\/p>\n

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

Mining code revision<\/strong>
\nCongo\u2019s Government Wants 15% Stake of New Mines in Revised Code<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo plans to raise its free stake in new mining projects to 15 percent from 5 percent, said Chantal Bashizi, the vice president of the commission revising the mining code.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9vision du code minier en RDC: les autorit\u00e9s rassurent les op\u00e9rateurs du secteur<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral au minist\u00e8re des Mines, Katanda Ngoy, a assur\u00e9 les op\u00e9rateurs du secteur minier que la r\u00e9vision du code minier congolais se faisait de mani\u00e8re professionnelle, concert\u00e9e et \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Randgold \u2013 Kibali Gold Mines<\/strong>
\nRandgold Resources Ld: Kibali signals long-term value creation in DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Randgold Resources Ld | Marketwired
\nKibali start-up could signal long-term value creation in DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Mining Weekly
\nThe new Kibali gold mine, which started production last month, could be the catalyst for substantial long-term value creation in the Democratic Republic of Congo if it is handled correctly by all its stakeholders, Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow told a media briefing here today.<\/p>\n

La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Kibali Gold Mine annonce pour d\u2019ici fin octobre la commercialisation de l\u2019or qu\u2019elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 produire en septembre \u00e0 Doko<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | Digitalcongo.net
\nLes dirigeants de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Kibali Gold Mine annoncent la commercialisation, d\u2019ici la fin de ce mois d\u2019octobre de l\u2019or produit par leur firme \u00e0 Doko dans la Province Orientale.<\/p>\n

Banro<\/strong>
\nBanro Provides Q3 2013 Production Update for its Twangiza Gold Mine, DRC, Brief Operations Overview and Comment on Additional Funding for the Namoya Project<\/a>\u00a0| 10 October 2013 | Banro Corporation | Marketwired
\nToronto, Ontario – Banro Corporation provides Q3 gold production, a brief operations update for its Twangiza Gold Mine and Namoya construction project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the \u00ab\u00a0DRC\u00a0\u00bb) and details of additional funding arrangements.
\nTwangiza produced 20,784 ounces of gold for the third quarter of 2013, as Twangiza continued to optimize its processes and undergo its planned expansion to increase future throughput to up to 1.7 million tonnes per year.<\/p>\n

Tiger<\/strong>
\nKipoi hits its stride in Sept quarter – Tiger<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Mining Weekly
\nPerth \u2013 Copper miner Tiger Resources has set a new quarterly production record at its Kipoi copper project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kipoi project delivered 12 123 t of copper in concentrate during the three months to September, which was 35% above the plant\u2019s nameplate capacity and 9% higher than the previous quarter production record.<\/p>\n

Tiger secures offtake partner<\/a>\u00a0| 17 October 2013 | Mining Weekly
\nPerth \u2013 Dual-listed copper miner Tiger Resources has agreed to a 100 000 t copper cathode offtake agreement from the Stage 2 development of its Kipoi project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

Gecamines<\/strong>
\nGecamines of Congo Considering Initial Public Offering by 2015<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nGecamines, the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s state-owned miner, is considering an initial public offering within the next two years, said Mbangu Mwangal, head of research and planning.<\/p>\n

Campaign against SOCO\u2019s oil exploration in Virunga Park<\/strong>
\nAnna Friel joins campaign against oil exploration in Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 13 October 2013 | The Guardian
\nAnna Friel and Stephen Poliakoff back WWF fight to save Virunga national park \u2013 video<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | The Guardian
\nActress Anna Friel is to help publicise a newly invigorated WWF campaign against plans to explore for oil in one of the world’s most important regions for wildlife. British-based oil and gas company Soco began aerial surveys of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo this month, despite pleas from environmental campaigners and the British government.<\/p>\n

SOCO ceases activities in Bas-Congo province<\/strong>
\nAnnonce de la cessation des activit\u00e9s de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 p\u00e9troli\u00e8re SOCO au Bas-Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | ACP | Digitalcongo.net
\nLe vice-gouverneur du Bas-Congo, M. Atou Matubuana, a \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9 de la cessation des activit\u00e9s de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 p\u00e9troli\u00e8re SOCO dans le Bas-Fleuve que le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de SOCO-Afrique est parti lui annoncer le week-end dernier, suite aux infructueux essais de forage et exploitation de l\u2019or noir dans ce coin de la R\u00e9publique.<\/p>\n

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

Oil<\/strong>
\nOil Industry First Dividends<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nFollowing the issuance of Uganda’s first oil production licence to China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to start the development of the Kingfisher Oil Field in Lake Albert basin, various service providers are looking for ways of positioning themselves to cash in.<\/p>\n

Oil Bribes – MPs Fails to Pin Mbabazi, Kutesa<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nA two-year parliamentary investigation has failed to find evidence pinning top government officials for accepting bribes to influence the award of favourable oil contracts.<\/p>\n

Minerals<\/strong>
\nEntebbe serves as a hub for Tanzanian mines<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Mining Weekly
\nGlobal aircraft charter specialists Chapman Freeborn Air Chartering reports that it has centred some of its operations in the city of Entebbe, in Uganda, to service the mining industries in Tanzania and surrounding countries. Chapman Freeborn offers scheduled freighter flights to Mwanza Airport, in northern Tanzania, and scheduled supplying flights to locations, such as Mogadishu, in Somalia, Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Mozambique,\u201d says Lange.<\/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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Mining code revision<\/strong>
\nCongo\u2019s Government Wants 15% Stake of New Mines in Revised Code<\/a>\u00a0| 11 October 2013 | Bloomberg
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo plans to raise its free stake in new mining projects to 15 percent from 5 percent, said Chantal Bashizi, the vice president of the commission revising the mining code.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9vision du code minier en RDC: les autorit\u00e9s rassurent les op\u00e9rateurs du secteur<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral au minist\u00e8re des Mines, Katanda Ngoy, a assur\u00e9 les op\u00e9rateurs du secteur minier que la r\u00e9vision du code minier congolais se faisait de mani\u00e8re professionnelle, concert\u00e9e et \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

EITI<\/strong>
\nLa RDC sur la voie de r\u00e9int\u00e9grer le processus ITIE, selon C\u00e9lestin Vunabandi<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nLe pr\u00e9sident du comit\u00e9 ex\u00e9cutif de l\u2019ITIE RDC, C\u00e9lestin Vunabandi a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 lundi 14 octobre que la RDC est sur la voie de r\u00e9int\u00e9grer le processus de l\u2019Initiative pour la transparence des industries extractives (ITIE).<\/p>\n

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

No winner of 2013 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership<\/strong>
\nNo Winner of the 2013 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Mo Ibrahim Foundation | allAfrica
\nAfrique: le prix Mo Ibrahim ne sera une nouvelle fois pas d\u00e9cern\u00e9 en 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | RFI
\nPrix Mo Ibrahim: pas de gagnant<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nThe Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s independent Prize Committee has decided not to award this year’s 2013 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is the largest prize in the world, worth an annual US$5 million over 10 years and US$200,000 annually for life thereafter.<\/p>\n

Mo Ibrahim Prize 2013: and the winner is\u2026Afro-realism \u2013 By Magnus Taylor<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | African Arguments<\/p>\n

2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance<\/strong>
\n2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG)<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | The Ibrahim Index of African Governance
\nEstablished in 2007, the IIAG is the most comprehensive collection of quantitative data on governance in Africa.<\/p>\n

African Governance Improving, Index Finds<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nIndice Ibrahim: la RDC avant-derni\u00e8re<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nSudanese magnate Mo Ibrahim announced his seventh annual African Governance Index Monday, saying there are both positive and negative trends to watch.<\/p>\n

Mo Ibrahim Prize 2013: and the winner is\u2026Afro-realism \u2013 By Magnus Taylor<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | African Arguments<\/p>\n

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

Creation of Constitutional Court<\/strong>
\nRDC: Joseph Kabila promulgue la loi cr\u00e9ant la Cour constitutionnelle<\/a>\u00a0| 16 October 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nUne Cour constitutionnelle pour la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 17 October 2013 | RFI
\nLe chef de l\u2019Etat a promulgu\u00e9 mardi 15 octobre la loi portant organisation et fonctionnement de la Cour constitutionnelle trois ans apr\u00e8s son adoption au Parlement.<\/p>\n

DRC 51st<\/sup>\u00a0of 52 on 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance<\/strong>
\n2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG)<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | The Ibrahim Index of African Governance
\nEstablished in 2007, the IIAG is the most comprehensive collection of quantitative data on governance in Africa.<\/p>\n

Indice Ibrahim: la RDC avant-derni\u00e8re<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nLa RDC se classe 51\u00e8me sur 52 dans l’Indice Ibrahim de la gouvernance en Afrique 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nDepuis 2000, la RDC a progress\u00e9 le plus dans la cat\u00e9gorie D\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique durable.<\/p>\n

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

Uganda and its president. A leader who cannot bear to retire<\/a>\u00a0| 12 October 2013 | The Economist
\nOnce much admired across Africa and the West, Uganda\u2019s tarnished president seems determined to hang on for ever.<\/p>\n

Uganda Opposition Leaders Reject Invitation to Join Ruling Party<\/a>\u00a0| 14 October 2013 | Voice of America
\nUganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni has called on two senior opposition leaders to stop fighting losing political battles \u2013 and join the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).<\/p>\n

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

Burundi: les coulisses de la d\u00e9mission du vice-pr\u00e9sident T\u00e9rence Sinunguruza<\/a>\u00a0| 15 October 2013 | RFI
\nAu Burundi, T\u00e9rence Sinunguruza, premier vice-pr\u00e9sident issu du parti Uprona, le principal parti tutsi de ce pays, a d\u00e9missionn\u00e9 hier, au bout d\u2019un long bras-de-fer avec son parti. Uprona qui l\u2019accuse de privil\u00e9gier ses propres int\u00e9r\u00eats, avait demand\u00e9 au pr\u00e9sident, issu du principal parti hutu du Burundi, de le d\u00e9mettre.<\/p>\n

Burundi : le successeur du Premier vice-ministre fait grincer des dents<\/a>\u00a0| 17 October 2013 | RFI
\nDeux jours apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9mission un peu forc\u00e9e du Premier vice-pr\u00e9sident du Burundi, le chef de l’Etat a propos\u00e9 le nom d’un successeur. Il s’agit de Bernard Busokoza, issu lui aussi de l’Uprona, le principal parti burundais \u00e0 majorit\u00e9 tutsie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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