1.0IPIShttps://ipisresearch.be/nl/Anne Hullebroeckhttps://ipisresearch.be/nl/author/anne-hullebroeck/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8o7Ot3xzS1"><a href="https://ipisresearch.be/nl/weekly-briefing/8-14-august-2013/">8 – 14 August 2013</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ipisresearch.be/nl/weekly-briefing/8-14-august-2013/embed/#?secret=8o7Ot3xzS1" width="600" height="338" title="“8 – 14 August 2013” — IPIS" data-secret="8o7Ot3xzS1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://ipisresearch.be/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://ipisresearch.be/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/briefing-feature-3.png800540As Martin Kobler took the reins as Ban Ki Moon’s Special Representative for MONUSCO this week, civil society representatives orchestrated a number of “dead city” strike actionsthroughout North Kivu in a bid to pressure the peacekeepers to launch offensive operations against armed groups throughout the province. There are reports of torture and poor detention conditions for those detained by the M23 and Monday saw thedefection of high-ranking ex-CNDP commander, Colonel Richard Bisamaza, with 60 soldiers, said to be headed to join the rebel group’s ranks. In South Kivu six armed groups have reportedly expressed the will to reintegrate into the Congolese army,[…]