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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n

In\u00a0North Kivu<\/a>, several hostages have been freed from the hands of the\u00a0ADF-Nalu<\/a>\u00a0militia, including a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) \u2013 one of four MSF workers taken in July last year. In\u00a0South Kivu<\/a>, 15 Mai-Mai Yakutumba are said to have died during clashes with the FARDC in the Fizi region. The continuing state of insecurity in the area reportedly caused a further 4,600 people to flee to Burundi. In\u00a0Province Orientale<\/a>, FARDC and MONUSCO have continued their struggle against the LRA, reportedly leading 12 hostages to escape from the militia.<\/p>\n

The Congolese defence ministry has initiated a\u00a0national plan to fight sexual violence<\/a>\u00a0committed by Congolese soldiers. At the heart of the plan stands a code of conduct prohibiting the use of sexual violence against civilians. In a next step a committee will be established to monitor adherence to the commitment.<\/p>\n

At the Lupoto mine in Katanga,\u00a0artisanal miners claim that over 30 miners were trapped<\/a>\u00a0in the mine on 28 of August after the mining company Luna Mines conducted work to prevent illegal mining. Luna Mines has rejected the claim saying that they informed all locals and evacuated the mines before starting their work.<\/p>\n

Seleka members of the\u00a0Central African Republic<\/a>\u2019s new Government have been excluded from the Seleka\u2019s ranks, according to the group\u2019s vice-president, Nouredine Adam. He reportedly states that neither the prime minister\u00a0nor the ministers were selected by the group. Meanwhile, 11 eleven people are reported dead in Bambari during clashes between an armed militia and anti-balaka fighters. In light of the ongoing violence, the deputy head of the interim government announced yesterday that the country\u2019s\u00a0elections, scheduled for February 2015, will be delayed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new special envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, has called on civil society organisations to play a role of impartiality, objectivity and accountability in the national monitoring mechanism of the\u00a0Addis Ababa Agreement<\/a>. The call was made during a national consultation meeting last week held in Kinshsa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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IPIS\u2019 Latest\u00a0Publications<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Supply Chains and Transport Corridors in East Africa<\/a>\u00a0\u2758 June 2014 \u2758 IPIS and TransArms-Research
\nTransport infrastructure plays a key role in boosting a country or region\u2019s economic development. IPIS and TransArms have ascertained on several occasions that the underdevelopment or degeneration of transport infrastructure is a problematic issue across a number of African countries and regions. This report analyses the current logistics situation in Eastern Africa, and the logistic challenges faced by various actors in that region. It is based on desktop research, and interviews and data collected by the authors during several field missions to East and Central Africa. At the time of writing, however, logistic and other challenges to cost-efficient trade and overall economic development are yet to be addressed. Further research and policy actions to effectively tackle current shortcomings are much needed. A strategy relying on a piecemeal approach (e.g. on ad hoc investments in infrastructure) is likely to result in a \u2018quick fix\u2019 to ship raw materials out of the African continent rather than in an effort to boost sustainable economic development.<\/p>\n

De Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking en fragiele staten: een kloof tussen beleid en praktijk?<\/a>\u00a0\u2758\u00a0<\/strong>May 2014\u00a0\u2758<\/strong>\u00a011.11.11 i.s.m. IPIS
\nZo goed als de helft van de Belgische middelen voor ontwikkelingshulp gaat naar partnerlanden waar de overheid niet de capaciteit, wil en\/of legitimiteit heeft om de publieke zaken effici\u00ebnt te beheren, voor veiligheid te zorgen en om de bevolking uit de armoede te halen. Omdat traditionele hulprecepten in deze \u2018fragiele staten\u2019 op hun limieten stuiten, is er de laatste decennia een internationaal beleid ontwikkeld dat een blauwdruk voorstelt voor een gedifferentieerde aanpak om deze landen te ondersteunen in het traject richting meer weerbaarheid. De Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking onderschrijft de internationale engagementen over fragiele staten die hieruit ontstonden, zoals de fragiele staten principes (FSP\u2019s) en de New Deal. In 2013 werd er een Belgische strategienota voor fragiele situaties goedgekeurd. Positief is dat Belgi\u00eb zich, ondanks de moeilijke context, rond dit thema blijft engageren \u2013 zowel op internationaal beleidsniveau als binnen haar eigen ontwikkelingsbeleid.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights: The EU draft law on conflict minerals due diligence: a critical assessment from a business & human rights standpoint\u00a0<\/a>\u2758<\/strong>\u00a030 April 2014\u00a0\u2758\u00a0<\/strong>IPIS
\nOn the 5th of March 2014, the European Commission proposed a responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones. The proposal took place within a specific and timely context. As IPIS has long documented, the exploitation of natural resources can have adverse human rights impacts. Businesses operating in conflict-affected or fragile regions should therefore ascertain whether their direct operations or their business relationships with other parties, including through their supply chains, have fueled or funded conflict and\/or human rights abuse.<\/p>\n

Business & Human Rights in Uganda: What’s on the Agenda?<\/a>\u00a0| 12 March 2014 | IPIS
\nA few days after attending the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, IPIS Business & Human Rights Analysts Anna Bulzomi and Gabriella Wass boarded a plane to Kampala, Uganda, to run a two-day training with ActionAid Uganda for businesses and NGOs on \u201cWhat does business & human rights mean, and how can we bring about a healthy relationship between the two?\u201d This document summarises some thoughts and observations from our 19 participating organisations, as well as providing snapshots of the current relationship between business and human rights in Uganda.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights: Pentagon Accidentally Arms Al Qaeda Affiliate<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | IPIS
\nA confidential report to the UN Security Council last week revealed that some of the weapons and ammunition to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces appears to have been diverted to the Al Qaeda affiliate known as Al Shabaab.<\/p>\n

Mapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan – South Sudan border (2012-2013)\u00a0<\/a>| 5 February 2014 | IPIS
\nIn \u201cMapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan-South Sudan border\u201d, IPIS analyses the conflict dynamics in the wider border area spanning Sudan and South Sudan. The analysis specifically looks into the motivations and interests of the parties involved in the interstate, intrastate and local conflicts in this area.\u00a0Together with the report, a series of maps of the area of focus is available at\u00a0www.ipisresearch.be\/mapping\/webmapping\/bordersudans<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Conflict and security<\/h1>\n

Recent news on conflict, security and arms trade across the Great Lakes Region.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fight on terrorism<\/strong><\/p>\n

African Summit to Focus on Terrorist Threat<\/a>\u00a0| 2 September 2014 | Voice of America
\nAfrican leaders are meeting in Nairobi Tuesday to discuss how to tackle terrorism and extremism across the continent. The summit, the first on this topic organized by the African Union, comes amid reports of a U.S. drone strike in Somalia targeting the leader of militant group al-Shabab. The Nairobi security summit is being attended by six heads of state — from Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia — and leaders from several other African countries.<\/p>\n

African Union should lead the continent’s response to terrorism<\/a>\u00a0| 2 September 2014 | ISS
\nThe AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) should set the agenda for Africa\u2019s response to terrorism to ensure an approach based on collective and multilateral actions. This was one of the recommendations of a seminar organised by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) yesterday, ahead of the PSC summit on terrorism on Tuesday 2 September in Nairobi, Kenya. The key question for today\u2019s PSC summit \u2013 the first of its kind dedicated to terrorism \u2013 is how the AU and its member states can achieve a stronger and more effective response to terrorism.<\/p>\n

Taking on Africa\u2019s armed groups<\/a>\u00a0| 2 September 2014 | Aljazeera
\nVIDEO \u2013 Inside Story
\nPresidents and prime ministers in Africa have been facing up to the threat of armed groups at home and beyond their borders. Leaders held a summit in Kenya’s capital Nairobi to agree a response to end what they called a “growing extremist threat”. The presidents of Kenya, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda were among those attending the meeting, along with the prime ministers of Namibia and Algeria. Hours before it started, the US carried out air raids against al-Shabab targets in Somalia. The Chadian president, Idriss Deby, told the conference: “Terrorism and organised crime compels us to take action.” The summit followed a meeting of security and intelligence chiefs in Nairobi on Saturday, which raised concerns about threats from the Islamic State group which has taken over large areas of Iraq and Syria. So can African leaders win the fight against home-grown armed groups? And is a bigger threat looming from the Islamic State?<\/p>\n

Uganda and DRC pledge to coordinate joined fight against armed groups in the region<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kinshasa et Kampala s\u2019engagent \u00e0 combattre ensemble les groupes arm\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa RDC et l’Ouganda prennent l’engagement de combattre ensemble les groupes arm\u00e9s dans la region<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nAu terme de la 6e session ordinaire de la grande commission mixte RDC-Ouganda, mercredi 27 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Kinshasa, les deux pays se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 \u0153uvrer ensemble pour combattre les groupes arm\u00e9s encore actifs dans la r\u00e9gion. Kampala et Kinshasa se sont \u00e9galement mis d\u2019accord pour renforcer leur coop\u00e9ration. \u00ab Les deux parties r\u00e9it\u00e8rent leurs engagements \u00e0 \u0153uvrer de concert pour mettre fin \u00e0 l\u2019existence des\u00a0 groupes armes dans la r\u00e9gion.\u00a0 Elles s\u2019engagent \u00e0 saisir et encourager tous les pays de la r\u00e9gion o\u00f9 se trouvent encore les ADF, les LRA et les autres forces n\u00e9gatives en vue de leur neutralisation \u00bb, lit-on dans la d\u00e9claration finale de ces travaux qui ont dur\u00e9 quatre jours.<\/p>\n

DRC and Rwanda define their borders<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fin de la d\u00e9marcation de la fronti\u00e8re terrestre<\/a>\u00a0| 2 September 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nA l\u2019issue d\u2019une op\u00e9ration men\u00e9e du 26 au 30 ao\u00fbt dernier, la commission mixte constitu\u00e9e d\u2019experts congolaise et rwandais ont identifi\u00e9 vingt-deux bornes \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re terrestre des deux pays. Certaines bornes sont physiquement visibles alors que d\u2019autres n\u2019ont \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9es que gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 leurs positionnements g\u00e9ographiques. \u00ab Nous nous sommes bas\u00e9s sur les coordonn\u00e9es g\u00e9ographiques qui se trouvent sur le protocole d\u2019accord de 1911. Il y a des bornes qui \u00e9taient cass\u00e9es mais les vestiges ont \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9s. La borne 22 a \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9e sur le mont Heru \u00e0 Kibumba \u00bb, a affirm\u00e9 Roger Rachidi Tumbula, le d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9 du gouvernement provincial du Nord-Kivu dans la commission mixte.<\/p>\n

Civil society to monitor Addis Ababa agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n

La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile invit\u00e9e \u00e0 vulgariser l\u2019accord d\u2019Addis-Abeba<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nUne journ\u00e9e de consultations nationales sur l\u2019implication de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile dans le suivi et l\u2019\u00e9valuation de la mise en \u0153uvre de l\u2019Accord-cadre d\u2019Addis-Abeba a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e vendredi 29 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Kinshasa. Les acteurs de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile y ont \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9s \u00e0 vulgariser cet accord sign\u00e9 par onze pays africains pour permettre le retour de la paix dans l\u2019Est de la RDC. L\u2019envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies pour la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs, Sa\u00efd Djinnit, pr\u00e9sent lors des discussions, a appel\u00e9 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile \u00e0 jouer un r\u00f4le d\u2019impartialit\u00e9, d\u2019objectivit\u00e9 et de responsabilit\u00e9 dans le m\u00e9canisme national de suivi de l\u2019Accord-cadre.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

National plan against sexual violence committed by Congolese soldiers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Une ONG r\u00e9clame la prise en charge des victimes des violences sexuelles<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019ONG Groupe d\u2019appui et conseils aux r\u00e9alisations pour un d\u00e9veloppement\u00a0 endog\u00e8ne (Grace) d\u00e9plore que la majorit\u00e9 des victimes des viols ne soient pas pris en charge depuis le d\u00e9but de l\u2019ann\u00e9e dans le territoire de Walikale (Nord-Kivu). Cette difficult\u00e9 de prise en charge de ces victimes des violences sexuelles serait li\u00e9e \u00e0 la fermeture de certaines ONG humanitaires.<\/p>\n

Un plan d\u2019action contre les violences sexuelles en elaboration<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLutte contre les violences sexuelles – Le gouvernement \u00e9labore son plan d’action<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Aftica | Le Potentiel
\nLes soldats congolais devront s’engager \u00e0 ne pas commettre de viols<\/a>\u00a0| 2 September 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nEn R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, c’est une premi\u00e8re : le minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de lancer un plan national de lutte contre les violences sexuelles commises par les soldats congolais. Les viols commis par l’arm\u00e9e et les dizaines de groupes arm\u00e9s pr\u00e9sents dans l’est du pays sont un probl\u00e8me r\u00e9current en RDC. Depuis quelques ann\u00e9es, l’Etat congolais a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 lutter contre l’impunit\u00e9 en jugeant les militaires qui se sont rendus coupables de crimes sexuels, comme lors du proc\u00e8s des viols commis \u00e0 Minova, ou de celui du \u00ab colonel 106 \u00bb, mais beaucoup d’efforts restent \u00e0 faire.<\/p>\n

Zainab Bangura salue le plan d\u2019action des FARDC contre les violences sexuelles<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nSi le plan d\u2019action des FARDC contre les violences sexuelles qui vient d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e9labor\u00e9 arrive \u00e0 \u00eatre mis en \u0153uvre avec succ\u00e8s, la RDC sera le premier pays \u00e0 avoir r\u00e9dig\u00e9 un tel document et servira d\u2019exemple. L\u2019envoy\u00e9e sp\u00e9ciale du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies en charge des violences sexuelles en temps de conflits, Zainab Bangura, l\u2019a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 lundi 1er septembre \u00e0 Kinshasa devant la presse \u00e0 l\u2019issue de l\u2019atelier d\u2019\u00e9laboration du plan d\u2019action qui vise \u00e0 r\u00e9duire l\u2019implication des hommes en uniforme dans ces infractions.<\/p>\n

Hostages freed from ADF<\/strong><\/p>\n

L’ancienne otage Chantal Kavira Kaghoma des ADF-Nalu \u00ab libre depuis vendredi \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | Le potentiel
\nUne employ\u00e9e de MSF otage depuis plus d’un an enfin libre<\/a>\u00a0| 31 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nApr\u00e8s l’\u00e9vasion d’une de ses coll\u00e8gues, MSF appelle \u00e0 l’aide pour retrouver les trois autres membres de son \u00e9quipe enlev\u00e9s il y a plus d’un an<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | All Africa | MSF
\nLa province orientale congolaise du Nord-Kivu perd son lib\u00e9rateur. Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Lucien Bahuma, le commandant de la 8e r\u00e9gion militaire qui couvre le Nord-Kivu, s’est \u00e9teint en Afrique du Sud. Il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9vacu\u00e9 vers ce pays apr\u00e8s une brusque d\u00e9gradation de son \u00e9tat de sant\u00e9 alors qu’il \u00e9tait en mission en Ouganda. Annonc\u00e9e d’abord par la famille du d\u00e9funt, la nouvelle a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9e par l’\u00e9tat-major g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des forces arm\u00e9es : le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Lucien Bahuma est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 la nuit derni\u00e8re en Afrique du Sud. Selon le communiqu\u00e9 de l’arm\u00e9e, le commandant de la 8e r\u00e9gion militaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 victime d’un AVC, jeudi dernier dans la soir\u00e9e, \u00e0 Kasese, en Ouganda.<\/p>\n

Les FARDC pr\u00e9sentent 21 ex-otages et combattants des ADF<\/a>\u00a0| 31 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes FARDC pr\u00e9sentent 21 ex-otages et combattants des ADF \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Le Potentiel
\n\u00c0 l\u2019issue des combattants avec les ADF au Nord-est de Beni-ville, les FARDC ont lib\u00e9r\u00e9 quelques ex-otages et captur\u00e9 des combattants de l\u2019ADF. 21 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es \u00e0 la presse le samedi 30 ao\u00fbt dernier. Les Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) multiplient des strat\u00e9gies pour lib\u00e9rer les otages qui se trouvent entre les mains des rebelles ougandais de l\u2019Alliance des forces d\u00e9mocratiques (ADF) dans l\u2019Est du pays.<\/p>\n

Death of general Lucien Bahuma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kinshasa confirme le d\u00e9c\u00e8s du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral-major Lucien Bahuma<\/a>\u00a0| 31 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nVive \u00e9motion apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9c\u00e8s du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Lucien Bahuma<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nEmotion apr\u00e8s la mort du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Bahuma, h\u00e9ros discret des FARDC<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nL’\u00e9motion est vive en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) apr\u00e8s la disparition, dimanche 31 ao\u00fbt, de celui que l’on consid\u00e8re comme l’un des h\u00e9ros de la guerre contre les groupes arm\u00e9s dans l’est du pays. Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Lucien Bahuma, le commandant de la 8e r\u00e9gion militaire qui couvre le Nord-Kivu, s’est \u00e9teint en Afrique du Sud des suites d’un violent malaise cardiaque.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9c\u00e8s du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Bahuma: marche de protestation des \u00e9tudiants \u00e0 Goma<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes \u00e9tudiants de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Goma (Unigom), au Nord-Kivu, ont boycott\u00e9 les cours lundi 1er septembre dans la matin\u00e9e. Ils ont organis\u00e9 une marche de protestation dans les rues de la ville volcanique pour exiger l\u2019ouverture d\u2019une enqu\u00eate minutieuse sur la mort du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral-major Lucien Bahuma Ambamba. Le commandant de la 8\u00e8 r\u00e9gion militaire est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 samedi 30 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Pretoria, en Afrique du Sud, des suites d\u2019un accident vasculaire c\u00e9r\u00e9bral (AVC).<\/p>\n

Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Emmanuel Lombe succ\u00e8de \u00e0 Lucien Bahuma<\/a>\u00a0| 3 September 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de brigade Emmanuel Lombe est le nouveau commandant de la 8\u00e8me r\u00e9gion militaire au Nord-Kivu. Cet officier militaire succ\u00e8de ainsi au g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Lucien Bahuma Ambamba, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 samedi des suites d\u2019un Accident vasculaire c\u00e9r\u00e9bral (AVC) en Afrique du Sud. Le nouveau promu a tenu sa premi\u00e8re r\u00e9union de prise de contact mardi 2 septembre \u00e0 Goma, chef-lieu du Nord-Kivu, avec les officiers des FARDC et le commandant de la brigade des casques bleus de la Monusco.<\/p>\n

FDLR<\/strong><\/p>\n

FDLR Demobilization Provides Some Light, but Not End of the Tunnel<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | All Africa | African Arguments
\nANALYSIS
\nIn July 1994, with the RPF was about to win the war against the Habyarimana regime and thus put an end to the genocide, a massive exodus of Hutu refugees took place to Rwanda’s neighbours. The vast majority of them, about two million, ended up in huge refugee camps in the then Zairean provinces of North and South Kivu (present day DRC.) Almost immediately, the regular army and the militias involved in the genocide reorganized life along the old lines, forcing the people to live under their authority and continuing the war by other means. The continuing disintegration of the Zairian state and the illness of its dictator Mobutu gave the rump of the Rwandan regime greater scope to operate without disturbance.<\/p>\n

Frist visit of UN special envoy Sa\u00efd Djnnit<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00abLes Grands Lacs doivent \u00eatre d\u00e9barrass\u00e9s de toutes les forces n\u00e9gatives\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe nouvel envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial de l\u2019ONU, Sa\u00efd Djnnit, en visite en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLe nouvel envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies pour la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs, l\u2019Alg\u00e9rien Sa\u00efd Djinnit, a entam\u00e9 ce mercredi sa premi\u00e8re visite officielle en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC). Sa pr\u00e9sence en RDC entre dans le cadre de sa premi\u00e8re tourn\u00e9e dans la r\u00e9gion, depuis sa prise de fonction la semaine derni\u00e8re. Ce dernier doit rencontrer plusieurs hauts responsables du gouvernement, des diplomates, des responsables de la Monusco, des membres de la Ceni ou encore des personnalit\u00e9s issues de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile. Selon Radio Okapi, une entrevue est \u00e9galement pr\u00e9vue avec le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique Joseph Kabila.<\/p>\n

North Kivu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sauf impr\u00e9vu, le climat s\u00e9curitaire demeure globalement calme<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Le Potentiel
\nSelon la Monusco, le climat s\u00e9curitaire dans la province du Nord-Kivu est jug\u00e9 globalement calme, mais elle demeure toutefois impr\u00e9visible. C\u2019est ce qui ressort de la conf\u00e9rence hebdomadaire organis\u00e9e mercredi \u00e0 Kinshasa. Dans le cadre de l\u2019op\u00e9ration \u00ab Sokola 1 \u00bb dans le territoire de Beni, la Force de la Monusco continue de fournir le soutien n\u00e9cessaire aux troupes des FARDC engag\u00e9es dans les op\u00e9rations de bouclage et de ratissage des \u00e9l\u00e9ments r\u00e9siduels de l\u2019Alliance des forces d\u00e9mocratiques (ADF).<\/p>\n

Beni : la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile plaide pour le d\u00e9ploiement des FARDC dans les anciennes zones des ADF<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0 28 August 2014 | Le Potentiel
\nLa Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu invite les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC \u00e0 consolider les positions conquises apr\u00e8s les op\u00e9rations contre les rebelles ougandais des ADF, rapporte radiookapi.net. Et d\u2019indiquer\u00a0 que les habitants de Mamundioma, Mukoko, May-Moya, Kokola et Erengeti font face \u00e0 l\u2019activisme des rebelles des ADF.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9currence de kidnappings \u00e0 Beni et Lubero<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes notables et dignitaires des territoires de Beni et Lubero, dans le Nord-Kivu, sont de plus en plus la cible de kidnapping de la part de bandits arm\u00e9s. M\u00e9decins, infirmiers, pasteurs et op\u00e9rateurs \u00e9conomiques ont leurs t\u00eates mises \u00e0 prix par des r\u00e9seaux de kidnappeurs. Ces derniers exigent des ran\u00e7ons exorbitantes avant de lib\u00e9rer leurs otages. La nuit du mardi 26 au mercredi 27 ao\u00fbt, dans la localit\u00e9 de Kauli, le pasteur Jean Muhindo a \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Soup\u00e7ons d\u2019une pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e reconstitution du M23 \u00e0 Rubaya<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019ancien mouvement rebelle du M23 serait en train de se reconstituer depuis 3 mois \u00e0 Rubaya, \u00e0 environ 60 km au nord-est de Goma (Nord-Kivu). Selon des sources s\u00e9curitaires, ces anciens rebelles proc\u00e9deraient \u00e0 des recrutements en vue de cr\u00e9er un nouveau mouvement, le M27. La Mission de l\u2019Onu en RDC (Monusco), pour sa part, reconnait des mouvements suspects dans la r\u00e9gion, sans pouvoir les d\u00e9terminer pour l\u2019instant.<\/p>\n

Ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e0 Beni et Lubero : les notables et dignitaires cibl\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | Le Potentiel
\nAu Nord-Kivu, les notables et dignitaires de Beni et Lubero vivent avec la peur dans le ventre. Ils sont tous devenus les cibles de kidnapping de la part des hommes arm\u00e9s non autrement identifi\u00e9s. Des informations en provenance de Beni et Lubero, dans la province du Nord-Kivu, font \u00e9tat de la r\u00e9currence de kidnapping des notables et dignitaires de ces deux territoires de la part des hommes arm\u00e9s non autrement identifi\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Les rebelles de l\u2019ADF-Nalu s\u00e8ment la terreur dans le nord-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nDes sc\u00e8nes de pillages, de braquages et d\u2019enl\u00e8vements ont \u00e9t\u00e9 observ\u00e9es ces derniers jours dans le secteur de Beni-Mbau, au Nord-Kivu. Les membres de l\u2019ADF-Nalu auraient profit\u00e9 de la “tr\u00eave” d\u2019un mois des Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) pour se reconstituer sur trois bases : Ruzizi, Rudi et Tororo. Le 28 juillet, la Monusco et les FARDC avaient largu\u00e9 des tracts dans le territoire de Beni afin d\u2019exhorter les rebelles ougandais \u00e0 d\u00e9poser les armes et lib\u00e9rer les otages qu\u2019ils d\u00e9tiennent.<\/p>\n

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

Trois morts lors des attaques arm\u00e9es sur les routes d\u2019Uvira<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Le Potentiel
\nSept attaques des coupeurs de route ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9es en trois semaines sur la route nationale num\u00e9ro 5, dans la plaine de la Ruzizi, qui relie la ville de Bukavu \u00e0 la cit\u00e9 d\u2019Uvira au Sud-Kivu. Le bilan global est de trois personnes tu\u00e9es, cinq bless\u00e9es et plusieurs biens de valeurs emport\u00e9s, ont indiqu\u00e9 mercredi 27 ao\u00fbt des sources locales. Ces informations ont \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9es par le commandant de la Police nationale congolaise (PNC) de la cit\u00e9 de Kagando- Kiliba.<\/p>\n

15 Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Yakutumba tu\u00e9s dans les combats contre les FARDC \u00e0 Fizi<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nAccrochages FARDC-Yakutumba : 15 miliciens tu\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Le Potentiel
\nLes FARDC donnent le bilan de 15 miliciens Yakutumba tu\u00e9s au cours des combats qui les ont oppos\u00e9es aux miliciens mardi 26 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Fizi. Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des miliciens, on ne reconna\u00eet aucun mort si ce n\u2019est que des bless\u00e9s. Quinze miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Yakutumba ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s au cours des affrontements qui les ont oppos\u00e9s mardi 26 ao\u00fbt aux Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo aux larges des localit\u00e9s Lubomo et Mwayenga, en territoire de Fizi (Sud-Kivu).<\/p>\n

Ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 au Sud-Kivu: 4 600 Congolais se r\u00e9fugient au Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 2 September 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPlus de 4 600 Congolais ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9j\u00e0 accueillis par le Burundi comme demandeurs d\u2019asile durant le 1er semestre de cette ann\u00e9e. L\u2019office burundais de protection des refugies et des apatrides affirme avoir accord\u00e9 l\u2019asile \u00e0 plus de 1 700 d\u2019entre eux durant cette p\u00e9riode. Cette population congolaise dit fuir l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 grandissante dans les localit\u00e9s du territoire de Fizi et dans la plaine de la Ruzizi \u00e0 Uvira au Sud-Kivu.<\/p>\n

Province Orientale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les FARDC et la MONUSCO poursuivent leur traque contre la LRA<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLes FARDC m\u00e8nent conjointement avec les Casques bleus de la Monusco les op\u00e9rations militaires destin\u00e9es \u00e0 neutraliser les \u00e9l\u00e9ments r\u00e9siduels de la LRA dans les districts de Haut-U\u00e9l\u00e9 et de Bas-U\u00e9l\u00e9. Les Forces gouvernementales, appuy\u00e9es par la Monusco, poursuivent avec d\u00e9termination les op\u00e9rations conjointes d\u00e9nomm\u00e9es \u00ab Rudia II et Chuma Ngumi \u00bb, particuli\u00e8rement dans certaines localit\u00e9s de districts de Haut-U\u00e9l\u00e9 et de Bas-U\u00e9l\u00e9, notamment Nakwa.<\/p>\n

12 anciens otages des rebelles ougandais de la LRA arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 Ango<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDouze anciens otages des rebelles ougandais de l\u2019Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA) sont arriv\u00e9s vendredi 29 ao\u00fbt dans la chefferie Sasa, en territoire d\u2019Ango, en Province Orientale. Ces otages, des Congolais et des Ougandaises, affirment avoir \u00e9chapp\u00e9 \u00e0 leurs ravisseurs. Selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile locale, certains auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9s depuis 2004 et d\u2019autres seulement la semaine derni\u00e8re dans la localit\u00e9 de Bili, en territoire de Bondo.<\/p>\n

Katanga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les FARDC reprennent le contr\u00f4le des localit\u00e9s du Nord de Kalemie<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Le Potentiel
\nL\u2019arm\u00e9e r\u00e9guli\u00e8re contr\u00f4le les localit\u00e9s jadis occup\u00e9es par des milices au Nord-Katanga. Les attaques des Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) contre les positions de diff\u00e9rentes milices au Katanga commencent \u00e0 porter leurs fruits. Pour preuve, les troupes de la Force navale des FARDC ont repris, depuis le 20 ao\u00fbt, le contr\u00f4le de toutes les positions situ\u00e9es le long de la frange c\u00f4ti\u00e8re du lac Tanganyika, au Nord de Kalemie, occup\u00e9es depuis le mois de juillet 2014 par les \u00e9l\u00e9ments affili\u00e9s au groupe Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Yakutumba.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Officers arrested for \u201ccrimes against the security of the State\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Kigali, “il faut un respect des normes”<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | BBC
\nLe Royaume Uni, l’un des principaux donateurs du Rwanda, demande \u00e0 Kigali de veiller \u00e0 la transparence dans une affaire de complot qui s’est sold\u00e9e ces derniers jours par l’arrestation d’un certain nombre d’officiers.
\nEn d\u00e9but de semaine, des sources officielles \u00e0 Kigali avaient annonc\u00e9 que trois officiers de l’arm\u00e9e rwandaise ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s pour implication pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e dans un complot d’atteinte \u00e0 la s\u00fbret\u00e9 de l’Etat.
\nIl s’agit du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e0 la retraite Frank Rusagara, du colonel Tom Byabagamba, et du capitaine David Kabuye.<\/p>\n

Deux hauts grad\u00e9s officiellement inculp\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nAu Rwanda, deux des trois hauts grad\u00e9s arr\u00eat\u00e9s r\u00e9cemment pour crimes contre la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l’Etat ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s ce vendredi 29 ao\u00fbt devant un tribunal militaire, qui leur a signifi\u00e9 leurs chefs d’inculpation. La m\u00eame semaine, un autre ancien cadre de l’arm\u00e9e, le capitaine retrait\u00e9 David Kabuye, avait lui aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9. Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Rusagara et le colonel Byabagamba ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s respectivement le 18 et le 23 ao\u00fbt. C’est en tenue militaire, entour\u00e9 de quelques proches, dont Marie Baine, son \u00e9pouse que Tom Babyagamba a comparu.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Dead bodies in Lake Rweru<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s les corps, le Rweru charrie la pol\u00e9mique<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Obsevateur
\nMais \u00e0 qui diable appartiennent donc les cadavres du lac Rweru ? Au Rwanda ? Au Burundi ? Pour le moment en tout cas, aucun de ces deux pays ne se sent ni de pr\u00e8s ni de loin concern\u00e9 par ces macchab\u00e9es. Apr\u00e8s les corps, au nombre de 5 selon les autorit\u00e9s, mais une quarantaine selon les p\u00eacheurs du lac, le Rweru charrie la pol\u00e9mique.<\/p>\n

Cadavres du lac Rweru – L’opposition rwandaise exige une enqu\u00eate<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nDe plus en plus de voix s’\u00e9l\u00e8vent pour demander des enqu\u00eates apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9couverte de corps dans le lac Rweru \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re entre le Rwanda et le Burundi. Au moins cinq selon les autorit\u00e9s, une quarantaine selon les p\u00eacheurs du lac. Mais les deux pays assurent que ces corps ne sont pas ceux de leurs ressortissants. Ces informations ont fait r\u00e9agir toute l’opposition rwandaise, \u00e0 l’int\u00e9rieur du pays, comme \u00e0 l’ext\u00e9rieur. Tous r\u00e9clament une autopsie et une enqu\u00eate approfondie pour d\u00e9terminer s’il s’agit des dizaines de Rwandais dont les disparitions avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9es, notamment par Human Rights Watch et le d\u00e9partement d’Etat am\u00e9ricain.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

LRA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s le fl\u00e9au de la LRA, le pays panse ses plaies<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLe 30 ao\u00fbt marque la journ\u00e9e internationale des personnes disparues. En Ouganda, pays marqu\u00e9 par plus de 20 ans de guerre contre la terrible Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA) de Joseph Kony, les enl\u00e8vements d’enfants ont longtemps \u00e9t\u00e9 un fl\u00e9au pour les populations du nord du pays, qui pansent encore leurs plaies. Pr\u00e8s de 10 000 personnes sont port\u00e9es disparues en Ouganda. R\u00e9sultat de la terreur qu’a fait r\u00e9gner la LRA dans le nord depuis la fin des ann\u00e9es 80 \u00e0 2006, quand les rebelles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 chass\u00e9s du pays.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allies lose faith<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Africa Confidential
\nInterim President Catherine Samba-Panza’s surprise choice of Mahamat Kamoun as the new Prime Minister, along with a cabinet of 31, has dismayed Central African Republic’s international supporters. They believe that Samba-Panza’s appointees include a number of officials who do not have the country’s best interests at heart, but fear to act because they are afraid of accusations of bullying. In addition, money given to the government has gone missing and the International Monetary Fund is so alarmed that it has suspended IMF operations in Bangui. Many believe that Samba-Panza has been allowed to act in the interests of her own friends, relations and allies \u2013 at the expense of a distressed nation. They also think that a bolder approach by foreign parties could have helped prevent the current drift in policy.<\/p>\n

Combats entre fractions Seleka \u00e0 Bambari – O\u00f9 va la Centrafrique ?<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Pays
\nL’espoir d’un retour de la paix en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine se brise davantage. Alors m\u00eame que les tractations se poursuivent en coulisses pour faire accepter le tr\u00e8s contest\u00e9 nouveau Premier ministre de Dame Catherine, les populations de la ville de Bambari, une localit\u00e9 situ\u00e9e au centre du pays, assistent depuis ce 25 ao\u00fbt, \u00e0 de violents combats entre deux fractions de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka. Ces combats ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 occasionn\u00e9 la mort de plusieurs personnes et fait de nombreux bless\u00e9s de part et d’autre.<\/p>\n

Peacekeeping<\/strong><\/p>\n

140 Police Peacekeepers Head to CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 31 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nA contingent of 140 Police officers under Rwanda Formed Police Unit (RWAFPU) will depart in four shifts to the Central African Republic (CAR) for a one year peacekeeping mission, effective today. The contingent led by Chief Superintendent Benoit Kayijuka includes 14 females. Rwanda becomes the first nation to deploy Police peacekeepers under the United Nations Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in CAR (Minusca).<\/p>\n

156 milliards FCFA pour l’approvisionnement de la Minusca<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | All Africa | Africa Info
\n\u00ab Les hommes d’affaires camerounais doivent s’organiser pour livrer, dans les d\u00e9lais, des biens et services aux 12 000 hommes (dont 10 000 militaires et 2000 civiles) qui arrivent \u00e0 Bangui d’ici le 15 septembre 2014, dans le cadre de la Mission des Nations Unies pour la Centrafrique (Minusca). \u00bb, a indiqu\u00e9 l’ambassadeur. \u00ab Il s’agit de livrer des biens et services touchant au moins 17 secteurs d’activit\u00e9s (Transport a\u00e9rien, chimie et p\u00e9trole, BTP, Informatique, g\u00e9nie m\u00e9canique, climatisation, nettoyage et services d’entretien, voyages, ration alimentaire, etc) \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9taill\u00e9.<\/p>\n

La Centrafrique, championne du monde des missions de l’ONU<\/a>\u00a0| 3 September 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nComment faire pour que la Mission multidimensionnelle int\u00e9gr\u00e9e de stabilisation des Nations unies en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (Minusca) ne soit pas, comme les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes missions onusiennes dans le pays, un \u00e9chec ? D’ici le 15 septembre, pr\u00e8s de 7 600 Casques bleus – dans un premier temps – prendront part \u00e0 cette op\u00e9ration. La plupart sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 pr\u00e9sents sur le sol centrafricain dans le cadre de la force africaine Misca, qui passera sous pavillon ONU. Avant la Minusca, il y a eu la Misab, la Minurca, le Bonuca, la Fomuc, la Micopax, etc\u2026 Cons\u00e9quence d’une histoire politique mouvement\u00e9e, la Centrafrique est en effet championne des interventions militaires internationales en tout genre sur son sol – plus d’une dizaine. Sous le drapeau de l’ONU, de l’Union africaine ou d’organisations r\u00e9gionales, aucune n’a permis, jusqu’ici, de sortir durablement le pays du marasme.<\/p>\n

Tension between Muslims in Bangui and French forces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le vrai bilan de la bataille du PK5<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2104 | Jeune Afrique
\nDans la nuit du 19 au 20 ao\u00fbt, Bangui a connu ses plus violents affrontements depuis l’arriv\u00e9e de la force Sangaris, en d\u00e9cembre 2013. Ils se sont produits dans le quartier PK5, refuge de la petite communaut\u00e9 musulmane encore pr\u00e9sente dans la capitale centrafricaine, et ont oppos\u00e9 des insurg\u00e9s \u00e0 la force europ\u00e9enne Eufor, \u00e9paul\u00e9e par les soldats fran\u00e7ais de Sangaris (qui ont engag\u00e9 leurs h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res), lesquels menaient une op\u00e9ration de d\u00e9sarmement.<\/p>\n

Les musulmans contre les fran\u00e7ais<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | All Africa | Africa Info
\nNous venons d’apprendre de source diplomatique que les responsables de la Force Fran\u00e7aise en Centrafrique la SANGARIS font pression sur le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Toumenta afin d’accepter de red\u00e9ployer les \u00e9l\u00e9ments Burundais et Rwandais de la MISCA de KM5 \u00e0 Batangafo, pour leur laisser le contr\u00f4le de cette enclave musulmane, dernier rempart de survie des civils musulmans. \u00bb. Cette information est du collectif des musulmans KM5 \u00e0 Bangui, la capitale centrafricaine rendue publique dans un communiqu\u00e9 de presse parvenu \u00e0 Africa Info.<\/p>\n

Tension between Seleka factions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Une m\u00e9diation pour baisser la tension entre les communaut\u00e9s de Bria<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nTension g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9e parmi les combattants de l\u2019ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka \u00e0 Bangui<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Hirondelle
\nLa tension est loin de baisser dans les camps militaires RDOT et B\u00e9al \u00e0 Bangui. Les ex-combattants de S\u00e9l\u00e9ka cantonn\u00e9s dans ces deux camps sont mont\u00e9s depuis jeudi aux cr\u00e9neaux. Ils manifestent pour d\u00e9noncer leurs mauvaises conditions de vie, invitant les autorit\u00e9s de la transition \u00e0 acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer le processus de D\u00e9sarmement-D\u00e9mobilisation-R\u00e9insertion et Rapatriement (DDRR). \u00ab Nous voulons travailler pour le pays. Nos responsables sont all\u00e9s faire une r\u00e9union l\u00e0-bas, faire leur v\u0153u sans recueillir notre avis. Nous r\u00e9clamons rien que notre droit l\u00e9gal, celui d\u2019\u00eatre incorpor\u00e9s dans l\u2019arm\u00e9e centrafricaine. Les conditions de cantonnement ne sont pas r\u00e9unies. Nous vivons dans la merde en ce moment. \u00bb, a dit Merving Feidangaye, un manifestant, \u00e0 Radio Nd\u00e8k\u00e8 Luka.<\/p>\n

Seleka members in new government expelled from militia ranks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seleka expels its members from CAR government<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Aljazeera
\nRebels in Central African Republic expel government ministers<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Reuters
\nA grouping of former Seleka rebels in Central African Republic said on Sunday it had expelled from its ranks several members serving in a new government seeking to stop a cycle of deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians. The decision casts doubt on the future of the new cabinet and could prove a major setback for efforts aiming to end violence that has killed thousands, forced a million to flee their homes and split the country in two. “The ex-Seleka coalition neither supported nor put forward the names of the prime minister or ministers,” the group’s vice-president Nouredine Adam wrote in a statement. “As a result, all members of the ex-Seleka coalition having participated in the present government are definitively excluded,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

La S\u00e9l\u00e9ka exclut ses membres entr\u00e9s au gouvernement<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nL’ex-r\u00e9bellion centrafricaine S\u00e9l\u00e9ka a exclu les ministres cens\u00e9s la repr\u00e9senter au sein du nouveau gouvernement contest\u00e9. “Tous les membres de l’ex-coalition ayant particip\u00e9 au pr\u00e9sent gouvernement sont exclus d\u00e9finitivement” du mouvement, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9, lundi 1er septembre, le num\u00e9ro 2 de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka, Nouredine Adam, dans un communiqu\u00e9. “Leur participation au gouvernement constitue une haute trahison et un non-respect des consignes donn\u00e9es par la hi\u00e9rarchie” du groupe rebelle, dans la mesure o\u00f9 la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka “n’a ni soutenu, ni communiqu\u00e9 le nom d’un Premier ministre ou les noms des ministres [issus de ses rangs] \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidence”, poursuit-il.<\/p>\n

Fighting in Bambari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le calme est revenu \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nC’est l’accalmie \u00e0 Bambari, dans le centre de la Centrafrique. Les deux chefs de la Seleka qui s’affrontaient depuis lundi se sont r\u00e9concili\u00e9s \u00e0 la mosqu\u00e9e hier apr\u00e8s-midi, mercredi. De chaque c\u00f4t\u00e9, chacun explique maintenant que ce sont des malentendus qui les ont pouss\u00e9s \u00e0 prendre les armes.<\/p>\n

11 morts dans des affrontements \u00e0 Bambari<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nRegain de violence \u00e0 Bangui et dans le reste du pays<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | All Africa | ICRC
\nNouveau drame en Centrafrique. Au moins onze personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es dans de violents affrontements survenus mercredi et jeudi dans la r\u00e9gion de Bambari, dans le centre-est de la Centrafrique. Cette fois-ci les hostilit\u00e9s opposaient des Peuls arm\u00e9s et miliciens anti-balaka, selon une source de la force africaine Misca. \u00ab Au moins onze personnes, en majorit\u00e9 des Peuls, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es et plusieurs autres bless\u00e9es dans de violents affrontements qui ont \u00e9clat\u00e9 mercredi et jeudi dans le village de Ngakobo \u00bb, a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 cette source sous couvert d\u2019anonymat.<\/p>\n

Michel Djotodia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michel Djotodia s’engage \u00e0 participer au processus de sortie de crise<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nL\u2019ancien chef de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka et ex-pr\u00e9sident centrafricain Michel Djotodia pourrait apporter sa contribution au processus de sortie de crise en Centrafrique. Une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation du gouvernement de transition s\u2019est rendue au B\u00e9nin pour le rencontrer. Michel Djotodia n\u2019a pas encore dit son dernier mot. L\u2019ancien chef de la r\u00e9bellion de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka a fait part de sa volont\u00e9 de contribuer au processus de sortie de crise en Centrafrique, le week-end du 23 et 24 ao\u00fbt, lors de la visite d\u2019une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation gouvernementale.<\/p>\n

Michel Djotodia appel\u00e9 \u00e0 la rescousse<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Afrik.com
\nLe gouvernement de transition centrafricain semble reposer ses espoirs sur l\u2019ex-Pr\u00e9sident Michel Djotodia. En effet, une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation s\u2019est rendue au B\u00e9nin afin d\u2019y rencontre le chef de l\u2019ex-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka, selon la radio publique centrafricaine. \u00ab Je peux dire que le pr\u00e9sident Michel Djotodia est pour la paix \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 la radio mardi soir le conseiller politique et porte-parole de la pr\u00e9sidence, Anicet-Cl\u00e9mant Guiyama Masogo, qui est \u00e0 la t\u00eate de la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation. La rencontre a eu lieu le week-end dernier \u00e0 Cotonou, o\u00f9 Michel Djotodia vit en exil depuis sa d\u00e9mission en janvier 2014. \u00ab Le Pr\u00e9sident Michel Djotodia s\u2019est engag\u00e9 pour que les Centrafricains ne puissent plus connaitre les violences, les destructions, les pillages, les viols \u00bb, a assur\u00e9 Guiyama Masogo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Humanitarian news<\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news & events, including refugee and IDP issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Humanitarian Bulletins and reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Nord-Kivu N\u00b027\/14, 27 ao\u00fbt 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Sud-Kivu N\u00b030\/14, 28 ao\u00fbt 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA<\/p>\n

Refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katanga: 15 000 retourn\u00e9s d\u2019Upemba sans assistance humanitaire<\/a>\u00a0| 31 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPlus de quinze mille retourn\u00e9s du groupement Upemba, chefferie de Butumba, dans le territoire de Bukama (Katanga) vivent sans assistance humanitaire. Ils sont d\u00e9pourvus de tout. L\u2019ONG \u00abAction mieux \u00eatre de Bukama\u00bb, qui a livr\u00e9 cette information samedi 30 ao\u00fbt, a indiqu\u00e9 que ces personnes qui avaient trouv\u00e9 refuge dans des contr\u00e9es voisines ont regagn\u00e9 leurs villages depuis les mois de mars et avril derniers.<\/p>\n

Child soldiers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ex-Child Combatants Rebuild Their Lives<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nEx-child soldiers who were recently reintegrated in society by the government and given financial support are optimistic about the future. The ex-child combatants were previously part of the DR Congo-based FDLR militia. Fiston Mugisha 23, a resident of Kinigi Sector, Musanze District, said he invested the financial support into agriculture and livestock farming. The father of one said his life and that of his family has significantly changed.<\/p>\n

Une ONG r\u00e9clame la scolarisation des enfants sortis des groupes arm\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nA la veille de la rentr\u00e9e scolaire, l\u2019ONG Libertas tire la sonnette d\u2019alarme sur la situation d\u2019une centaine d\u2019enfants sortis des groupes arm\u00e9s dans le territoire de Pweto. Selon cette organisation, 178 enfants ont \u00e9t\u00e9 sortis des groupes arm\u00e9s dans ce territoire du Katanga entre 2013 et 2014. Parmi eux, indique le pr\u00e9sident de Libertas, Delphin Lwembe, 24 enfants (19 gar\u00e7ons et 5 filles) avaient re\u00e7u des fournitures scolaires ainsi que des uniformes pour \u00e9tudier l\u2019ann\u00e9e pass\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Sexual violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hounded from home, raped Congolese woman seeks refuge in Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | Reliefweb | UNHCR
\nFour months ago, Mama Monique* was dragged out of her home in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and raped by four armed men, who had just murdered her husband. The crime was not carried out in some rural backwater, but in Goma, a city of several hundred thousand people and capital of North Kivu province. Yet nobody came to help her or offer condolences, instead neighbours shunned the 49-year-old Congolese businesswoman and acted as though she was to blame for the rape.<\/p>\n

Children<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another chance to be a child in the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Reliefweb | European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
\nThe ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has already cost the lives of close to 3 million children. Apart from this catastrophic figure it has left many thousand others traumatised, suffering, and in need for help. Providing them with formal education is one way to alleviate their suffering. Our information assistant in West Africa met with children who are enrolled in ECHO-funded education projects and heard about their dreams for the future.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Justice and Tribunals<\/h1>\n

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

\u00a0DRC<\/h2>\n

Germain Katanga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hope Deferred – Abrupt End to the Katanga Case Fails Victims<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | All Africa | ISS
\nOn 25 June 2014, the defence team of Germain Katanga, former commander of the Force de r\u00e9sistance patriotique en Ituri (FPRI) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), withdrew its notice of appeal against his conviction by the International Criminal Court (ICC). On the basis of Katanga’s withdrawal of appeal, the Prosecution also filed a notice of discontinuation of its appeal against the same judgment. All that remains in the case is a decision on reparations for victims of the attack in the village of Bogoro on 24 February 2003 that Katanga was convicted of. There is, however, little promise for these victims, because most of them have now been barred from court-led reparations following the acquittal and conclusion of the case.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Four sentenced for plot to kill Rwandan general<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rwandan Nyamwasa murder plot: Four guilty in South Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | BBC
\nFour found guilty of shooting Rwandan general<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Aljazeera
\nFour of the six suspects accused of trying to kill a former general from the Rwandan army have been found guilty of attempted murder by a South African court while two others were acquitted. Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa fled Rwanda in 2010 for South Africa after falling out with President Paul Kagame. In 2010, the attack in Johannesburg the men were charged over left Nyamwasa wounded in the stomach. According to Al Jazeera\u2019s Tania Page, reporting from Johannesburg, Nyamwasa does not blame the four who were found guilty of attempted murder. “He said they were used by the Rwandan government and he even would not mind them getting a parole,” Page said.<\/p>\n

Genocide Case in Norway starts appeal hearing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Norwegian Court Begins Hearing Bugingo’s Genocide Appeal<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | New Times
\nThe Oslo-based Borgarting Court of Appeal on Tuesday started hearing an appeal filed by Sadi Bugingo who was in February last year sentenced to 21 years in jail for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Bugingo, who maintains he is innocent, was found guilty in the massacres of Tutsi in the former Kibungo prefecture, now Ngoma District, Eastern Province. He was found to have played a part in killing the Economat G\u00e9n\u00e9ral of Kibungo Diocese and at Kibungo Baptist Church. He is linked to murders of Tutsi in various areas, including Birenga, Zaza, and Nyakarambi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

Corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n

Corruption ‘impoverishes and kills millions’<\/a>\u00a0| 2 September 2014 | BBC
\nAn estimated $1tn (\u00a3600bn) a year is being taken out of poor countries and millions of lives are lost because of corruption, according to campaigners. A\u00a0report by the anti-poverty organisation One<\/a>\u00a0says much of the progress made over the past two decades in tackling extreme poverty has been put at risk by corruption and crime. Corrupt activities include the use of phantom firms and money laundering. The report blames corruption for 3.6 million deaths every year. If action were taken to end secrecy that allows corruption to thrive – and if the recovered revenues were invested in health – the group calculates that many deaths could be prevented in low-income countries.<\/p>\n

Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa needs to make agriculture create wealth not just food<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Reuters
\nNancy Njeri lugs a sack of fresh coffee berries to a hilltop factory from her small farm, which produces one of Kenya’s main cash crops yet earns barely enough for her family of seven children. “We are toiling hard and the coffee does not give us good returns,” she said, after reaching the processing plant where the berries from her 200 coffee trees are de-husked and the extracted beans are graded and dried ready for roasting. On big estates, one tree can produce 10-15 kg of coffee berries a year using fertilisers and other chemicals. But these are too costly for Njeri and other small-scale farmers. Their trees on the small plots in Kirinyaga County produce just 3-5 kg.<\/p>\n

Poaching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pr\u00e8s de 100 Kalashnikovs d\u00e9j\u00e0 saisies aux parcs de Lob\u00e9k\u00e9 et de Nki<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | Cameroon Tribune
\nSelon le WWF, des rebelles centrafricains qui utilisent des armes de guerre ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 massacr\u00e9 environ 500 \u00e9l\u00e9phants depuis 2007 dans les aires prot\u00e9g\u00e9es de l\u2019Est. Christian Mbeka et Laurent Eugene Ya sont actuellement d\u00e9tenus \u00e0 la prison centrale de Bertoua, chef-lieu de la r\u00e9gion l\u2019Est en attendant d\u2019\u00eatre jug\u00e9 par un tribunal militaire pour port ill\u00e9gal d\u2019armes. Les deux pr\u00e9venus ont \u00e9t\u00e9 interpell\u00e9s, en possession d\u2019une Kalashnikov AK 47, par les \u00e9co-gardes en exercice au parc national de Lob\u00e9k\u00e9 et les \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la brigade de gendarmerie de Yokadouma. C\u2019\u00e9tait au poste de contr\u00f4le de Mamb\u00e9l\u00e9, arrondissement de Moloundou, le 3 ao\u00fbt 2014. De sources proches du dossier rapportent que Christian Mbeka affirme \u00ab avoir emprunt\u00e9 cette arme de guerre aupr\u00e8s d\u2019un certain Laurent \u00bb. Les deux suspects qui ont cach\u00e9 cette arme dans une mallette \u00e9taient en route pour le village Koumela o\u00f9 ils devaient proc\u00e9der au braconnage des \u00e9l\u00e9phants.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Artisanal miners said to be trapped after mine collapses in Lupoto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Des creuseurs seraient ensevelis dans les galeries de la carri\u00e8re de Lupoto<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDes creuseurs artisanaux affirment que leurs coll\u00e8gues sont ensevelis depuis le jeudi 28 ao\u00fbt dans les galeries de la carri\u00e8re mini\u00e8re de Lupoto dans le territoire de Kipushi. Ils auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 surpris sous la terre pendant que l\u2019entreprise Luna Mining effectuait des travaux de tra\u00e7age des routes dans cette carri\u00e8re qu\u2019elle exploite en partenariat la G\u00e9camines depuis le d\u00e9but de l\u2019ann\u00e9e. Le nombre de personnes ensevelies n\u2019est pas connu.<\/p>\n

Des mineurs clandestins ensevellis<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | BBC
\nUne trentaine de mineurs ont manifest\u00e9 vendredi pour soutenir leurs camarades coinc\u00e9s par les travaux d’am\u00e9nagements de la mine de Lupoto. La localit\u00e9 est situ\u00e9e \u00e0 une vingtaine de kilom\u00e8tres au sud-est de Lubumbashi, dans le Katanga. Les villageois auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9venus de la date des travaux. Un mineur ayant \u00e9chapp\u00e9 \u00e0 l’engloutissement a indiqu\u00e9 que 37 autres sont pris au pi\u00e8ge dans la mine de cuivre et de cobalt g\u00e9r\u00e9e par la G\u00e9camines.<\/p>\n

Timber<\/strong><\/p>\n

FSC Puts Business Interests First<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | Greenpeace International
\nAs a member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Switzerland, as well as a Greenpeace campaigner focused on doing everything I can to protect our planet’s last untouched forests, I am alarmed that FSC has already decided to allow Swiss-German timber group, Danzer, back into its system. ‘Disassociation’ is one of the strongest measures FSC can take against companies that engage in unacceptable practices, and we welcomed FSC taking such action against Danzer in May 2013. Danzer’s former subsidiary, Siforco, had been found to be involved in human rights violations in the DRC.<\/p>\n

Exploitation illicite du bois – Une soixantaine de containers des grumes de wenge relance le d\u00e9bat<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nLa cargaison se trouvant au port de Matadi, dont le dossier est actuellement devant les instances judiciaires, serait au point d’\u00eatre ill\u00e9galement export\u00e9e vers l’\u00e9tranger. Une controverse est cr\u00e9\u00e9e autour de soixante et un containers du bois wenge au port de Matadi. Alors que la Coalition nationale contre l’exploitation ill\u00e9gale du bois a, le 26 ao\u00fbt, \u00e0 Kinshasa, accus\u00e9 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Terco install\u00e9e dans le territoire de Kwamouth, dans le Bandundu, d’exporter ill\u00e9galement ce bois vers l’\u00e9tranger, cette derni\u00e8re affirme plut\u00f4t exploiter et commercialiser l\u00e9galement le bois en RDC, qualifiant cette accusation de \u00ab non fond\u00e9e \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Copper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiger buys balance of Kipoi copper project in DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Mineweb
\nAustralian headquartered junior copper miner, Tiger Resources, is to acquire the 40% shareholding in the Kipoi copper project in the DRC which it doesn\u2019t already own.\u00a0 The acquisition covers the 40% of operating company, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019Exploitation de Kipoi (SEK), currently owned by DRC parastatal mining company, Gecamines.\u00a0 Tiger already owns 60% of the company and is the mine and project operator. However, the proposed deal will leave Gecamines a 2.5% gross turnover royalty, and Tiger also says it will cede 5% of SEK to the DRC Government to bring the mining title into alignment with the current mining law and regulations in the DRC.<\/p>\n

Export effected by Ebola<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zambia: Kazungula Choked<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | Times of Zambia
\nMore\u00a0than 100 trucks from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are marooned at Kazungula Border on the Zambian side because authorities on the Botswana side are not allowing them to enter that country. The move has reportedly been prompted by reports of an outbreak of the Ebola in the DRC.<\/p>\n

Botswana blocks copper trucks from Congo on Ebola fears-Times of Zambia<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Reuters
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo have been denied entry into Botswana over fears of an Ebola outbreak in Congo, leaving the trucks stranded at a border crossing, local media reported on Thursday. The trucks, en route to South Africa from Democratic Republic of Congo, have been stranded in neighbouring Zambia since Monday, when they were denied entry into Botswana, the Times of Zambia newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

World Bank\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rwanda Economic Update: Unearthing the Subsoil<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | World Bank
\nIn the Rwanda Economic Update (REU) launched today, the World Bank forecasts an economic growth rate of 5.7% in 2014 and 6.6% in 2015. Rwanda\u2019s growth slowed to 4.7% in 2013, the lowest growth since 2003, due to the aid shortfall in the second half of 2012 and resulting delays in budget expenditures. In 2014, the expansion of the services sector contributed to a recovery of growth rate to 7.4% in the first quarter of 2014.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Oil<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refinery deal struck<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Africa Confidential
\nThe agreement with the main oil companies gives investors 60% and paves the way for the export of crude oil After nearly three years of back-and-forth negotiation with oil companies, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally caved in. He has agreed to a much smaller oil refinery than he had hoped for and paved the way for the long-awaited development of the country’s oil reserves. Following a series of disputes over issues ranging from tax to plans for developing the oilfields, the main area of contention had been whittled down to whether the crude oil should be refined or exported.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9serves d’hydrocarbures revues \u00e0 la hausse<\/a>\u00a0| 31 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nLes r\u00e9serves d’hydrocarbures en Ouganda ont \u00e9t\u00e9 revues \u00e0 la hausse ce week-end. Selon les autorit\u00e9s, le pays dispose non pas de 3,5 milliards de barrils comme jusqu’ici annonc\u00e9 mais de 6,5 milliards ! L’Ouganda n’a pas encore commenc\u00e9 l’exploitation de ces ressources mais les perspectives de d\u00e9veloppement qu’offrent ces gisements font d\u00e9j\u00e0 r\u00eaver ce petit pays d’Afrique de l’Est.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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

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

DRC<\/h2>\n

Mining Cooperative: free school to discourage kids from artisanal gold mining\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Province Orientale : une entreprise mini\u00e8re va scolariser 380 \u00e9l\u00e8ves de Djugu<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Coop\u00e9rative mini\u00e8re pour le d\u00e9veloppement (Coomid) va payer les frais scolaires et acheter des manuels scolaires \u00e0 trois cent quatre-vingt \u00e9l\u00e8ves de l\u2019Ecole primaire Ituri, dans le territoire de Djugu. Une promesse dont le d\u00e9but de r\u00e9alisation a commenc\u00e9 avant la rentr\u00e9e scolaire pr\u00e9vue le 8 septembre. Le co\u00fbt des frais de scolarisation de tous ces \u00e9l\u00e8ves est \u00e9valu\u00e9 \u00e0 20 000 dollars am\u00e9ricains. Coomid s\u2019engage \u00e0 scolariser ces \u00e9l\u00e8ves pour les dissuader de travailler dans les mines d\u2019or. De nombreux enfants ne vont pas \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole ou la quittent pour accompagner leurs parents dans l\u2019exploitation artisanale de l\u2019or.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Tullow Oil scholarships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tullow Oil awards scholarships to Ugandans for further studies in oil disciplines in UK<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\n…Tullow Oil, in partnership with the British Council in Uganda, have awarded 11 Ugandans scholarships to study different oil disciplines in the United Kingdom. The beneficiaries, according to Tullow\u2019s General Manager, Jimmy Mugerwa, emerged the best out of the 2,000 applications received this year under the Tullow Group Scholarship scheme. They will undertake Masters programs in Pollution and Environmental Control, Engineering with Finance, Water and Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Environmental Sustainability, Advanced Computer Science Computer Systems Engineering, IT for the Oil and Gas Industry,\u00a0 Commercial Law, Geospatial Intelligence, Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrology and Climate Change at top universities in United Kingdom. According to Mugerwa, the scholarships are part of the investments being made to develop the skills set required prior to oil production.<\/p>\n

Allocation of oil benefits to locals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leader from oil-rich region calls for equitable allocation of oil benefits to locals<\/a>\u00a0| 1 September 2014 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\nProf. Morris Ogenga-Latigo is a Ugandan politician and farmer.\u00a0 Formerly Leader of Opposition in Parliament, he is now the Chairman of the Acholi Technical Working Committee on Oil and Gas, whose objective is to ensure that the Acholi sub-region gets a fair share of oil benefits…”\u2026It turns out, for example, that the refinery in Hoima will get its crude oil largely from the Jobi oil field in Acholi.\u00a0 The basic story you hear is that oil is in Bunyoro.\u00a0 Now it turns out that the refinery in Hoima will get literally more than ninety percent of its oil from one oil field in Acholi.\u00a0 There are big wells like Jobi, Jobi East, Lyec and Rii which are exclusively in Acholi.\u00a0 Then we have those that cut across Acholi and Buliisa in Bunyoro like Mpyo and Gunya.\u00a0 But if the refining level is 60,000 barrels of oil per day, 90 percent of the crude will come from Acholi. And if the refining (capacity) is 120 barrels per day, 90 percent shall still come from Acholi but will now include Jobi and Jobi East Wells.Yet the other entire (planned) oil infrastructure like the Refinery, Central Processing Facilities and the pipelines and pump stations are not in Acholi. Other than just piping of the oil for refining in Hoima and export, there is nothing planned for Acholi.\u00a0 These raise ownership and exclusion conflicts.\u00a0 The other aspect is local content: getting our local farmers and businessmen to supply to the oil companies.\u00a0 This needs proper institutional support.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other<\/h1>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

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

Kabila Eyes Lifetime Presidency and Must Be Given a Way Out<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | All Africa | Africa Arguments
\nCurrent events in the elite politics of the DRC should be of great concern for those who follow developments in the country. Systematic efforts are being made by the Presidency and sections of the Presidential Majority to modify the 2006 constitution or, more likely, to have a new constitution passed by referendum. This would enable the incumbent President to abolish the current two-term limit to his presidential mandate.<\/p>\n

Le sc\u00e9nario est pr\u00eat pour un nouveau mandat de Joseph Kabila<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | Afrikarabia
\nLa majorit\u00e9 pr\u00e9sidentielle vient d’acter cette semaine une modification de la Constitution par r\u00e9f\u00e9rendum, qui ouvre la voix \u00e0 un troisi\u00e8me mandat du pr\u00e9sident congolais. Apr\u00e8s plusieurs mois d’atermoiement et de pol\u00e9miques sur une possible r\u00e9vision constitutionnelle permettant au pr\u00e9sident Joseph Kabila de briguer un nouveau mandat, la strat\u00e9gie de la majorit\u00e9 pr\u00e9sidentielle se pr\u00e9cise.<\/p>\n

L’ONU r\u00e9it\u00e8re son engagement \u00e0 accompagner les \u00e9lections en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | ADIAC
\nL’implication des Nations unies dans le processus \u00e9lectoral congolais se fera encore avec beaucoup plus d’abn\u00e9gation comme autrefois, a rassur\u00e9 le nouvel envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial des Nations unies dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs, Sa\u00efd Djinnit, \u00e0 l’issue de l’entrevue qu’il a eue le 28 ao\u00fbt avec le pr\u00e9sident de la C\u00e9ni<\/p>\n

Belgian-Congolese cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coup dur pour l’arm\u00e9e avec la mort de son chef au Nord-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Reliefweb | Belgian Technical Cooperation
\nINTERVIEW
\nEn avril 2014, le Congo et la Belgique ont sign\u00e9 un programme interm\u00e9diaire de coop\u00e9ration couvrant la p\u00e9riode 2014-2015. Ci-dessous, Dirk Deprez, repr\u00e9sentant de la CTB en RDC, en donne la quintessence dans une interview.<\/p>\n

Peace education<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Child Gunman to Social Educator: WFP food forges social cohesion and supports peace process in Eastern DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Reliefweb | World Food Programme
\nThe protracted armed conflict in DRC which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives continues to negatively affect wellbeing and social development of children, especially those who were forced to pick up the weapon and fight for their lives. For those children, transitioning from child soldier to normal life is another struggle. To help them through, WFP works with UN and NGO partners to build trust and help the children get back on their feet. Pappy Chimalamungo, former child soldier tells us how a child soldier\u2019s life can be transformed!<\/p>\n

La RDC veut introduire l\u2019\u00e9ducation pour la paix dans le programme scolaire<\/a>\u00a0| 29 August 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nEducation pour la paix dans les \u00e9coles – Le lancement du processus de d\u00e9veloppement de la strat\u00e9gie nationale sera donn\u00e9 \u00e0 Goma<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nGoma, chef-lieu de la province du Nord-Kivu, va abriter la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de lancement du processus de d\u00e9veloppement de la strat\u00e9gie nationale d’\u00e9ducation pour la paix dans les \u00e9coles. Le minist\u00e8re de l’EPSP invite les journalistes \u00e0 l’accompagner dans ce processus. Deux ateliers de renforcement des capacit\u00e9s des journalistes sont pr\u00e9vus \u00e0 cet effet, l’un \u00e0 Kinshasa et l’autre \u00e0 Goma. La R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo est dans une p\u00e9riode de transition d\u00e9mocratique post-conflit qui demande \u00e0 \u00eatre consolid\u00e9e, apr\u00e8s des d\u00e9cennies de conflits.<\/p>\n

Political Situation \/ Human Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congonews Editor Held Without Charge After Criticizing Archbishop<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | All Africa | Committee to Protect Journalists
\nAn editor from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been held by police without charge for a week in connection with libel allegations over a column published in the privately owned bi-weekly CongoNews, according to local journalists and news reports. Michael Mukebayi was arrested by four plain-clothed police officers in his home in Bandalungwa, a suburb of the capital Kinshasa, at 7 a.m. on August 21. The police had an arrest warrant for Mukebayi and the paper’s publication director, John Tshingombe, according to the DRC-based press freedom group, the Africa Observatory for the Freedom of the Press (OLPA). The group said that Tshingombe has gone into hiding.<\/p>\n

Increasing Arrests and Disappearances Rattle Rwandans<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | All Africa | Deutsche Welle
\nFear is growing in Rwanda as top members of the military are arrested and ordinary people disappear. President Kagame appears to be determined to stifle all opposition. Human rights organizations are alarmed. About a month ago, in late July 2014, Rwandan president Paul Kagame reshuffled his cabinet. He said a reorganization would bring about a better working climate and promote development and wealth in the East African country. The move triggered a series of events which quickly attracted the attention of international human rights organizations. One such event was the news on Monday (25.08.2014) that three high-ranking members of the armed forces had been arrested, including Rwandan Defense Force Colonel Tom Byabagamba. The reason given for his arrest: crimes against state security.<\/p>\n

Droits de l’Homme – 171 violations enregistr\u00e9es en juillet 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | Le Potentiel
\nLe Bureau conjoint des Nations unies aux droits de l’Homme (BCNUDH) a, au cours du mois de juillet 2014, enregistr\u00e9 171 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Selon le BCNUDH, ces tendances repr\u00e9sentent une baisse par rapport au mois de juin 2014 (228 violations). \u00ab En g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, le nombre de victimes qui ont r\u00e9sult\u00e9 de ces violations a connu une baisse consid\u00e9rable au cours du mois de juillet 2014, passant de 619 victimes \u00e0 394, soit une baisse de 36% \u00bb, pr\u00e9cise la source. Avant de rench\u00e9rir : \u00ab A l’instar de mois pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents, les provinces les plus touch\u00e9es restent les provinces de l’Est de la RDC, \u00e0 savoir les provinces du Nord-Kivu (76 violations), Orientale (35 violations) et du Sud-Kivu (16 violations) \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Marche de l’opposition contre la modification de la Constitution<\/a>\u00a0| 30 August 2014 | All Africa | rfi
\nL’opposition politique se pr\u00e9pare pour une grande marche avant le 15 septembre, date de la rentr\u00e9e parlementaire. Elle entend ainsi protester contre la modification ou le changement de la Constitution pr\u00e9conis\u00e9 par la majorit\u00e9. Vital Kamerhe, l’un des leaders de l’opposition et pr\u00e9sident de l’UNC, affirme que ce combat se d\u00e9roulera en conformit\u00e9 avec la Constitution.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Claver Mbonimpa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Video Highlights Activist\u2019s Unjust Detention<\/a>\u00a0| 28 August 2014 | HRW
\nHuman Rights Watch today released a short\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0about leading Burundian human rights activist Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, who has been in prison since May 2014. Mbonimpa, 66, is the president of the Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Detained Persons (Association pour la protection des droits humains et des personnes d\u00e9tenues, APRODH), one of the main human rights groups in Burundi. He was arrested on May 15 after speaking on the radio about allegations that young Burundians were being armed and given military training in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

HIV<\/strong><\/p>\n

HIV Prevention Act Angers Ugandan AIDS Activists<\/a>\u00a0| 27 August 2014 | Voice of America
\nUganda\u2019s president recently signed the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act into law.\u00a0 The bill criminalizes the transmission of HIV and also enforces mandatory testing.\u00a0 Such provisions have upset activists who want to de-stigmatize Uganda\u2019s HIV-positive community.\u00a0 \u00a0The country’s parliament passed the act in May. President Yoweri Museveni signed it act into law July 31.\u00a0\u00a0 Health advocates say they are alarmed by a number of passages in the bill that sanction forced disclosure, criminalize transmission and mandate testing for certain groups.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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IPIS Recent Publications<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Boundary spanning: moving towards strategic stakeholder engagement<\/a>\u00a0| 3 February 2014 | IPIS
\nBy Anna Bulzomi
\nTo address complex human rights impacts, companies need to move away from responding to crises and work with communities towards creating shared value.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights<\/em>: The 2nd Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva 2013<\/a>\u00a0| January 2014 | IPIS
\nFrom the 2 – 4 December 2013, IPIS attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. The Forum was established by the Human Rights Council and is under the guidance of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. IPIS\u2019 researchers Gabriella Wass and Anna Bulzomi offer some insights into topics at the Forum that struck them as particularly interesting.<\/p>\n

Practice What You Preach: Theory and Practice of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)\u2019s Stakeholder Engagement Plan in Chad<\/a>\u00a0| 9 January 2014 | IPIS
\nThe past decade has seen a staggering increase in Chinese investment flows in Africa, leaping from USD 392 million in 2005 to USD 2520 million in 2012. Chinese Government officials often describe the burgeoning Sino-African ties as \u2018win-win partnerships\u2019, emphasizing how their \u2018non-interference\u2019 policy truly allows African countries to choose their own development path.
\nAgainst this background, doubts may arise with regard to the environmental and social standards applied by Chinese companies conducting business overseas, especially in post-conflict states with poor human rights records and inadequate governance structures.\u00a0The case discussed in this paper concerns the operations of the Chadian branch of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).<\/p>\n

Business, Human Rights, and Uganda\u2019s Oil – Part II: Protect and Remedy: Implementing State duties under the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0| December 2013 | IPIS
\nThe following is the second in a series of four reports exploring business and human rights issues in Uganda\u2019s oil sector. This series is a collaboration between IPIS vsw and ActionAid Uganda.
\nIn accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, this second report assesses the duty of the Ugandan, British, French and Chinese States to prevent, investigate, punish and redress human rights abuse by businesses.<\/p>\n

In search of clean water: human rights and the mining industry in Katanga, DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2013 | IPIS
\nToday, around 1,8 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the most water-rich country in Africa, 51 million people lack access to potable water; only 26% of the population has access to safe drinking water. This is one of the lowest access rates in the world.
\nIn the Katanga province, rich in cobalt and copper, some industrial mining companies operate provoking significant pollution of water sources, seriously affecting the local population. Although there is a lack of comprehensive data available, several studies conducted by local civil society show environmental, health and socio-economic negative effects.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights<\/em>: Kimberley Process: observations from the sidelines. Part I<\/a>\u00a0| 21 November 2013 | IPIS
\nTen years after the launch of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) this paper is the first in a two part series providing an overview of where the Kimberley Process and international efforts to combat the trade in conflict diamonds currently stand. It will analyse some of the present challenges facing the system and some of the potential solutions on the table.<\/p>\n

Travail des enfants dans le site minier d’exploitation artisanale de Bisie en territoire de Walikale. Une crise oubli\u00e9e en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 19 November 2013 | Prince Kihangi Kyamwami
\nPlus de deux d\u00e9cennies apr\u00e8s l\u2019entr\u00e9e en vigueur de la Convention relative aux droits de l\u2019enfant (1989) en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), la situation des enfants dans le territoire de Walikale demeure critique.<\/p>\n

Ambushed in Bangkok? The U.N. Panel on North Korea and the case of the IL-76 “4L-AWA”<\/a>\u00a0| 14 November 2013 | IPIS\/TA
\nThis new IPIS\/TA report explains why the conclusion of the latest United Nations report on North Korea sanctions, about an arms flight grounded in Thailand, is not supported by facts, but based on a misalliance of wrong and misleading information, gleaned both about the cargo aircraft, its flight and the entities involved, together with erroneous interpretations of standard aviation practices made by the UN Panel of experts on North Korea.<\/p>\n

Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in Eastern DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 12 November 2013 | IPIS
\nIn August 2009 the \u2018International Peace Information Service\u2019 (IPIS) published a first map of militarised mining areas in Eastern DR Congo. By 2012, the international interest in the issue had grown but the map was out-dated. To find a structural solution, IPIS sat down with the Congolese mining cadastre (CAMI) and agreed to set up a permanent system to monitor artisanal mining activities and the involvement of armed groups in the mineral exploitation and trade.\u00a0A first version of the resulting map has been published at\u00a0https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/mapping\/webmapping<\/a>. It shows the location of nearly 800 mining sites and 85 trading centres, including information about armed groups presence and involvement, and the scale of the mining activity. The map includes at least 410 cases of illegal taxation by armed groups or the Congolese army.<\/p>\n

‘Conflict Minerals’ initiatives in DR Congo: Perceptions of local mining communities<\/a>\u00a0| 12 November 2013 | IPIS
\nThe exploitation of minerals is an important source of income for many communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Yet this mineral wealth also plays a significant role in the continuation of insecurity in parts of the country.
\nOver recent years, several domestic, regional and international initiatives have been developed to address the so-called \u2018conflict minerals\u2019 problem and the high level of informality in the DRC\u2019s artisanal mining sector. These initiatives have provoked varying reactions regarding their impact on local livelihoods.
\nThis report aims to provide insight into the impact of initiatives on the livelihood strategies of local communities in the DRC, based on field research in a wide range of mining areas; and document the perceptions of local stakeholders of these initiatives and their impacts.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights:<\/em>\u00a0Why businesses should assess human rights impacts from the outset of projects. SOCO International Oil Company in Virunga National Park, DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 26 August 2013 | International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
\nSOCO International, a British oil company, is prospecting for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Virunga National Park \u2013 a World Heritage Site. For the past year, their presence has been criticised for putting a fragile environment at risk. However, more recently, their impact on human rights has also been questioned. In this Insights IPIS looks at why it is so vital for companies to employ rights-respectful processes, such as those advised in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, from the very beginning of the prospection stage.<\/p>\n

Strijd tegen conflictmineralen: sleutel tot conflictresolutie in Oost-Congo?<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July\u00a0 2013 | IPIS\u00a0(Internationale Spectator)
\nDe PDF van dit artikel is met toestemming van de redactie overgenomen uit de ‘Internationale Spectator, Clingendael Magazine voor Internationale Betrekkingen’, uitgegeven door de Koninklijke Van Gorcum, te Assen namens het Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen \u2018Clingendael\u2019 te Den Haag.<\/p>\n

Business, Human Rights, and Uganda’s Oil. Part I: Uganda’s oil sector and potential threats to human rights<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | International Peace Information Service (IPIS) \u2013 ActionAid International Uganda
\nThe following report is the first of a series of four collaborations between IPIS Research and ActionAid International Uganda. The series sheds a light on the oil sector in Uganda, its possible impact on human rights, and how government, companies, and civil society can best enable a positive bond between oil and the welfare of the Ugandan people.<\/p>\n

The formalisation of artisanal mining in the DRC and Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| December 2012 [April 2013]\u00a0| IPIS
\nThis report describes and evaluates initiatives to formalise the artisanal mining sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, in order to locate lessons learned. We hope that these perspectives will support the formation of well-informed policy and regulatory options \u2013 both by the EU and by harvesting countries \u2013 concerning the formalisation of timber production in tropical countries.
\nThe report was commissioned by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), which is dedicated to advancing human well-being, environmental conservation and equity through providing information that leads to better informed and equitable decision making about the use and management of forests in tropical countries.<\/p>\n

Gold and diamonds in the Central African Republic. The country’s mining sector, and related social, economic and environmental issues<\/a>\u00a0| 26 March 2013 | IPIS
\nGold and diamonds in Central Africa easily conjure up images of conflict, rebel funding, human rights violations, and smuggling. As a country landlocked within an unstable region, neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and recently the scene of another coup, the Central African Republic (CAR) might be considered an appropriate candidate for analysis within the conflict-mineral perspective. Yet this framework would ignore the country\u2019s mining sector\u2019s very specific characteristics. The sector offers an essential livelihood to many households, represents the country\u2019s second most important export product, and is organised in a particular way. Nonetheless, a wide range of issues regarding the country\u2019s mining sector persist.
\nThis report aims to analyse both the Central African Republic\u2019s gold and diamond mining sector and related environmental and socio-economic issues.<\/p>\n

Pinocchio Ltd. The NRA and its corporate partners: US shipments of small arms ammunition by sea<\/a>\u00a0| 25 March 2013 | TA-R\u00a0| IPIS
\nThe National Rifle Association (NRA) claims to have monitored in the last 20 years all United Nations activities that could impact Second Amendment rights. Its latest target is the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international treaty to establish common international standards for the import, export, and transfer of conventional arms presently under discussion at the United Nations. The international community has been calling for the inclusion of ammunition and civilian arms within the scope of the ATT. This reasonable call is used by the NRA to claim that the ATT could restrict the lawful ownership of firearms in the United States.<\/p>\n

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