{"id":23194,"date":"2021-10-07T09:29:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T07:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/?post_type=weekly-briefing&p=23194"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:14:40","slug":"ipis-briefing-september-2021-some-thoughts-on-diamonds-brides-and-marketing-lies","status":"publish","type":"weekly-briefing","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/nl\/weekly-briefing\/ipis-briefing-september-2021-some-thoughts-on-diamonds-brides-and-marketing-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"IPIS Briefing September 2021 – Some thoughts on diamonds, brides and marketing lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IPIS briefing offers a selection of articles, news and updates on natural resources, armed conflict, Business & Human Rights and arms trade.\u00a0 Every month, an editorial and related publications shed a light on a specific topic in IPIS\u2019 areas of research.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In focus: Some Thoughts on Diamonds, Brides and Marketing Lies.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the news: U.N. Footage From Northern Ethiopia Shows Humanitarian Crisis; The Importance of a New Conflict-Diamond Definition; Corporate Criminal Liability for International Crimes: France and Sweden Are Poised To Take Historic Steps Forward.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

New subscribers can register\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to receive the briefing and updates on IPIS\u2019 new maps and reports.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This briefing is produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of IPIS and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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IN FOCUS<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Some Thoughts on Diamonds, Brides and Marketing Lies<\/h1>\n

Didier Verbruggen<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are few economic sectors as dependent on a positive product image as the diamond industry. The reason is that gem diamonds have no intrinsic value. They don’t because they have no practical use. This in contrast to other personal luxury products like designer clothing – which protect you from cold – or high-end watches \u2013 which tell you what time it is. Diamond marketing is therefore a textbook example of what social critics accuse marketeers of, namely that they create artificial needs and manipulate people<\/a> in order to sell them superfluous products. Tadek Solarz, a well-known maverick in the Dutch marketing world, articulates this view on one of the driving forces of consumerism, as follows (own translation): “In nine out of ten cases, needs are not identified by marketeers, but created<\/a>. Same for the subsequent wish to fulfill that need immediately, as a kind of marketing Aladdin. Just rub the miracle lamp and all your wishes will be fulfilled.”<\/p>\n

A prime example of this is the targeting of future wedding couples<\/a> by the diamond industry. They account for 37 % of all diamond jewellery purchases worldwide, which makes this market the backbone of the global diamond industry, totalling USD 64 billion in 2020. The presumed custom, where men present an engagement ring to their loved one when proposing marriage, is the result of persistent marketing campaigns by former diamond monopolist De Beers in the US, where approximately half of all diamond jewellery is sold. The famous marketing campaign slogan ‘Diamonds are forever’<\/a>, was accompanied by a huge budget for advertising and product placement in Hollywood movies (and by the British royal family), and caused the share of brides-to-be receiving a diamond engagement ring, to rise from 10% in 1940 to 80% in 1990. Nowadays, still over 70% of American future brides<\/a> expect to receive this costly symbol of eternal love, while about two million couples get married each year. Part of the etiquette that emerged around this love token, is the widely shared, rather unsentimental belief that it should cost about three times the monthly salary of the groom-to-be. In 2018, the latter spent an average of USD 7,800 on the much-coveted accessory.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Chinese brides have also succumbed<\/a> to sophisticated diamond marketing strategies: 47% of them have a diamond ring on their finger, a custom that was virtually unknown in China a few decades ago. China is the world’s second largest consumer of diamond jewellery while the market of that other BRIC country, India, is also growing fast. In the US, China and India combined, marketing campaigns have led 60% to 70% of consumers to believe that diamonds are an essential part of an engagement. Given the huge populations of China and India, and the continuing growth of their economies, the global wedding market offers particularly favourable prospects for the diamond industry.<\/p>\n

People who nowadays get married – Millennials and Generation Z in marketing terms – have grown up on a deeply polluted planet marked by overconsumption and an ever-widening gap between rich and poor. Market research shows that they are aware of this and that 60 to 70 % of younger generations in the US, China and India consider sustainability<\/a> when making a purchase decision. Put cynically, it is hence the marketeer’s job to convince young lovers that they’re doing the right thing when investing their money in a diamond engagement ring, i.e. to imprint an association of diamonds with beneficial moral values in their minds.<\/p>\n

A lot of work still needs to be done according to a recent market survey, as currently only 1 to 3 % of consumers associate diamonds with sustainability. The survey also shows that, despite the abovementioned concerns over environmental and social ethics, purchases of diamond jewellery are still overwhelmingly motivated by the association with beauty, love, wealth, and eternity among American, Chinese, and Indian consumers. The abundance of ‘positive story-telling’ and sustainability rhetoric in current diamond marketing seems to prevent consumers from turning away from diamonds for moral reasons, pending a true ethical turn in their purchase decision-making process.<\/p>\n

In short, the sustainability discourse is considered a new trend in diamond marketing, which at present still only resonates with a very small fraction of the public. To enhance the power of the association of diamonds with ethics, marketeers will have to compete with traditional moral systems of which none, religious or secular, recommends their adherents to spend their money on useless luxury items.<\/p>\n

It’s a difficult task and it can be complicated by opposite messaging, for instance in narratives of civil society actors about how they experience the dark side of the diamond industry. Examples of such narratives can be found in last year’s research reports of IPIS’ NGO partners<\/a> in the Kimberley Process (KP), a government-led certification scheme originally intended to bar the access of blood diamonds to consumer markets. The findings show that mining communities in their home-countries are cheated out of diamond mining benefits by their own governments, often in collusion with companies (Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Conakry). Other reports highlight the dysfunctionality of the KP itself (Cameroon), or environmental degradation because of industrial diamond mining, leading to severe health problems in communities (Lesotho). Further research by the KP Civil Society Coalition reports the existence of modern-day blood diamonds due to ongoing ties between diamonds and brutal human rights abuses<\/a> in Angola, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Tanzania and Sierra Leone. Needless to say that none of these reports are ever referenced in ‘content’ produced by diamond industry marketeers.<\/p>\n

So what does this entail for the grooms-to-be who ponder about a suitable gift for their future wives? A simple answer would be: if a diamond ring is to your liking, ask your retailer where the diamonds come from and then do some research on their places of origin. But the origin of the diamonds is only known in very rare instances by the retailers. Despite countless announcements of the emergence of new tracking technologies in the diamond industry, the current state of affairs is that the overwhelming majority of stones set in jewellery cannot be traced back to the mine they came from due to the complexity and opacity of supply-chains<\/a> in the industry. This fact alone obviously puts a big question mark behind the equally overwhelming amount of responsible sourcing messages in diamond marketing.<\/p>\n

In other words, to-be-weds for whom ethics govern purchasing decisions, should realize that while buying diamond jewellery helps to pay wages for those employed in the sector (and dividends to shareholders), it also holds a considerable risk of contributing to a range of social and environmental problems, including grave human rights abuses. A compromise for consumers could be to offset that risk somehow by donating part of their jewellery budget to a charity. For example, a charity that tries to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people in the supply-chain. (Doing this, they should consider that it would still be an approximate solution at best, as human life and suffering cannot be monetized.)<\/p>\n

In the absence of an etiquette determining a suitable amount to donate, young lovers could educate themselves on the cost to society (e.g. local communities; employees; future generations) of the negative social and environmental effects caused by businesses in the diamond sector. An independent social enterprise from the Netherlands has attempted to calculate this cost<\/a>. In their model, the amount of money needed to repair the damage is expressed in USD per polished carat and the resulting monetary values, termed the true price gap, discern between the three types of diamond origins (industrial mining; artisanal mining; lab-grown). It should be noted that for artisanal mining the authors make use of an outdated, far too inflated fatal accident rate, which is corrected here in accordance with more recent estimates. According to the latter, the occurrence of lethal accidents among artisanal miners is not 90 but 10 times higher<\/a> than in industrial mining.<\/p>\n

The most significant negative impacts of large-scale diamond mining (LSM) are its contribution to climate change and air pollution (58 % of the true price gap), and underpayment of employees (42 %). The true price gap related to LSM is estimated by the authors at USD 42 per carat of polished diamonds. Further, if artisanal diamond mining communities would receive compensation for the social and environmental damage they suffer, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) diamonds would cost USD 590 more per carat than current market prices (after correction of the cost of health and safety incidents – see above). It should be noted that ASM workers most often do not have a viable alternative for earning their livelihoods. They are the most vulnerable people in the diamond supply-chain. For lab-grown diamonds, costs related to energy use make up the bulk of the true price gap, estimated at USD 9 per polished carat.<\/p>\n

To these true price gap figures should be added costs related to cutting and polishing, which occurs almost exclusively (more than 90 % of global value) in the Indian city of Surat. About 80 % of employees in this part of the industry earns an income below the living wage and most of them are unregistered, placing social security out of reach. Together with other social problems such as discrimination, harassment, child and forced labour, and safety incidents this amounts to a true price gap of USD 95 per polished carat.<\/p>\n

A growing body of scientific literature highlights that altruism is the most beneficial value of all and that it generates positive emotions in others, and this at the deepest level of human feeling. So imagine how the romance of proposing would be enhanced when young couples would decide together to donate part of the diamond ring budget to a not-for-profit organization, for instance one that aims to improve the livelihoods of ASM diamond mining communities.<\/p>\n

Photo: Artisanal diamond mine, Sierra Leone. (Source: IPIS vzw.)<\/p>\n

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IN THE NEWS<\/span><\/h1>\n

BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS<\/span><\/h2>\n

Business and human rights: Swiss companies face new due diligence obligations<\/a> | 29 September 2021 | Lalive | Lexology<\/span><\/p>\n

On the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights\u2019 (\u201cUNGPs\u201d) adoption, some of its most important provisions are finally being voted into law around the globe. Cases against multinationals for human rights violations within supply chains are rising globally, as are criminal proceedings for corruption relating to human rights violations. Swiss courts have traditionally taken a cautious approach but \u2013 with new legislation looming \u2013 affected businesses should take stock.<\/span><\/p>\n

DRC in dispute with Chinese firm amid push for responsible sourcing<\/a> | 27 September 2021 | Business Day<\/span><\/p>\n

The Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s (DRC) state cobalt buyer and China\u2019s biggest cobalt refiner are in talks to end a dispute over a mine at the heart of the DRC\u2019s efforts to clean up its supply of the metal and reassure car and battery makers that rely on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dans les mines du Congo, des femmes enceintes et des enfants vivent dangereusement<\/a> | 27 September 2021 | The Conversation<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c0 l\u2019abri des regards, en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, des femmes, parfois enceintes, et des enfants, travaillent dans des mines \u00ab informelles \u00bb, dans des conditions dangereuses, inhalant des produits toxiques, pour des salaires de mis\u00e8re.<\/span><\/p>\n

DMCC appoints World Diamond Council traceability initiative ambassadors<\/a> | 22 September 2021 | Mining.com<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) \u2013 the world\u2019s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise \u2013 has announced that its Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and its Special Advisor \u2013 Precious Stones, Dr. Martin Leake, have been appointed as ambassadors of the World Diamond Council\u2019s (WDC) updated System of Warranties (SoW) initiative following its launch on September 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t Blame Us: Catoca Insists Leak was not Toxic<\/a> | 20 September 2021 | Idex Online<\/span><\/p>\n

Operators of the Catoca diamond mine, in Angola, is insisting it is not to blame for a toxic leak that killed 12 people in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/span><\/p>\n

Corrupt Oil Trader Turns On Colleagues in Massive Africa Bribe Case<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n

When Anthony Stimler left Glencore Plc in August 2019, he had two big secrets: For a dozen years, he\u2019d paid millions in bribes to African officials and intermediaries. And he was now helping a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the company and numerous former colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Corporate Criminal Liability for International Crimes: France and Sweden Are Poised To Take Historic Steps Forward<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | Just Security<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Nestl\u00e9 USA, Inc. v Doe drew much attention to the prospect of holding transnational corporations criminally liable for their involvement in gross human rights violations abroad. Although it seemed like the U.S. Supreme Court would take the opportunity to tackle this issue, the result was rather disappointing \u2013 the Court found it lacked jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) on extraterritorial grounds. Interestingly, a majority of the justices seemed to assume that the ATS supports jurisdiction over U.S. corporations implicated in law-of-nations violations, so long as there is sufficient corporate conduct in the United States (as explained previously by William Dodge and Beth van Schaack).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Importance of a New Conflict-Diamond Definition<\/a> | 5 September 2021 | Rapaport<\/span><\/p>\n

Rapaport Magazine recently carried an article by Farai Maguwu, founding director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), in which he argued that the Kimberley Process (KP) was allowing Zimbabwe to export conflict diamonds. He cited allegations of torture and violence against local artisanal miners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cabo Delgado is a warzone, but profiteers strike it rich<\/a> | 4 September 2021 | Mail & Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, the Maputo-based NGO the Public Integrity Centre (CIP) published a study showing that requests for mining concessions in Cabo Delgado have increased in tandem with the raging armed conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

Congo says Angola tailings pollution kills 12, to seek compensation<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

The Democratic Republic of Congo will seek compensation from the owners of an Angolan diamond mine after a tailings dam leak polluted drinking water, causing 12 deaths and making thousands of people ill, the country’s environment minister said on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eight people suffocate at Burkina Faso mine after police fire tear gas<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | Mining Weekly<\/span><\/p>\n

Eight people suffocated to death when police in Burkina Faso used tear gas against unauthorised gold miners at Nordgold’s Bissa mine, a prosecutor said on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Third Revised Draft of a Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Modest Steps Forward, But Much of the Sam<\/a>e | 3 September 2021 | Opinio Juris<\/span><\/p>\n

The 3rd revised version of a draft treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises (3rd revised draft treaty on business and human rights) was published by the Intergovernmental Working Group established by the UN Human Rights Council in 2014 under Resolution 26\/9 for the elaboration of the treaty. The 3rd Revised Draft maintains the structure, scope and the balance of content and approaches of the previous drafts of 2020 and 2019, improving in drafting and clarifying certain ambiguities, but it misses the opportunity to develop and strengthen further the provisions that are more important for enhancing access to remedy and reparation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mines en RDC: la pression monte avant la publication d\u2019un rapport de l\u2019ITIE sur la Sicomines<\/a> | 1 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019Initiative pour la transparence des industries extractives (ITIE) devrait finaliser cette semaine son rapport d\u2019analyse sur la Sicomines, la joint-venture sino-congolaise, et sur la convention de pr\u00eats sign\u00e9s en 2008 entre la RDC et des entreprises chinoises. C\u2019est un rapport tr\u00e8s attendu tant des soup\u00e7ons de corruption et des all\u00e9gations de d\u00e9tournements de fonds p\u00e8sent sur ce qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 qualifi\u00e9 de contrat du si\u00e8cle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bribery to get public services is increasing in parts of Africa<\/a> | 1 September 2021 | Mail & Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

Bribery by any name \u2014 gift, pot- de-vin, kitu kidogo \u2026 \u2014 is money out of our pockets, and quite a few people are shelling out. According to Afrobarometer research institute, half of all Ugandans, Cameroonians, Sierra Leoneans and Guineans say they paid at least one bribe in the past year to get a basic public service from a school, health clinic or state documents office or to get help from or avoid a problem with the police.<\/span><\/p>\n

Due diligence and transparency obligations in connection with minerals and metals<\/a> | August 2021 | MME<\/span><\/p>\n

The federal popular initiative “For responsible companies – to protect people and the environment”, was rejected on 29 November 2020. Therefore the indirect counter-proposal of the Federal Assembly will come into effect. The deadline for the optional referendum was 5 August 2021. It is expected that the new provisions will enter into force on 1 January 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

NATURAL RESOURCES<\/span><\/h2>\n

Cobalt en RDC: prendre en compte les mineurs artisanaux<\/a> | 27 September 2021 | La Libre Afrique<\/span><\/p>\n

La demande de cobalt est mondiale et devrait encore augmenter avec les besoins en batteries de voitures \u00e9lectriques, mais les \u00ab creuseurs \u00bb artisanaux de minerai comptent pour une part significative dans son extraction et leurs revendications doivent \u00eatre prises en compte, plaide un rapport publi\u00e9 vendredi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrat minier avec la Chine : l\u2019heure des comptes a sonn\u00e9 en RDC<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | Le Point<\/span><\/p>\n

F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi a eu beau proposer une \u00e9valuation des projets li\u00e9s au contrat \u00ab sino-congolais \u00bb sign\u00e9 en 2008 par son pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur Joseph Kabila en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, il y a peu de chances que cela suffise. Les Congolais sont plus que jamais d\u00e9cid\u00e9s \u00e0 mieux comprendre comment fonctionnent les mines dans leur pays. Ils n\u2019attendront pas cette \u00e9valuation, encore moins le rapport de l\u2019Initiative pour la transparence dans les industries extractives (ITIE) qui porte sur la Sino-Congolaise des mines (Sicomines). Fond\u00e9e il y a 13 ans \u00e0 partir une convention entre l\u2019\u00c9tat congolais et la Chine, cette soci\u00e9t\u00e9 est soup\u00e7onn\u00e9e de malversations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab and Chinese Trade Practices in Mozambique<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | War on the Rocks<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2020, eight Mozambican public officials and one Chinese national named Zhao were arrested for illegally harvesting and exporting timber from Cabo Delgado \u2014 Mozambique\u2019s northernmost province \u2014 to China. According to local reports, five of the Mozambicans are awaiting trial while Zhao and three Mozambicans have been released, and the seized wood was returned to Zhao personally.<\/span><\/p>\n

Corridors Douala-Bangui-Ndjamena : le Cameroun opte pour un titre de transit unique afin de r\u00e9duire les d\u00e9lais et tracasseries<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | investiraucameroun<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Cameroun vient de lancer l’impl\u00e9mentation d’un titre de transit unique sur les corridors Douala-Bangui, Douala-Ndjamena. Il s\u2019agit ici d\u2019un document d\u00e9mat\u00e9rialis\u00e9 d\u00e9livr\u00e9 par les services douaniers pour attester que les marchandises de passage dans le pays via la route et le rail, ont pour destination finale le Tchad et la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA). Cela \u00e9vite aux op\u00e9rateurs un double paiement de droits (dans le pays de transit et en RCA ou au Tchad), mais aussi de multiples d\u00e9clarations de marchandises aux points de rupture : Edea, Belabo, Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dossier minier de Ndassima: un arbitrage entre la Centrafrique et Axmin<\/a> | 20 September 2021 | centrafrique-presse.over-blog.com<\/span><\/p>\n

En Centrafrique, l’affaire concernant les permis miniers de Ndassima, les seules mines du pays connues comme \u00e9tant industriellement exploitables se poursuit. Le permis avait \u00e9t\u00e9 retir\u00e9 au consortium canadien Axmin fin 2019 car les autorit\u00e9s lui reprochaient de ne pas avoir respect\u00e9 les d\u00e9lais l\u00e9gaux pour d\u00e9buter l’exploitation. Axmin oppose son incapacit\u00e9 \u00e0 exploiter \u00e0 cause des conditions s\u00e9curitaires et notamment la pr\u00e9sence d’hommes arm\u00e9s sur le site. <\/span><\/p>\n

Exploitation illicite des minerais en Ituri : le gouverneur militaire appelle les exploitants chinois et congolais au respect des lois du pays<\/a> | 19 September 2021 | Politico.cd<\/span><\/p>\n

Le gouverneur militaire de l\u2019Ituri, le Lt g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Johnny Luboya Nkashama, a appel\u00e9, au cours d\u2019une r\u00e9union tenue, samedi \u00e0 Bunia, \u00e0 l\u2019intention des exploitants miniers chinois et congolais op\u00e9rant en Ituri, de se conformer aux lois du pays, selon la nouvelle approche \u00e9dict\u00e9e par le chef de l\u2019Etat, F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, imprim\u00e9e par l\u2019Ex\u00e9cutif provincial militaire.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c9conomie : la RDC entend acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer la cartographie de ses minerais<\/a> | 18 September 2021 | ADIAC<\/span><\/p>\n

Le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique, F\u00e9lix-Antoine Tshisekedi-Tshilombo, a ordonn\u00e9 la mise en place rapide d\u2019une commission interminist\u00e9rielle pour l’aboutissement du projet qui devrait aider le gouvernement \u00e0 voir clair dans l\u2019exploitation des ressources min\u00e9rales apr\u00e8s le dernier scandale li\u00e9 \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sence irr\u00e9guli\u00e8re des entreprises chinoises dans les zones mini\u00e8res de l\u2019est du pays. <\/span><\/p>\n

China\u2019s pursuit of mining & metals industry transition<\/a> | 17 September 2021 | White & Case LLP | JDSupra<\/span><\/p>\n

China has set a national target to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, prompting an active push by the country’s mining sector to pursue industry transition and achieve a low-carbon production plan. At the same time, a drive to ensure the continued supply of critical metals for the next stage of China’s development continues unabated.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Court Ruling May Allow Oil Junior to Seize Congo Assets<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | BloombergQuint<\/span><\/p>\n

A U.S. court confirmed a $619 million international arbitration award against the Democratic Republic of Congo, potentially enabling a South African oil company to begin proceedings to seize Congolese commercial assets in America.<\/span><\/p>\n

China backs Congo\u2019s ban on 6 small Chinese mining companies<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | Mining.com<\/span><\/p>\n

China gave its backing on Tuesday to a Congolese provincial government\u2019s order last month banning six small Chinese-owned mining companies operating illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governance of Uganda\u2019s oil, gas and mining sector remains weak<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | The Citizen<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite improvements in the governance of Uganda\u2019s natural resources, its nascent oil and gas sector \u2014 as well as that of mining \u2014 are still classified as weak, with widening gaps between the laws and practice, that could impact the country\u2019s push for transparency, a new index reveals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Port of Bujumbura extension and modernization project launched<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | Construction Review Online<\/span><\/p>\n

General \u00c9variste Ndayishimiye, the president of the Republic of Burundi recently launched the extension and modernization works of the Port of Bujumbura, situated at the north-eastern tip of Lake Tanganyika, between the industrial zone and the central business district of Bujumbura.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tshisekedi demande une \u00e9valuation des activit\u00e9s de la Sicomines<\/a> | 12 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Le pr\u00e9sident F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi exige une \u00e9valuation d\u2019un contrat sino-congolais sign\u00e9 il y a 13 ans sous Joseph Kabila. Un m\u00e9ga-contrat de 6 milliards de dollars, dont la moiti\u00e9 d\u00e9di\u00e9e exclusivement au d\u00e9veloppement des infrastructures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transporters say Northern Corridor is a non-trade barrier<\/a> | 11 September 2021 | Zawya<\/span><\/p>\n

South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya are still working through the recent resumption of cargo trucks movement to Juba following weeks of blockade. But just as soon, this month, South Sudan asked the Uganda Revenue Authority to start implementing the Electronic Cargo Traffic Note Certificates (ECTN), adding another layer of costly regulation to be borne by importers and transporters, increasing the cost of using the Northern Corridor.<\/span><\/p>\n

East African Community hails Republic of Burundi and United Republic of Tanzania for retifying African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement<\/a> | 11 September 2021 | EAC<\/span><\/p>\n

EAC Secretary General Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mathuki has hailed the Republic of Burundi and the United Republic of Tanzania for ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). <\/span><\/p>\n

To End Illegal Wildlife Trafficking, Follow The Money<\/a> | 9 September 2021 | OCCRP<\/span><\/p>\n

Wildlife crime, from poaching to trafficking, remains a booming industry in East Africa. According to a recent report, it is a far more organized crime than previously imagined, and arrests need to be accompanied by financial investigations to truly dismantle the trade. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cameroon Tries to Get Child Miners Back to School<\/a> | 9 September 2021 | VoA<\/span><\/p>\n

Authorities in Cameroon say they are attempting to remove thousands of children working in gold mines along the country\u2019s eastern border. Some of the children were displaced from the Central African Republic because of violence there and dropped out of school to mine gold for survival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alrosa commits to collaboration with DRC State miner<\/a> | 9 September 2021 | Mining Weekly<\/span><\/p>\n

RDC : dans le Kasa\u00ef oriental, un accord minier inqui\u00e8te la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian diamond miner Alrosa has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) State-owned diamond miner Societ\u00e9 mini\u00e8re de Bakwanga (MIBA) to increase their collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exploitation \u00abillicite\u00bb des minerais \u00e0 Mwenga : l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale d\u00e9p\u00eache une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de 8 d\u00e9put\u00e9s<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | MediaCongo.net<\/span><\/p>\n

Est de la RDC : manifestation anti-Chinois dans une zone mini\u00e8re<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | Actualite.cd<\/span><\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s que 8 d\u00e9put\u00e9s provinciaux du Sud-Kivu aient termin\u00e9 leur mission dans le territoire de Mwenga pour s\u2019enqu\u00e9rir de la situation de l\u2019exploitation \u00abillicite\u00bb des ressources naturelles par des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s mini\u00e8res chinoises, c\u2019est le tour des d\u00e9put\u00e9s nationaux de s\u2019y rendre pour le m\u00eame motif.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guinea-Bissau Plays a Crucial Role in Global Bauxite Supply Chain<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | AfricaNews<\/span><\/p>\n

The West African nation of Guinea-Bissau is blessed with abundant natural resources, a growing energy sector, as well as large tracts of arable land. Bauxite is the cornerstone of the Guinean economy and is the country\u00b4s main foreign currency earner. Today, Guinea-Bissau has the world\u00b4s third largest reserves of bauxite (aluminum ore), and exports of this strategic commodity contribute to more than 50% of the country\u00b4s exports, and over 90% of export revenue. Many of these mineral exports go to China as a key input to fuel the global supply chain.<\/span><\/p>\n

En RDC, trafics et exploitation ill\u00e9gale du parc des Virunga financeraient les groupes arm\u00e9s<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | Le Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

Braconnage et contrebande rapportent chaque mois des centaines de milliers de dollars d\u00e9plorent une quarantaine d\u2019associations environnementales et de d\u00e9fense des droits humains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Butembo : deux trafiquants d\u2019Ivoires arr\u00eat\u00e9s par la police<\/a> | 7 September 2021 | Politico.cd<\/span><\/p>\n

Deux trafiquants d\u2019ivoires, sont tomb\u00e9s dans le filet des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s ce lundi 6 septembre 2021 par la police du Commissariat urbain de Butembo dans la province du Nord-Kivu.<\/span><\/p>\n

RDC : oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re ill\u00e9gale, le Gouvernement chinois pr\u00eat \u00e0 collaborer avec Kinshasa sur la question<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | Zoom-eco.net<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Gouvernement chinois a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 soucieux de respecter les lois en vigueur \u00e9tablies en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, surtout en ce qui concerne les entreprises mini\u00e8res.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guinea’s top minerals at risk after coup<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

Guinea’s special forces on Sunday ousted the West African country’s president, raising the political and operational risk for its minerals, which include bauxite, diamonds, iron ore and gold.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exploitation mini\u00e8re : pourquoi le contr\u00f4le est si difficile pour les Etats ?<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | DW<\/span><\/p>\n

Dans la plupart des pays, les populations et la nature subissent des cons\u00e9quences n\u00e9gatives de l’exploitation mini\u00e8re. Dans certains cas, l’Etat essaie d’imposer le respect de la loi. Mais souvent, les compagnies mini\u00e8res se r\u00e9v\u00e8lent plus puissantes que les pouvoirs publics. Plusieurs raisons expliquent cet \u00e9tat de choses.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Video) Pourquoi la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, pays le plus riche d’Afrique, est un des plus pauvres ?<\/a> | 2 September 2021 | TV5Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

Dans “Cobalt blues, La sape d’un g\u00e9ant”, le journaliste d’origine belge Erik Bruyland se plonge dans l’histoire postcoloniale de son pays natal, la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Il \u00e9tait l’invit\u00e9 dans le journal Afrique sur TV5MONDE.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rare Earth Myth<\/a> | 2 September 2021 | SupChina<\/span><\/p>\n

China dominates the mining and refinement of rare earths, which are needed for almost all of the electronic devices that power our 21st-century lives. But contrary to popular perception, China neither can nor wants to weaponize the global supply.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kamituga : quand les chinois interdisent l\u2019acc\u00e8s du site minier aux congolais<\/a> | 2 September 2021 | Mediacongo.net<\/span><\/p>\n

A Kamituga, dans la province du Sud Kivu, le site minier congolais est pris en otage par les chinois exploitant les mines d’or r\u00e9v\u00e8le, le journaliste d\u2019investigation, Alain Foka. Tout acc\u00e8s y est interdit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exploitation de la for\u00eat congolaise: des ONG alertent les bailleurs de fonds<\/a> | 2 September 2021 | RTL<\/span><\/p>\n

Des organisations environnementales ont alert\u00e9 jeudi les bailleurs de fonds internationaux pour le climat sur une “catastrophe” imminente si la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) l\u00e8ve comme pr\u00e9vu un moratoire sur les nouveaux titres d’exploitation foresti\u00e8re.<\/span><\/p>\n

Namibia lifts temporary suspension of new mineral rights applications<\/a> | 1 September 2021 | CGTN<\/span><\/p>\n

Namibia\u2019s Ministry of Mines and Energy will now be accepting new mineral rights applications, following the lapse of the suspension between 18 november 2020, and 17 augustus 2021, an official said on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

RDC: A la suite des r\u00e9v\u00e9lations d\u2019Alain Foka, ACAJ exige une enqu\u00eate sur l\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re ill\u00e9gale \u00e0 Kamituga<\/a> | 1 September 2021 | ZoomEco<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019Association Congolaise pour l\u2019Acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la Justice (ACAJ) se d\u00e9clare vivement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par les r\u00e9v\u00e9lations du documentaire du journaliste Alain Foka sur l\u2019exploitation illicite des minerais dans l\u2019Est de la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC).<\/span><\/p>\n

ARMS TRADE<\/span><\/h2>\n

Equipements militaires 5 officiers et civils sous les verrous<\/a> | 29 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Le dossier des contrats des \u00e9quipements militaires a connu de nouveaux rebondissements cette semaine avec la mise sous mandat de d\u00e9p\u00f4t de cinq autres personnalit\u00e9s militaires et civile.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali: quatre officiers et une fonctionnaire arr\u00eat\u00e9s dans une affaire d\u2019achats militaires<\/a> | 27 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Quatre officiers maliens et une fonctionnaire ont \u00e9t\u00e9 plac\u00e9s lundi sous mandat de d\u00e9p\u00f4t dans une affaire d\u2019achat de mat\u00e9riel militaire au d\u00e9but de la pr\u00e9sidence du chef de l\u2019Etat d\u00e9chu Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta, a-t-on appris de sources judiciaires.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paramount-supplied military hardware displayed in Mozambique<\/a> | 27 September 2021 | DefenceWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Newly acquired military hardware has been displayed by Mozambique during the country\u2019s armed forces day celebrations, including Marauder armoured personnel carriers and Mi-8\/17, Mi-24 and Gazelle helicopters acquired from Paramount Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bandits Sack Two Police Stations In Zamfara, Steal Ammunition Amid Military Operations<\/a> | 25 September 2021 | Sahara Reporters<\/span><\/p>\n

Bandits in Zamfara State (Nigeria) have attacked Shinkafi town, including two police facilities, shooting sporadically in the process. According to Daily Trust, the attackers were said to have carted away arms from the ransacked police stations.<\/span><\/p>\n

UNGA: Buhari seeks vigorous enforcement of Arms Trade Treaty<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | Daily Post (Nigeria)<\/span><\/p>\n

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in New York called for the worldwide application of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to codify accountability in the conventional arms trade, which is critical to the security of nations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lutte contre les armes l\u00e9g\u00e8res : La CEDEAO harmonise ses textes avec le support de la GIZ et de l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne (EU)<\/a> | 21 September 2021 | Lactuacho.com<\/span><\/p>\n

En vue d\u2019une synergie pour une meilleure compr\u00e9hension dans la mise en \u0153uvre de la Convention de la CEDEAO sur les armes l\u00e9g\u00e8res et de petit calibre (ALPC) et du Trait\u00e9 sur le commerce des armes (TCA), la Direction du maintien de la Paix et de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 R\u00e9gionale (DPKRS) de la Commission de la CEDEAO a organis\u00e9 un atelier d\u2019experts gouvernementaux pour valider le guide harmonis\u00e9 de la Convention de la CEDEAO sur les ALPC et les TCA.<\/span><\/p>\n

RDC : malgr\u00e9 18 ans d\u2019embargo, des armes circulent, FARDC et pays voisins index\u00e9s<\/a> | 21 September 2021 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

La R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo est sous r\u00e9gime d\u2019embargo sur les armes depuis 2003. En clair, les armes ne devraient plus circuler sur le sol congolais. Nuance tout de m\u00eame sur cette question : les Nations unies qui ont impos\u00e9 l\u2019embargo soulignent que \u00ab les autorit\u00e9s l\u00e9gales \u00bb peuvent b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier des armes, munitions et autres mat\u00e9riels. 18 ans apr\u00e8s, les groupes arm\u00e9s continuent de se procurer des armes, et parfois en complicit\u00e9 avec les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) et certains pays voisins. <\/span><\/p>\n

Declaration du MLPC relative a l\u2019usage des mines anti personnelles dans la crise Centrafricaine<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | CorbeauNews<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019introduction des mines anti personnelles dans la crise s\u00e9curitaire qui persiste en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, marque un tournant plus dramatique dans son \u00e9volution. C\u2019est ainsi que depuis plusieurs mois, ces engins de la mort ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00f4t\u00e9 la vie \u00e0 plus d\u2019une quinzaine de nos compatriotes, et bless\u00e9 plusieurs dizaines d\u2019autres<\/span><\/p>\n

Affaire des mat\u00e9riels militaires au Mali : Ces combines de Mme Boir\u00e9 Fily Sissoko qui ont <\/a>favoris\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9trange personnage Ousmane Boir\u00e9 d\u2019empocher 900 millions FCFA<\/a> | 9 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Procureur du P\u00f4le \u00c9conomique et Financier peut se targuer d\u2019avoir r\u00e9veill\u00e9 les d\u00e9mons \u00e0 Bamako : en plus de l\u2019avion pr\u00e9sidentiel qui selon des documents d\u2019enqu\u00eate a connu une surfacturation de 9 milliards FCFA, les deniers publics ont servi pour l\u2019achat des \u00e9quipements militaires. Selon le rapport d\u00e9finitif du V\u00e9rificateur, l\u2019ex Ministre de l\u2019\u00c9conomie et des Finances, Mme Bouar\u00e9 Fily Sissoko, a fait une interpr\u00e9tation erron\u00e9e et une application inappropri\u00e9e de la disposition r\u00e9glementaire relative \u00e0 l\u2019exclusion de certaines commandes publiques du champ d\u2019application du CMP. <\/span><\/p>\n

Contr\u00f4le des armes l\u00e9g\u00e8res int\u00e9grant le genre : Un atelier de quatre jours pour renforcer la capacit\u00e9 des acteurs maliens<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Le minist\u00e8re de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et de la protection civile et le secr\u00e9tariat permanent de lutte contre la prolif\u00e9ration des armes l\u00e9g\u00e8res et de petits calibres, dans le cadre de leur lutte et sur financement de la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne au Mali, ont initi\u00e9 un atelier de formation sur l\u2019int\u00e9gration de la dimension Hommes\/ Femmes dans la lutte contre le trafic et l\u2019utilisation abusive des armes l\u00e9g\u00e8res et de petits calibres au Mali afin de barrer la route aux r\u00e9seaux mafieux qui, \u00e0 travers le commerce illicite, enveniment les crises s\u00e9curitaires.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tchad: les fouilles pour traquer les armes laissent les habitants sceptiques<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Au Tchad, pour faire face \u00e0 l’ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 et enrayer les conflits entre \u00e9leveurs et agriculteurs, les autorit\u00e9s ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de lancer une campagne de d\u00e9sarmement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arms flown to Sudan from Ethiopia were legal, says ministry<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

Sudan’s interior ministry said on Monday that more than 70 boxes of weapons seized by authorities had turned out to be part of a legal cargo imported by a licensed arms trader.<\/span><\/p>\n

Namibia: Amnesty Month for Surrender of Illegal Firearms<\/a> | 1 September 2021 | Namibian | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

People in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition in Namibia have been given a grace period of one month to surrender all unlicensed firearms, armaments and ammunition to the police without being prosecuted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tchad : le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Tahir Youssouf Boy appelle les d\u00e9tenteurs d’armes \u00e0 les remettre \u00e0 la <\/a>commission<\/a> | 31 August 2021 | Alwida Info<\/span><\/p>\n

Le pr\u00e9sident de la commission mixte de d\u00e9sarmement, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Tahir Youssouf Boy, a expliqu\u00e9 mardi que la commission mixte de d\u00e9sarmement vise \u00e0 garantir la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des tchadiens. Il a lanc\u00e9 un appel \u00e0 tous ceux qui d\u00e9tiennent ill\u00e9galement des armes, les invitant \u00e0 les d\u00e9poser \u00e0 la commission.<\/span><\/p>\n

CONFLICT<\/span><\/h2>\n

Flouting U.N. sanctions in Africa? No one is watching after Russia move<\/a> | 30 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia is delaying the appointment of panels of independent experts to monitor violations of U.N. sanctions on South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR)and Mali, diplomats said on Wednesday, leaving their work in limbo.<\/span><\/p>\n

UK joins calls on Mali to end alleged deal with Russian mercenaries<\/a> | 30 September 2021 | The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

Malian government and the Wagner Group: Minister for Africa’s statement<\/a> | 29 September 2021 | UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office<\/span><\/p>\n

The UK has joined a mounting international campaign of pressure on Mali\u2019s military leaders to step back from a suspected deal with a Russian mercenary company, amid fears that the agreement will further complicate insecurity in the region. <\/span><\/p>\n

Coop\u00e9ration militaire : Sergue\u00ef Lavrov confirme l\u2019arriv\u00e9e de Wagner au Mali<\/a> | 29 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Le ministre Russe des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, Sergue\u00ef Lavrov a confirm\u00e9 devant l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019ONU, le samedi 25 septembre 2021, l\u2019arriv\u00e9e du groupe Wagner au Mali.<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Mali perdra “le soutien de la communaut\u00e9 internationale” s’il recrute le groupe Wagner, dit Paris<\/a> | 29 September 2021 | TV5Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

La France a averti mercredi le Mali qu’il perdrait le “soutien de la communaut\u00e9 internationale” et abandonnerait des “pans entiers de sa souverainet\u00e9” s’il avait recours aux mercenaires de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 priv\u00e9e russe Wagner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Affaire Wagner : Paris tente la carte de l\u2019opinion contre Assimi Goita<\/a> | 28 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

La d\u00e9claration du Premier ministre Choguel Kokala Ma\u00efga, \u00e0 la tribune des Nations-Unies, accusant la France d\u2019\u00ab avoir abanonn\u00e9 le Mali en plein vol \u00bb ne passe pas \u00e0 Paris. Le minist\u00e8re fran\u00e7ais des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res l\u2019a fait savoir dans une note publi\u00e9e ce lundi 27 septembre 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Etat de si\u00e8ge : Les FARDC reprennent le contr\u00f4le du \u00ab Triangle de la mort \u00bb<\/a> | 28 September 2021 | MediaCongo.net<\/span><\/p>\n

Situ\u00e9 entre les localit\u00e9s de Mbau, Kamango et Eringeti dans la province du Nord-Kivu, la zone d\u00e9sign\u00e9e comme \u00ab Triangle de la mort \u00bb depuis en 2014 en raison des massacres continus de populations civiles par les ADF, est d\u00e9sormais sous le contr\u00f4le des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC).<\/span><\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s mischief in Africa<\/a> | 28 September 2021 | The Guardian (Nigeria)<\/span><\/p>\n

The recent announcement that putschists in Mali who seized power in May are close to a deal with the notorious Russian Kremlin-linked group, Wagner, to bring in 1,000 mercenaries, has ruffled feathers in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lutte contre le terrorisme : L\u2019arriv\u00e9e de Wagner d\u00e9joue le plan fran\u00e7ais d\u2019occupation du Mali par la CMA \u00e0 la fin de 2021<\/a> | 27 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019affaire des mercenaires russes est tomb\u00e9e comme un chevet dans la soupe du gouvernement fran\u00e7ais dont le projet de retrait de ses troupes \u00e0 la fin de l\u2019ann\u00e9e laisserait le champ libre \u00e0 la Coordination des mouvements de l\u2019Azawad (CMA) d\u2019envahir de nouveau le Mali. Avec cette nouvelle donne, la France se voit obliger de revoir sa copie. Mais pour combien de temps ?<\/span><\/p>\n

Top Russian diplomat defends mercenaries\u2019 presence in Mali<\/a> | 26 September 2021 | The Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s top diplomat on Saturday defended the Mali government\u2019s right to hire a private Russian military company to help fight terrorists, accusing French troops in the country of failing to get rid of them and scolding the European Union for demanding that the Russian mercenaries leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uganda: Museveni Vows to End Cattle Raids in Karamoja<\/a> | 26 September 2021 | The Monitor | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

President Museveni on Friday vowed to eradicate cattle rustling and criminality in Karamoja Sub-region. The President, who was recently in Karamoja to assess the security situation, made the assurance on Friday evening at State House Entebbe during a follow-up security meeting with leaders from the sub-region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rights groups demand release of Congo journalist over terrorism charges<\/a> | 25 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

Rights groups called on military authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday to release a journalist arrested on terrorism charges for the possession of a video showing the assassination of two U.N. sanctions monitors in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali : les paramilitaires russes de Wagner sont-ils compatibles avec la coalition dans le Sahel ?<\/a> | 25 September 2021 | TV5 Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

Les autorit\u00e9s de transition au Mali sont soumises \u00e0 des pressions de la France et de la C\u00e9d\u00e9ao pour organiser des \u00e9lections en f\u00e9vrier 2022 et renoncer \u00e0 une \u00e9ventuelle coop\u00e9ration avec le groupe de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 priv\u00e9e russe Wagner. Pourquoi un recours aux paramilitaires russes de Wagner pose probl\u00e8me \u00e0 l’UE ? Le Mali serait-il pr\u00eat \u00e0 prendre le risque ? Qu’y gagnerait la Russie ? On en parle avec Roland Marchal, chercheur au CNRS \u00e0 Sciences Po Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mercenaires russes : le Tchad met en garde contre “toute ing\u00e9rence ext\u00e9rieure”<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | France24<\/span><\/p>\n

Le chef de la diplomatie du Tchad, Ch\u00e9rif Mahamat Zene, a affirm\u00e9 jeudi avoir des “raisons” de se pr\u00e9occuper de la pr\u00e9sence des mercenaires russes de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Wagner sur le continent africain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia in Africa: Undermining Democracy through Elite Capture<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | Africa Center for Strategic Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

To gain insight into Russia\u2019s governance model in Africa, one only need look at the experience of the Central African Republic. Russian mercenaries with the notorious Wagner Group, ostensibly brought into CAR in 2018 to help stabilize the beleaguered government of President Faustin-Archange Touad\u00e9ra, now control diamond and gold mines in the north of the country and have warned UN peacekeepers to steer clear of Russia\u2019s area of control.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who Blessed the Vlads Down in Africa?<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | Foreign Policy<\/span><\/p>\n

Fighters from the Russian mercenary group Wagner may soon have another stamp in their passports, this time from the West African country of Mali, after already littering at least five fragile African states with human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings, and political interference. <\/span><\/p>\n

A tablet computer and a ‘shopping list’ reveal how Russia might take on the US without starting a real war<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | Business Insider<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, the inner workings of a shadowy Russian mercenary group came to light when a Samsung tablet containing sensitive information was recovered in Libya. A BBC investigation got ahold of the device, which had been used by members of Wagner Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Wagner Play Undermines the Transition in Mali<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | Africa Center for Strategic Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports that Mali\u2019s military junta has negotiated a prospective deal to bring in 1,000 Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner Group are anything but surprising.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burundi: l’opposant Alexis Sinduhije accus\u00e9 d’\u00eatre responsable d’actes terroristes<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s les trois attaques qui ont frapp\u00e9 le Burundi depuis la nuit du samedi 18 au dimanche 19 septembre, le pouvoir burundais d\u00e9signe ceux qu\u2019ils consid\u00e8rent comme les responsables de ce qu\u2019il qualifie d\u2019actes terroristes et de crimes contre l’humanit\u00e9. Le procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la R\u00e9publique a accus\u00e9 mercredi l’opposant Alexis Sinduhije, d\u2019\u00eatre responsable de ces attaques.<\/span><\/p>\n

Human rights violations and related economic crimes in the Republic of South Sudan<\/a> (A\/HRC\/48\/CRP.3) | 23 September 2021 | UNHRC | ReliefWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Even prior to gaining independence in July 2011, human rights violations and related economic crimes in southern Sudan had a direct, negative impact on the capacity of the State to meet its core socio-economic obligations, such as healthcare, education, and the Sustainable Development Goals, with poor and extremely poor civilians including women and children disproportionately affected. As early as 2012, the nascent Republic of South Sudan had reportedly lost billions of US dollars in illicit financial flows.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Sudanese political elites illicitly diverting millions of US dollars, undermining core human rights and stability – UN experts note<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | Africa News<\/span><\/p>\n

By diverting staggering amounts of money and other wealth from South Sudan\u2019s public coffers and resources, South Sudan\u2019s leaders are undermining human rights and endangering security, the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has found in its latest Conference Room Paper presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Central African Republic war: No-go zones and Russian meddling<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | BBC<\/span><\/p>\n

Amid a Russian-backed advance, the growing threat of landmines and improvised explosives in the Central African Republic (CAR) points to a dangerous tactical shift in a new and unfolding guerrilla war.<\/span><\/p>\n

RDC: un chef rebelle condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 pour crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9<\/a> | 22 September 2021 | La Libre Afrique<\/span><\/p>\n

Un chef rebelle congolais, accus\u00e9 d\u2019avoir sem\u00e9 la terreur dans le parc national de Kahuzi-Biega, dans l\u2019est de la RDC, a \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 la prison \u00e0 vie pour crimes de guerre et contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9, a-t-on appris mercredi aupr\u00e8s de la justice militaire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Congolese Nobel laureate: Establish war crimes tribunal for DRC<\/a> | 22 September 2021 | Nation<\/span><\/p>\n

Congolese surgeon Denis Mukwege may be a global hero, famed for reconstructing the damaged organs of women and children sexually violated in the country\u2019s war.<\/span><\/p>\n

Report of the team of international experts on the situation in Kasai<\/a> (A\/HRC\/48\/82) | 21 September 2021 | UNHRC | ReliefWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

This report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 45\/34 of 7 October 2020, which renewed the mandate of the team of international experts on the situation in Kasai and requested it to submit a final report to the Council at its forty-eighth session during an interactive dialogue and to provide an oral update at its forty-sixth session.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina convicted on terror charges<\/a> | 21 September 2021 | BBC<\/span><\/p>\n

A man who was portrayed in a film as a life-saving hero during the Rwandan genocide has been sentenced to 25 years for terrorism by a court in Rwanda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian Wagner Group\u2019s Entrance into Mali Creates New Challenges<\/a> | 21 September 2021 | The National Interest<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless of whether Wagner is moving in or if Bamako is simply trying to instigate international action, civilians must remain at the forefront of the international community\u2019s interest in Mali.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wagner-Gate: Choguel clarifie l\u2019affaire<\/a> | 21 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Pr\u00e9sente au Mali depuis 2018, notamment pour s\u00e9curiser l\u2019ambassade russe \u00e0 Bamako comme dans d\u2019autres capitales \u00e0 travers le monde, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Wagner est \u00e0 la une de l\u2019actualit\u00e9 depuis la r\u00e9v\u00e9lation non d\u00e9mentie de Reuters de la possibilit\u00e9 de partenariat entre elle avec le l\u2019\u00c9tat malien.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meurtre d\u2019experts de l\u2019ONU en RDC: un journaliste interrog\u00e9 comme t\u00e9moin<\/a> | 21 September 2021 | La Libre Afrique<\/span><\/p>\n

Experts de l\u2019ONU tu\u00e9s en RDC : un journaliste inculp\u00e9<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | La Libre Afrique<\/span><\/p>\n

Un journaliste congolais a \u00e9t\u00e9 interpell\u00e9 et \u00e9tait interrog\u00e9 mardi comme t\u00e9moin \u00e0 propos d\u2019une vid\u00e9o du meurtre de deux experts des Nations unies en mars 2017 dans le centre de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, a-t-on appris du parquet militaire. Le 12 mars 2017, l\u2019Am\u00e9ricain Michael Sharp et la Su\u00e9doise d\u2019origine chilienne Zaida Catalan, deux jeunes experts missionn\u00e9s par l\u2019ONU pour enqu\u00eater sur des violences dans la r\u00e9gion du Kasa\u00ef (centre de la RDC), ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coop\u00e9ration militaire Mali-Russie : La France paniqu\u00e9e !<\/a> | 22 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

France rattled by a deal between Russian mercenaries and Mali’s junta<\/a> | 17 September 2021 | TRT<\/span><\/p>\n

Il n\u2019est secret pour personne que le torchon br\u00fble entre le Mali et la France apr\u00e8s l\u2019annonce du pr\u00e9tendu accord de coop\u00e9ration entre le gouvernement du Mali et le Groupe de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 priv\u00e9e Wagner de la Russie.<\/span><\/p>\n

DR Congo: New Findings on Prison Mass Rape<\/a> | 20 September 2021 | HRW<\/span><\/p>\n

Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have made no apparent progress investigating the September 2020 prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in Lubumbashi, Human Rights Watch said. For three days, inmates repeatedly raped several dozen female detainees, including a teenage girl.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wagner au Mali: La r\u00e9ponse de Choguel \u00e0 la France, l\u2019Allemagne, la CEDEAO\u2026<\/a> | 20 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Le vendredi dernier, dans une vid\u00e9o mis en ligne par Le Jalon, le Premier ministre de la transition Choguel Kokalla Maiga s\u2019est prononc\u00e9 sur l\u2019annonce d\u2019un possible accord entre les autorit\u00e9s maliennes et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 russe priv\u00e9e Wagner sans donner plus de pr\u00e9cisions sur l\u2019information donn\u00e9e par Reuters et qui d\u00e9fraie la chronique. \u00ab Est-ce qu\u2019il ne faut pas avoir un plan B ? D\u2019autant plus qu\u2019on a vu des pays qu\u2019on a l\u00e2ch\u00e9s et qui se sont retrouv\u00e9s seuls \u00bb, a indiqu\u00e9 le chef du gouvernement malien.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrat de coop\u00e9ration militaire avec la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Wagner : La transition malienne face au rouleau compresseur de Goliath<\/a> | 20 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Les autorit\u00e9s maliennes de la transition subissent actuellement une forte pression exerc\u00e9e par une puissance \u00e9trang\u00e8re qui a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de mettre \u00e0 contribution son r\u00e9seau au sein duquel on retrouve des soutiens internes, Etats voisins, et m\u00eame des groupes arm\u00e9s\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Bamako r\u00e9agit vivement aux propos d’un ministre nig\u00e9rien et \u00e9voque la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Wagner<\/a> | 19 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Dans un communiqu\u00e9, le gouvernement malien a r\u00e9pondu au Niger dont un ministre a r\u00e9cemment critiqu\u00e9 la transition au Mali. Il a aussi \u00e9voqu\u00e9 l\u2019affaire Wagner, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 priv\u00e9e militaire russe qui est en n\u00e9gociation avec le Mali, en vue d\u2019une \u00e9ventuelle signature d\u2019un contrat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ituri : la NSCC d\u00e9nonce des arrestations arbitraires des d\u00e9fenseurs des droits humains \u00e0 Mambasa<\/a> | 19 September 2021 | Politico.cd<\/span><\/p>\n

La nouvelle societe civile congolaise, NSCC antenne de Mambasa a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 le vendredi 17 septembre 2021 les menaces et les arrestations arbitraires auxquelles font face ces derniers jours, les d\u00e9fenseurs des droits humains oeuvrant dans ce territoire de la province de l\u2019ituri.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c9tat de si\u00e8ge: la MONUSCO salue l\u2019am\u00e9lioration du partenariat avec les FARDC<\/a> | 19 September 2021 | Politico.cd<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique, F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi, a re\u00e7u ce samedi 18 septembre 2021 \u00e0 Lubumbashi, une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de la mission onusienne, compos\u00e9e du Lieutenant-G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Affonso Dacosta et Fran\u00e7ois Grignon, respectivement commandant de la force de la MONUSCO et charg\u00e9 des affaires politiques.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ituri : le Gouverneur annonce la deuxi\u00e8me phase des op\u00e9rations de traque des groupes arm\u00e9s<\/a> | 19 September 2021 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Gouverneur de l\u2019Ituri, le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Johnny N\u2019kashama a annonc\u00e9 samedi 18 septembre la deuxi\u00e8me phase des op\u00e9rations de traque des groupes arm\u00e9s en cette p\u00e9riode de l\u2019\u00e9tat de si\u00e8ge. Cette annonce a \u00e9t\u00e9 faite \u00e0 la presse \u00e0 son arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Bunia en provenance de Kinshasa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Partenariat Mali-Wagner \u00e9ventuel: l\u2019ONU attend \u201cun respect total des droits humains\u201d<\/a> | 18 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Un \u00e9ventuel partenariat entre le gouvernement du Mali et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 priv\u00e9e russe Wagner, s\u2019il devait se concr\u00e9tiser, devrait respecter totalement les droits humains et le droit international, a soulign\u00e9 vendredi Jean-Pierre Lacroix, secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint de l\u2019ONU pour les Op\u00e9rations de paix.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali Premier Says Seeking New Partners in Terrorism Fight<\/a> | 18 September 2021 | Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali is seeking new partners to help the country fend off Islamist militants now that France plans to scale back its counterterrorism force in West Africa\u2019s Sahel region. <\/span><\/p>\n

Au Mali, une nouvelle guerre d\u2019influence entre la France et la Russie<\/a> | 17 September 2021 | France24<\/span><\/p>\n

Les discussions sur le d\u00e9ploiement de paramilitaires russes au Mali ravivent de vieux souvenirs pour Bamako qui, fut un temps, collaborait \u00e9troitement avec Moscou. Une situation per\u00e7ue d\u2019un mauvais \u0153il par la France. <\/span><\/p>\n

West Africa’s ECOWAS implements sanctions over Guinea, Mali coups<\/a> | 17 September 2021 | Daily Sabah<\/span><\/p>\n

West African leaders on Thursday imposed sanctions on Guinea’s coup leaders and called for elections in six months, demanding a quick return to civilian rule after troops ousted President Alpha Conde this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

S\u00e9curit\u00e9 au Mali ! Le recours aux mercenaires<\/a> | 17 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c0 d\u00e9faut d\u2019avoir un accord de partenariat militaire entre le Mali et la Russie, les autorit\u00e9s de la transition, du moins la junte au pouvoir, serait tent\u00e9es d\u2019engager le pays dans un partenariat entre une organisation paramilitaire russe, Wagner, pour, dit-il, \u00abla formation et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de nos militaires\u00bb \u00e0 6 milliards de nos francs par mois, selon les m\u00e9dias occidentaux. \u00ab\u00c0 d\u00e9faut de sa m\u00e8re on t\u00e8te sa grand-m\u00e8re\u00bb, selon un adage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Berlin and Paris Concerned Over Russian Mercenaries in Mali<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | DW | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

The situation is explosive: There are indications that the government in Mali is discussing a paramilitary operation with the Russian mercenary force “Wagner”. Malian and Russian authorities are said to be on the verge of signing an agreement to this effect. This was revealed by the Reuters news agency at the beginning of the week, causing a stir in European diplomatic circles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: Les FARDC s\u2019emparent du quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la milice APCLS dans le Masisi<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | Politico.cd<\/span><\/p>\n

Les Forces Arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC), de la zone op\u00e9rationnelle Sukola2, se sont empar\u00e9es du quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la milice Arm\u00e9e du Peuple pour un Congo Libre et Souverain (APCLS), de Lukweti-Shango command\u00e9e par Janvier Karayiri dans le Masisi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Communiqu\u00e9 final du mini-sommet de la CIRGL sur la situation politique et s\u00e9curitaire en R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | CorbeauNews<\/span><\/p>\n

Faisant suite aux Mini-Sommets de Luanda des 29 janvier et 20 avril 2021 et \u00e0 l\u2019invitation de Son Excellence Jo\u00e2o Manuel Gon\u00e7alves Louren\u00e7o, Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique d\u2019Angola et Pr\u00e9sident en exercice de la Conf\u00e9rence Internationale sur la R\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs (CIRGL), le Troisi\u00e8me Mini-Sommet de la Conf\u00e9rence Internationale sur la R\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs (CIRGL) sur la situation politique et s\u00e9curitaire en R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine s\u2019est tenu le 16 septembre 2021 \u00e0 Luanda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Violations des droits humains. Au moins 527 civils victimes au Mali<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

La Minusma a publi\u00e9 sa note trimestrielle sur les tendances des violations et abus du droit international des droits de l\u2019homme (DIDH) et des violations du droit international humanitaire (DIH) au Mali, couvrant la p\u00e9riode du 1er avril au 30 juin 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali : les discussions avec le groupe russe Wagner sont “un moyen de pression pour prolonger la transition”<\/a>| 16 September 2021 | TV5Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

La France pr\u00eate \u00e0 claquer la porte. Depuis que les discussions entre le Mali et le groupe de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 russe Wagner ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9es, Paris ne d\u00e9col\u00e8re pas et tenterait tout pour faire capoter une \u00e9ventuelle signature. Quel int\u00e9r\u00eat aurait Bamako dans un tel contrat avec Wagner ? Quels enseignements du pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent centrafricain ? Entretien avec Roland Marchal, chercheur au CERI de Sciences-Po Paris et au CNRS.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sahel: que sait-on de la mort d\u2019al-Sahraoui, chef du groupe \u00c9tat islamique au Grand Sahara?<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Adnan Abou Walid al-Sahraoui a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 par une frappe de Barkhane, il y a quelques semaines, selon le pr\u00e9sident fran\u00e7ais. L’annonce a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e sobrement sur le compte Twitter d’Emmanuel Macron un peu avant 1h du matin, ce jeudi 16 septembre 2021. Adnan Abou Walid al-Sahraoui et le groupe \u00c9tat islamique au Grand Sahara (EIGS) avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9sign\u00e9s comme ennemi num\u00e9ro un lors du sommet du G5 Sahel de Pau en janvier 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

RCA : arriv\u00e9e massive des mercenaires russes \u00e0 Bangassou<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | CorbeauNews<\/span><\/p>\n

Plusieurs dizaines des mercenaires russes de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Wagner sont arriv\u00e9s lundi dernier \u00e0 Bangassou, capitale provinciale du Mbomou, au sud-Est de la RCA. Selon leur objectif, affronter les rebelles de l\u2019unit\u00e9 pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC).<\/span><\/p>\n

Torture, killings, lawlessness, still blight Burundi\u2019s rights record<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | UN News<\/span><\/p>\n

The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, the majority committed by those with links to the ruling party, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

DR Congo: Massacres Persist Despite Martial Law<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | HRW<\/span><\/p>\n

Attacks on civilians by armed groups have continued in two conflict-ridden provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the government imposed martial law in May 2021, Human Rights Watch said. Various armed groups, some unidentified, have killed at least 672 civilians, while Congolese security forces have killed 67 civilians, in Ituri and North Kivu provinces between the start of martial law on May 6 and September 10, according to data collected by the Kivu Security Tracker, a joint project of Human Rights Watch and the Congo Research Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

East Libyan forces and Chadian rebels clash in southern Libya<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

The Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar clashed with Chadian rebel forces in the south of Libya on Tuesday and Wednesday, both sides said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia Says No Talks With Mali on Military Ties<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | The Moscow Times<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kremlin said Wednesday there were no formal discussions on military cooperation with Mali after France warned the West African country against hiring hundreds of Russian mercenaries linked to Moscow’s foreign conflicts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow states are the biggest threat to democracy in Africa<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | The Conversation<\/span><\/p>\n

The capture of democratic political systems by private power networks is arguably the greatest threat to civil liberties and inclusive development in Africa. That\u2019s the conclusion of two new reports that address the issue of threats to democracy on the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tanzanie: l’opposant Freeman Mbowe jug\u00e9 pour \u00abterrorisme\u00bb<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | Afrique Media<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019opposant tanzanien Freeman Mbowe sera bient\u00f4t fix\u00e9 sur son sort. Leader de Chadema, principal parti d\u2019opposition dans le pays, il compara\u00eet ce mercredi 15 septembre devant la Haute Cour de Justice de Dar es Salam. Il est jug\u00e9 pour \u00ab financement de terrorisme \u00bb et \u00ab complot terroriste \u00bb. <\/span><\/p>\n

Le FACT accuse le CMT d\u2019avoir attaqu\u00e9 sa position avec l\u2019appui des mercenaires<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | Journal du Tchad<\/span><\/p>\n

Des affrontements violents ont eu lieu \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re entre le Tchad et la Lybie le 14 septembre 2021. Le raid opposait les \u00e9l\u00e9ments du FACT aux soldats tchadiens appuy\u00e9s par les mercenaires de la Lybie, la France et le Soudan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sahel : Des op\u00e9rateurs Wagner au Mali ?<\/a> | 15 September 2021 | L’Opinion<\/span><\/p>\n

La junte militaire au Mali serait en voie de permettre aux mercenaires russes de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Wagner de mettre pied au pays, au grand dam de la France.<\/span><\/p>\n

SADC urged to prepare for long \u2018slog\u2019 of counterinsurgency in Mozambique<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | DefenceWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

As Mozambique\u2019s neighbours in Southern Africa join its four-year fight against insurgents in the Cabo Delgado region, observers are celebrating early gains while warning of the potential for a prolonged and costly engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guinea\u2019s Coup Is the Latest Example of Risks From U.S. Military Aid<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | CATO Institute<\/span><\/p>\n

On 5 september 2021, an American\u2010\u200btrained military officer in Guinea\u2019s armed forces led a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat to oust President Alpha Cond\u00e9. Though far from the only coup initiated by forces with American training, this coup marks the first time that someone has led a coup while taking that training. American officials have tried to distance the United States from the coup by saying that it is \u201cinconsistent with U.S. military training and education\u201d and suspending military support to Guinea. Weak excuses like this, however, cannot obscure the truth: U.S. military assistance and weapons sales to fragile nations like Guinea routinely enable and amplify violent outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bamako et Moscou, une coop\u00e9ration militaire qui ne date pas d\u2019hier<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | CorbeauNews<\/span><\/p>\n

Si les r\u00e9v\u00e9lations de l\u2019agence Reuters sur la suppos\u00e9e arriv\u00e9e des soldats russes dans les semaines \u00e0 venir sont pour l\u2019instant d\u00e9menties par les autorit\u00e9s de Bamako, les diff\u00e9rentes sources militaires haut plac\u00e9es contact\u00e9es par la DW se disent quand \u00e0 elle surprises par cette nouvelle. Toutefois, le Mali et la Russie ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 coop\u00e9r\u00e9 dans le pass\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding forgiveness in Burundi\u2019s mass graves<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | The New Humanitarian<\/span><\/p>\n

A scar still runs down my right hand from when a schoolmate stabbed me in 1995 as I slept in a dormitory. He was a Tutsi whose brothers had been killed a few years earlier. In his grief, he blamed me, a Hutu. I owe my life to a blanket that was just thick enough to absorb that blade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kagame: Rwanda is paying for the Cabo Delgado intervention<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | Mail & Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

Two months after Rwanda sent a 1 000-strong military force to Mozambique, Rwandan President Paul Kagame spoke about it publicly for the first time in a lengthy interview this past Sunday with state broadcaster RBA.<\/span><\/p>\n

Op\u00e9ration contre les rebelles de la CPC , les mercenaires russes multiplient de bombardement dans l\u2019Ouest de la RCA<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | CorbeauNews<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u2019op\u00e9ration men\u00e9e dans la Mamb\u00e9r\u00e9-Kad\u00e9\u00ef par les mercenaires russes de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Wagner contre les rebelles de la coalition des patriotes pour le changement (CPC) qui a d\u00e9but\u00e9 \u00e0 la fin du mois dernier dans les localit\u00e9s de B\u00e9\u00efna, notamment au village Dilapoko, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 90 kilom\u00e8tres de Gamboula , se poursuit d\u00e9sormais avec des troupes au sol dans la sous-pr\u00e9fecture d\u2019Amadagaza, plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment dans la Haute-Boumb\u00e9, toujours dans la pr\u00e9fecture de Mamb\u00e9r\u00e9-Kad\u00e9\u00ef.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports of Russian mercenary deal in Mali trigger French alarm<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | France24<\/span><\/p>\n

French ministers warned Mali on Tuesday against striking a deal with Russian private security group Wagner amid claims the West African country’s military junta is close to hiring 1,000 mercenaries from the controversial firm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Le groupe Wagner : ces mercenaires “pr\u00eats \u00e0 donner leur vie dans la lutte pour la justice”<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | TV5Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine et la Libye -entre autres- les mercenaires de Wagner seront-ils prochainement d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s en nombre au Mali ? Plusieurs informations de presse annoncent un accord imminent entre le pouvoir malien et cette soci\u00e9t\u00e9 russe de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, accord que la France chercherait \u00e0 faire capoter. Qui est ce groupe russe proche du Kremlin et qui d\u00e9teste que l’on parle de lui ? <\/span><\/p>\n

Rival SPLA-IO forces clash yet again in Magenis, Upper Nile<\/a> | 14 September 2021 | Radio Tamazuj<\/span><\/p>\n

Fighting between forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM\/A-IO) and the breakaway faction of the SPLM\/A-IO led by General Simon Gatwech Dual in the Magenis area, north of Upper Nile State has been ongoing since Friday last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Une campagne de d\u00e9sinformation men\u00e9e contre les instructeurs russes en RCA<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | Afrique Media<\/span><\/p>\n

Les avanc\u00e9es des instructeurs russes dans la formation des forces arm\u00e9es de la RCA ont donn\u00e9 lieu au lancement d’une campagne visant \u00e0 d\u00e9nigrer les \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la Communaut\u00e9 des Officiers pour la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 Internationale (COSI). Le plus souvent c\u2019est \u00e9dition en ligne d\u00e9nomm\u00e9e Corbeau News bloqu\u00e9 en r\u00e9publique centrafricaine, m\u00e9dias qui publie toujours les fakes sur les russes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deal allowing Russian mercenaries into Mali is close<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

A deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former colonial power France, seven diplomatic and security sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Niger. De plus en plus d\u2019enfants sont tu\u00e9s ou recrut\u00e9s par des groupes arm\u00e9s dans la zone sah\u00e9lienne des trois fronti\u00e8res<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | Amnesty International<\/span><\/p>\n

De plus en plus d\u2019enfants sont tu\u00e9s ou cibl\u00e9s pour \u00eatre recrut\u00e9s par des groupes arm\u00e9s dans le contexte du conflit qui fait rage au Niger, aux fronti\u00e8res avec le Mali et le Burkina Faso, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Amnesty International dans un nouveau rapport publi\u00e9 le 13 septembre 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why are coups making a comeback in Africa?<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | CNN<\/span><\/p>\n

In just over a year, Africa has experienced three successful coups (two in Mali and one more recently in Guinea), one unsuccessful coup attempt in Niger, and an arbitrary military transfer of power in Chad following the assassination of its president.<\/span><\/p>\n

CAR Court Accuses Ex-warlord of Crimes Against Humanity<\/a> | 10 September 2021 | VoA<\/span><\/p>\n

A special court on Friday accused the former leader of a key militia in the Central African Republic of crimes against humanity at the height of the civil war. <\/span><\/p>\n

How Boko Haram Nigerian Terrorism Is Financed<\/a> | 10 September 2021 | Vanguard (Nigeria) | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Let me now share with you some excerpts from a paper written by Dr. Uche Igwe, a Fellow at the London School of Economics. Terrorism is an expensive venture. The lifeline of any violent extremist organisation is its capacity to raise funds to finance its operations and recruit members. The sources of funding of terrorists, however, continue to be as elusive as the terrorists themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

West Africa: Coups and the Spectre of Military Rule in West Africa<\/a> | 10 September 2021 | Daily Trust | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

t has been a bad week for West Africa with the third coup in five months. It started in Chad, then Mali and now Guinea. Maybe the most ominous sign of the week is the announcement by Gambian President Adama Barrow that he has formed an alliance with the expelled tyrant, Yahya Jammeh, to contest the December 4th, 2021 elections in the Gambia. Jammeh had terrorised the people for his 22-years in power following the 1994 coup d’\u00e9tat, killing human rights defenders, dissidents and protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rwanda\u2019s Military Is the French Proxy on African Soil <\/a>| 9 September 2021 | Scoop (NZ)<\/span><\/p>\n

On 9 juli 2021, the government of Rwanda said that it had deployed 1,000 troops to Mozambique to battle al-Shabaab fighters, who had seized the northern province of Cabo Delgado. A month later, on August 8, Rwandan troops captured the port city of Moc\u00edmboa da Praia, where just off the coast sits a massive natural gas concession held by the French energy company TotalEnergies SE and the U.S. energy company ExxonMobil. These new developments in the region led to the African Development Bank\u2019s President M. Akinwumi Adesina announcing on August 27 that TotalEnergies SE will restart the Cabo Delgado liquefied natural gas project by the end of 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Armed groups benefit from poaching, logging in Congo reserve, say NGOs<\/a> | 9 September 2021 | France24<\/span><\/p>\n

Illegal logging, charcoal production and poaching in and around Virunga National Park, the famed sanctuary of mountain gorillas in eastern DR Congo, are enriching armed groups in the troubled region, local NGOs say.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soldiers Reclaim Areas Seized By Militants in Mozambique<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | Daily Nation | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday announced that the country’s armed forces, with the help of Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces, have reclaimed nearly all areas that were seized by militants in Cabo Delgado province.<\/span><\/p>\n

Congo army says two soldiers killed in ‘incident’ with Burundi troops<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | Monitor (Uganda)<\/span><\/p>\n

Two Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers were killed in an “incident” with Burundi troops at the Lake Tanganyika border, Congolese sources said Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

China Is OK With Interfering in Guinea\u2019s Internal Affairs<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | Foreign Policy<\/span><\/p>\n

West African regional bloc suspends Guinea’s membership after military coup<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | France24<\/span><\/p>\n

The coup in tiny Guinea matters at a geopolitical level. The US-China \u2018cold war\u2019 is a race for strategic dominance of commodities<\/a> | 7 September 2021 | RT<\/span><\/p>\n

Guinea\u2019s coup stems from crisis of legitimacy<\/a> | 7 September 2021 | Financial Times<\/span><\/p>\n

Guinea\u2019s coup leaders vow to form \u2018union\u2019 government, respect business deals<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | France24<\/span><\/p>\n

Guinea Soldiers Claim They\u2019ve Staged a Successful Coup<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | VoA<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sept. 5, Guinean special forces swarmed Conakry, the capital of the West African state, blocking key roads and detaining Alpha Cond\u00e9, the 83-year-old president. Photos and videos quickly emerged of Cond\u00e9 unarmed but in captivity. Soon after, the 41-year-old head of Guinea\u2019s special forces, Mamady Doumbouya, appeared on state television to announce the dissolution of the government and constitution, saying a new government would be formed soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aid-for-Sex Alleged in Northern Mozambique<\/a> | 7 September 2021 | HRW<\/span><\/p>\n

Allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of women in exchange for humanitarian aid have reemerged in Mozambique, this time among people displaced by armed Islamist groups in the northern Cabo Delgado province.<\/span><\/p>\n

Septentrion malien : La terreur comme mode op\u00e9ratoire pour obtenir la partition du Mali<\/a> | 7 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

La complicit\u00e9 passive ou active des forces onusiennes de la Minusma, fran\u00e7aises et europ\u00e9ennes (Barkhane et Takuba) dans les r\u00e9gions septentrionales de notre pays est \u00e0 l\u2019origine de l\u2019\u00e9puration ethnique en cours par le canon des fusils et la faim impos\u00e9e \u00e0 la population.<\/span><\/p>\n

RCA : la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 russe Wagner s\u2019active pour des exploitations mini\u00e8res dans la Haute-Kotto<\/a> | 7 September 2021 | CorbeauNews <\/span><\/p>\n

Un des principaux pourvoyeurs mondiaux des mercenaires, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 russe Wagner, qui s\u2019est install\u00e9e en Centrafrique depuis 2017, a d\u00e9but\u00e9, depuis la semaine derni\u00e8re, les travaux d\u2019exploitations industrielles des ressources mini\u00e8res dans le centre est de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA).<\/span><\/p>\n

Kagame speaks out on ties with neighbouring countries<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | The New Times<\/span><\/p>\n

The relationship between neighbouring Burundi and Rwanda can be termed as improving and on the mend, President Paul Kagame has said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali police storm jail to free detained commander<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | BBC<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali’s anti-terror police have been widely condemned after armed officers marched on a prison to demand the release of their commander – who was then set free.<\/span><\/p>\n

Militants armed with machetes kill 30 villagers in east Congo<\/a> | 6 September 2021 | DevDiscourse<\/span><\/p>\n

The fighters – suspected members of the Islamist-inspired Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – raided Makutano, north of the city of Oicha in North Kivu province, early on Saturday, the officials told Reuters. Villager Malielo Omeonga said his son woke him when the militants struck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Centrafrique : arrestation du chef anti-balaka Eug\u00e8ne Nga\u00efkosset<\/a> | 5 September 2021 | Agence Anadolu<\/span><\/p>\n

Cet ancien membre de la garde rapproch\u00e9e de l’ex-pr\u00e9sident Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9, a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 samedi sur la base logistique des Forces arm\u00e9es centrafricaines \u00e0 Liton au PK22.<\/span><\/p>\n

15 miliciens Twa du groupe M42 se sont rendus aux FARDC<\/a> | 4 September 2021 | Politico.cd<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Porte-parole du Gouvernement congolais, Patrick Muyaya Katembwe, rapporte que le Vice-Premier Ministre, Ministre de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur, D\u00e9centralisation et Affaires Coutumi\u00e8res a, au cours de la dix-huiti\u00e8me r\u00e9union du Conseil des ministres tenue vendredi 03 septembre 2021, bross\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9tat du territoire national. \u00c0 l\u2019en croire, celui-ci reste calme sur toute l\u2019\u00e9tendue du pays.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sahel jihadists: West Africa faces up to policing its terror triangle<\/a> | 4 September 2021 | BBC<\/span><\/p>\n

With Chad’s withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength from the vast Sahel region of West Africa – where jihadist groups continue to stage attack after attack, targeting civilians and soldiers without discrimination – new anti-terror tactics are afoot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Ugandan Army Go After the ADF Rebels in DR Congo?<\/a> | 4 September 2021 | The East African | AllAfrica<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kivu Security Barometer, has said that 19 civilians were at the end of August in Beni, North Kivu, and at least 80 murdered since July. The non-governmental organisation just confirmed what the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said in a newsletter released on August 23, a “continuing deterioration” of the situation in Beni.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tanzania court dismisses objections to opposition leader’s trial<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | Eyewitness News<\/span><\/p>\n

Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe and his supporters have described the charges as a politically-motivated effort to crush dissent, and accused police of torturing him in custody.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mali: un premier responsable \u00e9crou\u00e9 pour la r\u00e9pression meurtri\u00e8re de 2020<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | MaliWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

La justice malienne a \u00e9crou\u00e9 vendredi un commandant de force sp\u00e9ciale antiterroriste pour le r\u00f4le pr\u00e9sum\u00e9 qu\u2019il a jou\u00e9 en juillet 2020 dans la r\u00e9pression sanglante de la contestation contre le pr\u00e9sident Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta, renvers\u00e9 depuis, a-t-on appris de source judiciaire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tchad : des ex-rebelles de l’UFR rencontrent le pr\u00e9sident du CMT Mahamat Idriss D\u00e9by<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Une vingtaine d\u2019ex-rebelles de l’Union des forces et de la r\u00e9sistance (UFR) sont rentr\u00e9s la semaine derni\u00e8re \u00e0 Ndjamena apr\u00e8s des ann\u00e9es d\u2019exil. Ils ont rencontr\u00e9 le pr\u00e9sident du Conseil militaire de transition, Mahamat Idriss D\u00e9by. La rencontre a eu lieu vendredi matin \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidence et a dur\u00e9 45 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Addressing Atrocities and Displacement: A Path Forward for the Central African Republic<\/a> | 2 September 2021 | Refugees International | ReliefWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

The Central African Republic (CAR), a small landlocked country in the center of the continent, has long been beset by conflict with dire humanitarian consequences for civilians. The people of CAR are currently trapped in the grips of an unprecedented increase in violence sparked by the December 2020 presidential elections. The humanitarian consequences for CAR\u2019s civilian population remain dire.<\/span><\/p>\n

R\u00e9union du G5 Sahel: une nouvelle approche pour s\u00e9curiser la r\u00e9gion<\/a> | 2 September 2021 | RFI<\/span><\/p>\n

Les cinq ministres de la D\u00e9fense du G5 Sahel se sont reunis du 31 aout au 1er septembre \u00e0 Niamey. Avec la reconfiguration de la force Barkhane et les attaques incessantes des jihadistes dans la zone des trois fronti\u00e8res, les \u00c9tats d\u00e9cident de revoir leurs strat\u00e9gies s\u00e9curitaires.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tchad : braquage d’un commandant de la DGRS, le gouverneur du Wadi Fira appelle \u00e0 la vigilance<\/a> | 2 September 2021 | Alwihda Info<\/span><\/p>\n

Le gouverneur de la province du Wadi Fira, Ahmat Abdallah Tounissi, a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 jeudi \u00e0 Biltine, le v\u00e9hicule militaire appartenant \u00e0 la Direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de la r\u00e9serve strat\u00e9gique, braqu\u00e9 le 31 ao\u00fbt \u00e0 Ab\u00e9ch\u00e9. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIncreased Violation of Rights, Rule of Law\u201d …New INCHR chair disclosed<\/span><\/a> | 2 September 2021 | Daily Observer (Liberia)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chairperson of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), Cllr. Dempster Brown has raised alarm over the increasing human rights violation and disrespect for the rule of law across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

DRC Court Upholds Rape Convictions of 19 Police, Soldiers<\/a> | 31 August 2021 | VoA<\/span><\/p>\n

A Congolese military court has upheld the rape convictions of eight policemen and 11 soldiers, a court official told AFP Tuesday. The judgment, which was handed down on Monday, means they will serve between 12 months and 20 years in jail. <\/span><\/p>\n

ETHIOPIA-TIGRAY CONFLICT<\/span><\/h2>\n

State-Sponsored Cover-Up of the War on Tigray<\/a> | 30 September 2021 | OmnaTigray<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed\u2019s administration continues to deny the ongoing genocide, weaponized rape, systematic killings, and the deliberate denial of basic needs that have occured since November 2020. Such denial, which is characteristic of perpetrators of genocide, as well as the complete blackout imposed on Tigray has made it nearly impossible to accurately report the impact of the genocidal war and the true severity humanitarian crisis in Tigray. His efforts to cover-up the atrocities in Tigray have exacerbated the suffering of Tigrayans.<\/span><\/p>\n

7 UN officials told to leave country within 72 hours<\/a> | 30 September 2021 | UN News<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet that five members of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, including senior leaders, were being ordered out of the country, as well as the UN Children\u2019s Fund UNICEF Representative, and a team leader from the UN human rights office, OHCHR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes in Ethiopia: TPLF, OLF and Abiy Ahmed<\/a> | 29 September 2021 | Borkena<\/span><\/p>\n

TPLF\u2019s cruel and inhuman massacres and slaughtering of thousands of innocent civilians: women, children and the elderly and others in both Afar and Amhara regions including in Mai-Kadra have been well-documented and independently verified and confirmed by a number of international organisations and media outlets. Moreover, there are also recent reports of the terrorist group\u2019s instigation of hunger and starvations in the more than four million people that the group has been holding hostage in the Amhara region. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Why are hundreds of aid trucks stranded?<\/a> | 27 September 2021 | BBC<\/span><\/p>\n

With concern mounting about the food situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, there are conflicting claims about why supply trucks are stuck there, unable to transport further crucial supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Witnesses accuse Tigray fighters of Kobo killings<\/a> | 25 September 2021 | Al Jazeera<\/span><\/p>\n

One man said he counted 55 corpses as he escaped from his town in northern Ethiopia, stepping over bodies scattered in the streets. Another asserted he was rounded up with about 20 men who were shot in front of him. Yet others claimed Tigray forces went door-to-door killing men and teenage boys.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hate Speech and the Tigray Genocide<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | OmnaTigray<\/span><\/p>\n

Hate speech, dehumanizing metaphors, and outright calls for the eradication of Tigrayans have contributed to the genocide and widespread ethnic cleansing of Tigrayans throughout Ethiopia. \u201cTo catch the fish, you must drain the sea,\u201d is an example of a widely known phrase used by Ethiopian state-sponsored media against Tigrayans. Consistent dehumanization of a group of people, especially by government officials who are trusted and in the position to protect their citizens, can be a catalyst in making people feel justified in their violent hate and actions towards that group of people.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rise and Rise of Fascism in Ethiopia<\/a> | 24 September 2021 | African Arguments<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 4 november 2020, Ethiopia is embroiled in a horrific civil war bearing the hallmarks of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and man-made famine. Underneath this grisly reality lies an appalling politics of hate that was deployed in full-scale and is currently permeating the social, political and cultural facets of the country. In her insightful book, Fascism: A Warning, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright cautions us to be wary of leaders who sow fear and anger and not to be tempted to give away freedoms, or the freedom of others, to leaders promising law and order.<\/span><\/p>\n

Atrocity Alert No. 271: Ethiopia, Burundi and Philippines<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | GCR2P | ReliefWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week at an event in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, Daniel Kibret, an influential political adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, gave an inflammatory speech targeting the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF), the former ruling party of the Tigray region. Kibret said that, \u201cthey should be erased\u2026 from historical records. A person who wants to study them should find nothing about them. Maybe he can find out about them by digging in the ground.\u201d According to the UN Secretary-General, since armed conflict started in Tigray last November, an alarming rise in inflammatory rhetoric and ethnic profiling has been \u201ctearing apart the social fabric of the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tigray war antagonists are reluctant to talk peace: why and what\u2019s next<\/a> | 23 September 2021 | The Conversation<\/span><\/p>\n

It is almost a year since the war in Ethiopia\u2019s northern state of Tigray broke out. It all begun with a \u201cpre-emptive strike\u201d on the North Command of the federal army by the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front on the 4 November 2020. The central government responded with what it described as a brief \u201csurgical operation\u201d to bring to justice the Front\u2019s leadership. Since then, the war has expanded outside Tigray to Afar and Amhara regional states.<\/span><\/p>\n

These old images do not show recent protests in Ethiopia’s Tigray region<\/a> | 22 September 2021 | AFP Check<\/span><\/p>\n

Several images of protests have been circulating on Facebook in Ethiopia alongside claims that they show recent demonstrations against the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front in the region\u2019s capital, Mekele. This is false. There are no reports of recent protests; AFP Fact Check found that four of the photos are old or from unrelated events, and was unable to source a fifth photo’s provenance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden-\u2060Harris Administration Actions in Response to Ongoing Crisis in Northern Ethiopia<\/a> | 17 September 2021 | The White House<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, President Biden is taking further steps to respond to the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia. This conflict has sparked one of the worst humanitarian and human rights crises in the world, with over 5 million people requiring humanitarian assistance and nearly one million living in famine-like conditions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Eritrean Refugees Targeted in Tigray<\/a> | 16 September 2021 | HRW<\/span><\/p>\n

Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region, Human Rights Watch said today. All warring parties should cease attacks against refugees, stay out of refugee camps, and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Tigray portends: the future of peace and security in Africa<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | War on the Rocks<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stood on the stage in Stockholm to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, he oversees a brutal civil war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Abiy recently called the conflict a case where \u201cthe weed is being removed from our country.\u201d This genocidal language follows a ten-month campaign characterized by acts of ethnic cleansing, sexual violence, and man-made famine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray<\/a> | 13 September 2021 | UN<\/span><\/p>\n

UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored \u201cmultiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law\u201d committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ongoing Conflict and Human Rights Abuses in Northern Ethiopia<\/a> | 10 September 2021 | U.S. Department of State<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States remains gravely concerned by ongoing conflict in multiple regions of Ethiopia. Reports of continued human rights abuses and atrocities by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, the Eritrean Defense Forces, Amhara regional and irregular forces, the TPLF and other armed groups, including the reported attack on civilians in one village in Amhara region this week, are deeply disturbing. We condemn all such abuses against civilians in the strongest possible terms and call on all parties to the conflict to respect human rights and comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joint UN, EHRC investigation on Tigray concludes field work phase, final report due on Nov. 01<\/a> | 10 September 2021 | Addis Standard<\/span><\/p>\n

The joint investigation by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray has concluded its field work phase, with a final report to be published on 1 November 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Men are marched out of prison camps. Then corpses float down the river<\/a> | 10 September 2021 | CNN<\/span><\/p>\n

The ghostly outlines of limbs emerge through the mist along the Setit River in eastern Sudan. As the river’s path narrows, the drifting bodies become wedged on the silty clay bank and their forms appear more clearly; men, women, teenagers and even children.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

At scene of Ethiopia’s new killings, some fight, some fle<\/a>e | 10 September 2021 | The Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n

The smell of death lingered for days after the killings. The bodies, more than a dozen in the uniforms of fighters, others in civilian clothing, were still scattered on the muddy ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

En Ethiopie, le conflit menace de d\u00e9border en r\u00e9gion Oromo<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | Le Monde<\/span><\/p>\n

Les rebelles de la province la plus peupl\u00e9e du pays ont gagn\u00e9 en visibilit\u00e9 depuis leur accord avec l\u2019insurrection tigr\u00e9enne. Une alliance qui appelle \u00e0 renverser le premier ministre, Abiy Ahmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethiopie: les rebelles du Tigr\u00e9 d\u00e9mentent cat\u00e9goriquement avoir tu\u00e9 des civils<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | Mediapart<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethiopian Region Accuses Tigray Forces of Killing Civilians<\/a> | 8 September 2021 | Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n

Les rebelles tigr\u00e9ens ont d\u00e9menti mercredi les all\u00e9gations selon lesquelles ils auraient tu\u00e9 des dizaines de civils d\u00e9but septembre en Amhara, une r\u00e9gion du nord de l\u2019\u00c9thiopie gagn\u00e9e ces derniers mois par le conflit qui fait rage au Tigr\u00e9 voisin.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.N. footage from northern Ethiopia shows humanitarian crisis<\/a> | 7 September 2021 | Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

Footage of war-hit northern Ethiopia published by the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday reflected the severe humanitarian crisis there, after the United Nations warned that a de facto blockade on aid is bringing millions to the brink of famine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tigray: Women and girls bear significant costs of Ethiopian conflict<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | UNFPA | ReliefWeb<\/span><\/p>\n

Since conflict between federal and regional forces erupted in Tigray in north Ethiopia last November, some 2 million Tigrayans have been displaced with thousands fleeing to surrounding countries like Sudan. Not only has fighting not been contained, it has spread to neighbouring regions like Amhara and Afar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pourquoi les rebelles du Tigr\u00e9 arrivent \u00e0 tenir t\u00eate \u00e0 l’arm\u00e9e \u00e9thiopienne depuis l’automne 2020<\/a> | 3 September 2021 | Franceinfo<\/span><\/p>\n

Alors que l’Ethiopie poss\u00e8de “une des arm\u00e9es les plus op\u00e9rationnelles d’Afrique subsaharienne”, elle n’arrive pas \u00e0 venir \u00e0 bout des Forces de d\u00e9fense du Tigr\u00e9. Le chercheur Fran\u00e7ois Lafargue nous livre ses explications dans The Conversation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tigray dispatch: \u201cHow do you expect to stop war crimes with a request?\u201d<\/a> | 1 September 2021 | African Arguments<\/span><\/p>\n

I was lucky to get a data connection in Mekelle today, which enabled me to learn about reactions to political developments in Ethiopia. Getting a connection has become a rare luxury for almost ten months now, as Addis Ababa has cut Tigray out of all available infrastructure \u2013 from telecoms, to the electric grid, roads, and banking services \u2013 as it has used isolation as a weapon of its war.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels looting aid warehouses: USAID<\/a> | 31 August 2021 | AhramOnline<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebels in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region have been looting aid warehouses, the US aid agency said Tuesday, calling the alleged thefts a “great concern for humanitarians”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rise of the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF)<\/a> | 28 August 2021 | OmnaTigray<\/span><\/p>\n

When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared war on Tigray in November 2020, the people and government of Tigray were caught by surprise. The unexpectedly gruesome war turned their lives into hell on earth in a matter of weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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