{"id":2502,"date":"2015-05-02T15:26:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T13:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipis.mmdev.be\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=2502"},"modified":"2020-06-07T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T11:16:59","slug":"23-29-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"weekly-briefing","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/nl\/weekly-briefing\/23-29-april-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"23-29 April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Briefing-23_29-April-2015-PDF1.pdf\">Download\u00a0PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>News in Brief<\/h1>\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo this week has seen continued reports of foreign incursions on Congolese soil. <a href=\"#R\">Rwanda Defence Force<\/a> soldiers are alleged to have invaded North Kivu border localities like Bunagana, and other <i>groupements<\/i> of Virunga National Park, leading to FARDC deployment to the border regions. In Beni, civil society has reported raids by <a href=\"#U\">Ugandan People\u2019s Defence Force<\/a> soldiers on villages in Rwenzori since Wednesday with claims of the presence of around 200 men. Congolese army units have been deployed to Rwenzori to patrol the territory against invasion. The North Kivu authorities allege that elements of the M23 are reforming in Uganda under the title Christian Movement for the Reconstruction of Congo (MCRC).<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in <a href=\"#NK\">North Kivu<\/a>, Rutshuru has seen fighting between the FARDC and the FDLR in Katwiguru on Monday, 27 April. The decapitation of five people in Nyamilima last week has led to protests in the locality, whilst three anti-tank missiles have been found in Rutshuru in the space of a week. The FARDC are said to have taken over an <a href=\"#ADF\">ADF<\/a> camp in Banuku, killing one rebel leader during fighting. Meanwhile, on the border between Kenya and Tanzania, ADF leader Jamil Mukulu was reportedly arrested by Tanzanian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"#B\">Burundi<\/a>, peaceful protests have begun to turn violent in Bujumbura following Saturday\u2019s announcement by the CNDD-FDD that incumbent president Nkurunziza will stand for a third term. The protests have seen hundreds of arrests and a clampdown on media freedom and access to the internet in the capital. Six demonstrators have allegedly been killed in the course of the protests and there are numerous reports of Imbonerakure attacks on demonstrators. The youth movement is said to be substituting the security services in some more remote regions of the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the Central African Republic, Herv\u00e9 Ladsous arrived in the capital for a 4 day visit to assess the MINUSCA\u2019s progress. <a href=\"#MIN\">MINUSCA<\/a>\u2019s mandate was renewed by the Security Council on Tuesday. A <a href=\"#sex\">leaked UN document<\/a> has shed light on allegations of rape and sodomy of children as young as 9 years old by Sangaris troops in the country last year. Whilst France has pledged to investigate, the UN\u2019s treatment of the official accused of leaking the document is stirring controversy as he faces suspension and possible dismissal for the disclosure. Criticism comes amidst repeated UN failures to adequately address sexual abuses committed by peacekeepers abroad.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\">Conflict and Security<\/h1>\n<p><b>Recent news on conflict and security related issues across the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>DRC<\/h2>\n<p><b>Security<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalcongo.net\/article\/106892\">Des experts japonais attendus \u00e0 Kinshasa pour la formation de la police de la protection \u00e0 la paix de la population<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 28 April 2015 28 April 2015 28 April 2015 28 April 2015 | digitalcongo.net<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019expertise japonaise sollicit\u00e9e par le gouvernement de la RDC dans son vaste chantier de r\u00e9forme du secteur de la police et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 pour la protection civile de sa population<\/p>\n<p><b>MONUSCO<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/monusco.unmissions.org\/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=egMPssAh-XA=&amp;tabid=11477&amp;mid=14932&amp;language=fr-FR\">CONFERENCE DE PRESSE DES NATIONS UNIES DU MERCREDI 29 AVRIL 2015<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | MONUSCO<\/p>\n<p>Dans le territoire de Nyiragongo, le 23 avril 2015, trois (03) agents travaillant pour une compagnie<\/p>\n<p>priv\u00e9e de d\u00e9minage, sous contrat avec le Service de Lutte Anti mines des Nations Unies (UNMAS), en d\u00e9placement vers Katale sur la rou8te nationale N\u00b0 2, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9s par quatre (04) elements arm\u00e9s non identifi\u00e9s parlant Kinyarwanda, dans la r\u00e9gion situ\u00e9e approximativement \u00e0 4 kilom\u00e8tres de Kingarame, dans le village de Kibumba, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 25 kilom\u00e8tres au Nord de Goma.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alleged border incursions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/23\/rdc-une-incursion-des-militaires-etrangers-signalee-au-nord-kivu\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Une incursion des militaires \u00e9trangers signal\u00e9e au Nord-Kivu<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Une incursion des militaires \u00e9trangers est signal\u00e9e depuis dimanche dernier tout pr\u00e8s des fronti\u00e8res de Bunagana, Bukina et de Rwasa dans les groupements de Buhumba et Kibumba en territoire de Nyiragongo au Nord-Kivu. Cette infiltration est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment constat\u00e9e dans le parc des Virunga qui s\u2019\u00e9tend des deux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la fronti\u00e8re rwandaise et congolaise. Les autorit\u00e9s locales all\u00e8guent qu\u2019il s\u2019agirait des soldats rwandais.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/23\/julien-paluku-confirme-lincursion-de-larmee-rwandaise-au-nord-kivu\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Julien Paluku confirme l\u2019incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e rwandaise au Nord-Kivu<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Le gouverneur du Nord-Kivu, Julien Paluku Kahongya a confirm\u00e9, jeudi 23 avril, l\u2019incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e rwandaise sur le sol congolais notamment dans la localit\u00e9 de Kasizi, en territoire de Nyirangongo (Nord-Kivu). Selon le gouverneur, ces soldats de Rwanda d\u00e9fense force (RDF) sont estim\u00e9s \u00e0 une centaine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/emissions-2\/dialogue-entre-congolais\/2015\/04\/23\/incursion-de-larmee-rwandaise-en-rdc\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e rwandaise en RDC<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Le gouverneur de la province du Nord Kivu a affirm\u00e9 ce jeudi que les troupes de l\u2019arm\u00e9e rwandaise ont envahi les fronti\u00e8res de Bunagana, Bukina, Rwasa et d\u2019autres groupements du Parc de Virunga, au Nord-Kivu, en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo depuis dimanche dernier.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/23\/rdc-lincursion-de-larmee-rwandaise-est-une-affaire-serieuse-selon-le-depute-munobo\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">L\u2019incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e rwandaise est une affaire s\u00e9rieuse, selon le d\u00e9put\u00e9 Munubo<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Le gouvernement congolais doit prendre au s\u00e9rieux l\u2019affaire de l\u2019incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e rwandaise sur le sol congolais, affirme le d\u00e9put\u00e9 national Juv\u00e9nal Munubo, au cours d\u2019un entretien jeudi 23 avril \u00e0 Radio Okapi. Des troupes de Rwanda defense force (RDF) sont entr\u00e9s sur le sol congolais depuis dimanche dernier. Selon le gouverneur Julien Paluku. Elles sont dans la localit\u00e9 de Kasizi, en territoire de Nyirangongo au Nord-Kivu.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/24\/nord-kivu-les-fardc-seront-deployees-pour-securiser-les-frontieres-annonce-julien-paluku\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Les FARDC sont d\u00e9ploy\u00e9es pour s\u00e9curiser les fronti\u00e8res, annonce Julien Paluku<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s l\u2019incursion des militaires rwandais sur le sol congolais, le gouverneur du Nord-Kivu, Julien Paluku annonce le d\u00e9ploiement des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC pour s\u00e9curiser les fronti\u00e8res du pays. Dans une interview accord\u00e9e jeudi 23 avril \u00e0 Radio Okapi, il a aussi d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 \u00abdes r\u00e9unions qui se tiennent en Ouganda et au Rwanda pour d\u00e9stabiliser le Congo\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/revue-de-presse\/2015\/04\/24\/le-phare-nouvelle-frontiere-revoici-les-rwandais\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">\u00abNouvelle fronti\u00e8re: revoici les Rwandais\u00bb<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Les journaux parus ce vendredi 24 avril \u00e0 Kinshasa s\u2019int\u00e9ressent principalement \u00e0 l\u2019incursion des militaires rwandais au Nord-Kivu et aux actes x\u00e9nophobes contre les Congolais en Afrique du Sud.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/emissions-2\/linvite-du-jour\/2015\/04\/24\/julien-paluku-je-confirme-linfiltration-des-militaires-rwandais\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Julien Paluku \u00abconfirme l\u2019infiltration des militaires rwandais\u00bb<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Les militaires rwandais ont bel et bien franchi la fronti\u00e8re congolaise dimanche 19 avril, r\u00e9affirme le gouverneur du Nord-Kivu.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/24\/rdc-des-militaires-ougandais-signales-a-beni\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Des militaires ougandais signal\u00e9s \u00e0 Beni<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Beni a signal\u00e9 vendredi 24 avril l\u2019incursion, depuis trois jours, des hommes arm\u00e9s habill\u00e9s en tenue de l\u2019arm\u00e9e ougandaise (UPDF) dans plusieurs villages du secteur de Ruwenzori (Nord-Kivu). Selon cette structure citoyenne, ces hommes arm\u00e9s sont install\u00e9s dans les villages de Kalehaleha, Kalindera et Mumbiri. L\u2019administrateur du territoire de Beni parle d\u2019environ deux cents hommes pr\u00e9sents dans la zone.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/27\/nord-kivu-les-fardc-en-patrouille-pour-faire-face-lincursion-de-larmee-ougandaise\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Les FARDC en patrouille pour faire face \u00e0 l\u2019incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e ougandaise<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Le Commandant du secteur op\u00e9rationnel grand Nord et de l\u2019Op\u00e9ration \u00ab Sokola 1 \u00bb, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Muhindo Akili Mundosi a affirm\u00e9 que des patrouilles de combats des unit\u00e9s sp\u00e9ciales des FARDC sont organis\u00e9es depuis dimanche dans plusieurs villages du secteur de Rwenzori au Nord-Kivu. Dans une interview accord\u00e9e \u00e0 Radio Okapi, il a indiqu\u00e9 que cette d\u00e9cision vise \u00e0 d\u00e9fendre l\u2019int\u00e9grit\u00e9 du territoire national contre l\u2019incursion de l\u2019arm\u00e9e ougandaise sur le sol congolais.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/afrikarabia2.blogs.courrierinternational.com\/archive\/2015\/04\/27\/rdc-les-raisons-des-tensions-a-la-frontiere-rwandaise-50850.html\">Les raisons des tensions \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re rwandaise<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Afrikarabia<\/p>\n<p>La R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) d\u00e9nonce des incursions rwandaises sur son territoire. Des incidents frontaliers qui viennent rappeler \u00e0 Kinshasa que deux dossiers chauds sont encore en souffrance : la lutte contre les FDLR et le rapatriement des ex-M23.<\/p>\n<p><b>ADF<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/regions\/nord-kivu\/2015\/04\/24\/la-monusco-prepare-plan-pour-le-desarmement-volontaire-des-adf-beni-lubero\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">La Monusco pr\u00e9pare un plan pour le d\u00e9sarmement volontaire des ADF \u00e0 Beni et Lubero<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>La directrice de la Section de DDRRR de la Monusco, Taz Greyling, effectue depuis deux jours une mission dans les territoires de Beni et Lubero, dans la perspective de l\u2019\u00e9laboration d\u2019un plan de sensibilisation pour obtenir la reddition volontaire d\u2019un grand nombre de rebelles ougandais des ADF, rwandais de FDLR ainsi que d\u2019autres groupes arm\u00e9s actifs dans la zone.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/28\/beni-les-fardc-prennent-le-controle-dun-camp-des-adf-baruku\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Les FARDC prennent le contr\u00f4le d\u2019un camp des ADF \u00e0 Baruku<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 28 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Les forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC ont repris dimanche dernier le contr\u00f4le d\u2019un camp des rebelles ougandais des ADF \u00e0 Baruku, situ\u00e9 entre les rivi\u00e8res Bango et Semuliki, dans le territoire de Beni (Nord-Kivu). Le commandant de l\u2019op\u00e9ration \u00ab Sokola 1 \u00bb, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Muhindo Akili, qui a livr\u00e9 cette information mardi 28 avril \u00e0 Radio Okapi, a affirm\u00e9 qu\u2019un chef a aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 pendant les combats.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.allafrica.com\/stories\/201504291533.html\">Jamil Mukulu, chef des ADF-Nalu, arr\u00eat\u00e9 en Tanzanie<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | Le Potentiel | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>Le chef des Allied Democratic Forces (ADF-Nalu, \u00ab Forces d\u00e9mocratiques alli\u00e9es \u00bb en fran\u00e7ais) Jamil Mukulu, est aux arr\u00eats depuis le 20 avril 2015 par les services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 tanzaniens \u00e0 Kagezi, \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re entre le Kenya et la Tanzanie.<\/p>\n<p><b>North Kivu<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/25\/rdc-rwanda-les-experts-installent-des-gprs-la-frontiere\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Les experts installent des GPRS \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 25 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>La commission technique mixte charg\u00e9e de la d\u00e9limitation des fronti\u00e8res entre la RDC et le Rwanda a proc\u00e9d\u00e9 vendredi 24 avril au placement des GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) \u00e0 certains endroits strat\u00e9giques des deux pays, notamment au Mont Goma ainsi qu\u2019au Mont Kama. Le but est d\u2019identifier \u00e0 partir de ces deux points GPRS, les bornes fix\u00e9es par le colonisateur en 1911.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/27\/rutshuru-les-humanitaires-preoccupes-par-la-decouverte-des-mines-anti-char\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Les humanitaires pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par la d\u00e9couverte des mines anti-char<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>En l\u2019espace d\u2019une semaine, trois mines anti-char ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couvertes dans le territoire de Rutshuru. Cette situation pr\u00e9occupe les humanitaires et la population locale. Le gouverneur du Nord-Kivu, Julien Paluku, a encourag\u00e9 lundi 27 avril les habitants de ce territoire \u00e0 d\u00e9noncer les poseurs de ces engins de mort, mais aussi \u00e0 rester calme et vaquer \u00e0 leurs occupations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/28\/nord-kivu-rebelle-fdlr-tue-dans-des-combats-avec-les-fardc-katwiguru\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Un rebelle FDLR tu\u00e9 dans des combats avec les FARDC \u00e0 Katwiguru<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 28 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Un rebelle rwandais des FDLR a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 lundi 27 avril lors des combats qui ont oppos\u00e9 cette faction rebelle \u00e0 l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise dans le village de Katwiguru \u00e0 Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu). L\u2019information a \u00e9t\u00e9 livr\u00e9e par des sources militaires de la r\u00e9gion. Ces sources accusent les populations de cette contr\u00e9e de collaborer avec ces rebelles hutus rwandais.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/29\/nord-kivu-vive-tension-nyamilima-suite-au-meurtre-de-5-habitants\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Vive tension \u00e0 Nyamilima suite au meurtre de 5 habitants<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>La situation a \u00e9t\u00e9 tendue mercredi 29 avril \u00e0 Nyamilima dans le territoire de Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu). Des sources locales font \u00e9tat des manifestations des habitants qui protestaient contre le meurtre des cinq de leurs, dont les corps d\u00e9capit\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9s dans leurs champs \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de Nyamilima.<\/p>\n<p><b>Province Orientale<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/27\/bunia-mort-dans-une-embuscade-tendue-miala\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Un mort dans une embuscade tendue \u00e0 Miala<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Une camionnette est tomb\u00e9e dans une embuscade tendue par des hommes arm\u00e9s dans la nuit de samedi \u00e0 dimanche \u00e0 Miala, un village situ\u00e9 \u00e0 10 kilom\u00e8tres au Nord de Bunia (Province Orientale). Une personne a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9e, selon des rescap\u00e9s qui soup\u00e7onnent des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de l\u2019arm\u00e9e r\u00e9guli\u00e8re, dont un poste se trouve dans les parages, d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 la base de cette situation.<\/p>\n<h2>Burundi<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504290640.html\">State Dept. On Burundi&#8217;s Disregard for Arusha Agreement<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 25 April 2015 | US Department of State | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>The United States deeply regrets the decision by Burundi&#8217;s ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), to disregard the term-limit provisions of the Arusha Agreement by naming President Pierre Nkurunziza as its candidate for a third presidential term.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/Article\/DEPAFP20150426142103\/lections-pierre-nkurunziza-pr-sidentielle-burundi-2015-police-burundaise-pr-sidentielle-burundaise-burundi-deux-manifestants-tu-s-par-balles-bujumbura.html\">Deux manifestants tu\u00e9s par balles \u00e0 Bujumbura<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 26 April 2015 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p>Deux manifestants ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s pas balles dimanche \u00e0 Bujumbura, alors qu&#8217;ils protestaient contre la candidature du pr\u00e9sident burundais sortant \u00e0 un 3e mandat, ont rapport\u00e9 des t\u00e9moins.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20150427-hundreds-arrested-independent-media-shut-down-burundi\">Hundreds arrested, independent media shut down in Burundi<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | RFI<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people, including leading rights activist Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa, have been arrested in Burundi as protests continued on Monday, the second day of demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza\u2019s bid for another term in office.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christophvogel.net\/2015\/04\/27\/burundi-key-actors-and-speculative-musings\/\">Key actors and speculative musings<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | christophvogel.net<\/p>\n<p>Second day of mass rallies to protest CNDD-FDD\u2019s Saturday announcement that incumbent president Nkurunziza will run the ruling party\u2019s next presidential campaign. In various parts of the capital Bujumbura, a traditional opposition stronghold, crowds took to the streets calling for respect of the constitution. Here is to a brief overview on certain key actors and possible developments.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irinnews.org\/report\/101418\/who-are-the-imbonerakure-and-is-burundi-unraveling\">Who are the Imbonerakure and is Burundi unravelling?<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 28 April 2015 | IRIN News<\/p>\n<p>Armed, murderous, militarised, partisan, powerful, unaccountable, uneducated: this is how many in and even outside Burundi describe the Imbonerakure, the youth wing of the ruling party. It, however, dismisses such accusations as opposition propaganda.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504290338.html\">Tension High in Burundi As Bloody Riots Continue<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | The New Times (Kigali) | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>Violence continued, yesterday, in Burundi&#8217;s capital Bujumbura as protesters clashed with police and the ruling party&#8217;s youth wing, Imbonerakure, who are accused of persecuting opponents of Pierre Nkurunziza&#8217;s presidential bid.<\/p>\n<h2>Uganda<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.allafrica.com\/stories\/201504281778.html\">Julien Paluku &#8211; \u00ab Il y avait des r\u00e9unions secr\u00e8tes en Ouganda pour la reconstitution de l&#8217;ex-M23 mu\u00e9 en MCRC \u00bb<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 28 April 2015 | Le Potentiel | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Depuis bient\u00f4t une semaine, nous avions appris qu&#8217;il y avait des r\u00e9unions secr\u00e8tes en Ouganda pour la reconstitution de l&#8217;ex-M23 (qui) se serait mu\u00e9 en Mouvement chr\u00e9tien pour la reconstruction du Congo (MCRC). C&#8217;est le nouveau nom qu&#8217;on veut donner \u00e0 ce mouvement rebelle \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 Radio Okapi.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavoixdelamerique.com\/content\/rdc-le-m23-dement-tout-lien-avec-rebellion-en-gestion-a-kampala\/2741500.html\">Le M23 d\u00e9ment tout lien avec une r\u00e9bellion en gestion \u00e0 Kampala<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | VOA<\/p>\n<p>Les autorit\u00e9s du Nord-Kivu tirent la sonnette d\u2019alarme sur une nouvelle r\u00e9bellion qui serait en formation \u00e0 Kampala en Ouganda.<\/p>\n<h2>Central African Republic<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiondekeluka.org\/politique\/item\/21739-les-groupes-arm\u00c8s-dans-un-m\u00cdme-esprit-pour-le-forum-de-bangui.html\">Les groupes arm\u00e9s dans un m\u00eame esprit pour le forum de Bangui<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Radio ndekeluka<\/p>\n<p>Neuf groupes politico-militaires sur dix ont sign\u00e9 jeudi au complexe Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my Boganda (Stade 20000 places) avec le Gouvernement de la transition un accord d&#8217;engagement en vue de leur participation au Forum national pr\u00e9vu du 4 au 11 mai 2015, dans un esprit d\u2019apaisement. Par ailleurs, le Front populaire pour la renaissance de Centrafrique (FPRC) qui a pris part aux travaux n&#8217;a pas sign\u00e9 le document. Son coordonnateur adjoint, Abel Bal\u00e9ngu\u00e9l\u00e9, est sorti de la salle peu avant la cl\u00f4ture des discussions.<\/p>\n<p><b>MINUSCA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/central-african-republic\/head-un-peacekeeping-operations-visits-central-african-republic\">Head of UN Peacekeeping Operations visits the Central African Republic<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 25 April 2015 | MINUSCA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p>UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Herv\u00e9 Ladsous, arrived in Bangui on Saturday for a four-day visit in the Central Africa Republic. Mr. Ladsous who will be accompanied by the Military Adviser to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations will assess progress made by the United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in the CAR (MINUSCA) in the implementation of its mandate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/central-african-republic\/adopting-resolution-2217-2015-security-council-renews-mandate\">Adopting Resolution 2217 (2015), Security Council Renews Mandate of Mission in Central African Republic, Calls for Contributing Uniformed Personnel<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 28 April 2015 | UN Security Council | Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p>The Security Council today decided to extend by one year the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and recalled its intention to continuously review the current troop ceiling of 10,750 military personnel, including additional troops authorized by resolution 2212 (2015).<\/p>\n<p><b>Reports of child sex abuse by Sangaris forces<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/apr\/29\/france-poisoned-legacy-central-african-republic\">France&#8217;s poisoned legacy in the Central African Republic<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | The Guardian<\/p>\n<p>It was named Operation Sangaris, after a butterfly with a tiny lifespan native to central Africa. France hoped that its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) would be similarly short-lived. Now the French troops sent to protect the tens of thousands displaced by the cycle of violence stand accused of exploiting the lawlessness engulfing CAR to engage in brutality themselves.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrik.com\/centrafrique-des-enfants-de-9-ans-violes-par-des-soldats-francais?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+afrikfr+(Afrik+VF)\">Des enfants de 9 ans viol\u00e9s par des soldats fran\u00e7ais ?<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | Afrik.com<\/p>\n<p>En Centrafrique, un rapport interne de l\u2019ONU fait \u00e9tat d\u2019abus sexuels suppos\u00e9s commis par des soldats de la force fran\u00e7aise Sangaris sur des mineurs, dont certains \u00e2g\u00e9s de 9 ans, s\u2019il vous pla\u00eet !<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/apr\/29\/france-promises-act-leaked-un-report-soldiers-child-abuse-claims\">France promises to act after leaked UN report says its soldiers abused children<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 29 April 2015 | The Guardian<\/p>\n<p>France promised to act on Wednesday on a leaked United Nations report exposing the alleged abuse of young boys by its peacekeepers in the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n<h1>Humanitarian News<\/h1>\n<p><b>Non-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news, including IDP and refugee issues, across the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>DRC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/23\/rdc-plus-de-1-200-familles-des-deplaces-en-detresse-komanda\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Plus de 1 200 familles des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s en d\u00e9tresse \u00e0 Komanda (Ituri)<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Plus de 1 200 familles de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s vivent sans assistance dans la localit\u00e9 de Komanda, \u00e0 75 km au Sud de Bunia, dans le district de l\u2019Ituri (Province Orientale).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/27\/tensions-a-bujumbura-afflux-des-refugies-burundais-a-uvira\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Afflux de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s burundais \u00e0 Uvira<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Plus de 2 800 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s burundais ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9j\u00e0 enregistr\u00e9s, \u00e0 la date du vendredi 24 avril, par la Commission nationale pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (CNR) dans les territoires d\u2019Uvira et de Fizi au Sud-Kivu.<\/p>\n<h2>Rwanda<\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\"><b>Refugees<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/rwanda\/government-grants-prima-facie-refugee-status-burundian-refugees\">Government grants \u201cprima facie\u201d refugee status to Burundian refugees<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Government of Rwanda | Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Rwanda has resolved to grant Prima Facie refugee status to Burundians who continue to flee to Rwanda. The decision was taken considering the overwhelming number of Burundians who continue to cross the border to seek safe haven to Rwanda whereby the daily average has gone over 800 refugees.<\/p>\n<p><b>Repatriation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/rwanda\/13-members-ex-m23-opt-voluntary-repatriation\">13 members of ex-M23 opt for voluntary repatriation<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Government of Rwanda | Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen former members of the M23 rebels opted for voluntarily repatriation to their home in DR Congo after the visit of Congolese deputy defense minister, Ren\u00e9 Sibu Matubuka, on Thursday 23 april 2015. The group is part of the 150 who have been granted amnesty among others camped in Ngoma District.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"__RefHeading__23_1045044961\"><\/a><a name=\"__RefHeading__27_1045044961\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Central African Republic<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/central-african-republic\/un-central-african-republic-risk-becoming-world-s-largest-forgotten\">Central African Republic at risk of becoming the world\u2019s largest forgotten humanitarian crisis<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | UNHCR | Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p>With nearly 900,000 people from the Central African Republic (CAR) forcibly displaced since the outbreak of violence in December 2013, the CAR crisis is quickly becoming the largest forgotten humanitarian crisis of our time. There are more than 460,000 CAR refugees in neighbouring countries and some 436,000 people are internally displaced. In the Central African Republic, a total of 2.7 million people are in need of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<h1>Justice and Tribunals<\/h1>\n<p><b>Selected articles on criminal justice proceedings regarding crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>DRC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/24\/nord-kivu-notable-officier-fardc-cites-dans-le-reseau-de-manoti\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Un notable et un officier FARDC cit\u00e9s dans le r\u00e9seau de \u00ab Manoti \u00bb<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Le proc\u00e8s de Jean-Emmanuel Biritsho \u00ab Manoti \u00bb et ses co-accus\u00e9s s\u2019est poursuivi jeudi 23 avril \u00e0 Rutshuru-centre au Nord-Kivu. Lors de sa d\u00e9position devant le tribunal, il a cit\u00e9 d\u2019autres pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s membres de son r\u00e9seau. Parmi eux, il y a un haut officier des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC, un notable du territoire et un responsable d\u2019un groupe arm\u00e9 actif dans le territoire.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504272511.html\">Etats G\u00e9n\u00e9raux of the Justice System in the Democratic Republic of Congo &#8211; Recommendations On the Fight Against Impunity for Grave International Crimes<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | HRW | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>From April 27 to 2 mei 2015, the Congolese Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is convening &#8220;Etats G\u00e9n\u00e9raux,&#8221; a large conference to evaluate justice sector reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The conference will be held in the capital, Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<h2>Rwanda<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504271566.html\">Supreme Court Rejects Uwikindi Appeal On Lawyers<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | The New Times (Kigali) | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court, on Friday, rejected an appeal filed by Genocide suspect Jean Uwinkindi in which he sought to retain his legal team at the expense of new lawyers assigned to him by the Rwanda Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"__RefHeading__37_1045044961\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"__RefHeading__41_1045044961\"><\/a>Central African Republic<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504241945.html\">Prosecutor to Call Eleven Witnesses in Bemba&#8217;s Second Trial<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 24 April 2015 | Bemba Trial Website | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor intends to call 11 witnesses to testify against Jean-Pierre Bemba and his four former associates on charges of witness and evidence tampering.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504270008.html\">Special Court to Try Serious Crimes in Central African Republic<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 25 April 2015 | Hirondelle News Agency | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>The Central African Republic is to set up a Special Criminal Court to try serious crimes committed in that country. Members of the transitional parliament on Wednesday approved a law to establish the Court.<\/p>\n<h1>Natural resource exploitation, governance and trade<\/h1>\n<p><b>Minerals, energy (oil &amp; gas, hydro and solar), poaching, logging, foreign investment, trade, environmental issues<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">DRC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504171456.html\">Organized Crime in Wildlife, Gold and Timber, Worth Over One Billion Usd, Further Fuels Conflict in Eastern DR Congo &#8211; UN Report<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 16 April 2015 | UN Environmental Program | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>Experts estimate that 10-30 per cent of this illegal trade (around US$ 72-426 million per annum) goes to transnational organized criminal networks based outside eastern DRC. <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/postconflict.unep.ch\/publications\/UNEP_DRCongo_MONUSCO_OSESG_final_report.pdf\">The report<\/a><\/span><\/span>, jointly produced by UNEP-MONUSCO-OSESG (Office of Special Envoy for Great Lakes Region), relies on inputs from a high number of experts, including the UN Office for Drugs and Crime, INTERPOL, the UN Group of Experts on the DRC, DRC government agencies and NGOs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504202865.html\">Kinshasa Hosts a Meeting of Services of ICGLR Member States in Charge of the Fight Against Mineral Fraud and Smuggling<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 17 April 2015 | ICGLR | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>A two-day meeting of services of the ICGLR Member State in charge of the fight against mineral fraud and smuggling was opened in Kinshasa, DRC this Friday, 17 april 2015 to assess the situation of cross-border mineral fraud and smuggling in the ICGLR area and make appropriate recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504231688.html\">End of the Meeting On Mineral Fraud and Smuggling By ICGLR Member States Services in Kinshasa, DRC<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 21 April 2015 | ICGLR | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of the services of the Member States of the ICGLR in charge of the Fight against mineral Fraud and smuggling took place from 17th to 18th April 2015 in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His Excellency Thomas Luhaka Losendjola, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information and Communication Technologies officially opened the meeting on Friday 17th April , 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"__RefHeading__47_1045044961\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"__RefHeading__55_1045044961\"><\/a><a name=\"__RefHeading__57_1045044961\"><\/a>Other<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commodityonline.com\/news\/dubai-diamond-trade-grows-from-$5-million-to-$30billion-62234-3-62235.html\">Dubai Diamond trade grows from $5 million to $30billion<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 21 April 2015 | Commodity Online<\/p>\n<p>Among the key points discussed were the $18 billion of non-oil trade between the U.A.E. and Sub Saharan Africa; The U.A.E.\u2019s membership of the African Union; and the growing diamond trade.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commodityonline.com\/news\/diamond-industry-to-focus-on-financing-62259-3-62260.html\">Diamond industry to focus on financing<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | Commodity Online<\/p>\n<p>As the diamond industry shifted from West to East, the finance industry followed suit to provide the liquidity necessary for the trade to operate efficiently.<\/p>\n<h1>Regulation, Voluntary Initiatives and Business and Human Rights<\/h1>\n<p><b>Selected articles on legal and voluntary initiatives relating to natural resources and good governance<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>DRC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eiti.org\/blog\/transparency-heart-africa\">Transparency in the heart of Africa<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | EITI<\/p>\n<p>An overview of what happened during the EITI week in the Congos.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miningweekly.com\/article\/glencore-spends-114m-on-corporate-social-initiatives-2015-04-28\">Glencore spends $114m on corporate social initiatives<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 28 April 2015 | Mining Weekly<\/p>\n<p>Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore spent $114-million on corporate social initiatives last year, representing 2.2% of group profit before tax, the company said on Tuesday. The company restated its ambitions of fostering sustainable growth and respecting human rights in alignment with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and committed itself to the continued support of major public health initiatives, including HIV\/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, with a particular focus on South Africa, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n<h2>Burundi<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504270553.html\">ICGLR and USAID\/Tetra Tech Organize a Regional Workshop On the IMCA Organizational Assessment and Implementation Plan<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 22 April 2015 | ICGLR | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>The Heads of States and Governments of the twelve countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Regions, in line with the objectives of The PACT on Security, Stability and Development In the Great Lakes Region, met in Lusaka, Zambia in 2010 and approved the six tools of the Regional Initiative to curb the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Great Lakes Regions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504271741.html\">Opening of the ICGLR Workshop On Implementation Plan of Independent Mineral Chain Auditor<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 23 April 2015 | ICGLR | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Workshop on Implementation Plan of ICGLR Independent Mineral Chain Auditor (IMCA) opened on Thursday 23 April 2015 in Bujumbura.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"__RefHeading__67_1045044961\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><a name=\"__RefHeading__71_1045044961\"><\/a>Other<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201504230255.html\">U.S. Companies Failed to Report Africa Conflict Minerals<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 22 April 2015 | Thomson-Reuters Foundation | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 80 percent of American companies surveyed by two human rights groups failed to meet a U.S. rule requiring they monitor whether their products contain minerals from war-torn Africa. 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Cette situation s\u2019illustre par des cas de traitements d\u00e9gradants et inhumains ainsi que le paiement des sommes d\u2019argent que les anciens d\u00e9tenus imposent aux nouveaux.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/economie\/2015\/04\/25\/senat-les-ministres-yav-serufuli-interpelles-sur-les-15-millions-usd-de-banque-congolaise\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Les ministres Yav et Serufuli interpell\u00e9s sur les 15 millions USD de Banque congolaise<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 25 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>Le ministre des Finances, Henri Yav Muland et celui du D\u00e9veloppement rural, Eugene Serufuli, \u00e9taient vendredi au S\u00e9nat. Ils ont affirm\u00e9, tour \u00e0 tour, que la RDC n\u2019\u00e9tait pas responsable de la dissipation d\u2019un montant de 15 millions de dollars am\u00e9ricains dans le cadre du projet de construction des 153 villages mod\u00e8les \u00e0 travers le pays.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/26\/rdc-le-gouvernement-appele-garantir-les-droits-humains\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">Le gouvernement appel\u00e9 \u00e0 garantir les droits humains<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 26 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>R\u00e9unis au sein de la Ligue des droits de la personne dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs (LDGL), des activistes des droits du Rwanda, Burundi et de la RDC, recommandent au gouvernement congolais de garantir les droits humains et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des citoyens en cette p\u00e9riode pr\u00e9\u00e9lectorale.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/radiookapi.net\/actualite\/2015\/04\/27\/ituri-lupc-de-thomas-lubanga-prepare-ses-candidats-aux-provinciales\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20radiookapi\/actu%20(Radiookapi.net)\">l\u2019UPC de Thomas Lubanga pr\u00e9pare ses candidats aux provinciales<\/a><\/span><\/span> | 27 April 2015 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019Union des patriotes congolais de Thomas Lubanga a organis\u00e9 samedi 25 avril \u00e0 Bunia (Province Orientale) une s\u00e9ance de formation et d\u2019information \u00e0 l\u2019intention de ses candidats aux provinciales 2015. 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