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EDITORIAL<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The last ten days have seen further controversy on the international plane. A Human Rights Watch report outlining atrocities committed by the M23 in North Kivu since March this year, including summary executions, forced recruitment and rape, outlined evidence of\u00a0Rwandan support for the rebellion<\/a>, last week. The\u00a0report\u2019s findings prompted calls<\/a>\u00a0by US State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, for Rwanda to cut its ties with the rebel group and have been refuted by the Rwandan authorities. US diplomat John Kerry appealed for the cessation of external support for the M23 at a UN Security Council session, which ordered the full and prompt implementation of the Addis Ababa Agreement by the relevant parties.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0special summit of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region<\/a>\u00a0on the situation in the DRC commenced this Wednesday to discuss the framework agreement. The summit commenced shortly after MONUSCO\u2019s establishment of a\u00a020-kilometre security zone<\/a>\u00a0intended to secure the safety of IDPs and civilians in the densely populated vicinity of Goma and Sake, and the road connecting the two. Tuesday, 30 July, saw the UN peacekeeping force issue an order that all armed persons within this zone report to MONUSCO for disarmament and demobilisation within 48 hours. The order comes as the intervention force reports its readiness for action and the Congolese justice system issued four\u00a0international arrest warrants<\/a>\u00a0for M23 leaders, including former political head, Jean-Marie Runiga.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0M23<\/a>\u00a0have been accused of abuses in Kiwanja (North Kivu), including looting, with the arrest of around 60 youths by M23 leaders sparking fears for further atrocities against civilians. FARDC\u2019s bombardment of M23\u2019s Romangabo camp has seen three civilian casualties and heavy fighting in Kibati has seen the rebellion dislodged from the town and Munzoga hill, north-west of Kibati. The group had previously been ousted from Kinyandoni and Nkaweda near Rutshuru on Friday, 19th<\/sup>\u00a0July. Other armed groups inNorth Kivu<\/a>\u00a0have continued to stoke insecurity with the ADF-Nalu accused of atrocities in Kikawa, Morgan\u2019s Mai-Mai Simba dislodged west of Butembo, the Raia Mutomboki occupying mine sites in Walikale and a Mai-Mai group releasing eight detainees after an attack on a police station in the south east of Butembo.<\/p>\n

The Congolese authorities have commenced criminal proceedings against a soldier and a police officer following calls for prosecution by the UN after images of mistreatment of M23 detainees and the desecration of fallen rebel corpses began to circulate the Internet.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0too has seen security unrest this week as a grenade blast killed two and wounded 32 others in Kigali on Friday, 26th<\/sup>\u00a0July. Reports of human rights abuse continue from the\u00a0Central African Republic<\/a>, were transitional head of state Djotodia has announced his intention to form a new national armed force by combining the Seleka with the regular state army.<\/p>\n

Campaign groups have welcomed a\u00a0US district court ruling<\/a>\u00a0this week that has upheld the US Security and Exchange Commission\u2019s final rule on section 1502, finding that it does not place undue hardship on companies and suppliers to comply with its terms.<\/p>\n

Arms Trade and Security in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Reports of Rwandan support to M23<\/strong><\/p>\n

DR Congo: M23 Rebels Kill, Rape Civilians<\/a>\u00a0| 22 July 2013 | Human Rights Watch
\nRDC : HRW accuse le Rwanda de “continuer \u00e0 soutenir” les rebelles du M23<\/a>\u00a0| 23 July 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nHuman Rights Watch accuse le Rwanda de soutenir les rebelles congolais du M23<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | RFI
\nThierry Vircoulon sur RFI: \u00abLe r\u00f4le perturbateur du Rwanda dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs a \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en \u00e9vidence l\u2019ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | RFI
\nAccording to Human Rights Watch, M23 rebels have summarily executed at least 44 people and raped at least 61 women and girls since March 2013 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Local residents and rebel deserters reported recent forced recruitment of men and boys by the M23 in both Rwanda and Congo. Residents and rebel deserters described recent support from within Rwanda to the abusive M23 forces.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: le Rwanda et l\u2019Ouganda r\u00e9arment le M23 \u00e0 Beni et Nyiragongo, selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le Rwanda et l’Ouganda r\u00e9arment les rebelles du Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) ainsi que des groupes arm\u00e9s encore actifs dans les territoires de Nyiragongo et de Beni (Nord-Kivu), a dnonc\u00e9 mardi 30 juillet le vice-pr\u00e9sident et porte-parole de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de la province, Omar Kavota. ENG: Rwanda and Uganda are re-arming the rebels of the M23 as well as armed groups still active in the territories of Nyiragongo and Beni (North Kivu), according to civil society in the province.<\/p>\n

Le M23 profite de la tr\u00eave observ\u00e9e sur la ligne de front pour \u00ab se r\u00e9organiser \u00bb autour de Goma<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\n\u00ab Les rebelles du M23 s’amassent le long de la fronti\u00e8re congolo-rwandaise dans la ville de Gisenyi, au Nord-Kivu, pour se r\u00e9organiser en vue de lancer des attaques contre les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC. Le m\u00eame mouvement est \u00e9galement observ\u00e9 du c\u00f4t\u00e9 du Rwanda, o\u00f9 des troupes rwandaises de la RDF (Rwandan Defense Forces) sont \u00e9galement d\u00e9ploy\u00e9es le long de la fronti\u00e8re \u00bb, a affirm\u00e9 lundi 29 juillet 2013 le vice-pr\u00e9sident et porte-parole de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu, Me Omar Kavota cit\u00e9 par Xinhua.<\/p>\n

DR Congo unrest: Rwanda ‘recruiting for M23 rebels’<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | BBC Africa
\nDRC: le Rwanda recrute pour M23<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nFour Rwandans have told the BBC that the army forcibly recruited them to fight for the M23 rebel group in neighbouring eastern DRC. The four said they were seeking asylum in Uganda after fleeing the fighting. The Rwandan army dismissed their claim, saying they must have made up their stories to get asylum.<\/p>\n

Responses to reports of Rwandan support to M23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kagame Slams U.S. Actress Mia Farrow Over M23 Rebels Report<\/a>\u00a0| 23 July 2013 | News of Rwanda | allAfrica
\nThe News of Rwanda reports: \u201cAmerican actress and DR Congo activist Mia Farrow was at the receiving end of attack from Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame today after she tweeted to him an error-filled report published by Human Rights Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

US Calls on Rwanda to End M23 Support<\/a>\u00a0| 23 July 2013 | Voice of America
\nRDC : les \u00c9tats-Unis demandent au Rwanda de cesser son soutien au M23<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nRDC : Washington appelle Kigali \u00e0 cesser tout soutien au M23<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | RFI
\nWashington appelle Kigali \u00e0 ne plus soutenir le M23<\/a>\u00a0| 23 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nThe Obama administration wants Rwanda to stop backing Congolese rebels who are undermining efforts to end decades of violence in East Africa’s Great Lakes region. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Tuesday said the country needs to cut off the Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebellion, whose fighting with government troops has driven a new wave of refugees into border towns.<\/p>\n

Le Rwanda ne soutient pas le M23, selon son ambassadeur en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: L\u2019ambassadeur du Rwanda \u00e0 Kinshasa, Amandin Rugira, a d\u00e9menti ce jeudi 25 juillet tout soutien de son pays aux rebelles du M23 en RDC. Il r\u00e9agissait ainsi \u00e0 la d\u00e9claration de la porte-parole du d\u00e9partement d\u2019\u00c9tat am\u00e9ricain, qui, se fondant sur le r\u00e9cent rapport de l\u2019ONG Human Rights Watch (HRW), demandait \u00e0 Kigali de \u00ab retirer son personnel militaire de l\u2019est de la RDC\u00bb. ENG: The Ambassador of Rwanda to Kinshasa, Amandin Rugira, has denied his country’s support of the M23 in the DRC responding to the statement by a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, which, based on the recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Kigali to “withdraw its military personnel present in the DRC. ”<\/p>\n

Unholy Alliance<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Rwanda Focus (Kigali) | allAfrica
\nThe Objectives of the Unholy Alliances Operating in DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Rwanda Focus (Kigali) | allAfrica
\nThe Rwanda Focus newspaper has alleged that \u201cMonusco together with the Foreign Intervention Brigade (FIB) work with the FDLR and the Congolese army, FARDC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rwanda dismisses U.S. charges it backs Congo rebels<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Reuters
\nRwanda dismissed on Tuesday U.S. charges that it was supporting M23 rebels in neighbouring DRC and said levelling accusations would not help pacify the region.<\/p>\n

High-level UN Security Council meeting on Great Lakes region<\/strong><\/p>\n

High-level Security Council debate focuses on peace efforts for Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nR\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs : le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 entre espoir et inqui\u00e9tude<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nThe Security Council today restated its commitment to the United Nations-brokered peace accord for Africa\u2019s strife-torn Great Lakes region and demanded an immediate end to hostilities in the DRC, where fresh clashes between armed rebels and Congolese troops have sent thousands of civilians fleeing for safety.<\/p>\n

Urging ‘Full and Prompt’ Implementation of Blueprint for Peace in Great Lakes Region, Security Council Insists No Aid, No Tolerance for Armed Groups<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | UN Security Council
\nExpressing support for the peace accord signed in February by 11 African nations to end years of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council this afternoon called on that strife-torn nation and neighbouring countries for full and prompt implementation of their commitments.<\/p>\n

Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Ministerial on the Great Lakes<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | U.S. Department of State
\nRemarks to the UN Security Council by John Kerry, US Secretary of State<\/p>\n

Remarks With United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | U.S. Department of State
\nRemarks between Ban Ki Moon and John Kerry, US Secretary of State, to the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

Kerry Seeks End to Military Support for Congo Rebels<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Voice of America
\nLe Rwanda index\u00e9 mais pas cit\u00e9 \u00e0 l’Onu<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nNew York: John Kerry appelle \u00e0 la cessation du soutien ext\u00e9rieur aux rebelles du M23<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC: John Kerry \u00abtr\u00e8s inquiet\u00bb de l\u2019aide ext\u00e9rieure fournie aux groupes rebelles<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | RFI
\nU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called on all parties to end their support for armed rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Secretary Kerry made the call at his United Nations debut as the top U.S. diplomat Thursday, chairing a high-level U.N. Security Council session on the Great Lakes region and the DRC.
\nHe told the meeting that he is deeply concerned about recent reports of resumed external support to the M23 rebel group, and reports of collaboration with the Rwandan Hutu rebel group in the eastern DRC, known as the FDLR.<\/p>\n

Rwanda ‘committed to DRC Peace Deal’<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | The New Times | allAfrica
\nRwanda has reiterated its commitment to the UN-backed Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region, and urged all signatories to the agreement, signed in February, to help translate it into action.<\/p>\n

Raymond Tshibanda: \u00abNous ne sommes pas pr\u00eats \u00e0 signer un accord qui consacre l\u2019impunit\u00e9\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: \u00abLe gouvernement congolais n\u2019est pas pr\u00eat \u00e0 signer un accord complaisant avec les groupes arm\u00e9s, ni \u00e0 c\u00e9der le moindre centim\u00e8tre de son territoire ou ses richesses \u00e0 qui que se soit \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 jeudi 25 juillet le ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, Raymond Tshibanda Tunga Mulongo, \u00e0 la r\u00e9union du conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 sur la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs, \u00e0 New-York. ENG: “The Congolese government is not ready to sign an agreement with armed groups or to give any inch of its territory or wealth whatsoever,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs, Raymond Tshibanda Mulongo Tunga at the Security Council meeting on the Great Lakes region in New York on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Special Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in Nairobi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accord d\u2019Addis-Abeba : les chefs d\u2019Etat de la CIRGL se r\u00e9unissent en sommet extraordinaire<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Les chefs d\u2019\u00c9tat de la Conf\u00e9rence internationale pour la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs se r\u00e9unissent mercredi 31 juillet \u00e0 Na\u00efrobi pour examiner l\u2019accord-cadre de paix sign\u00e9 en f\u00e9vrier dernier \u00e0 Addis-Abeba par onze pays africains. ENG: The Heads of State of the ICGLR will meet on Wednesday, July 31 in Nairobi to discuss the framework peace agreement signed last February in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

Great Lakes Leaders Seek Solution to DRC Crisis<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Voice of America
\nLeaders from the Great Lakes region are calling for greater cooperation to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo, as accusations of interference by neighboring countries continue to fly.<\/p>\n

UN chief urges regional, global support for Africa\u2019s Great Lakes peace accord<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nSeul un processus politique cr\u00e9dible permettra de mettre fin \u00e0 la crise en RDC, rappelle Ban<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nOnly a credible political process will end the crisis in the DRC and address the root causes of cyclical violence in the wider Great Lakes, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in a message to a high-level international summit on the situation in this strife-ridden region of Africa.<\/p>\n

Angola Rules Out Sending Troops to DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Angola Press | allAfrica
\nAngola has ruled out any military participation in the ongoing peace process in the DRC. This was said on Tuesday in Luanda by the Foreign minister, Georges Chikoti, during a press conference under the preparation of the Sixth International Conference of Heads of State and Government on the Great Lakes region, set for Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n

Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

LRA Regional Update: Central African Republic, DR Congo and South Sudan (April – June 2013)<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Map: LRA attacks, Jan 2010 – June 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Resolve | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Loosening Kony\u2019s Grip: Effective Defection Strategies for Today\u2019s LRA<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Resolve | Reliefweb
\nNew report: How to dismantle the LRA from the bottom-up.<\/p>\n


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

MONUSCO ultimatum for M23<\/strong><\/p>\n

DR Congo unrest: Fears over UN intervention<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | BBC Africa
\nCrainte sur l’offensive de l’Onu en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nAid agencies have voiced fears that a possible military offensive by the United Nations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could make the humanitarian situation worse and lead to attacks on their workers.<\/p>\n

MONUSCO Deploys to Support Security Zone in Goma – Sake Area<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | MONUSCO
\nD\u00e9ploiement de la MONUSCO pour soutenir la zone de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans la r\u00e9gion de Goma-Sake<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | MONUSCO
\nPress Release
\nIn North Kivu, MONUSCO considers any individuals who are not members of the national security forces and who carries a firearm in Goma and its northern suburbs an imminent threat to civilians and will disarm them in order to enforce a security zone to protect the densely populated area of Goma and Sake.<\/p>\n

Goma: la Monusco demande \u00e0 tout d\u00e9tenteur d\u2019armes de d\u00e9sarmer dans 48 heures<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | MONUSCO
\nUN mission sets up security zone in eastern DR Congo, gives rebels 48 hour ultimatum<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nRDC : la MONUSCO se d\u00e9ploie pour soutenir la zone de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans la r\u00e9gion de Goma-Sak\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nRDC: la Monusco lance un ultimatum au M23<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | RFI
\nUN gives rebels 48 hours to disarm around DR Congo city<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nFR: Dans un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 le mardi 30 juillet, la Monusco dit consid\u00e9rer toute personne ne faisant pas partie des forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationales et, poss\u00e9dant une arme \u00e0 feu \u00e0 Goma et, dans les localit\u00e9s situ\u00e9es au Nord de la ville, comme une menace imminente pour les civils. \u00c0 compter de mardi 30 juillet \u00e0 16 heures (heure de Goma), indique la mission onusienne, les d\u00e9tenteurs d\u2019armes \u00e0 feu dans cette r\u00e9gion disposent d\u2019un d\u00e9lai de 48 heures pour rendre leurs armes dans une base de la Monusco et rejoindre le processus de d\u00e9sarmement et de d\u00e9mobilisation. ENG: In a statement released on Tuesday, July 30, MONUSCO has said that it willconsider anyone not part of the national security forces, and possessing a firearm in Goma and in localities north of the city, as an imminent threat to civilians. Holders of firearms in this region have been given a period of 48 hours to surrender their weapons to a MONUSCO base and join disarmament and demobilization.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: la zone de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la Monusco autour de l\u2019axe Goma-Sake<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: La Monusco a impos\u00e9 une zone de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 longue d\u2019une vingtaine de kilom\u00e8tres autour de l\u2019axe Goma \u2013 Sake. Le pr\u00e9avis de 48 heures donn\u00e9 par la mission onusienne mardi 30 juillet \u00e0 toute personne ne faisant pas partie des forces nationales de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 mais d\u00e9tenant une arme \u00e0 se rendre dans l\u2019une de ses bases concerne cette zone. Le commandant de la force de la Monusco,\u00a0 le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Alberto Dos Santos Cruz a annonc\u00e9 qu\u2019\u00e0 partir de jeudi, tout r\u00e9fractaire \u00e0 cette d\u00e9cision sera traqu\u00e9. Cette op\u00e9ration sera men\u00e9e conjointement par des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la Brigade d\u2019intervention de la Monusco et la Brigade du Nord-Kivu de la Mission. ENG: MONUSCO has imposed a security zone over twenty kilometers long from Goma to Sake.\u00a0 48-hours notice was given to anyone not part of the national security forces, but in possession of a gun to go to a MONUSCO base in this area. MONUSCO Commander, General Alberto Dos Santos Cruz has announced that from Thursday, all infractions of this order will be dealt with jointly by members of the Intervention Brigade and MONUSCO\u2019s North Kivu Brigade.<\/p>\n

U.N. Warns It Will Disarm Congo Rebels<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | New York Times
\nThe United Nations has threatened to forcibly disarm rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an early test of the robust new mandate for the multinational peacekeeping contingent that includes going on the offensive there.<\/p>\n

Rwanda says U.N. ultimatum threatened Congo peace talks<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Reuters
\nRwanda said on Wednesday the decision by a U.N. intervention brigade to forcibly disarm people in a strategic zone of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had surprised African leaders and risked jeopardizing peace talks.<\/p>\n

RDC: le M23 menace de riposter en cas d\u2019attaque de la Monusco<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | RFI
\nDR Congo rebels face disarmament deadline Thursday<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2013 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nRDC : les rebelles du M23 “pas concern\u00e9s” par l’ultimatum de la Mission de l’ONU<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nFR: Face \u00e0 l\u2019ultimatum lanc\u00e9 par l\u2019ONU, qui menace de mener l\u2019assaut contre ces groupes, \u00e0 l’aide de sa brigade d\u2019intervention, Bertrand Bisimwa, pr\u00e9sident du M23, a affirm\u00e9 ce mercredi 31 juillet sur RFI que ses troupes ne bougeront pas et que son mouvement se d\u00e9fendra. ENG: Rebels in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo face a deadline Thursday to lay down their arms, but they have dismissed the UN peacekeepers’ ultimatum as irrelevant. “We consider that this measure does not concern us,” said M23 chief Bertrand Bisimwa. His fighters were not in the flashpoint city of Goma or on the road heading south towards Sake where much fighting has taken place recently, he said.<\/p>\n

Goma: le gouvernement soutient l\u2019ultimatum de la Monusco lanc\u00e9 aux groupes arm\u00e9s pour d\u00e9sarmer<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le gouvernement congolais soutient l’ultimatum de 48 heures lanc\u00e9 par la Monusco \u00e0 toute personne d\u00e9tenant une arme \u00e0 feu pour d\u00e9sarmer dans la zone de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 qu’elle a d\u00e9limit\u00e9e autour de l’axe Goma-Sake (Nord-Kivu). ENG: The Congolese government supports the 48-hour ultimatum issued by MONUSCO to anyone holding a gun in the security zone.<\/p>\n

Goma: Force Intervention Brigade Commander Brigadier General James MWAKILOBWA Speaks to Press<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | MONUSCO
\nGOMA \u2013 Le Commandant de la Brigade d\u2019Intervention de la Force s\u2019adresse \u00e0 la Presse<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | MONUSCO
\nSpeaking to Radio Okapi and international media journalists in Goma, eastern DR Congo on 25 July 2013, Brigadier General James Mwakilobwa, Commander of the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) said the FIB was already at work though not yet fully operational.<\/p>\n

Warrants for former M23 leaders in Rwanda<\/strong><\/p>\n

La RDC demande au Rwanda d\u2019arr\u00eater Jean-Marie Runiga et 3 officiers du M23<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nRDC: faut-il attendre une r\u00e9ponse du Rwanda \u00e0 la demande d’extradition des cadres du M23?<\/a>\u00a0| 28 July 2013 | RFI
\nFR: Le gouvernement de la RDC dit avoir transmis jeudi 25 juillet\u00a0 par des voies diplomatiques d\u2019usage \u00e0 la R\u00e9publique du Rwanda trois mandats d\u2019arr\u00eat internationaux visant quatre de ses ressortissants r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s sur le territoire rwandais. Il s\u2019agit de responsables rebelles du Mouvement du 23 mars (M23), dont\u00a0 leur ancien leader Jean-Marie Runiga. ENG: The DRC government has said that it is pursuing diplomatic channels to secure cooperation from Rwanda to execute international arrest warrants against four of its nationals who are refugees in Rwanda. These M23 rebel leaders include former leader Jean-Marie Runiga.<\/p>\n

La RDC \u00e9met 3 mandats d’arr\u00eats contre des membres du M23 au Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | AFP | Jeune Afrique
\nEn RDC, la justice lance des mandats d’arr\u00eat internationaux contre quatre membres du M23<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | RFI
\nLa justice militaire congolaise a d\u00e9livr\u00e9 des mandats d’arr\u00eat internationaux contre quatre membres du M23 qui \u00e9taient fid\u00e8les \u00e0 Bosco Ntaganda et qui se sont r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s au Rwanda lors de la scission du mouvement rebelle en mars dernier. Il s’agit de Jean-Marie Runiga ancien chef politique du M23, et de trois officiers: le colonel Ngaruye Baudoin, le colonel Innocent Zimurinda et le colonel Eric Badege.<\/p>\n

DRC Hopeful of M23 Rebels\u2019 Extradition<\/a>\u00a0| 28 July 2013 | Voice of America
\nThe Democratic Republic of the Congo\u2019s information minister says Kigali has assured the DRC as well as the international community of cooperation after his government issued international warrants for four former leaders of the M23 rebel group believed to be in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

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

RDC – M23 : les r\u00eaves de revanche de l’arm\u00e9e congolaise<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nL’arm\u00e9e congolaise r\u00eave de prendre sa revanche sur les rebelles du Mouvement du 23-Mars. Mais en a-t-elle les moyens ?<\/p>\n

Four Steps for the U.S. and U.N. to Defuse Congo’s Escalating Crisis: Preventing Wider Conflict<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Enough Project
\nThe Enough Project has released this policy paper in advance of the 25 juli 2013 Ministerial meeting of the U.N. Security Council. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will preside over the meeting to push for implementation of a peace accord signed in February 2013 by 11 African nations and four international organizations.<\/p>\n

Rights abuses on both sides in DRC conflict<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | IRIN
\nViolations des droits de l\u2019homme par les deux parties au conflit en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | IRIN
\nAs fighting continues in North Kivu Province between the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s (DRC) army and the rebel group M23, both sides have been accused of committing human rights abuses against each other and civilians, some of which amount to war crimes, according to rights groups.<\/p>\n

Crise au Nord-Kivu : Kinshasa pousse son avantage<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nDans le Nord-Kivu, en RDC, l\u00b4arm\u00e9e loyaliste prend sa revanche sur le M23. En parall\u00e8le, le gouvernement d\u00e9ploie une intense activit\u00e9 diplomatique pour gagner un maximum de pays \u00e0 sa cause. Au d\u00e9triment de Kigali.<\/p>\n

Field Dispatch: The Need for a Single Peace Process in Africa’s Great Lakes Region<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Enough Project
\nReport based on recent field research conducted by Enough Project field staff in Uganda, at the Kampala Peace Talks, and on the front lines of combat between the Congolese military and M23 rebels near the area of Mutaho, just north of Goma. The report addresses the escalating security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and calls for a single, coordinated peace process to ensure peace in the region.<\/p>\n

UN Human Rights Report November 2011 \u2013 May 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights and the activities of her Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (A\/HRC\/24\/33)<\/a>\u00a0| 12 \/ 30 July 2013 | UN Human Rights Council | Reliefweb
\nIn its resolution 19\/27, the Human Rights Council invited the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a report to the Council at its twenty-fourth session on the situation of human rights and the activities of her Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the present report, which covers the period from November 2011 to May 2013, the High Commissioner assesses the progress made by the authorities in the implementation of recommendations made by the High Commissioner and United Nations human rights mechanisms in recent years.<\/p>\n

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

Ituri : les autorit\u00e9s \u00e9valuent la situation s\u00e9curitaire pour combattre les groupes arm\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 28 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation du gouvernement de la Province Orientale et des responsables de la Monusco s\u00e9journe depuis vendredi 26 juillet \u00e0 Bunia, dans le district de l\u2019Ituri, pour une mission d\u2019\u00e9valuation s\u00e9curitaire. Selon le ministre provincial de l`int\u00e9rieur, Hubert Moliso, pr\u00e9sident de cette d\u00e9l\u00e9gation, il s\u2019agit d\u2019identifier tous les groupes arm\u00e9s actifs en Ituri. ENG: A delegation from the Government of the Eastern Province and MONUSCO officials were in Bunia in Ituri conducting a security assessment mission on Friday. According to the provincial Minister of Interior, Hubert Moliso, chairman of the delegation, the mission seeks to identify armed groups in Ituri.<\/p>\n

Ituri : l\u2019ICCN se r\u00e9jouit de l\u2019am\u00e9lioration des conditions s\u00e9curitaires sur le Mont Hoyo<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le\u00a0 directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral\u00a0 de l\u2019Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature (ICCN), Cosma Wilungula, se dit satisfait de l\u2019am\u00e9lioration des conditions s\u00e9curitaires dans la r\u00e9serve prot\u00e9g\u00e9e de Mont Hoyo en Ituri (Province Orientale). Il estime que cette am\u00e9lioration des conditions de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 est le r\u00e9sultat des op\u00e9rations men\u00e9es par les FARDC dans cette r\u00e9serve en proie \u00e0 l\u2019activisme des groupes arm\u00e9s depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es. ENG: The Director General of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), Cosma Wilungula, has expressed satisfaction with the improvement of security conditions in the protected reserve of Mount Hoyo in Ituri (Eastern Province). He believes that the improvement in security conditions is the result of operations conducted by the FARDC in the reserve plagued by the activism of armed groups for several years.<\/p>\n

North Kivu – M23<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC: l\u2019arm\u00e9e pilonne les positions du M23 \u00e0 Rumangabo<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le camp de Rumangabo, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 50 kms au nord de Goma dans le territoire de Rutshuru, a connu \u00abun intense bombardement \u00bb en fin de la matin\u00e9e de ce mercredi 24 juillet de la part des FARDC, ont indiqu\u00e9 des sources locales. Quelques personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es, selon les m\u00eames sources. La r\u00e9bellion du M23 quant \u00e0 elle parle d\u2019au moins 15 civils tu\u00e9s. ENG: Rumangabo camp, located 50 kms north of Goma recieved “heavy bombardment” by FARDC at the end of Wednesday morning, July 24, said local sources. Some people were injured, the sources said. The M23 has refered to at least 15 civilians killed.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: des actes de pillage imput\u00e9s au M23 \u00e0 Kiwanja<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: La situation est rest\u00e9e tendue jeudi 25 juillet matin dans la cit\u00e9 de Kiwanja, environ 75 km au Nord de Goma, en territoire de Rutshuru. La veille, les rebelles du M23 ont investi cette cit\u00e9 vers 20 heures locales juste avant que des sc\u00e8nes de pillage n\u2019\u00e9clatent. Des sources locales attribuent ce pillage au M23. Jeudi matin, les responsables de la r\u00e9bellion ont arr\u00eat\u00e9 une soixante de jeunes de la cit\u00e9 de Kiwanja. ENG: The situation remained tense on Thursday, July 25, in Kiwanja, about 75 kilometers north of Goma, Rutshuru territory. The day before, the M23 had installed itself in this city about 8pm local time just before looting broke out. Local sources attribute the looting to the M23. On Thursday morning, M23 leaders arrested sixty young people from Kiwanja, accusing them of having drunk banned alcoholic drinks and burned down eateries.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : le M23 aurait emport\u00e9 un \u00e9metteur de la radio Sauti ya Rutshuru<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Les rebelles du M23 auraient emport\u00e9 mardi 23 juillet un des trois \u00e9metteurs de la radio Sauti ya Rutshuru, \u00e9mettant \u00e0 Rutshuru-centre, \u00e0 75 km au nord de Goma, dans le Nord-Kivu. Selon des sources locales, la r\u00e9bellion compte cr\u00e9er une station de radio dans son \u00e9tat major actuel \u00e0 Kibumba, \u00e0 30 km de Goma. ENG: The M23 took one of three radio transmitters from Sauti ya Rutshuru, transmitting from Rutshuru, 75 km north of Goma. According to local sources, the rebels intend to create a radio station in Kibumba, 30 km from Goma.<\/p>\n

Poursuite des combats pr\u00e8s de Goma : FARDC et M23 se rejettent la responsabilit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nDepuis le 14 juillet, les combats ont repris entre l’arm\u00e9e congolaise et le Mouvement du 23-Mars (M23) dans les villages proches de Goma, la capitale du Nord-Kivu (est de la RDC). Mercredi 24 juillet les deux camps se sont accus\u00e9s mutuellement d’\u00eatre responsables de la poursuite des affrontements.<\/p>\n

RDC: la r\u00e9bellion M23 arr\u00eate une cinquantaine de jeunes hommes accus\u00e9s de haine ethnique<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nLa r\u00e9bellion Mouvement du 23 mars (M23), active dans l’Est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, a affirm\u00e9 jeudi avoir arr\u00eat\u00e9 une cinquantaine de jeunes accus\u00e9s d’avoir particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une manifestation contre la communaut\u00e9 rwandophone dans la localit\u00e9 de Kiwandja.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: 3 civils tu\u00e9 apr\u00e8s le bombardement de Rumangabo<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Au moins trois civils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s et trois autres bless\u00e9s mercredi 24 juillet apr\u00e8s les bombardements des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) sur le camp de Rumangabo qu\u2019occupent les rebelles du M23, \u00e0 50km de Goma (Nord-Kivu). Les bellig\u00e9rants s\u2019accusent mutuellement d\u2019avoir tu\u00e9 ces civils. ENG: At least three civilians were killed and three others wounded on Wednesday, July 24, after FARDC bombing of the Rumangabo camp occupied by the M23, 50km from Goma. The belligerents accuse each other of killing the civilians.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: \u00abAucun groupe arm\u00e9 n\u2019occupera la ville de Goma\u00bb, assure le comandant de la brigade d\u2019intervention\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le commandant de la brigade d\u2019intervention de la Monusco, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral James-Aloys Mwakibolwa, a assur\u00e9 jeudi 25 juillet qu\u2019aucun groupe arm\u00e9 n\u2019occupera la ville de Goma (Nord-Kivu). Il r\u00e9pondait ainsi aux habitants de Goma qui redoutent une attaque des rebelles du M23 sur la capitale provinciale du Nord-Kivu. ENG: MONUSCO Commander, General James Aloys Mwakibolwa, has assured that no armed group will occupy the city of Goma in response to fears of Goma residents of an attack by the M23 on the provincial capital.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: le M23 accus\u00e9 de planifier un massacre \u00e0 Kiwanja<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu accuse les rebelles du M23 de planifier un massacre dans la cit\u00e9 de Kiwanja, \u00e0 75 km au Nord de Goma (Nord-Kivu).ENG: Civil society in North Kivu has accused the M23 of planning a massacre in the city of Kiwanja, 75 km north of Goma (North Kivu).<\/p>\n

DR Congo: peacekeeping mission denounces M23’s alleged abuses against civilians<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nLa Mission de l’ONU en RDC d\u00e9nonce les abus s\u00e9rieux perp\u00e9tr\u00e9s par le M23<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nRDC: la Monusco d\u00e9nonce les abus imput\u00e9s au M23 au Nord-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nThe United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo today said it is highly alarmed over allegations of killings, forced recruitment and illegal detention of civilians by the March 23 Movement (M23) and urged humanitarian access to areas controlled by the rebel group.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: la Monusco promet le renforcement de ses patrouilles \u00e0 Kiwanja<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le chef de Bureau de la Monusco au Nord-Kivu,\u00a0 Ray Virgillio Torres, a promis \u00e0 la population de Kiwandja que les casques bleus renforceront leurs patrouilles dans le secteur. Il l\u2019a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 24 heures apr\u00e8s l\u2019arrestation d\u2019une soixantaine de jeunes par les responsables de la r\u00e9bellion du M23 qui contr\u00f4lent cette cit\u00e9 de la province du Nord-Kivu. ENG: MONUSCO\u2019s North Kivu Head of Office, Virgillio Ray Torres, has promised the people of Kiwandja that peacekeepers will strengthen their patrols in the area. He said this during 24 hours after the arrest of sixty youths by the M23.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: les activit\u00e9s reprennent timidement \u00e0 Kiwanja<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: La circulation et les activit\u00e9s socio\u00e9conomiques reprennent timidement \u00e0 Kiwanja dans le territoire de Rutshuru, apr\u00e8s trois jours de vive tension entre les rebelles du M23 et la population locale. ENG: Traffic and socio-economic activities resumed timidly in Kiwanja in Rutshuru territory, after three days of heightened tension between M23 and the local population.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: 60% des activit\u00e9s commerciales ont repris \u00e0 Kiwanja, selon des notables<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 |
\nLes activit\u00e9s socio-\u00e9conomiques ont repris lundi 29 juillet \u00e0 Kiwanja et \u00e0 Rutshuru-Centre, deux localit\u00e9s qui demeurent occup\u00e9es par le M23 au Nord-Kivu. Elles \u00e9taient paralys\u00e9es depuis la semaine derni\u00e8re apr\u00e8s les pillages et les arrestations de jeunes \u00e0 Kiwanja par les rebelles du M23. ENG: Socio-economic activities resumed on Monday, July 29 at Kiwanja and Rutshuru Centre, two places that are still occupied by the M23 in North Kivu. They were paralyzed last week after looting and arrests of youths in Kiwanja by M23.<\/p>\n

Des T\u00e9moins de J\u00e9hovah pers\u00e9cut\u00e9s par le M23<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Digitalcongo.net
\nLe M23 vient d\u2019engager une vaste op\u00e9ration de pers\u00e9cution des T\u00e9moins de J\u00e9hovah dans le territoire de Rutshuru. Les hommes fid\u00e8les \u00e0 Makenga et \u00e0 Bisimwa ont mis en ex\u00e9cution une mesure consistant \u00e0 collecter des dons en nature aupr\u00e8s de la population.<\/p>\n

North Kivu – other<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef attaquent la police<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Des miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont attaqu\u00e9 jeudi 25 juillet un sous commissariat de la police nationale \u00e0 Kipese, \u00e0 environs 80 km au sud-est\u00a0 de Butembo, dans le Nord-Kivu. Ils ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 lib\u00e9rer huit d\u00e9tenus dont un des leurs, captur\u00e9 la veille par des militaires \u00e0 Bukununu, un village voisin. Un policier a \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9 pendant l\u2019attaque. ENG: Mai-Mai militia attacked a police station in Kipese, about 80 km southeast of Butembo in North Kivu. They managed to release eight prisoners including one of their own, captured the day before in Bukununu. A policeman was injured during the attack.<\/p>\n

RDC: 65 000 personnes retourn\u00e9es \u00e0 Kamango apr\u00e8s les combats entre FARDC et ADF Nalu\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s en Ouganda voisin lors des combats entre FARDC et rebelles ADF Nalu, les habitants de Kamango, au moins 65 000, ont regagn\u00e9, depuis une semaine, leur localit\u00e9. ENG: Refugees in neighboring Uganda due to fighting between FARDC and ADF Nalu, who are residents of Kamango numbering at least 65,000, have over the last week been returning to their locality.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : les miliciens fid\u00e8les \u00e0 Morgan occupent le village Kambau<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Les miliciens fid\u00e8les \u00e0 Paul Sadala alias Morgan occupent depuis lundi 29 juillet matin la localit\u00e9 de Kambau (situ\u00e9e \u00e0 environ 100 km \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de Butembo) dans la province du Nord-Kivu. Ils y ont d\u00e9log\u00e9 les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) apr\u00e8s des violents combats. ENG: Militiamen loyal to Paul Sadala alias Morgan occupied the locality of Kambau (located about 100 km west of Butembo) since Monday. They were dislodged by FARDC after heavy fighting.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: les FARDC reprennent le contr\u00f4le de Kambau<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Les militaires congolais ont repris le contr\u00f4le de Kambau dans la province du Nord-Kivu le lundi 29 juillet en d\u00e9but d\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi. Les miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Simba de Paul Sadala alias Morgan occupait cette localit\u00e9 depuis la matin\u00e9e. A en croire le porte-parole des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) au Nord-Kivu, le colonel Olivier Hamuli, les combats ont co\u00fbt\u00e9 la vie \u00e0 deux miliciens. Mais l\u2019officier ne donne aucun bilan du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des militaires congolais. ENG: The Congolese military took control of Kambau in North Kivu on Monday, July 29 in the beginning of the afternoon. The Mai-Mai Simba Sadala alias Paul Morgan had occupied the town since morning. Fighting is said to have killed two militiamen, though no toll on the FARDC side was provided.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : les Ra\u00efa Mutomboki contr\u00f4lent des sites miniers \u00e0 Walikale, d\u00e9nonce une ONG<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Plusieurs sites miniers sont ill\u00e9galement occup\u00e9s par les Ra\u00efa Mutomboki dans le territoire de Walikale (Nord-Kivu). Dans un rapport publi\u00e9 r\u00e9cemment \u00e0 Goma, l\u2019ONG Carrefour pour la justice, le d\u00e9veloppement et les droits humains (CJDH), d\u00e9nonce cette situation. ENG: Several mining sites are being illegally occupied by Raia Mutomboki in Walikale territory (North Kivu). In a report recently published in Goma, the NGO Crossroads for Justice, Development and Human Rights (DHC), denounced this situation.<\/p>\n

UNHCR statistics show alarming rise in rape and violence against women in North Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | UNHCR
\nNew UN statistics show alarming rise in rapes in strife-torn eastern DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nRDC : le HCR constate une hausse de la violence sexuelle au Nord-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nDRC Sexual Violence Sharply Rises<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Voice of America
\nRDC: le HCR d\u00e9plore une \u00ab augmentation alarmante \u00bb des agressions sexuelles dans l\u2019Est<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Les agressions sexuelles ont augment\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on \u00ab alarmante \u00bb dans la province du Nord-Kivu, dans l\u2019Est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, avec 705 cas recens\u00e9s depuis janvier, a annonc\u00e9 le mardi 30 juillet le Haut-commissariat aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s de l\u2019ONU (HCR). ENG: Sexual assaults have increased at an “alarming” rate in the province of North Kivu, with 705 cases reported since January, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Beni: plus de 120 familles de Kikawa fuient les menaces des ADF-Nalu, selon la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile<\/a>\u00a0 | 31 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Les rebelles Ougandais ADF-Nalu commettent des exactions dans le village de Kikawa dans le secteur de Watalinga (environ 90 km de Beni). Ils ont r\u00e9cemment promis une attaque de grande envergure contre toutes les positions des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) dans ce secteur de la province du Nord-Kivu. ENG: The Ugandan ADF-NALU rebels are committing atrocities in the village of Kikawa in the Watalinga area (about 90 km from Beni). They recently promised a large-scale attack against all FARDC positions in this area, causing over one hundred and twenty households to flee.<\/p>\n

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

Sud-Kivu – De violents combats opposent les rebelles burundais aux FARDC \u00e0 Nyange<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLes Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) sont engag\u00e9es depuis lundi 29 juillet 2013 dans de violents combats avec des rebelles burundais des Forces nationales de lib\u00e9ration (FNL), actifs dans la plaine de Ruzizi, \u00e0 Nyange, dans la province du Sud-Kivu (Est).<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu: 50 miliciens Raia Mutomboki acceptent d\u2019\u00eatre d\u00e9mobilis\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Une cinquantaine de miliciens Raia Mutomboki se sont regroup\u00e9s depuis deux semaines au village de Buanahali dans la chefferie de Wakabango 1er, \u00e0 200 km de Shabunda au Sud-Kivu. Selon le fondateur de cette milice, Jean Musongo, ils attendent d\u2019\u00eatre r\u00e9int\u00e9gr\u00e9s \u00e0 la vie civile. ENG: Fifty Raia Mutomboki militiamen have come together over two weeks in the village of Buanahali in Wakabango chiefdom, 200 km from Shabunda in South Kivu. According to the founder of the militia, Jean Musongo, they are waiting to be reintegrated into civilian life.<\/p>\n

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

Katanga: Gabriel Kyungu appelle les groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e0 privil\u00e9gier la voie du dialogue<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e provinciale du Katanga, Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, appelle les Bakata Katanga et autres Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 privil\u00e9gier la voie du dialogue pour une paix durable dans cette province. ENG: The President of the Provincial Assembly of Katanga, Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, called upon Bakata Katanga and other Mai Mai pursue the path of dialogue for lasting peace in the province.<\/p>\n

Katanga : Pweto retrouve progressivement la paix, selon son administrateur<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: \u00ab Nous sommes entrain de retrouver progressivement la paix et nous irons jusqu\u2019au bout \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019administrateur du territoire de Pweto, C\u00e9lestin Ngombe \u00e0 la mission mixte compose des membres du personnel de la Monusco et du gouvernement congolais. ENG: ” We are in the process of gradually regaining peace and we will continue”, said the administrator of Pweto, Celestin Ngombe, member of a joint mission composed of staff members from MONUSCO and the Congolese government.<\/p>\n

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

Museveni and the UDPF<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Museveni Uses the Army<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | The Independent (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nPromotions in the Army Raise Valid Concerns<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nEditorial
\nRecent promotions in the army have re-ignited the continuous debate of how President Yoweri Museveni uses the forces to stay in power. Hundreds of low rank officers, from 2nd Lieutenant to Major, were in May promoted in a swoop, one of the biggest in the army’s history. The promotions happened amidst reports of mass desertions over allegations of low and intermittent payment.<\/p>\n

Salim Saleh more powerful than ever<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Indian Ocean Newsletter | Africa Intelligence
\nSince the defection of General David Sejusa, the President\u2019s brother and advisor, General Salim Saleh, has been constantly increasing his power.<\/p>\n

Uganda Undergoing Slow, Silent Military Coup<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | The Observer (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nOpinion
\nAt the end of last year, with the nation still gripped by the tragic death of Butaleja Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda, the minister of Defence, Dr Crispus Kiyonga, warned Parliament that if some of its members did not ‘behave’, the UPDF would intervene.<\/p>\n

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

Grenade attack in Kigali<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grenade blast in Rwanda capital kills two: police<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | Reuters
\nTwo Dead, Over 30 Injured in Nyabugogo Grenade Blast<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | The New Times | allAfrica
\nRwanda : deux morts dans une attaque \u00e0 la grenade \u00e0 Kigali<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | AFP | Jeune Afrique
\nA grenade blast in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Friday killed two people and wounded 32 others, police said, an attack that resembled one earlier this year and others since 2010.<\/p>\n

Three Held Over Friday’s Grenade Attack<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | The New Times | allAfrica
\nThree people have been arrested in connection with last Friday’s grenade attack in Nyabugogo, Police said at the weekend. Theos Badege, the Rwanda National Police spokesperson, said the trio will assist Police with investigations.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Is Burundi’s peacebuilding process under threat?<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | Institute for Security Studies
\nAt the beginning of June the Burundian Parliament promulgated a media law that threatens the freedom of the country\u2019s press. The law is symptomatic of a larger concern; a shrinking of political space in the country and continued human rights violations that jeopardise the fragile peacebuilding process.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CAR: UN Mission concerned about reported human rights violations by rebel groups<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nL’ONU pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par les violations des droits humains en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | UN News Centre
\nThe United Nations political mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) is concerned about purported human rights violations in the country.<\/p>\n

500 soldats burundais en RCA<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | BBC Afrique
\nLe Burundi se pr\u00e9pare \u00e0 envoyer des troupes en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 28 July 2013 | RFI
\nLe Burundi est pr\u00eat \u00e0 d\u00e9ployer 500 soldats dans le cadre d’une force de maintien de la paix en Centrafrique, o\u00f9 l’ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 perdure depuis la prise du pouvoir par la r\u00e9bellion de la S\u00e9l\u00e9ka en mars dernier.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: Michel Djotodia annonce la cr\u00e9ation de l’Arm\u00e9e r\u00e9publicaine de Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 28 July 2013 | RFI
\nFusion FACA-S\u00e9l\u00e9ka : une nouvelle arm\u00e9e en Centrafrique<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Radio Ndeke Luka | Fondation Hirondelle
\nLe pr\u00e9sident de la transition Michel Djotodia d\u00e9cide de mettre en place une arm\u00e9e digne de ce nom. Le chef d\u2019Etat de transition compte, dans un proche future, fusionner les ex-combattants de S\u00e9l\u00e9ka et les forces r\u00e9guli\u00e8res au sein d\u2019une nouvelle arm\u00e9e d\u00e9nomm\u00e9e l\u2019Arm\u00e9e R\u00e9publicaine de Centrafrique (ARC).<\/p>\n

‘New Somalia’ risk as warlords rule in Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Reuters
\nThe villagers ran away in panic when rebels brandishing machetes and AK47 assault rifles appeared from the bush, leaving the Red Cross medical workers standing alone in a dusty clearing in Central African Republic.<\/p>\n

Refugee and IDP Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Non-comprehensive overview and selected articles on the status of refugees in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Humanitarian Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Situation humanitaire en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo – Note d\u2019information \u00e0 la presse, 24 juillet 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Sud-Kivu No 31\/13, 30 juillet 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Situation humanitaire en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo – Note d\u2019information \u00e0 la presse, 31 juillet 2013<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Press coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uganda Hosts >1,800 Congolese Fleeing Govt, Rebels Fighting<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Bloomberg
\nArrivals resulting from government\/M23 rebel clashes in North Kivu, are adding to 67,000 refugees who entered Uganda earlier this month fleeing attacks by another rebel group, said the Uganda Foreign Affairs Ministry by e-mail from Kampala. \u201cA new emergency situation\u201d is building up in the southwestern district of Kisoro, according to the Ministry.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9claration du Coordonnateur de L\u2019action Humanitaire en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, M. Moustapha Soumar\u00e9, sur la protection des civils au Nord-kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | UNOCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu : les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s veulent que leurs avis soient pris en compte, selon une ONG<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n

Fresh displacement in Eastern DR Congo as Fighting Rages<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | International Organization for Migration | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

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

Congolese refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Govt Alarmed by Influx of Congolese Refugees<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Sudan Tribune | allAfrica
\nUganda Hosts >1,800 Congolese Fleeing Govt, Rebels Fighting<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Bloomberg
\nArrivals resulting from government\/M23 rebel clashes in North Kivu, are adding to 67,000 refugees who entered Uganda earlier this month fleeing attacks by another rebel group, said the Uganda Foreign Affairs Ministry by e-mail from Kampala. \u201cA new emergency situation\u201d is building up in the southwestern district of Kisoro, according to the Ministry.<\/p>\n

Assistance aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s congolais<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | MSF | Reliefweb
\nMSF providing emergency assistance to Congolese refugees in Uganda<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | MSF | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Rwandan refugees<\/strong><\/p>\n

1800 Rwandans Seek Asylum in Uganda<\/a>\u00a0| 28 July 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica<\/p>\n

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

Les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s rwandais \u00e0 Brazzaville insensibles aux appels de retour<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | IPS<\/p>\n

1800 Rwandans Seek Asylum in Uganda<\/a>\u00a0| 28 July 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica<\/p>\n

Rwanda Welcomes More Returnees From DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | The New Times | allAfrica<\/p>\n

Justice and Tribunals\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview and selected articles on major trials and tribunals for crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

ICC situation request<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC : Julien Paluku demande \u00e0 la CPI de poursuivre les membres des groupes arm\u00e9s actifs au Nord-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nThe governor of North Kivu, Julien Paluku has called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take up the situation in his province. From the city of Butembo where he is on an official mission, he explained that the region is currently experiencing a “serious situation of human rights violations created by armed groups.” He cites abuses, arrests and looting of civilians by M23 rebels in Kiwanja.<\/p>\n

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

ICTR<\/strong><\/p>\n

ICTR Transfers Last Detainee to Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | The New Times | allAfrica
\nG\u00e9nocide : Bernard Munyagishari, second prisonnier du TPIR transf\u00e9r\u00e9 au Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Jeune Afrique
\nThe International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) yesterday transferred to Rwanda genocide suspect Bernard Munyagishari from its custody in Arusha, Tanzania.<\/p>\n

Ingabire appeal case<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rwanda: l’opposante Victoire Ingabire plaide sa cause alors que s’ach\u00e8ve son proc\u00e8s en appel<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | RFI
\nA l\u2019avant-dernier jour de son proc\u00e8s, l\u2019opposante rwandaise Victoire Ingabire a affirm\u00e9 ce mardi 30 juillet que les charges qui p\u00e8sent contre elle \u00e9taient sans fondement. Victoire Ingabire, pr\u00e9sidente des Forces d\u00e9mocratiques unifi\u00e9es (FDU), avait \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9e, le 30 octobre, \u00e0 huit ans de prison ferme pour \u00ab conspiration \u00bb et \u00ab minimisation \u00bb du g\u00e9nocide de 1994.<\/p>\n

Natural Resources in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Recent news on issues relating to natural resource extraction and governance in the Great Lakes Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Tin \u2013 tantalum \u2013 tungsten \u2013 gold supply chains for the DRC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Metals mined in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | Global Witness
\nThe electronics industry is one of the main destinations for eastern Congo\u2019s metals, which end up in mobile phones, laptops, and other consumer products.\u00a0 Tin is used as a solder in circuit boards; tantalum goes into capacitors, small components used to store electricity; tungsten is used in the vibrating function of mobile phones; gold is also used by the electronics industry \u2013 as a coating for wires.<\/p>\n

Illegal ivory trade<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soldiers Trade in Illegal Ivory<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Inter Press Service (IPS)
\nAlthough an almost blanket ban on trading in ivory has been in place since 1989, the black market trade in ivory from forest-dwelling Congo Basin elephants is alive and well in the DRC\u2019s large urban centres. Major John Bonyoma, a judge in the Goma Military Court, told IPS that poachers were generally\u00a0 \u201crogue FARDC (the French acronym for the Congolese army) soldiers and militia commanders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parc de la Garamba: les \u00e9cogardes encourag\u00e9s \u00e0 endiguer le braconnage<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le ministre de l\u2019Environnement, conservation de la nature et Tourisme, Bavon Samputu Elima a d\u00e9plor\u00e9 samedi 27 juillet l\u2019abattage des \u00e9l\u00e9phants du parc national de la Garamba par les braconniers. Il a encourag\u00e9 les \u00e9cogardes \u00e0 mettre fin \u00e0 cette pratique pour attirer les touristes vers cette aire prot\u00e9g\u00e9e situ\u00e9e dans le dans le Haut U\u00e9l\u00e9 (Province Orientale) \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de la fronti\u00e8re avec le Soudan du Sud. ENG: The Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism, Bavo Samputu Elima has lamented the slaughter of elephants in Garamba National Park by poachers. He encouraged ecoguards to end this practice to attract tourists to this protected area located in the Haut Uele (Province Orientale) near the border with South Sudan.<\/p>\n

Deforestation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kasa\u00ef-Oriental: 700 hectares de for\u00eat d\u00e9bois\u00e9s en deux ans \u00e0 Luilu<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Plus de 700 hectares de for\u00eat ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9bois\u00e9s\u00a0 entre 2010 et 2012 en territoire de Luilu au Kasa\u00ef-Oriental. Le chef de service de l\u2019environnement et conservation de la nature du territoire de Luilu, Jean Kabwe l\u2019a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 mercredi 24 juillet au cours d\u2019un point de presse. Il estime que la d\u00e9forestation a entrain\u00e9 une perturbation climatique dans ce territoire, entrainant la baisse de la production agricole. ENG: Over 700 hectares of forest were cleared between 2010 and 2012 in the territory of Luilu, Kasai Oriental. The manager of environment and nature conservation planning for Luilu, Jean Kabwe, has said that he believes that this deforestation has led to a climate perturbation in the territory, resulting in a decline in agricultural production.<\/p>\n

Belgian conflict funding ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diamonds: The Banque Centrale du Congo and Belgolaise cleared by magistrate’s court<\/a>\u00a0| 23 July 2013 | Africa Mining Intelligence
\nThe Tribunal Correctionnel de Bruxelles recently acquitted the Banque Centrale du Congo (BCC) and the Belgian establishment Belgolaise which were indicted by examining magistrate Michel Claise in May, 2008, on charges of forgery and money-laundering in a series of money transfers for the purchase of weapons in Congo-K\u2019s war between 1998-2003, the transaction being financed by Miniere de Bakwanga (MIBA).<\/p>\n

Oil exploration in Virunga National Park<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Oil threat’ to DR Congo’s Virunga National Park<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | BBC Africa
\nThe conservation group WWF is calling on a UK-based company to abandon its plans to explore for oil in Africa’s oldest national park. The charity says Soco International’s proposals could put the Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at risk.<\/p>\n

Oil Exploration Threatens Africa’s Billion Dollar World Heritage Site<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | WWF-Canada | Marketwired
\nCongolese Park Worth $1.1 Billion Per Year Without Oil, WWF Says<\/a>\u00a0| 1 August 2013 | Bloomberg
\nAfrica’s oldest national park could be worth US$1.1 billion per year if developed sustainably, rather than being given over to potentially-damaging oil extraction, a report released by WWF today has found. Virunga National Park has the potential to generate 45,000 permanent jobs through investments in hydropower, the fishery industry and ecotourism, according to analysis conducted by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, an independent consulting firm. The reserve is home to an active volcano and animals including hippopotamuses, chimpanzees and endangered lowland gorillas.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Refinery residents unhappy with compensation process<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | Oil in Uganda
\nThe first phase of the ongoing implementation of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) in Hoima District is facing resistance from some angry\u00a0 residents, with some of them threatening to take the government to court over unfair compensation of their property. They are also claiming that government agents are harassing them and coercing them into signing consent forms.<\/p>\n

Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Museveni Stops Gold Mining in Buhweju<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nPresident Yoweri Museveni has directed that firms involved in gold mining in Buhweju district should stop immediately. The President said the firms only have prospecting licenses, which do not permit them to engage in mining.<\/p>\n

Extractive Companies, Energy, Trade and Foreign Investment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent news on national and international extractive and energy companies and investment in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong>
\nEast African Nations Seek Sino-Russian Funding for Joint Railway<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Bloomberg
\nKenya, Uganda and Rwanda will seek funding from Russia and China for a planned $13 billion standard-gauge railway linking their capitals to boost trade. The three countries will jointly mobilize the funds, although each nation will shoulder costs of its portion of the line, whose construction will cost $5 million per kilometer, John Byabagambi, Uganda\u2019s minister of state for works, told reporters today in Kampala.<\/p>\n

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

Labour rights and Gecamines<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gecamines and the World Bank before the courts<\/a>\u00a0| 23 July 2013 | Africa Mining Intelligence
\nThe forthcoming inauguration of labour courts that employment and labour minister Modeste Bahati Lukwebo has announced could lead to an avalanche of suits by 10,655 former employees of Gecamines.<\/p>\n

Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Randgold\u2019s giant DRC project prepares to pour first gold<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | Mining Weekly
\nRandgold Resources is preparing for the first gold pour at its Kibali project, in the DRC. Randgold said the project had advanced to the immediate preproduction development stage and more than a million tonnes of ore from the openpit mine had already been stockpiled to feed the metallurgical plant\u2019s oxide circuit, which was scheduled to start commissioning in the third quarter this year.<\/p>\n

Loncor Resources Updates Exploration Activities at its Ngayu Project in D.R. Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Loncor Resources Inc. | Marketwired
\nLoncor Resources Inc. provides an update on its exploration activities at its Ngayu Gold Project in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n

Mining \u2013 other<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glencore Xstrata completes DRC copper projects merger<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Mining
\nWeekly
\nDiversified miner Glencore Xstrata and joint venture partner Fleurette Group have completed the merger of the Mutanda Mining and Kansuki operations, in the DRC. The merger has been implemented by way of the absorption of Kansuki into Mutanda with the consideration for such absorption being the issue of new Mutanda shares.<\/p>\n

Bamanisa in fresh call on Belgians<\/a>\u00a0| 30 July 2013 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe governor of Orientale province, Jean Bamanisa, is asking for Belgium\u2019s assistance in new power and mining projects.<\/p>\n

Gertler, former enemy of Mwanke, became his “twin brother”<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Africa Mining Intelligence
\nIn a book entitled “Ma Verite” (published by EPI NICE) that he began to re-write shortly before his sudden death in early 2002 and which appeared posthumously in Kinshasa last week, Augustin Katumba Mwanke, made a number of revelations concerning his role in Congo-K’s mining sector.<\/p>\n

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

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

Businesses Tipped On Oil Sector Contracts<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | East African Business Week (Kampala) | allAfrica
\nThere are considerable business opportunities in the budding oil sector, members of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) have been told.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2-Kenya-Uganda could pipe 0.5 mln barrels of oil per day – Tullow<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Reuters
\nTullow Oil said a new drilling success at the Etuko-1 well in Kenya confirms the commercial value of fields there and predicted a pipeline picking up Ugandan crude too could deliver 500,000 barrels a day of new output. Tullow has said in the past it hopes to see a 250,000-barrels-a-day pipeline from Uganda’s Lake Albert region, where the company is also drilling, with a view to first deliveries by 2018.<\/p>\n

Regulation, Compliance and Corporate Social Responsibility<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview and selected articles on legal and reputational\u00a0issues relating to businesses operating in the Great Lakes Region\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

US federal judge upholds SEC Conflict minerals Rule<\/strong><\/p>\n

Global Witness applauds D.C. Court\u2019s decision to uphold conflict minerals provision<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | Global Witness
\nGlobal Witness applauded the decision yesterday by the Washington, D.C. District Court to uphold the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s (SEC) final rule for Dodd Frank Section 1502, a provision that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

U.S. Courts Uphold Conflict Minerals Disclosure<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | Inter Press Service (IPS)
\nU.S. federal judge upholds SEC Conflict Minerals Rule<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Mineweb
\nDes tribunaux confirment la divulgation des “min\u00e9raux de conflits”<\/a>\u00a0| 27 July 2013 | IPS
\nA federal court judge found that SEC\u2019s controversial Conflict Minerals Rule does not place an undue hardship on the nearly 6,000 companies and hundreds of thousands of their suppliers.<\/p>\n

US ruling on resources may impact Indian businesses<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Live Mint
\nThe US court ruling on disclosing use of conflict minerals will have implications beyond the US.<\/p>\n

Copper and cobalt exports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cobalt Prices Sink as DRC Delays Export Ban<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Cobalt Investing News
\nMaking waves in the cobalt sector earlier this month was the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which revealed two weeks ago that it will be delaying a ban on the export of copper and cobalt concentrate until next year; the ban was originally intended to come into effect this month.<\/p>\n

Congo Raises Tax on Copper, Cobalt Concentrates by Two-Thirds<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Bloomberg
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Katanga province raised its tax on copper and cobalt concentrates to $100 per metric ton from $60 as the country prepares to ban their export at the end of this year. \u201cWe needed a way to discourage companies from continuing to export concentrates, so we raised the tax,\u201d Valery Mukasa, chief of staff for Mines Minster Martin Kabwelulu, said yesterday in an interview in Kinshasa, the capital.<\/p>\n

ICGLR\/DRC Regional Certificate of Origin of Minerals for 3Ts and gold officially launched<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le ministre des Mines invite les experts \u00e0 formuler des recommandations objectives<\/a>\u00a0| 24 July 2013 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLa Rdc lance le certificat r\u00e9gional de l\u2019origine des minerais<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Digitalcongo.net
\nLes travaux de la 8\u00e8me r\u00e9union du Comit\u00e9 r\u00e9gional de lutte contre l’exploitation ill\u00e9gale des ressources naturelles dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs se sont d\u00e9roul\u00e9s, hier mardi 23 juillet, au Grand H\u00f4tel Kinshasa. Cette r\u00e9union s’inscrit dans le cadre du lancement officiel du Certificat r\u00e9gional d’origine des minerais en RDC.<\/p>\n

Congo Starts Certification Program to End Conflict-Mineral Trade<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | BloombergBusinessweek
\nDemocratic Republic of Congo has started a new mineral certification program in an effort to stop armed groups in the east of the country benefiting from the trade in tin ore, tungsten, coltan and gold.<\/p>\n

Congo Starts Certification Program to End Conflict-Mineral Trade<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July 2013 | Bloomberg
\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo has started a new mineral certification program in an effort to stop armed groups in the east of the country benefiting from the trade in tin ore, tungsten, coltan and gold. The certificates, part of an initiative by the 12-country International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, will accompany minerals to export from approved mining sites not associated with illegal armed groups.<\/p>\n

L’UE se f\u00e9licite du travail des Etats membres de la CIRGL<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | Le Potentiel
\nL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne se f\u00e9licite du travail des Etats membres de la CIRGL et du secr\u00e9tariat dans la mise en \u0153uvre du \u00ab Protocole contre l\u2019exploitation ill\u00e9gale des ressources naturelles \u00bb, dans le cadre du \u00ab Pacte sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9, la stabilit\u00e9 et le d\u00e9veloppement \u00bb.<\/p>\n

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

EITI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nigeria’s Story Should Encourage Uganda to Join EITI<\/a>\u00a0| 26 July 2013 | New Vision | allAfrica
\nA week ago, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan ordered Nigerian revenue collection agencies to recover $9.6b in underpaid or unpaid taxes and royalties from oil companies operating in Nigeria, following an audit of the country’s oil and gas sector stretching over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n

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

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

Oil Exploration Laws in the Pipeline<\/a>\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | The New Times | allAfrica
\nRwanda could have a law governing its upstream petroleum business by mid-next year if everything goes according to plan, officials at the Rwanda Natural Resources Authority have revealed.<\/p>\n

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


\nDRC\u00a0National dialogue<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>
\nThe Congolese national dialogue: will a critical opportunity be missed?<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | Institute for Security Studies
\nSince the controversial 2011 elections, opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been calling for a national dialogue. However, shortly after the 2011 elections, international attention turned to the M23 rebellion in the eastern DRC, making it necessary and perhaps more convenient for President Joseph Kabila to invest his time in dealing with the rebellion rather than addressing the political situation in Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

National consultations: an opposition party seeking the involvement of the Security Council<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0| 31 July 2013 | Radio Okapi
\nFR: Le pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Union des r\u00e9publicains (UR), Norbert Luyeye, a appel\u00e9, samedi 27 juillet, le conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Nations unies \u00e0 aider les Congolais \u00e0 organiser un dialogue politique conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 l\u2019accord-cadre d\u2019Addis-Abeba sign\u00e9 par onze Etats africains pour pacifier la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs. ENG: The President of the Union of Republicans (UR), Norbert Luyeye, has called on the UN Security Council to help the Congolese to organize a political dialogue under the framework agreement in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

DRC Constiutional reform<\/p>\n

En RDC, le d\u00e9bat sur une \u00e9ventuelle r\u00e9vision de la Constitution va bon train<\/a>\u00a0| 29 July 2013 | RFI
\nDepuis la publication par Evariste Boshaba, le secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du PPRD, le Parti du peuple pour la reconstruction et la d\u00e9mocratie du pr\u00e9sident Joseph Kabila, d’un ouvrage d\u00e9fendant la r\u00e9vision constitutionnelle, plusieurs secteurs congolais pr\u00eatent au pr\u00e9sident Kabila l’intention de briguer un troisi\u00e8me mandat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last ten days have seen further controversy on the international plane. A Human Rights Watch report outlining atrocities committed by the M23 in North Kivu since March this year, including summary executions, forced recruitment and rape, outlined evidence of Rwandan support for the rebellion, last week. The report\u2019s findings prompted calls by US State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, for Rwanda to cut its ties with the rebel group and have been refuted by the Rwandan authorities. 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