{"id":4241,"date":"2016-07-14T16:44:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T14:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/?post_type=weekly-briefing&#038;p=4241"},"modified":"2020-06-07T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T11:16:27","slug":"7-13-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"weekly-briefing","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/nl\/weekly-briefing\/7-13-july-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"7 &#8211; 13 July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Briefing-20160713.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">News in Brief<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, the United Nations has reiterated its call for political dialogue in the <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#DRC\">Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/u><\/span>, in order to prevent public discontent from escalating into violence and <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#political tensions\">crisis<\/a><\/u><\/span>. Indeed, the uncertainty surrounding Congo\u2019s security situation has already adversely affected the investment climate in the mining sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, July 7, <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#NK\">North Kivu<\/a><\/u><\/span> saw violent confrontations in Kikuku between Mai Mai NDC Renov\u00e9 rebels on the one hand, and a coalition of Nyatura, FDLR and APCLS elements on the other. Local inhabitants fled the area and at least four people were reported injured. The clashes continued several days, until the FARDC regained control of the situation on July 9. On July 10, the FARDC killed two men wearing UPDF uniforms in Kotongo, near the border with Uganda. In Nyanzale, Rutshuru territory, local sources reported that a large part of the inhabitants left their homes on July 11, due to violence between FARDC soldiers and Mai Mai NDC Renov\u00e9 rebels led by Guidon. The day after, the Congolese army strengthened its presence in the area and the population reportedly cautiously returned. In Wamba territory, <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#HU\">Haut-Uele<\/a><\/u><\/span>, eight people were kidnapped on July 7 by supposed poachers in Ongonga. An attack by Mai Mai rebels on July 9 in Mitwaba territory, <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#HK\">Haut-Katanga<\/a><\/u><\/span>, left five people dead. Meanwhile in <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#Ituri\">Ituri<\/a><\/u><\/span>, alleged FRPI elements attacked Madibe 1 and 2 and abducted 17 people in the night of July 12.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On July 7, Human Rights Watch published a report in which it accused the SNR, Imbonerakure and <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#Burundi\">Burundi<\/a><\/u><\/span>an police of having committed <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#torture\">torture<\/a><\/u><\/span> and other kinds of abuse against dozens of opposition supporters. This week, <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#peace talks\">peace talks<\/a><\/u><\/span> between the Burundian government and opposition resumed in Arusha, Tanzania. However, the government supposedly refused negotiation with political representatives and civil society members who it claims took part in a failed coup against President Nkurunziza. On Wednesday, July 13, two unidentified criminals murdered CNDD-FDD party member <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#Mossi\">Hafsa Mossi<\/a><\/u><\/span> close to her home in Bujumbura.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#Uganda\">Uganda<\/a><\/u><\/span>, a UPDF soldier shot and killed two of his colleagues inside the military base at Masaka last Thursday. The next day, on July 8, unknown assailants attacked Bishop McAlister College in Sheema district. They killed three people and stole money from the bursar\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">France announced this Wednesday that it would put an end to its <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#Sangaris\">Sangaris<\/a><\/u><\/span> operation in the <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#CAR\">Central African Republic<\/a><\/u><\/span> in the month of October. Meanwhile, the <span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"#LRA\">LRA<\/a><\/u><\/span> seemingly augmented its activities in Haut-Mbomou. Last Thursday, the militia reportedly kidnapped a 17-year-old boy there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">All articles and other news items referenced in this briefing come from third party media sources. Being not the author, IPIS is not responsible for the content of the news items or articles contained or referred to in this briefing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conflict and Security<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Recent news on conflict and security related issues across the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/07\/actualite\/societe\/grands-lacs-ouverture-goma-dune-conference-sur-linsecurite-et-le\">Grands Lacs: ouverture \u00e0 Goma d\u2019une conf\u00e9rence sur l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 et le terrorisme<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La conf\u00e9rence sur l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 et le terrorisme dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs s\u2019ouvre jeudi 7 juillet \u00e0 Goma au Nord-Kivu. Les participants \u00e0 ce forum vont r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir sur des m\u00e9canismes \u00e0 mettre en place pour r\u00e9pondre aux pr\u00e9occupations s\u00e9curitaires et de terrorisme qui se posent depuis quelques ann\u00e9es dans la r\u00e9gion avec la pr\u00e9sence active de certains groupes arm\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>DRC-Rwanda<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/08\/actualite\/politique\/la-rdc-va-recuperer-ses-30-m-occupes-par-le-rwanda-selon-evariste\">La RDC va r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer ses 30 m occup\u00e9s par le Rwanda, selon Evariste Boshab<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La RDC va bient\u00f4t r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer un espace d\u2019environ 30 mettre actuellement occup\u00e9 par le Rwanda au niveau de la 1\u00e8reborne fronti\u00e8re, a annonc\u00e9 le vice-premier ministre et ministre de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur, Evariste Boshab, vendredi 8 juillet \u00e0 Goma. Lors de sa visite dans la zone frontali\u00e8re commun\u00e9ment appel\u00e9e \u2018\u2019Grande barri\u00e8re\u2019\u2019, le ministre Boshab a aussi demand\u00e9 \u00e0 la population du Nord-Kivu et de la RDC en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral d\u2019accepter les r\u00e9sultats du travail de d\u00e9limitation r\u00e9cemment effectu\u00e9 par la commission mixte RDC-Rwanda.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"DRC\"><\/a><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943890\"><\/a> DRC<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"political tensions\"><\/a><b>Political tensions<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/un-warns-violence-instability-drc\/3408439.html\">UN Warns of Risk of Possible Violence, Instability in DRC<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 |\u00a0Voice of America<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations is warning that without a serious national political dialogue, the Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s current political tensions could deteriorate into a severe and possibly violent crisis. &#8220;Political tensions are rising ahead of the constitutional envisaged presidential and legislative elections,&#8221; U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson warned Thursday. &#8220;Polarization and public discontent are fueled by delays in the electoral process, the debate around respect for the constitution, and increasing restrictions on democratic space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrik.com\/rdc-grand-meeting-de-l-opposition-confirme-le-31-juillet?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afrikfr+(Afrik+VF)\">RDC: grand meeting de l\u2019opposition confirm\u00e9 le 31 juillet<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | Afrik.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ce samedi 9 juillet 2016, \u00e0 Bruxelles, sous la pr\u00e9sidence d\u2019Etienne Tshisekedi, \u00e9paul\u00e9 par Rapha\u00ebl Katebe Katoto, Martin Fayulu, F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi et Olivier Kamitatu, ont eu lieu les premiers \u00e9changes entre le Rassemblement des forces acquises au changement en RDC et le groupe de facilitation charg\u00e9 de sortir le pays de l\u2019orni\u00e8re politique dans laquelle il se trouve en raison de la mauvaise volont\u00e9 du pouvoir d\u2019organiser l\u2019\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle dans le d\u00e9lai constitutionnel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaintelligence.com\/AMA\/snapshots\/2016\/07\/12\/kabila-urged-to-stand-down,108174121-BRE\">Kabila urged to stand down<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | Africa Mining Intelligence<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ever-growing doubts on whether forthcoming elections in Congo will actually be held has soured the investment climate in the mining sector, already reeling from the drop in the copper price. Aware of the potential for a new political crisis in the country, ACP legislators met during the 31st session of the joint ACP-EU parliamentary assembly last month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>MONUSCO<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/rdc-la-copperation-entre-l-armee-et-l-onu-de-nouveau-une-realite\/3416311.html\">RDC: la coop\u00e9ration entre l&#8217;arm\u00e9e et l&#8217;ONU de nouveau une &#8220;r\u00e9alit\u00e9&#8221;<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 |\u00a0La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Jean Baillaud, de la Mission de l&#8217;ONU en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (Monusco), appelle \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre les progr\u00e8s de l&#8217;arm\u00e9e congolaise apr\u00e8s un an d&#8217;une brouille entre l&#8217;ONU et Kinshasa qui semble en passe d&#8217;\u00eatre d\u00e9pass\u00e9e. Dans un entretien avec l&#8217;AFP, le chef adjoint de la Force militaire de la Monusco, assure que la coop\u00e9ration entre les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) et les Casques bleus est de nouveau &#8220;une r\u00e9alit\u00e9&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/13\/actualite\/securite\/beni-les-attaques-des-adf-visent-decourager-la-collaboration\">Beni: les attaques des ADF visent \u00e0 d\u00e9courager la collaboration population-FARDC, selon la Monusco<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les attaques men\u00e9es par les pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s rebelles ougandais des ADF contre les populations de Beni (Nord-Kivu) ne sont qu\u2019une strat\u00e9gie pour d\u00e9courager ces derni\u00e8res \u00e0 collaborer avec les forces congolaises et de la Monusco. Le porte-parole militaire de la mission onusienne en RDC, le lieutenant-colonel Martin Amouzoun Codjo, l\u2019a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 mercredi 13 juillet \u00e0 partir de cette ville, au cours de la conf\u00e9rence hebdomadaire des Nations unies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/monusco.unmissions.org\/sites\/default\/files\/verbatim_de_la_conference_de_presse_one_un_du_mercredi_13_juillet_2016.pdf\">Conf\u00e9rence de presse des Nations Unies du mercredi 13 juillet 2016<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | MONUSCO<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les nouvelles \u00e0 propos des activit\u00e9s des composantes de la MONUSCO, des activit\u00e9s de l\u2019\u00e9quipe-pays et de la situation militaire en RDC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Kinshasa<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/339974\/societe\/rdc-tensions-communautaires-a-kinshasa-apres-meurtre-dune-congolaise-inde\/\">RDC: tensions communautaires \u00e0 Kinshasa apr\u00e8s le meurtre d\u2019une Congolaise en Inde<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deux mois apr\u00e8s le meurtre d&#8217;un \u00e9tudiant congolais sauvagement assassin\u00e9 \u00e0 Delhi, celui d&#8217;une jeune Congolaise \u00e0 Hyderabad, tu\u00e9e par son mari dans des circonstances encore m\u00e9connues, a entra\u00een\u00e9 un regain de tensions \u00e0 Kinshasa o\u00f9 vit une importante communaut\u00e9 indienne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/11\/actualite\/justice\/kinshasa-trois-nouveaux-corps-decouverts-dans-la-riviere-ndjili\">Kinshasa: trois nouveaux corps d\u00e9couverts dans la rivi\u00e8re N\u2019djili<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trois nouveaux corps ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rep\u00each\u00e9s dans la rivi\u00e8re de N\u2019djili \u00e0 Kinshasa. Le Parquet g\u00e9n\u00e9ral pr\u00e8s la Cour d\u2019appel de Kinshasa-Matete l\u2019a confirm\u00e9 lundi 11 juillet. Cette d\u00e9couverte porte \u00e0 six le nombre de morts tir\u00e9s sur cette rivi\u00e8re depuis dimanche dernier. Selon le Parquet, l\u2019enqu\u00eate judiciaire qu\u2019il m\u00e8ne \u00e0 la suite de ces d\u00e9couvertes se poursuit en vue de d\u00e9terminer l\u2019origine de ces d\u00e9c\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/13\/actualite\/societe\/kinshasa-3-policiers-poursuivis-pour-meurtre-de-2-personnes\">Kinshasa: 3 policiers poursuivis pour meurtre de 2 personnes<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le proc\u00e8s de trois policiers territoriaux (communaux) de la commune de Kalamu et chauffeur de taxi s\u2019est ouvert lundi 11 juillet \u00e0 Kinshasa. Ces personnes sont accus\u00e9es d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 la base d\u2019un accident de circulation ayant caus\u00e9 la mort de deux filles, dimanche dernier au quartier Matonge. Ce bilan donn\u00e9 par quelques t\u00e9moins est contest\u00e9 par l\u2019autorit\u00e9 urbaine. Elle indique qu\u2019il n\u2019y a pas eu de morts mais des bless\u00e9s graves. Ils ont tous \u00e9t\u00e9 conduits \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4pital Saint Joseph, a ajout\u00e9 le bourgmestre de la commune de Kalamu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"NK\"><\/a><b>North Kivu<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/08\/actualite\/securite\/nord-kivu-exode-des-habitants-de-kikuku-apres-combats-entre-miliciens\">Nord-Kivu: exode des habitants de Kikuku apr\u00e8s combats entre miliciens<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La localit\u00e9 de Kikuku, en territoire de Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu) s\u2019est vid\u00e9e, depuis jeudi 7 juillet, de sa population \u00e0 la suite des accrochages entre les combattants NDC R\u00e9nov\u00e9 et les Nyatura coalis\u00e9s aux FDLR. Des sources concordantes renseignent que les d\u00e9plac\u00e9s ont fui vers les localit\u00e9s de Bwalanda et Nyanzale, situ\u00e9es \u00e0 12 km de Kikuku. Une partie de la localit\u00e9 de Kikuku est d\u00e9sormais occup\u00e9e par les combattants de NDC\/R\u00e9nov\u00e9, alors qu\u2019une autre est encore sous contr\u00f4le des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/09\/actualite\/en-bref\/nord-kivu-nouveau-combat-entre-miliciens-kikuku-4-blesses\">Nord-Kivu: nouveau combat entre miliciens \u00e0 Kikuku, 4 bless\u00e9s<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quatre personnes dont un militaire ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es au cours de nouveaux accrochages survenus, samedi 9 juillet, entre les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef NDC Renov\u00e9 et les Nyatura coalis\u00e9s aux FDLR et APCLS, \u00e0 Kikuku (Nord-Kivu). Ces derniers \u00e9taient venus des localit\u00e9s de Kashalira, Nyine Somekivu pour attaquer la position de NDC Renov\u00e9 qui ont r\u00e9sist\u00e9 \u00e0 cet assaut. Les forces de la MONUSCO ont intervenu pour dissuader les antagonistes et s\u00e9curiser la population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/09\/actualite\/securite\/nord-kivu-plaidoyer-pour-le-redeploiement-des-fardc-ntoto\">Nord-Kivu: plaidoyer pour le red\u00e9ploiement des FARDC \u00e0 Ntoto<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">D\u00e9put\u00e9 national \u00e9lu de Walikale, Juv\u00e9nal Munubo plaide pour le red\u00e9ploiement des Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) \u00e0 Ntoto, localit\u00e9 situ\u00e9e \u00e0 plus de 100 km \u00e0 l\u2019Ouest de Goma (Nord-Kivu). Des sources concordantes renseignent que les forces loyalistes se sont retir\u00e9es de cette localit\u00e9 depuis un mois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/10\/actualite\/en-bref\/nord-kivu-larrivee-des-militaires-favorise-le-retour-au-calme-kikuku\">Nord-Kivu: l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des militaires favorise le retour au calme \u00e0 Kikuku<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 10 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le calme est de retour \u00e0 Kikuku (Nord-Kivu) depuis samedi 9 juillet \u00e0 la suite de l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des militaires congolais pour renforcer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans cette localit\u00e9 o\u00f9 se sont affront\u00e9es la milice NDC\/R\u00e9nove et la coalition des groupes Nyatura-FDLR et APCLS. L\u2019arriv\u00e9e des militaires en provenance de Rumangabo a rassur\u00e9 la population, indiquent des autorit\u00e9s locales. Des habitants de Kikuku qui avaient trouv\u00e9 refuge \u00e0 Nyanzale, Nyine et Bwalanda ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 regagner leurs domiciles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrik.com\/rdc-nord-kivu-retour-au-calme-apres-des-combats-a-kikuku?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afrikfr+(Afrik+VF)\">RDC, Nord-Kivu: retour au calme apr\u00e8s des combats \u00e0 Kikuku<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 | Afrik.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, le calme est de retour \u00e0 Kikuku (Nord-Kivu) depuis suite de l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des militaires congolais venus renforcer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans cette localit\u00e9 o\u00f9 se sont affront\u00e9es la milice NDC\/R\u00e9nove et la coalition des groupes Nyatura-FDLR et APCLS. Retour au calme en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment \u00e0 Kikuku (Nord-Kivu), depuis samedi 9 juillet 2016, suite de l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des militaires congolais venus renforcer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans cette localit\u00e9 o\u00f9 se sont affront\u00e9es la milice NDC\/R\u00e9nove et la coalition des groupes Nyatura-FDLR et APCLS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/11\/actualite\/securite\/nord-kivu-les-fardc-tuent-2-hommes-en-armes-et-uniforme-de-lupdf\">Nord-Kivu: les FARDC tuent 2 hommes en armes et uniforme de l\u2019UPDF<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les FARDC ont tu\u00e9 dimanche 10 juillet dans un accrochage \u00abde plusieurs minutes \u00bb \u00e0 Kotongo, village frontalier avec l\u2019Ouganda, deux hommes arm\u00e9s et portant un vieil uniforme de l&#8217;arm\u00e9e ougandaise (UPDF). \u00abNos militaires du 30406e r\u00e9giment ont \u00e9t\u00e9 alert\u00e9s par la population de la pr\u00e9sence des hommes inconnus \u00e0 Kotongo. Et apr\u00e8s accrochage avec l\u2019ennemi, ce peloton a neutralis\u00e9 deux hommes arm\u00e9s habill\u00e9s en vieux treillis de l\u2019arm\u00e9e ougandaise. En dehors de ces deux, cinq autres se sont jet\u00e9s dans la rivi\u00e8re Semuliki et nous avons r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 deux armes de guerre du type AK47\u00bb, rapporte le lieutenant Mak Hazukay, le porte-parole du secteur op\u00e9rationnel grand Nord et des op\u00e9rations Sokola I.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/11\/actualite\/societe\/nord-kivu-la-localite-de-nyanzale-desertee-suite-lavancee-dun-groupe\">Nord-Kivu: la localit\u00e9 de Nyanzale d\u00e9sert\u00e9e suite \u00e0 l\u2019avanc\u00e9e d\u2019un groupe arm\u00e9<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-BE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les habitants de Nyanzale, une localit\u00e9 situ\u00e9e dans la chefferie de Bwito dans le territoire de Rutshuru \u00e0 plus de 150 km au nord-ouest de Goma, ont depuis lundi 11 juillet dans la matin\u00e9e abandonn\u00e9 leurs habitations. Ils se dirigent pour la plupart vers Kitshanga, Bambu, Mwesso et vers d\u2019autres localit\u00e9s des territoires de Masisi et de Rutshuru. D\u2019apr\u00e8s des sources locales qui ont livr\u00e9 cette information \u00e0 Radio Okapi, ces familles, parmi lesquelles des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s cantonn\u00e9s sur place depuis des ann\u00e9es, fuient d\u2019\u00e9ventuels accrochages entre l\u2019arm\u00e9e et les combattants du groupe arm\u00e9 \u00ab NDC\/R\u00e9nov\u00e9 \u00bb du chef de guerre Guidon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/12\/actualite\/securite\/traque-des-adf-le-resultat-est-positif-se-rejouit-le-ministre-de-la\"><span lang=\"nl-BE\">Traque des ADF: le r\u00e9sultat est positif, se r\u00e9jouit le ministre de la D\u00e9fense<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"nl-BE\"> | 12 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-BE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le r\u00e9sultat de la traque des rebelles ougandais des ADF est positif, a affirm\u00e9 mardi 12 juillet le ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale, Crispin Atama Tabe. il a indiqu\u00e9 que ce r\u00e9sultat est obtenu gr\u00e2ce aux op\u00e9rations militaires men\u00e9es conjointement par les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) et les forces de la Monusco contre ce groupe arm\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/12\/actualite\/securite\/nord-kivu-larmee-renforce-sa-presence-nyanzale\"><span lang=\"nl-BE\">Nord-Kivu: l\u2019arm\u00e9e renforce sa pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 Nyanzale<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"nl-BE\"> | 12 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-BE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC) renforcent leur pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 Nyanzale dans le territoire de Rutshuru. Le fonctionnaire d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9 du gouverneur sur place indique qu\u2019au moins quatre convois de v\u00e9hicules militaires seraient arriv\u00e9s ce mardi 12 juillet dans la matin\u00e9e dans cette localit\u00e9. La veille, 75% des habitants de Nyanzale ont abandonn\u00e9 leurs habitations \u00e0 cause de l\u2019avanc\u00e9e des miliciens de Nduma Defense of Congo\/R\u00e9nov\u00e9 (NDC\/R).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/12\/actualite\/securite\/tueries-de-beni-la-cirgl-appelee-enqueter-sur-limplication-de-louganda\"><span lang=\"nl-BE\">Tueries de Beni: la CIRGL appel\u00e9e \u00e0 enqu\u00eater sur l\u2019implication de l\u2019Ouganda<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"nl-BE\"> | 12 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-BE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Beni appelle la Conf\u00e9rence internationale sur la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs (CIRGL) \u00e0 enqu\u00eater sur l\u2019implication de l\u2019Ouganda dans l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 qui mine ce territoire, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 plus de 350 km au Nord de Goma (Nord-Kivu). Le pr\u00e9sident de cette structure, Teddy Kataliko, a lanc\u00e9 cet appel, lundi 11 juillet, un jour apr\u00e8s que les FARDC ont abattu deux hommes portant un vieil uniforme des armes l&#8217;arm\u00e9e ougandaise (UPDF) \u00e0 Kotongo, localit\u00e9 frontali\u00e8re de l&#8217;Ouganda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/13\/actualite\/securite\/nord-kivu-les-habitants-de-nyanzale-regagnent-timidement-leurs\"><span lang=\"nl-BE\">Nord-Kivu: les habitants de Nyanzale regagnent timidement leurs habitations<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"nl-BE\"> | 13 July 2016 | Radio Ndeke Luka<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-BE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">La population de Nyanzale dans le territoire de Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu) regagne progressivement son village depuis mardi 12 juillet. Cette localit\u00e9 \u00e9tait jusqu\u2019au week-end dernier, le th\u00e9\u00e2tre d\u2019affrontements entre combattants des groupes arm\u00e9s rivaux. Environ vingt des trente mille habitants de Nyanzale ont d\u00fb abandonner, lundi, cette localit\u00e9. Ils fuyaient l\u2019avanc\u00e9e des combattants de Nduma Defense Of Congo Renov\u00e9, NDC-R, du chef de guerre Guidon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"Ituri\"><\/a><b>Ituri<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/09\/actualite\/en-bref\/ituri-arrestation-de-deux-activistes-des-droits-de-lhomme-et-un\">Ituri: arrestation de deux activistes des droits de l\u2019homme et un journaliste<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En territoire de Mahagi (Ituri), les services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 sont accus\u00e9s d\u2019avoir arr\u00eat\u00e9, vendredi 8 juillet, deux activistes des droits de l\u2019homme et un journaliste. Selon une autorit\u00e9 militaire sur place, ces trois personnes sont poursuivies pour plusieurs griefs notamment l\u2019atteinte \u00e0 la s\u00fbret\u00e9 de l\u2019Etat et l\u2019appel \u00e0 la haine tribale. <span lang=\"nl-BE\">Le pr\u00e9sident de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de Mahagi, De Gaule Kpakanyeuw, dit \u00e9mettre de doute sur ces accusations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/12\/actualite\/societe\/ituri-248-ex-combattants-integrent-le-processus-de-demobilisation\"><span lang=\"nl-BE\">Ituri: 248 ex-combattants int\u00e8grent le processus de d\u00e9mobilisation<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"nl-BE\"> | 12 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-BE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deux cent quarante-huit ex-combattants dont trente-trois enfants associ\u00e9s au groupe arm\u00e9 FRPI ont int\u00e9gr\u00e9 le processus de d\u00e9mobilisation et r\u00e9insertion \u00e0 Bunia. Selon le responsable de l\u2019Unit\u00e9 d\u2019ex\u00e9cution du programme national (DDR) en Ituri, environ 200 ex-combattants sortis depuis environ une semaine de la brousse sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 regroup\u00e9s dans trois sites en chefferie de Walendu Bindi en attendant leur identification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/13\/actualite\/societe\/ituri-17-personnes-enlevees-apres-une-incursion-des-miliciens\"><span lang=\"nl-BE\">Ituri: 17 personnes enlev\u00e9es apr\u00e8s une incursion des miliciens<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"nl-BE\"> |\u00a013 July 2016 |\u00a0Radio Okapi<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl-BE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dix-sept personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enlev\u00e9es dans la nuit du lundi \u00e0 mardi 12 juillet \u00e0 la suite de l\u2019incursion des hommes arm\u00e9s identifi\u00e9s comme des miliciens de la FRPI dans les localit\u00e9s de Mandibe 1 et 2, en Ituri. Selon un responsable des FARDC, une intervention de l\u2019arm\u00e9e a permis de lib\u00e9rer certains otages. D\u2019apr\u00e8s des t\u00e9moins sur place, les assaillants, une dizaine au total, ont pris d\u2019assaut les deux villages vers minuit en tirant plusieurs coups de feu avant de commencer \u00e0 piller les boutiques et habitations de ces deux localit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"HK\"><\/a><b>Haut-Katanga<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/09\/actualite\/securite\/mitwaba-incursion-des-mai-mai-kalera-5-morts\">Mitwaba: incursion des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Kalera, 5 morts<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"nl-BE\">Les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont tu\u00e9 cinq personnes au cours de leur incursion, samedi 9 juillet, dans la localit\u00e9 de Kalera, en territoire de Mitwaba (Haut-Katanga). <\/span>Parmi les victimes, il y a un policiers, confient des sources sur place. Pour l\u2019heure, ce village est vid\u00e9 de sa population et les forces de l\u2019ordre sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9p\u00each\u00e9es sur place pour traquer ces miliciens, rapporte le commandant de la police en poste \u00e0 Mitwaba.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/10\/actualite\/en-bref\/mitwaba-ladministrateur-du-territoire-invite-les-habitants-se\">Mitwaba: l\u2019administrateur du territoire invite les habitants \u00e0 se d\u00e9solidariser des milices<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 10 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L\u2019administrateur du territoire de Mitwaba dans la province du Haut-Katanga appelle les habitants de sa juridiction \u00e0 se d\u00e9solidariser des groupes arm\u00e9s actifs dans cette r\u00e9gion. Il l\u2019a fait savoir dimanche 10 juillet apr\u00e8s un conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 tenu \u00e0 Mitwaba peu avant son d\u00e9part pour le village Kalera o\u00f9 des miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont fait une incursion jeudi dernier. Les assaillants y ont d\u00e9capit\u00e9 un policier. L\u2019administrateur du territoire a dit comprendre la population \u00ab traumatis\u00e9e \u00bb qui n\u2019est pas tranquille \u00e0 cause des menaces des miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tshopo<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/rdc-un-opposant-arrete-a-kisangani-dans-le-nord-est-du-pays\/3410648.html\">RDC: un opposant arr\u00eat\u00e9 \u00e0 Kisangani, dans le nord-est du pays<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 |\u00a0La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le Front citoyen 2016, coalition d&#8217;opposants au pr\u00e9sident congolais Joseph Kabila, d\u00e9nonce l&#8217;arrestation d&#8217;un de ses membres en marge d&#8217;une conf\u00e9rence de presse \u00e0 Kisangani (nord-est). Jean de Dieu Kilima, charg\u00e9 de la mobilisation du Front citoyen 2016 dans la province de la Tshopo, &#8220;a \u00e9t\u00e9 enlev\u00e9 par des agents de l&#8217;Agence nationale des renseignements (ANR)&#8221; et &#8220;est d\u00e9tenu dans un lieu inconnu&#8221;, d\u00e9plore le mouvement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"HU\"><\/a><b>Haut-Uele<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/07\/actualite\/securite\/huit-personnes-kidnappees-apres-une-attaque-des-presumes-braconniers\">Huit personnes kidnapp\u00e9es apr\u00e8s une attaque des pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s braconniers \u00e0 Wamba<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Huit personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9es jeudi 7 juillet t\u00f4t dans la matin\u00e9e lors d\u2019une attaque d\u2019hommes arm\u00e9s identifi\u00e9s comme des braconniers dans le village Ongonga en territoire de Wamba (Haut-U\u00e9l\u00e9). Des sources locales indiquent que les assaillants ont \u00e9galement commis des viols et des pillages. Deux personnes auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9es par balle. L\u2019incursion d\u2019hommes arm\u00e9s \u00e0 Ongonga a eu lieu vers une heure du matin. Selon l\u2019administrateur du territoire de Wamba, H\u00e9ritier Masikini, qui cite le chef du village Ongonga, les assaillants ont commis des actes de pillage et viol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Kasai-Oriental<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/07\/actualite\/societe\/une-ong-des-droits-de-lhomme-deplore-linsecurite-recurrente-mbuji-mayi\">Une ONG des droits de l\u2019homme d\u00e9plore l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 r\u00e9currente \u00e0 Mbuji-Mayi<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans un communiqu\u00e9 de presse publi\u00e9 mercredi 6 juillet, le R\u00e9seau de protection de t\u00e9moins, victimes et d\u00e9fenseurs de droit de l\u2019homme demande aux autorit\u00e9s du Kasa\u00ef-Oriental de prendre en charge la probl\u00e9matique de la recrudescence de l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e0 Mbuji-Mayi. Cette structure indique qu\u2019aucun quartier de la ville n\u2019est \u00e9pargn\u00e9 par des bandits arm\u00e9s et la population est dans la psychose, chaque jour, \u00e0 la tomb\u00e9e de la nuit.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"Burundi\"><\/a><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943892\"><\/a> Burundi<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/burundi-collegiens-prison-pour-avoir-abime-photos-president\/3409591.html\">Burundi: 17 coll\u00e9giens emprisonn\u00e9s pour avoir ab\u00eem\u00e9 des photos du president<\/a><\/u><\/span> |\u00a08 July 2016 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Au moins 17 \u00e9l\u00e8ves de 16 \u00e0 25 ans, accus\u00e9s d&#8217;avoir ab\u00eem\u00e9 des photos du pr\u00e9sident Pierre Nkurunziza, sont en prison au Burundi, certains depuis plus d&#8217;un mois, en attendant leur proc\u00e8s pour outrage au chef d&#8217;\u00e9tat, selon une association d&#8217;aide \u00e0 l&#8217;enfance. &#8220;Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous avons malheureusement encore quelque 17 \u00e9l\u00e8ves de coll\u00e8ges et lyc\u00e9es qui sont incarc\u00e9r\u00e9s dans plusieurs prisons \u00e0 travers le pays, pour des gribouillages (sur) des photos du pr\u00e9sident dans des manuels scolaires&#8221;, a annonc\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#8217;AFP Jacques Nshimirimana, pr\u00e9sident du Fenadeb, qui regroupe 48 organisations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile engag\u00e9es aupr\u00e8s de l&#8217;enfance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"torture\"><\/a><b>Torture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/339783\/societe\/burundi-hrw-denonce-torture-snr\/\">Burundi: HRW d\u00e9nonce la torture du Service national de renseignement (SNR)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Human Rights Watch (HRW) a publi\u00e9 jeudi un rapport accablant sur la torture au Burundi. Les autorit\u00e9s de Bujumbura continuent de d\u00e9mentir toutes les all\u00e9gations de l&#8217;ONG. Dans un rapport publi\u00e9 le 7 juillet, Human Rights Watch accuse des agents du Service national de renseignement (SNR) burundais d\u2019avoir \u00ab tortur\u00e9 et maltrait\u00e9 des dizaines d\u2019opposants \u00bb. Selon l\u2019ONG, \u00ab des membres de la police et de la ligue des jeunes du parti au pouvoir \u2013 les Imbonerakure \u2013 ont \u00e9galement commis de graves abus \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-07-07\/burundi-s-torture-of-opponents-increasingly-vicious-group-says\">Burundi\u2019s Torture Methods Increasingly Vicious, Group Says<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Burundi\u2019s intelligence services are torturing suspected opposition supporters with \u201cincreasingly vicious\u201d methods, including the use of pliers and melted plastic, Human Rights Watch said. The New York-based advocacy group said Thursday that interviews with at least 40 torture victims since April show that ill-treatment has become more widespread and torture techniques increasingly brutal. It urged the United Nations Security Council to set up a commission to investigate the abuses and authorize the deployment of an international police force in Burundi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/07\/07\/burundi-intelligence-services-torture-suspected-opponents\">Burundi: Intelligence Services Torture Suspected Opponents<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | HRW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Burundian intelligence services have tortured and ill-treated scores of suspected government opponents at their headquarters and in secret locations, Human Rights Watch said today. Police and members of the ruling party\u2019s youth league, the Imbonerakure, have also committed serious abuses, often in collaboration with the intelligence services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrik.com\/burundi-hrw-previent-que-les-actes-de-torture-se-multiplient?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afrikfr+(Afrik+VF)\">Burundi: HRW pr\u00e9vient que les actes de torture se multiplient<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Afrik.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans un rapport publi\u00e9 ce jeudi 8 juillet 2016, l\u2019ONG Human Rights Watch, qui a recueilli les t\u00e9moignages de dizaines de personnes, d\u00e9nonce que es actes de torture se multiplient au Burundi. \u00ab Dans les cas que nous avons document\u00e9s, les agents des renseignement sont responsables de la majorit\u00e9 des cas. Mais il y a \u00e9galement des cas de torture par des agents de la police nationale burundaise et \u00e9galement des cas d\u2019exactions graves par les gens qu\u2019on appelle les Imbonerakure. Donc, ce sont des jeunes de la Ligue des jeunes du parti au pouvoir qui, souvent, travaillent en collaboration avec les services de renseignement et la police \u00bb, indique HRW.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/human-right-watch-accuse\/\">Human Right Watch accuse<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | IWACU<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans un communiqu\u00e9 de presse, sorti ce jeudi 7 juillet, HWR incrimine le SNR, des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la police et des Imbonerakure dans des cas de tortures. \u00abDes agents du Service national des renseignements ont frapp\u00e9 des d\u00e9tenus \u00e0 coups de marteau. Ils leur ont plant\u00e9 des barres en acier aiguis\u00e9es dans les jambes, ont vers\u00e9 du plastique fondu sur eux. Ils ont aussi nou\u00e9 des cordes autour des parties g\u00e9nitales des hommes, et leur ont envoy\u00e9 des d\u00e9charges \u00e9lectriques\u00bb, d\u00e9clare HRW.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/07\/13\/un-committee-against-torture-submission-burundi\">UN Committee Against Torture: Submission on Burundi<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | HRW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Part of a Special Review on Burundi during the 58th session of the CAT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"peace talks\"><\/a><b>Peace talks<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/341202\/politique\/burundi-gouvernement-refuse-de-sieger-a-table-negociations-a-arusha\/\">Burundi: le gouvernement refuse de si\u00e9ger \u00e0 la table des n\u00e9gociations \u00e0 Arusha<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de Bujumbura a boud\u00e9 mardi la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie officielle marquant la reprise des pourparlers interburundais \u00e0 Arusha, en Tanzanie. Elle reproche \u00e0 la m\u00e9diation d&#8217;avoir invit\u00e9 des putschistes \u00e0 dialoguer. Le gouvernement burundais reste intransigeant sur la question: il ne discutera pas avec des responsables politiques et de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile qu\u2019il accuse d\u2019\u00eatre derri\u00e8re la tentative de putsch de mai 2015 \u00e0 Bujumbura.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/burundi\/burundi-civil-society-leader-blames-government-peace-talks-collapse\">Burundi Civil Society Leader Blames Government for Peace Talks Collapse<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Voice of America |\u00a0Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Burundi\u2019s government is to blame for the collapse of the latest round of peace talks aimed at resolving the country&#8217;s political and security crisis, according to Vital Nshimirimana, leader of the group Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society (FORSC). Nshimirimana spoke out about the talks, which had been intended to resume this week in Tanzania, after members of the government delegation said they would not meet with groups they blame for a failed coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"Mossi\"><\/a><b>Assassination of Hafsa Mossi<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/341391\/politique\/burundi-assassinat-de-deputee-hafsa-mossi-figure-moderee-cndd-fdd\/\">Burundi: assassinat de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e Hafsa Mossi, figure mod\u00e9r\u00e9e du CNDD-FDD<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Selon des sources concordantes, Hafsa Mossi, figure mod\u00e9r\u00e9e du CNDD-FDD, parti au pouvoir au Burundi, a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9e mercredi \u00e0 Gihosha, dans le nord-est de Bujumbura. Elle \u00e9tait d\u00e9put\u00e9e au sein de l&#8217;Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative de l&#8217;Afrique de l&#8217;Est (EALA). Ses compatriotes se souviennent encore de ses larmes vers\u00e9es lors de sa visite il y a une ann\u00e9e au camp de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s burundais de Mahama, au Rwanda. Une marque de compassion de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e Hafsa Mossi, membre de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative de l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Est (EALA), qui n\u2019avait pourtant pas plu \u00e0 tout le monde.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=54453#.V4cyo5N96i4\">Ban condemns assassination of former Burundian minister Mossi<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | UN News Centre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the assassination earlier today of Hafsa Mossi, former Burundian Minister for East African Community Affairs and Member of the East African Legislative Assembly, in the capital, Bujumbura. \u201cThis despicable act of violence only serves to promote divisions, entrench mistrust, and destabilize the country,\u201d said a statement issued this evening by Mr. Ban&#8217;s spokesperson, in which the UN chief extended his deepest condolences to Ms. Mossi&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrik.com\/burundi-l-ancienne-ministre-de-pierre-nkurunziza-hafsa-mossi-abattue?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afrikfr+(Afrik+VF)\">Burundi: l\u2019ancienne ministre de Pierre Nkurunziza, Hafsa Mossi, abattue <\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Afrik.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Au Burundi, l\u2019ancienne ministre Hafsa Mossi, proche du Pr\u00e9sident Pierre Nkurunziza, a \u00e9t\u00e9 abattue pr\u00e8s de son domicile \u00e0 Bujumbura. L\u2019ancienne ministre burundaise Hafsa Mossi, proche du Pr\u00e9sident Pierre Nkurunziza, a \u00e9t\u00e9 assassin\u00e9e, ce mercredi 13 juillet 2016, pr\u00e8s de son domicile \u00e0 Bujumbura. L\u2019information a \u00e9t\u00e9 donn\u00e9e par le porte-parole de la police burundaise, Pierre Nkurikiye, qui pr\u00e9cise sur son compte Twitter que la D\u00e9put\u00e9e au Parlement de la Communaut\u00e9 des Etats d\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Est (EAC) depuis 2012, a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00ab assassin\u00e9e \u00e0 10h30, dans le quartier de Gihosha, dans l\u2019est de Bujumbura, par &#8220;deux criminels dans un v\u00e9hicule \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/gihosha-la-deputee-de-leala-hafsa-mossi-assassinee\/\">Gihosha: la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de l\u2019EALA Hafsa Mossi assassin\u00e9e<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | IWACU<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le porte-parole de la police, Pierre Nkurikiye confirme cette triste nouvelle: \u00abL\u2019honorable Hafsa Mossi a \u00e9t\u00e9 assassin\u00e9e ce mercredi 12 juillet \u00e0 10 heures et demie \u00e0 Gihosha sur avenue Nyankoni par deux criminels. Ils \u00e9taient \u00e0 bord d\u2019une voiture de type Toyota T.I.\u00bb. Des t\u00e9moins de la sc\u00e8ne affirment avoir vu une Toyota Premio en train de faire des slaloms derri\u00e8re la Merc\u00e9d\u00e8s de cette militante du Cndd-Fdd. Ce v\u00e9hicule a m\u00eame d\u00e9pass\u00e9 la voiture de fonction de cette ancienne ministre de la Communication et des Affaires de la Communaut\u00e9 Est Africaine. Mais il a cogn\u00e9 cette derni\u00e8re laissant quelques rayures sur le pare-choc, c\u00f4t\u00e9 gauche.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"Uganda\"><\/a><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943893\"><\/a> Uganda<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607080600.html\">Soldier Shoots Two Dead in Masaka Military Barracks<\/a><\/u><\/span> |\u00a07 July 2016 | The Observer | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the country is still coming to terms with recent soldiers shootings in Makindye and Jinja, another soldier, Private Joseph Arioni yesterday shot and killed two of his colleagues at Masaka Armoured Brigade barracks. According to Captain Benon Mutatina, the Masaka Armoured Brigade political commissar, Arioni &#8220;went wild&#8221; and picked guns from the two soldiers guarding the technical store before shooting them dead and running away. The two soldiers only identified as Corporal Bingana and Lance corporal Kabugo died instantly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607080574.html\">Two Soldiers Killed Inside Masaka Army Barracks<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | The Monitor | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two soldiers attached to the UPDF Armoured Brigade Barracks at Kissajjagirwa in Masaka District have been shot dead inside the military installation. The dead are Corporal Bahingana and Lance corporal Kabugo, who were killed on Wednesday night while guarding one of the military technical stores in the barracks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607080598.html\">Gunfire Rocks Lira As Police Evicts Vendors, Two Injured<\/a><\/u><\/span> |\u00a07 July 2016 | The Observer | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police fired live bullets and tear gas to disperse rioting market vendors from Juba market in Lira municipality today morning. The riot was sparked off by a police operation to evict vendors from the market; which the municipality leadership says is illegal. The market is situated about 50 meters from Lira main market. Enraged vendors pelted stones and other objects at law enforcement officers and Field Force Police personnel who were clearing the market stalls. Two people were injured in the ensuing running battles between police and the vendors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607080678.html\">Thugs Attack Bishop Mcallister College, Kill Three Workers<\/a><\/u><\/span> |\u00a08 July 2016 | The Monitor | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unknown people on Friday morning attacked Bishop McAlister College Kyogyera, Kitojo village in Sheema district and killed three people; two guards and a cook, and robbed Shs3 million from the bursar&#8217;s office. Police identified the dead as Pauline Mbaine, Herbert Mugabe (guards) and Crispus Tumusiime, a cook. They all hailed from Nyamwirima village in Kyabugimbi Sub-county, Bushenyi district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607130733.html\">Uganda to Send &#8216;Small Force&#8217; to South Sudan<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Uganda People&#8217;s Defence Forces (UPDF) is heading back into troubled South Sudan ostensibly to evacuate its nationals trapped in the conflict. Government officials in Kampala have confirmed a decision to send a &#8220;small force&#8221; to help evacuate Ugandans trapped in Africa&#8217;s youngest and volatile nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607120139.html\">Ugandans Killed in South Sudan<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 | The Observer | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Ugandans; Dr Ben Chandinga and Ceaser Batele are among those killed in the latest fighting in South Sudan. The bodies of Dr Chandinga, a 35-year-old a pharmacist and Batele, a 39-year-old driver with United Nations were handed over by the South Sudanese Police to their Ugandan counterparts on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"CAR\"><\/a><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943894\"><\/a> Central African Republic<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/340083\/politique\/centrafrique-6-000-personnes-ont-fui-violences-louest\/\">Centrafrique: 6 000 personnes ont fui des violences dans l\u2019ouest du pays en moins d\u2019un mois<\/a><\/u><\/span> |\u00a08 July 2016 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Selon le Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, plus de 6000 personnes ont fui des violences dans l&#8217;Ouest de la Centrafrique depuis la mi-juin pour se r\u00e9fugier au Tchad et au Cameroun. \u00ab Nous craignons qu\u2019il y en ait davantage \u00e0 l\u2019avenir \u00bb, a indiqu\u00e9, vendredi 8 juillet, le Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (HCR). Au total, l\u2019organisation indique que 5643 personnes se sont r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es au Tchad et 555 au Cameroun. L\u2019exode a commenc\u00e9 le 12 juin, apr\u00e8s des heurts entre des \u00e9leveurs et des agriculteurs pr\u00e8s de la ville de Ngaoundaye, dans la r\u00e9gion d\u2019Ouham-Pende, dans l\u2019Ouest du pays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiondekeluka.org\/securite\/item\/25879-centrafrique-vers-l-\u00e9tablissement-d-une-arm\u00e9e-de-garnison.html\">Centrafrique: vers l&#8217;\u00e9tablissement d&#8217;une arm\u00e9e de garnison<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | Radio Ndeke Luka<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mettre en place des garnisons par la cr\u00e9ation des r\u00e9gions militaires sur toute l&#8217;\u00e9tendue du territoire centrafricain, c&#8217;est la nouvelle approche des autorit\u00e9s centrafricaines qui entendent ainsi rapprocher les forces de d\u00e9fense et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des diff\u00e9rents th\u00e9\u00e2tres d&#8217;ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans le pays. Cette probl\u00e9matique a \u00e9t\u00e9 ce 12 juillet au centre d&#8217;une conf\u00e9rence de presse du ministre de la d\u00e9fense, Joseph Yak\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/central-african-republic\/s-accorder-sur-les-strat-gies-de-restauration-de-l-autorit-de-l-etat\">S\u2019accorder sur les strat\u00e9gies de restauration de l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de l\u2019Etat<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | MINUSCA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le Stade 20.000 places de Bangui abrite, du 13 au 15 juillet 2016, un atelier pr\u00e9paratoire pour la d\u00e9finition de la strat\u00e9gie de restauration de l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de l\u2019Etat en Centrafrique. Il r\u00e9unit plusieurs participants de l\u2019Administration centrafricaine, dont la pr\u00e9sidence de la R\u00e9publique, la Primature, et des Minist\u00e8res de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur, de la Justice, de la Fonction publique, du Plan et des Finances. Initi\u00e9e par la MINUSCA, via sa section des Affaires civiles, en partenariat avec la Coop\u00e9ration fran\u00e7aise, le PNUD et le gouvernement centrafricain, cet atelier se fixe comme objectif de r\u00e9unir des donn\u00e9es qui serviront \u00e0 d\u00e9finir une strat\u00e9gie op\u00e9rationnelle de restauration de l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de l\u2019Etat \u00e0 tous les niveaux.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>UN warnings<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=54423#.V4Y_BJN96i4\">Central African Republic\u2019s leaders must commit to inclusive, transparent governance, Security Council told<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | UN News Centre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Central African Republic\u2019s (CAR) considerable progress over the past two years risks being reversed unless national authorities demonstrated commitment to inclusive and transparent governance, and to addressing the root causes of the crisis afflicting the country, the United Nations peacekeeping chief warned today. Briefing the Security Council, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herv\u00e9 Ladsous said CAR had made considerable progress since April 2014, adding that after two years of political transition, voters had cast their ballots peacefully and democratically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"LRA\"><\/a><b>LRA<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiondekeluka.org\/securite\/item\/25859-multiplication-de-rapts-de-la-lra-dans-le-haut-mbomou.html\">Multiplication de rapts de la LRA dans le Haut Mbomou<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Radio Ndeke Luka<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le rapt organis\u00e9 par les rebelles de l&#8217;Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du seigneur (LRA) de Joseph Kony, prend ces derniers temps une proportion inqui\u00e9tante dans la pr\u00e9fecture du Haut Mbomou. Il ne se passe pas un seul jour sans que ces hommes en arme ne laissent leurs empruntes. Un jeune gar\u00e7on de 17 ans a \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9 ce jeudi par ces rebelles \u00e0 environ 8 kilom\u00e8tres d&#8217;Obo au sud-est de la ville.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Arms embargo<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/centrafrique-armes-embargo-onu-securite-conflit-jospeh-yakete\/3415433.html\">&#8220;Dialogue&#8221; avec l&#8217;ONU pour lever l&#8217;embargo sur les armes en Centrafrique<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le ministre de la D\u00e9fense centrafricain Joseph Yak\u00e9t\u00e9 a fait \u00e9tat d&#8217;un &#8220;dialogue&#8221; avec les Nations unies pour lever l&#8217;embargo sur les armes afin de reconstruire une arm\u00e9e r\u00e9guli\u00e8re en Centrafrique, o\u00f9 la situation s\u00e9curitaire reste tr\u00e8s fragile. &#8220;Un dialogue est entam\u00e9 avec l&#8217;ONU pour lever petit \u00e0 petit l&#8217;embargo qui frappe les forces arm\u00e9es centrafricaines afin de les remettre en selle et d&#8217;assurer la d\u00e9fense du territoire&#8221;, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. Yak\u00e9t\u00e9, selon des propos rapport\u00e9s sur le site de la radio Ndeke Luka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"Sangaris\"><\/a><b>Sangaris<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/centrafrique-fin-de-l-operaion-francaise-sangaris-en-octobre\/3416826.html\">Centrafrique: fin de l&#8217;op\u00e9ration fran\u00e7aise Sangaris en octobre<\/a><\/u><\/span> |\u00a013 July 2016 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le mois d&#8217;octobre consacrera la fin d\u00e9finitive de l&#8217;op\u00e9ration des forces fran\u00e7aises en Centrafrique, Sangaris, a indiqu\u00e9 le pr\u00e9sident Fran\u00e7ois Hollande.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrik.com\/centrafrique-le-president-francais-francois-hollande-annonce-la-fin-de-l-operation-sangaris-pour?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afrikfr+(Afrik+VF)\">Centrafrique: le Pr\u00e9sident fran\u00e7ais Fran\u00e7ois Hollande annonce la fin de l\u2019op\u00e9ration Sangaris pour octobre<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Afrik.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise, Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, a confirm\u00e9, ce mercredi 13 juillet 2016, que la France mettrait fin \u00e0 son intervention militaire en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine. \u00ab En octobre prochain, le ministre de la D\u00e9fense Jean-Yves Le Drian se rendra en Centrafrique pour prononcer officiellement la fin de l\u2019op\u00e9ration Sangaris \u00bb. C\u2019est ce qu\u2019a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le chef de l\u2019Etat lors d\u2019une r\u00e9ception au minist\u00e8re fran\u00e7ais de la D\u00e9fense. La pr\u00e9sence militaire fran\u00e7aise avait mobilis\u00e9 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 2 500 hommes lors du d\u00e9clenchement de l\u2019op\u00e9ration fin 2013. Son objectif \u00e9tait de stopper les massacres inter-communautaires dans un pays en proie \u00e0 une instabilit\u00e9 chronique.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943896\"><\/a>Humanitarian News<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Non-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news, including IDP and refugee issues, across the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943897\"><\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/13\/actualite\/societe\/nord-kivu-de-nouveaux-deplaces-signales-mweso\">Nord-Kivu: de nouveaux d\u00e9plac\u00e9s signal\u00e9s \u00e0 Mweso<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Environ 1 200 personnes sont arriv\u00e9es cette semaine \u00e0 Mweso dans le territoire de Masisi (Nord-Kivu), \u00e0 la suite des op\u00e9rations men\u00e9es par l\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise contre des rebelles hutus rwandais des FDLR et des combats entre miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef \u00e0 Nyanzale et Kikuku. Le bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires de l\u2019ONU (OCHA) s\u2019inqui\u00e8te des conditions humanitaires de ces d\u00e9plac\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943898\"><\/a>Rwanda<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Burundian refugees in Rwanda<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/rwanda\/burundian-refugees-rwanda-registration-statistics-sunday-10th-july-2016\">Infographic: Burundian Refugees in Rwanda &#8211; Registration Statistics (Sunday 10th July 2016)<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 10 July 2016 | UNHCR |\u00a0Reliefweb<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943900\"><\/a>Uganda<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>South Sudanese refugees in Uganda<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607140356.html\">South Sudan Blocks Refugees From Crossing Into Uganda<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | The Observer |\u00a0AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of South Sudanese nationals remain stranded at Nimule border town after their government issued an order blocking air and land exits. Troops have been deployed to block civilians fleeing the violence in Juba and other towns over the past few days. Deng Mawien, a migration officer, is quoted by Juba-based Radio Tamazuj saying that they have not received directives from higher authorities in Juba to release the so many people in Nimule waiting to cross to Ugandan side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607130487.html\">South Sudan Crisis Worsens Uganda Refugee Disaster<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | CAJ News |\u00a0AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ongoing civil strife in South Sudan is worsening Uganda&#8217;s own challenges, with the Central African country struggling with poverty. Owing to the crisis in South Sudan, Uganda now hosts over 500 000 refugees, making this the third largest refugee population to be hosted by any country in sub-Saharan Africa and the eighth largest in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/uganda\/south-sudanese-clamour-refuge-ugandas-border\">South Sudanese clamour for refuge at Uganda&#8217;s border<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | AFP | Reliefweb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Predatory soldiers and the sluggish brown waters of the Unyama River separate thousands of fearful South Sudanese from the longed-for safety of neighbouring Uganda. Thousands of people on the South Sudan side are eager to leave following days of intense battles in the capital Juba, 200 kilometres (125 miles) to the north, which have threatened a return to war. The few who have so far crossed say soldiers relieve civilians of their possessions before letting them pass.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943901\"><\/a>Central African Republic<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=54417#.V4Y-7ZN96i4\">Thousands fleeing violent clashes in Central African Republic \u2013 UN refugee agency<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | UN News Centre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations refugee agency today said that more than six thousand people from the Central African Republic (CAR) have fled into Chad and Cameroon to escape renewed tension and violent clashes since mid-June. \u201cRefugees arriving in the two neighbouring countries, which already host tens of thousands of refugees from CAR, said they had seen killings, kidnappings, looting and the torching of their homes,\u201d Melissa Fleming, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told the regular press briefing in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/gouvernement-eglise-humanitaires-engages-dans-un-projet-de-renvoyer-les-deplaces-a-leur-domiciles-a-bangui\/3415384.html\">Le retour des deplac\u00e9s en Centrafrique, la priorit\u00e9 du nouveau gouvernement<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Au lendemain du retour \u00e0 l&#8217;ordre constitutionnel en RCA, le nouveau gouvernement fait du retour des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s \u00e0 leurs domiciles une de ses priorit\u00e9s. Un projet pour l&#8217;accompagnement de ces personnes est en cours de validation avec les humanitaires. En dehors du projet en cours de validation entre le gouvernement et les humanitaires, une premi\u00e8re vague des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s a d\u00e9j\u00e0 quitt\u00e9 le site du grand s\u00e9minaire de Bimbo au sud de Bangui. Ces personnes, plusieurs dizaines ont accept\u00e9 volontairement de regagner leurs habitations ou de refaire leur vie dans d&#8217;autres quartiers.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading__152_1486524714\"><\/a><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943903\"><\/a> Justice and Tribunals<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Selected articles on criminal justice proceedings regarding crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943905\"><\/a>Rwanda<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Genocide trials<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/339927\/societe\/genocide-rwanda-tito-barahira-octavien-ngenzi-appel-de-condamnation-a-perpetuite\/\">G\u00e9nocide au Rwanda: Tito Barahira et Octavien Ngenzi font appel de leur condamnation \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Octavien Ngenzi et Tito Barahira vont faire appel de leur condamnation \u00e0 la prison \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 par la la Cour d&#8217;assises de Paris, ont fait savoir jeudi leurs avocats. Ces deux anciens bourgmestres rwandais \u00e9taient accus\u00e9s d\u2019avoir particip\u00e9 au g\u00e9nocide rwandais dans leur village de Kabarondo en avril 1994.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943910\"><\/a>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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tullow<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607110673.html\">Tullow Issues Bond to Fund Oil Exploration<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oil giant Tullow is selling $300 millions worth of convertible bonds to raise money for the development of new oil fields in East and West Africa. This is expected to diversify funding sources for the London Stock Exchange-listed firm.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943911\"><\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaintelligence.com\/AMA\/railways-roads-ports\/2016\/07\/12\/forrest-turns-on-lights-in-katanga,108174124-ART\">Forrest turns on lights in Katanga<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | Africa Mining Intelligence<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After operating in mining services and extraction, George Forrest International has switched to generating electricity through Congo Energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Mining<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/07\/actualite\/economie\/ituri-un-sursis-de-45-jours-accorde-aux-creuseurs-artisanaux\">Ituri: un sursis de 45 jours accord\u00e9 aux creuseurs artisanaux<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Une d\u00e9rogation de 45 jours est accord\u00e9e aux creuseurs artisanaux pour \u00e9vacuer le foyer minier de Kpangba (Ituri), couvert par un titre minier exclusif de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Mongwalu gold mining (MGM). Cette d\u00e9cision est contenue dans un communiqu\u00e9 de presse sign\u00e9 et publi\u00e9 lundi 4 juillet par le ministre des Hydrocarbures qui fait l\u2019int\u00e9rim de son coll\u00e8gue des Mines. Le ministre affirme avoir tenu compte des dol\u00e9ances des d\u00e9put\u00e9s de l\u2019Ituri et de creuseurs d\u2019or, estim\u00e9s \u00e0 plus de vingt mille. Ces derniers ont sollicit\u00e9 un prolongement de l\u2019ultimatum du ministre qui a expir\u00e9 le 4 juillet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Copper<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwired.com\/press-release\/ivanhoe-mines-receives-second-us412-million-installment-payment-from-zijin-mining-group-tsx-ivn-2141075.htm\">Ivanhoe Mines Receives Second US$41.2 Million Installment Payment From Zijin Mining Group as Part of Zijin&#8217;s US$412 Million Investment in the Kamoa Copper Project in D.R. Congo<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 | MarketWired<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">vanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) announced today that it has received the second installment of US$41.2 million owing from a subsidiary of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. as part of a strategic co-development agreement under which Zijin acquired 49.5% of Ivanhoe&#8217;s majority stake in the Kamoa copper discovery now being jointly developed by Ivanhoe and Zijin in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Gold<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaintelligence.com\/AMA\/small-scale-mining\/2016\/07\/12\/mongbwalu-gold-mining-faced-with-20000-diggers,108174134-BRE\">Mongbwalu Gold Mining faced with 20,000 diggers<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | Africa Mining Intelligence<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oil and gas minister Aime Ngoy Mukena, acting on behalf of mines minister Martin Kabwelulu, has put back to Aug. 20 a deadline for 20,000 diggers to quit the area around the Kpangba mine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miningweekly.com\/article\/banro-sets-new-production-records-at-drc-gold-mines-2016-07-12\/rep_id:3650\">Banro sets new production records at DRC gold mines<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 | Mining Weekly<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian gold producer Banro has achieved new production records at both its operating assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), producing a combined 49 673 oz of gold during the second quarter ended June 30. So far this year, total production stood at 93 865 oz of gold, which was in line with the 2016 production guidance, the company advised, with the second half expected to deliver the bulk of production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Forestry<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/rdc-greenpeace-reclame-annulation-contrats-forestiers-societes-chinoises\/3415348.html\">Greenpeace r\u00e9clame l&#8217;annulation de contrats forestiers avec des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s chinoises en RDC<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 |\u00a0La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L&#8217;organisation \u00e9cologiste accuse l&#8217;ex-ministre de l&#8217;Environnement d&#8217;avoir attribu\u00e9 trois concessions, mi-ao\u00fbt 2015, dans le secret et dans l&#8217;ill\u00e9galit\u00e9. Celui-ci a r\u00e9pliqu\u00e9 qu&#8217;il n&#8217;existait &#8220;aucune restriction l\u00e9gale&#8221;. L&#8217;ONG Greenpeace a demand\u00e9aux autorit\u00e9s congolaises &#8220;d&#8217;annuler imm\u00e9diatement&#8221; trois contrats attribuant des concessions foresti\u00e8res \u00e0 deux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s chinoises en violation d&#8217;un moratoire d\u00e9cr\u00e9t\u00e9 en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) depuis 2002.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/rdc-contrats-forestiers-avec-des-societes-chinoises-illegaux-en-instance-d-annulation\/3416279.html\">RDC: contrats forestiers avec des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s chinoises &#8220;ill\u00e9gaux&#8221;, en instance d&#8217;annulation<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | La Voix de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les autorit\u00e9s congolaises ont annonc\u00e9 mercredi leur intention d&#8217;annuler trois contrats forestiers attribu\u00e9s \u00e0 deux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s chinoises en violation d&#8217;un moratoire d\u00e9cr\u00e9t\u00e9 en 2002 en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC). Par pr\u00e9caution, nous allons annuler ces trois contrats ill\u00e9gaux qui sont nuls et de nul effet&#8221;, a annonc\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#8217;AFP le ministre congolais de l&#8217;Environnement, Robert Bopolo. Dans les archives du minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;Environnement, &#8220;il n&#8217;y a aucune trace des contrats attribuant trois concessions foresti\u00e8res \u00e0 Somifor et Fodeco&#8221;, deux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s \u00e0 capitaux chinois, a-t-il affirm\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Hydropower<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/mag\/338499\/economie\/rd-congo-a-petits-vers-grand-inga\/\">RD Congo: \u00e0 petits pas vers le Grand Inga<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 l Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">C&#8217;est une \u00e9tape cruciale avant d&#8217;esp\u00e9rer lancer le pharaonique projet hydro\u00e9lectrique sur le fleuve Congo : la r\u00e9habilitation des barrages Inga I et II, vieux de plus de 30 ans. Plong\u00e9e dans les entrailles de ces monstres de ciment en pleine cure de rajeunissement. Du haut du belv\u00e9d\u00e8re, Henri Makap embrasse du regard toute la boucle d\u2019Inga du fleuve Congo, sur une vingtaine de kilom\u00e8tres. Le directeur de la production Ouest de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 nationale d\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 (Snel), un ing\u00e9nieur hydro\u00e9lectricien qui cumule vingt-neuf ans d\u2019exp\u00e9rience \u00e0 Inga et au Katanga, est fier de montrer l\u2019\u00e9tendue de son domaine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/mag\/338501\/economie\/rd-congo-grand-inga-beaucoup-de-barrages-a-lever\/\">RD Congo \u2013 Grand Inga: encore beaucoup de barrages \u00e0 lever<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 12 July 2016 l Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il faudra mobiliser 12 milliards de dollars pour lancer le projet Grand Inga. Et sa dimension r\u00e9gionale ne facilite pas les choses. Men\u00e9s par l\u2019espagnol ACS et le chinois Three Gorges Corporation, les deux consortiums encore en lice pour la construction du barrage Inga III (4 800 MW), premi\u00e8re phase du m\u00e9gaprojet du Grand Inga (estim\u00e9 \u00e0 environ 100 milliards de dollars \u2013 90 milliards d\u2019euros), devraient pr\u00e9senter leurs offres en juillet. Ensuite, la d\u00e9signation du vainqueur pourrait marquer une \u00e9tape d\u00e9cisive vers la r\u00e9alisation de ce complexe pharaonique, dont le potentiel total est estim\u00e9 \u00e0 42 000 MW et qui serait capable de fournir 40 % des besoins en \u00e9lectricit\u00e9 du continent.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943914\"><\/a>Uganda<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Oil<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607070683.html\">Uganda-Tanga Oil Pipeline Stakeholders Mull Holding Company<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Tanzania Daily News | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stakeholders in the envisaged 4-billion- US dollar crude oil pipeline from Kabale in Uganda to Tanga Port in Tanzania are finalising drafting contracts to establish a company that would oversee implementation of the mega project, it has been learnt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607080475.html\">Building of Hoima-Tanzania Oil Pipeline Will Start in January<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Construction of the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil export pipeline is planned to start in January next year, Uganda&#8217;s Energy minister Irene Muloni has said. Ms Muloni, who led the Ugandan team that held closed door discussions with the Tanzanian delegation in Hoima Town on Tuesday, told the media that the two countries had agreed to fast-track the project which will cover 1,443 kilometres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Forestry<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607110658.html\">Population Growth Puts Pressure On Ugandan Forests<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">n 1990, Uganda boasted five million hectares of forestland. Now, just 25 years later, 1.5 million hectares of that has been lost. On average, Uganda is losing an estimated 92,000 hectares of its natural forestland to encroachment every year. Experts said the biggest contributors to the loss are population growth, demand for land for agriculture and illegal logging. The 2014 population and housing census put Uganda&#8217;s population at 34.6 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607110656.html\">Standoff Over Forest Land Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Sold to Hoima Sugar<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 9 July 2016 | The EastAfrican | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tour operators want the government to reverse a decision by the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara to give away part of a tropical forest for a sugarcane plantation. Bunyoro-Kitara gave 8,000 hectares, which tourist operators and the National Forest Authority say is part of the 40,000 hectares that constitute Bugoma Central Forest Reserve, to Hoima Sugar Ltd to grow sugarcane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Hydropower<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607140372.html\">Uganda Lowers Financial Risk Over Karuma Power Dam<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | The Observer | AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a country where huge power dam projects have faced public scrutiny over the costs of financing, the government&#8217;s decision of signing up to an interest rate swap over the Karuma plant breaks new ground in safeguarding against financial risks, writes Alon Mwesigwa. Ugandans might not find it so hard to pay back the loan for the 600MW Karuma dam construction after government renegotiated the terms for repayment, now to be based on a fixed interest rate than one that floats, according to a statement from the ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943917\"><\/a>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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dodd-Frank amendment<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itri.co.uk\/itsci\/news\/us-house-of-representtatives-passes-amendment-to-dodd-frank-act\">US House of Representatives passes amendment to Dodd-Frank Act<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 11 July 2016 | ITRI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 7th July 2016, the US House of Representatives passed amendment 1254 to Dodd Frank which confirms that no funds appropriated in relation to the Act can be used to enforce the SEC Rule relating to &#8216;conflict minerals&#8217;. In commenting on the amendment, the Enough Project, said: &#8220;The conflict minerals provision in Dodd-Frank has spurred major progress in starting rule of law in Congo&#8217;s minerals sector and helping make the majority of tin, tantalum, and tungsten mines conflict-free. Before the law was passed, armed groups and their sponsors profited hand-over-fist from the minerals trade, but today 70% of surveyed 3T mines are conflict-free. It&#8217;s time to focus on addressing the gaps &#8211; particularly conflict gold and artisanal miners&#8217; livelihood programs &#8211; instead of moving backwards and undermining the law, as proposed by Rep. Huizenga&#8217;s amendment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943918\"><\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Mining fraud<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/08\/actualite\/en-bref\/nord-kivu-la-cirgl-organise-un-atelier-pour-lutter-contre-la-fraude\">Nord-Kivu: la CIRGL organise un atelier pour lutter contre la fraude mini\u00e8re<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La Conf\u00e9rence internationale sur la r\u00e9gion des Grands lacs (CIRGL) a organis\u00e9 jeudi 7 juillet un atelier de deux jours \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu) pour mettre en place une commission nationale de lutte contre la fraude et la contrebande mini\u00e8res. Les membres des services publics, de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, du secteur priv\u00e9 ainsi que les responsables des coop\u00e9ratives mini\u00e8res du Nord et Sud-Kivu prennent part \u00e0 cette rencontre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Taxation<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-07-07\/congo-s-government-drops-vat-on-imports-for-mining-companies\">Congo\u2019s Government Drops VAT on Imports for Mining Companies<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 7 July 2016 | Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democratic Republic Congo will suspend value-added tax on imports for mining companies to ease operating conditions for struggling miners, Finance Minister Henri Yav Mulang said. In April, the government ordered the central bank to temporarily stop reimbursing VAT in order to reduce pressure on the domestic currency. That suspension remains in force and the country has now agreed to halt the collection of VAT on imports in the mining industry for 12 months to prevent tax arrears owed by the government, currently estimated at $750 million, from increasing further, Mulang said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/340204\/economie\/rd-congo-gouvernement-va-reverser-700-millions-de-dollars-aux-miniers\/\">RD Congo: le gouvernement va rembourser la TVA pay\u00e9e par les groupes miniers<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Jeune Afrique<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Selon l&#8217;agence &#8220;Reuters&#8221;, le minist\u00e8re des Finances de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RD Congo) va rembourser environ 700 millions de dollars de taxe sur la valeur ajout\u00e9e (TVA) pay\u00e9s par les groupes miniers actifs dans le pays. La RD Congo va reverser environ 700 millions de dollars en remboursements de taxe sur la valeur ajout\u00e9e (TVA) dus aux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s mini\u00e8res et va suspendre la TVA sur leurs importations, a annonc\u00e9 le ministre des Finances Henri Yav Muland, cit\u00e9 par l\u2019agence Reuters ce vendredi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miningweekly.com\/article\/congos-government-drops-vat-on-imports-for-mining-companies-2016-07-08\">Congo\u2019s government drops VAT on imports for mining companies<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | Mining Weekly<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democratic Republic Congo will suspend value-added tax on imports for mining companies to ease operating conditions for struggling miners, Finance Minister Henri Yav Mulang said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Reforestation<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/13\/actualite\/environnement\/rdc-le-gouvernement-appele-promouvoir-la-culture-du-reboisement\">RDC: le gouvernement appel\u00e9 \u00e0 promouvoir la culture du reboisement<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ignace Biza Buaya, environnementaliste \u00e9voluant en RDC, recommande au gouvernement congolais de promouvoir la culture du reboisement pour lutter contre le r\u00e9chauffement climatique, provoqu\u00e9 par le d\u00e9boisement massif et la pollution atmosph\u00e9rique li\u00e9e aux \u00e9missions des gaz \u00e0 effet de serre. Selon lui, le comportement des hommes est \u00e0 la base de ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne plan\u00e9taire qui fait subir au climat des bouleversements importants.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943921\"><\/a>Uganda<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Oil<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201607080080.html\">Bad Policies Affecting Local Participation in Oil Sector<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 8 July 2016 | The Monitor |\u00a0AllAfrica<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without good governance, Uganda and other regional countries will not benefit from the opportunities that the oil resource presents, sector analysts have said. Mr Elijah Dickens Mushemeza, a senior research fellow with Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (Acode), believe that for the population to make a mark in the sector, good governance must be guaranteed across the East African region.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943924\"><\/a>Other<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"__RefHeading___Toc411943925\"><\/a>DRC<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Human rights<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0085aa;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiookapi.net\/2016\/07\/14\/actualite\/justice\/rdc-plus-de-2-000-violations-de-droits-de-lhomme-documentees-en-six\">RDC: plus de 2 000 violations de droits de l\u2019homme document\u00e9es en six mois<\/a><\/u><\/span> | 13 July 2016 | Radio Okapi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deux mille trois cent quarante-trois cas de violations des droits de l\u2019homme ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9s en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) au premier semestre 2016. 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