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News in Brief<\/h1>\n

On Thursday, December 8, the Catholic Church (CENCO) initiated a new attempt at mediating a national dialogue<\/a> between presidential majority and opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>. On Tuesday, December 13, about a dozen youth activists were arrested during the negotiations in Kinshasa, according to Human Rights Watch. Meanwhile, the United States and European Union announced sanctions against top DRC officials who are in their view responsible for violent repression.<\/p>\n

Civil society in Butembo, North Kivu<\/a>, announced last week that there have been 99 cases of sexual violence against women between the months of September and November 2016 in the area. Also last week, legal clinics and counselling offices reported over 1200 cases of gender-based violence<\/a> in the DRC this year. On Wednesday, December 7, nine people died during confrontations between the FARDC and Raia Mutomboki rebels in Nyanzila, Walikale territory. In Beni, several police officers reportedly abandoned their posts over the past few weeks. They had been installed there to reinforce security in the region, afflicted by alleged ADF attacks. In South Kivu<\/a>, Ra\u00efa Mutomboki Maheshe elements reportedly attacked FARDC positions in Mulamba. Local civil society claimed the group abducted a school director and his son. On Sunday, December 11, FARDC soldiers killed an FNL rebel and arrested two others in Rusabagi, Uvira territory. In Ituri<\/a>, one Congolese soldier as killed and another injured during clashes with FRPI rebels in Kabona, Walendu Bindi. Four people died during combats between police officers and militiamen, associated with Kamuina Nsapu, in Bunkonde, Kasai-Central<\/a>. In Tshopo<\/a>, nine women have been raped over the past three weeks in Kabondo, Kisangani.<\/p>\n

In the Central African Republic<\/a>, the city of N\u2019Djim was reportedly taken over by Cameroonian rebel leader Abubakr Sidiki. In Paoua, MINUSCA repelled an attack by alleged ex-Seleka elements on one of the town\u2019s police stations. Meanwhile, a new United Nations report enumerates several human rights violations perpetrated in the CAR, such as arbitrary killings, sexual violence and inhuman treatment.<\/p>\n