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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n

This week a number of organisations, including the UN, have expressed\u00a0concern<\/a>\u00a0that implementation of the Nairobi agreements on the M23 are being implemented too slowly. However, on December 17 the first wave of 120 former\u00a0M23<\/a>\u00a0rebels returned to the DRC, despite some prior complaints that elements of repatriation have been \u201cforced\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, 13 December a\u00a0joint<\/a>\u00a0FARDC and MONUSCO force launched a military operation entitled “Sokola 1”, intended to track down, disarm and neutralise ADF rebels active in Beni territory. However, concerns have been sparked regarding the safety of the civilian population during the operation.<\/p>\n

A delegation of representatives of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) arrived on 15 December in the town of\u00a0Beni<\/a>\u00a0to assess the security situation in the area and meet with civil society. On the 17th<\/sup>, civil society announced the opening of a social dialogue process. \u00a0Wednesday, for the restoration of peace and security in the area. Nine people died in clashes on 13 December between Ra\u00efa Mutomboki Ntoto and Nsindo in\u00a0Walikale<\/a>. Several others were wounded.<\/p>\n

By the 11 December, Mayi Mayi\u00a0Simba<\/a>\u00a0had been occupying the Muchacha mining quarry for four days in Mambasa. The attackers took about fifty traders hostage after pillaging several properties. In Province Orientale, a limited number of\u00a0FDLR<\/a>\u00a0rebels are surrendering before the 31 December deadline:\u00a0163 out of 1600 at MONUSCO\u2019s latest count. Two students of a secondary school were abducted on Thursday 11 December by unknown assailants in Bunia, bringing the total number of people kidnapped in two weeks to seven.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International has said that\u00a0Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0authorities and the United Nations are failing to investigate war crimes that must be tackled to break the cycle of violence. Amnesty claimed that armed militias have continued to commit atrocities even after Amnesty in July listed 20 individuals who are suspected of involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. UNICEF has said that two out of five children urgently needing humanitarian aid in Central African Republic are without it, thanks to a critical lack of funding and continued conflict, a year after extreme violence tore through the country. Earlier this month, French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian\u2019s announced that the French Sangaris force would gradually withdraw from Central African Republic (CAR).<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch has reported that African countries expressed strong support for the\u00a0International Criminal Court<\/a>\u00a0(ICC) at the 13th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the court\u2019s founding document. The governments reportedly showed a more positive picture of Africa\u2019s relationship with the ICC than is often reflected in public debates.<\/p>\n

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IPIS\u2019 Latest\u00a0Publications<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Mapping Conflict Motives: the Central African Republic<\/a>\u00a0| November 2014 | IPIS
\nIn this study, IPIS analyses the conflict dynamics in the Central African Republic (CAR) since the outbreak of the latest crisis in September 2012 up to September 2014. The analysis specifically looks into the motivations and interests of the main conflict parties, Seleka and anti-balaka, and the influence and interests of neighbouring countries. The report covers the following key questions. What is the background of the conflict parties Seleka and anti-balaka, and how are they structured? Which strategic interests do they prioritise, or ignore? What do they want to achieve? Do their actions correspond to their rhetoric? What has been Chad\u2019s, Sudan\u2019s and Cameroon\u2019s influence on the CAR conflict, and what have been their interests in it? Together with the report, a web map of the area of focus has been published and is available at\u00a0www.ipisresearch.be\/mapping\/webmapping\/car<\/span>. The web map presents various layers, which can be toggled on or off, including information on security incidents, areas under control of armed groups, natural resources, and a number of other features. The map is an integrated part of the research methodology and has been a crucial source for IPIS\u2019 analysis. Also have a look at the Infographic, at\u00a0https:\/\/infogr.am\/mapping-conflict-motives-in-car<\/a>. La traduction en fran\u00e7ais sera disponible prochainement.<\/p>\n

The Adverse Human Rights Risks and Impacts of European Companies: Getting a glimpse of the picture\u00a0|<\/a> October 2014 | IPIS
\nThis report presents the findings of a study undertaken by IPIS and commissioned by the European Coalition for Corporate Justice on the extent to which European companies are identified in concerns about adverse human rights risks and impacts. Gathering concerns raised regarding the human rights risks and impacts of companies listed on the UK\u2019s FTSE 100, France\u2019s CAC 40 and the German DAX 30, the study finds that around half of these companies have been identified in allegations or concerns regarding adverse human rights risks and impacts reported on between 2005 and early 2013. Many of these risks and impacts relate to operations outside the European Union, with the most severe often alleged to occur in countries in which rule of law and institutions are weak.<\/p>\n

The Adverse Human Rights Risks and Impacts of European Companies: Getting a glimpse of the picture. Annexes<\/a>
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\nThis Annex accompanies the report that presents the findings of a study undertaken by IPIS and commissioned by the European Coalition for Corporate Justice on the extent to which European companies are identified in concerns about adverse human rights risks and impacts.<\/p>\n

Mapping Conflict Minerals: Eastern DRC (2013-2014)<\/a>\u00a0| 31 October 2014 | IPIS
\nIn collaboration with the Congolese mining cadastre (CAMI), mining service SAESSCAM and representatives from local civil society organisations, IPIS organised a series of field visits to monitor artisanal mining activities and the involvement of armed groups and criminal networks in mineral exploitation and trade. This resulted in the publication of an\u00a0interactive web map<\/a>\u00a0providing information on e.g. the on-site presence of armed groups and criminal elements within the Congolese army (FARDC) and their activities, as well as indicators of the relative importance of the mining site. It shows the location of 150 trading centres and nearly 1100 mining sites in Eastern DRC. An accompanying report provides an\u00a0analysis<\/a>\u00a0of the data collected by the local teams between March 2013 and March 2014 as presented by IPIS on its web map. It analyses the most striking findings, focussing on developments surrounding security and how they have impacted on Eastern DRC\u2019s artisanal mining sector. Finally, the report also explains how the map can be used to assess risks in mineral supply chains.<\/p>\n

Supply Chains and Transport Corridors in East Africa<\/a>\u00a0\u2758 June 2014 \u2758 IPIS and TransArms-Research
\nTransport infrastructure plays a key role in boosting a country or region\u2019s economic development. IPIS and TransArms have ascertained on several occasions that the underdevelopment or degeneration of transport infrastructure is a problematic issue across a number of African countries and regions. This report analyses the current logistics situation in Eastern Africa, and the logistic challenges faced by various actors in that region. It is based on desktop research, and interviews and data collected by the authors during several field missions to East and Central Africa. At the time of writing, however, logistic and other challenges to cost-efficient trade and overall economic development are yet to be addressed. Further research and policy actions to effectively tackle current shortcomings are much needed. A strategy relying on a piecemeal approach (e.g. on ad hoc investments in infrastructure) is likely to result in a \u2018quick fix\u2019 to ship raw materials out of the African continent rather than in an effort to boost sustainable economic development.<\/p>\n

De Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking en fragiele staten: een kloof tussen beleid en praktijk?\u00a0<\/a>\u2758\u00a0<\/strong>May 2014\u00a0\u2758<\/strong>\u00a011.11.11 i.s.m. IPIS
\nZo goed als de helft van de Belgische middelen voor ontwikkelingshulp gaat naar partnerlanden waar de overheid niet de capaciteit, wil en\/of legitimiteit heeft om de publieke zaken effici\u00ebnt te beheren, voor veiligheid te zorgen en om de bevolking uit de armoede te halen. Omdat traditionele hulprecepten in deze \u2018fragiele staten\u2019 op hun limieten stuiten, is er de laatste decennia een internationaal beleid ontwikkeld dat een blauwdruk voorstelt voor een gedifferentieerde aanpak om deze landen te ondersteunen in het traject richting meer weerbaarheid. De Belgische ontwikkelingssamenwerking onderschrijft de internationale engagementen over fragiele staten die hieruit ontstonden, zoals de fragiele staten principes (FSP\u2019s) en de New Deal. In 2013 werd er een Belgische strategienota voor fragiele situaties goedgekeurd. Positief is dat Belgi\u00eb zich, ondanks de moeilijke context, rond dit thema blijft engageren \u2013 zowel op internationaal beleidsniveau als binnen haar eigen ontwikkelingsbeleid.<\/p>\n

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Conflict and security<\/h1>\n

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

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Afrique centrale : le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 reste pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 par la menace pos\u00e9e par la LRA<\/a>\u00a0| 11 Decemeber 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nNEW YORK \u2013 Le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Nations Unies s\u2019est d\u00e9clar\u00e9 mercredi pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 par la persistance de la menace pos\u00e9e par l\u2019Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA) dans certaines parties de l\u2019Afrique centrale.<\/p>\n

Des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de la LRA toujours actifs dans le nord de la RDC et en Afrique central<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | Digitalcongo.net
\nAffaiblie certes, mais toujours l\u00e0. La r\u00e9bellion ougandaise de l’Arm\u00e9e de r\u00e9sistance du Seigneur (LRA en anglais) fait encore et toujours parler d’elle dans le nord-est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment dans le district de Bas-U\u00e9l\u00e9 en Province Orientale pr\u00e8s de la fronti\u00e8re avec la Centrafrique.<\/p>\n

Le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 juge n\u00e9cessaire de renforcer la coop\u00e9ration entre l’ONU et l’Union africaine<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | UN
\nLe Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Nations Unies a estim\u00e9 mardi qu’il importait de renforcer la coop\u00e9ration entre l’ONU et l’Union africaine pour faire face aux d\u00e9fis communs de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 collective en Afrique, \u00e0 l’occasion d’une r\u00e9union consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 ce partenariat.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

RDC: Norbert Luyeye d\u00e9nonce un plan visant \u00e0 prolonger le mandat de Joseph Kabila<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019Union des r\u00e9publicains (UR) met en garde contre tout projet politique qui violerait la constitution de la RDC et l\u2019Accord-cadre d\u2019Addis-Abeba. Dans une d\u00e9claration faite ce mardi 16 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Kinshasa devant plusieurs militants, le pr\u00e9sident de ce parti d\u2019opposition, Norbert Luyeye, affirme que sans un calendrier \u00e9lectoral\u00a0 global ni l\u2019identification nationale des Congolais, le d\u00e9cor semble bien plant\u00e9 pour ne pas organiser les \u00e9lections en 2016 et ainsi prolonger le mandat du pr\u00e9sident Joseph Kabila.<\/p>\n

RDC : l’ONU salue la condamnation d’un officier des FARDC pour crimes contre l’humanit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | UN
\nUN envoys welcome conviction of Congolese army officer for crimes against humanity<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | UN
\nUnited Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura welcomed today the conviction of a senior army officer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for crimes against humanity, saying the verdict sends a \u201cvery clear message to perpetrators of sexual violence in DRC that they cannot hide behind a badge or evade justice with a uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mission conjointe CIRGL et SADEC \u00e0 Kisangani<\/a>\u00a0| December 2014 | Monusco
\nUne mission conjointe CIRGL et SADEC a effectu\u00e9 ce dimanche 14 d\u00e9cembre une visite de quelques heures \u00e0 Kisangani pour suivre et \u00e9valuer le processus de reddition et de d\u00e9sarmement volontaire des ex combattants Hutus Rwandais dans sa phase actuelle. La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation compos\u00e9e des secr\u00e9taires ex\u00e9cutifs de la CIRGL et de la SADEC, et des officiels congolais a \u00e9t\u00e9 accompagn\u00e9e \u00e0 Kisangani par le chef de la MONUSCO Martin Kobler.<\/p>\n

M23 repatriation<\/strong><\/p>\n

UN-led Great Lakes envoys urge faster implementation of M23 peace deal<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | UN
\nA team of United Nations, African Union and other Special Envoys on the Great Lakes region have noted with concern that overall implementation of the Nairobi Declarations remains slow.<\/p>\n

RDC : les d\u00e9clarations de Nairobi dans l’impasse<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | Afrika Arabia
\nUn an apr\u00e8s la signature des accords entre le gouvernement congolais et le M23, les n\u00e9gociations sont au point mort. Pourquoi Kinshasa et l\u2019ancienne r\u00e9bellion jouent-ils la montre ? Analyse.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9clarations de Nairobi: Kinshasa et le M23 s\u2019accusent de \u00abblocage\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes trois documents contenant des engagements sign\u00e9s \u00e0 Nairobi, au Kenya, pour mettre fin aux pourparlers de Kampala entre le gouvernement de la RDC et la r\u00e9bellion du M23 totalisent une ann\u00e9e ce vendredi 12 d\u00e9cembre. Ces engagements ne sont pas totalement honor\u00e9s. Les deux parties se rejettent la responsabilit\u00e9 du \u00abblocage\u00bb de ce processus.<\/p>\n

RDC : l’ONU et ses partenaires appellent \u00e0 acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer la mise en \u0153uvre de l’accord de paix avec le M23<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | UN
\nUn an apr\u00e8s l’accord de paix entre le gouvernement de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) et le groupe rebelle M23, l’ONU et ses partenaires estiment que la mise en \u0153uvre de cet accord reste lente.<\/p>\n

RDC: Fran\u00e7ois Muamba d\u00e9ment le rapatriement forc\u00e9 des ex-M23<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nAccus\u00e9 de vouloir faire revenir de force les anciens membres de la r\u00e9bellion du M23 en RDC, le coordonnateur du M\u00e9canisme national de suivi de l\u2019accord d\u2019Addis-Abeba, Francois Muamba, a expliqu\u00e9 que \u00abrevient au Congo celui qui est Congolais et qui souhaite revenir au Congo\u00bb. Il r\u00e9agit ainsi \u00e0 une lettre ouverte de l\u2019ex-mouvement M23, accusant le gouvernement congolais de rapatrier de force ses ex-combattants cantonn\u00e9s au camp militaire de Bihamba, en Ouganda. La lettre sign\u00e9e par Bertrand Bisimwa est adress\u00e9e au chef du Bureau du Haut Commissariat des droits de l\u2019homme de l\u2019Onu \u00e0 Kampala.<\/p>\n

DR Congo: UN-led Great Lakes envoys urge faster implementation of M23 peace deal<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | UN News
\nA team of United Nations, African Union and other Special Envoys on the Great Lakes region have noted with concern that overall implementation of the Nairobi Declarations remains slow.<\/p>\n

RDC\/Ouganda, le cantonnement ou la fuite<\/a>\u00a0| 16 december 2014 | BBC
\nBertrand Bisimwa, l\u2019un des leaders de l\u2019ex mouvement rebelle congolais M23 a affirm\u00e9 mardi que pr\u00e8s de 1 600 de ses combattants, sur un effectif total de pr\u00e8s de 1 700, jusque-l\u00e0 cantonn\u00e9s dans un camp militaire en Ouganda, seraient en fuite.<\/p>\n

Ouganda: op\u00e9ration de rapatriement d’ex-combattants du M23 contest\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | RFI
\nLe M23 a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9, ce mardi 16 d\u00e9cembre, une op\u00e9ration de rapatriement forc\u00e9 men\u00e9e par l’arm\u00e9e ougandaise dans le camp militaire ougandais de Bihanga, \u00e0 quelque 300 km au sud-ouest de Kampala. Ce camp accueillait des ex-rebelles congolais du M23. Au cours de cette op\u00e9ration, il y aurait eu plusieurs bless\u00e9s parmi les ex-combattants et un mort, selon le pr\u00e9sident du M23, Bertrand Bisimwa, interview\u00e9 par RFI.<\/p>\n

Ouganda: un premier groupe de 120 ex-M23 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rapatri\u00e9s, selon Fran\u00e7ois Muamba<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe coordonateur du m\u00e9canisme national de suivi de l\u2019accord d\u2019Addis-Abeba, Fran\u00e7ois Muamba, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 Radio Okapi mercredi 17 d\u00e9cembre qu\u2019une premi\u00e8re vague de 120 ex-rebelles du M23 ont pris l\u2019avion la veille en Ouganda pour rentrer en RDC. Il a salu\u00e9 le d\u00e9but d\u2019un processus auquel les autorit\u00e9s ougandaises ont \u00e9galement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 favoriser.<\/p>\n

Ouganda: des bless\u00e9s par balles lors d\u2019une tentative de rapatriement d\u2019ex-M23 vers la RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPlusieurs ex-combattants du M23, r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s en Ouganda depuis la d\u00e9faite de cette r\u00e9bellion congolaise, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9s par balles mardi 16 d\u00e9cembre par l\u2019arm\u00e9e ougandaise. L\u2019ex-r\u00e9bellion d\u00e9nonce une tentative de rapatriement forc\u00e9 vers la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC).<\/p>\n

Boat accident<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC\u00a0: 129 personnes meurent dans un naufrage<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | Afrik.com
\nAu moins 129 personnes ont p\u00e9ri dans le naufrage d\u2019un bateau surcharg\u00e9, sur le lac Tanganyika, dans le sud-est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo.<\/p>\n

Naufrage sur le lac Tanganyika : bilan revu \u00e0 la hausse, plus de 120 disparus\u200b<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nPlus de cent vingt personnes sont port\u00e9es disparues dans le naufrage du bateau M\/V Mutambala\u00a0 qui s\u2019est produit dans la nuit de jeudi \u00e0 vendredi dernier sur le lac Tanganyika au Katanga. Le commissaire de district, Jean F\u00e9lix Ilunga a livr\u00e9 ce bilan dimanche 14 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Radio Okapi. Selon lui, environ trois cent cinquante passagers \u00e9taient \u00e0 bord de cette embarcation cens\u00e9e contenir cent quarante personnes.<\/p>\n

MONUSCO and FARDC operations\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC: nouvelles op\u00e9rations conjointes FARDC \u2013 Monusco contre les ADF \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes FARDC et la Monusco ont lanc\u00e9 samedi 13 d\u00e9cembre une nouvelle traque conjointe des rebelles ougandais des ADF actifs dans le territoire de Beni. L\u2019objectif est de neutraliser totalement cette r\u00e9bellion, ont pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 \u00e0 Radio Okapi des sources du commandement de l\u2019op\u00e9ration militaire \u201cSokola 1\u2033, visant le d\u00e9sarmement de ces rebelles accus\u00e9s de plusieurs atrocit\u00e9s dans la r\u00e9gion. Cette fois-ci, la Brigade d\u2019intervention de la Monusco est engag\u00e9e aux combats.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile salue le lancement des op\u00e9rations contre les ADF \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu salue le d\u00e9but des op\u00e9rations conjointes FARDC-Monusco contre les rebelles ougandais de l\u2019ADF. Pour son vice-pr\u00e9sident, Omar Kavota, ces op\u00e9rations doivent permettre de neutraliser d\u00e9finitivement ces hommes arm\u00e9s accus\u00e9s des massacres de nombreux civils dans le territoire de Beni ces derniers mois.<\/p>\n

Looming DRC offensive prompts \u201chumanitarian fallout\u201d fears<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | IRIN
\nPlans by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army and UN peacekeepers to again take on one of the oldest insurgencies in the country have sparked concern for civilian populations and raised questions about the wisdom of the operation, set to take place in early 2015.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : les FARDC et la Monusco veulent neutraliser \u00abd\u00e9finitivement\u00bb les ADF<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe commandant de la Brigade d\u2019intervention de la Monusco, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Abdallah Kimweri, a affirm\u00e9 dimanche 14 d\u00e9cembre que les troupes des FARDC et de la mission onusienne sont d\u00e9cid\u00e9es \u00e0 neutraliser \u00abd\u00e9finitivement \u00bb les rebelles ougandais des ADF. L\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise et les casques bleus affrontent actuellement ces rebelles dans une dense for\u00eat, aux alentours de plusieurs villages du territoire de Beni au Nord-Kivu. Un journaliste de Radio Okapi a pu survoler la zone de combat dans un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re de la Monusco, en compagnie du commandant de l\u2019op\u00e9ration Sokola 1, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Muhindo Akili Mundosi et celui de la Brigade d\u2019Intervention de la Monusco.<\/p>\n

RDC: ONU et arm\u00e9e veulent “\u00e9radiquer” les rebelles ougandais au Kivu (Monusco)<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | AFP | ReliefWeb
\nLes Casques bleus et l’arm\u00e9e congolaise sont d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 “\u00e9radiquer” les rebelles ougandais accus\u00e9s de r\u00e9cents massacres dans l’est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo mais ils se heurtent \u00e0 une s\u00e9rie de difficult\u00e9s sur le terrain, ont indiqu\u00e9 mercredi les Nations unies.<\/p>\n

RDC: l\u2019Unesco lance un programme de formation de 4 500 enseignants<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nQuatre mille cinq cents enseignants congolais du primaire et du secondaire seront bient\u00f4t form\u00e9s pour am\u00e9liorer leur performance. Cette formation s\u2019inscrit dans le cadre d\u2019un projet de l\u2019Unesco financ\u00e9 par\u00a0 le gouvernement chinois \u00e0 hauteur de 1 million de dollars am\u00e9ricains. Ce projet, d\u00e9nomm\u00e9 CFIT (China Funds in Trust), a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9 mardi 16 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Kinshasa par la Directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019Unesco, Irina Bokova, arriv\u00e9e la veille en RDC en provenance de la RCA.<\/p>\n

With deadline fast approaching, politics and logistics get in the way of operations against the FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Congo Siasa
\nIt has been exactly one year since Martin Kobler, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo, tweeted: “”The number one priority for MONUSCO is now the FDLR.” It has now been nine months since a regional organization, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, called for a military offensive against the FDLR. As previously noted here, the UN and foreign diplomats had seen the attack on the FDLR as part of the grand bargain aimed at bringing an end to the regional dimension of war in the country: First get rid of the M23, then deal with the FDLR. To date, no real operations against the FDLR have taken place. Why the delay?<\/p>\n

Kinshasa\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kinshasa : le num\u00e9ro vert de la police d\u00e9j\u00e0 op\u00e9rationnel<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe num\u00e9ro vert de la police, le 112, est d\u00e9j\u00e0 fonctionnel depuis plus de deux mois dans la commune de Kinshasa, choisie pour exp\u00e9rimenter ce projet qui devrait \u00eatre \u00e9tendu dans le reste de la ville. Radio Okapi l\u2019a constat\u00e9 mardi 16 d\u00e9cembre lors d\u2019une visite au Commissariat de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence de Kinshasa (Corekin).<\/p>\n

Equateur\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sud-Ubangi : le leader d\u2019un mouvement x\u00e9nophobe arr\u00eat\u00e9 \u00e0 Bokonzi<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe leader d\u2019un groupe x\u00e9nophobe a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 dans le groupement de Bokonzi, en territoire de Kungu, dans la province de l\u2019Equateur. Selon le comit\u00e9 local de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du Sud-Ubangi, qui a effectu\u00e9 une mission d\u2019enqu\u00eate dans ce groupement, ces gens faisaient la chasse \u00e0 tous les non-originaires du milieu qui occupaient des postes importants dans diff\u00e9rentes institutions. Le leader de ce groupe, un avocat d\u00e9nomm\u00e9 Koko, a \u00e9t\u00e9 mis aux arr\u00eats et achemin\u00e9 au parquet de Gemena.<\/p>\n

Equateur : 13 prisonniers s\u2019\u00e9vadent de la prison de Mbandaka<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nTreize prisonniers se sont \u00e9vad\u00e9s lundi 15 d\u00e9cembre de la prison de Mbandaka, dans la province de l\u2019Equateur, au cours d\u2019un soul\u00e8vement des pensionnaires de ce p\u00e9nitencier. Ces derniers, qui protestaient contre le manque de nourriture, ont saccag\u00e9 les bureaux de la prison et br\u00fbl\u00e9 toutes les archives. Les policiers commis \u00e0 la garde de cette maison d\u2019arr\u00eat ont d\u00fb tirer des coups de feu en l\u2019air pour les ma\u00eetriser. La police et les militaires de la 13e r\u00e9gion militaire sont venus en renfort.<\/p>\n

Equateur: deuil provincial suite \u00e0 la mort de Koyagialo<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe gouverneur int\u00e9rimaire de l\u2019Equateur, Michel Liyele wa Liyele, d\u00e9cr\u00e8te un deuil provincial d\u2019une semaine \u00e0 partir de ce lundi 15 d\u00e9cembre suite \u00e0 la mort du gouverneur Louis-Alphonse-Daniel Koyagialo. La population, qui attendait beaucoup de cet homme, dit regretter sa mort. Elle demande que tout soit mis en \u0153uvre pour que l\u2019\u00e9lection du nouveau gouverneur soit rapidement organis\u00e9e dans les d\u00e9lais l\u00e9gaux.<\/p>\n

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

Nord-Kivu: 10 miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef tu\u00e9s dans des affrontements avec les FARDC \u00e0 Ndwali<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDix miliciens Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s mardi 9 d\u00e9cembre lors des affrontements avec des militaires congolais qui \u00e9taient en patrouille avec des garde-parcs \u00e0 Ndwali dans le parc national des Virunga (Nord-Kivu). Le chef du secteur centre du parc explique que les affrontements ont d\u00e9but\u00e9 apr\u00e8s une embuscade tendue par les Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef contre l\u2019\u00e9quipe de patrouilleurs.<\/p>\n

Ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e0 l’Est – Martin K\u00f4bler invite la population \u00e0 collaborer avec les FARDC et la MONUSCO<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | La Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 | AllAfrica
\nUne fois encore, les populations civiles de Beni, au Nord-Kivu, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 la cible des attaques \u00e0 l’arme blanche par diff\u00e9rents groupes arm\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Beni: la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile d\u00e9nonce l\u2019infiltration des ex-M23 depuis l\u2019Ouganda<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a016 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nUne d\u00e9l\u00e9gation des repr\u00e9sentants de la Conf\u00e9rence internationale pour la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs (CIRGL) et de la Communaut\u00e9 de d\u00e9veloppement de l\u2019Afrique australe (SADC) est arriv\u00e9e lundi 15 d\u00e9cembre dans la ville de Beni pour \u00e9valuer la situation s\u00e9curitaire dans la zone. Apr\u00e8s avoir rencontr\u00e9 les autorit\u00e9s locales et les responsables militaires des FARDC et de la Monusco, cette mission a eu des entretiens avec les structures de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile. Au cours de cette\u00a0 rencontre, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du territoire de Beni a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 un mouvement des ex-rebelles du M23 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s en Ouganda vers le territoire congolais.<\/p>\n

DR Congo: Scores Killed in Rebel Attacks<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nUnidentified rebel fighters have killed at least 184 civilians and wounded many others in attacks on villages in Beni territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since October 2014. Such killings amount to war crimes.<\/p>\n

Beni: t\u00e9moignage d\u2019une ex-otage des ADF<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nUne fillette \u00e2g\u00e9e de douze ans, ex-otage des rebelles ougandais des ADF, est arriv\u00e9e dimanche 14 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Kinshasa. Le gouvernement congolais veut la prot\u00e9ger. Elle vivait \u00e0 Beni dans le Nord-Kivu lorsqu\u2019elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9e par ces combattants ougandais en 2011. Elle \u00e9tait alors \u00e2g\u00e9e de 8 ans.<\/p>\n

Deadly Raids in Eastern Congo Amount to War Crimes, HRW Says<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | Bloomberg
\nHuman Rights Watch said a series of rebel attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that have left more than 180 civilians dead this year amount to war crimes. Unidentified rebel fighters used axes, machetes and guns to kill civilians during raids on towns and villages in the country\u2019s Beni territory between Oct. 5 and Dec. 6, the New York-based rights group said today in a statement, citing witnesses. Some of those interviewed said their requests to the army for protection either got no response or delayed reactions.<\/p>\n

Un dialogue social pour la paix s\u2019ouvre ce mercredi \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du Nord-Kivu annonce l\u2019ouverture mercredi 17 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Beni-Ville d\u2019un dialogue social pour le r\u00e9tablissement de la paix et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans la zone. Ce dialogue est convoqu\u00e9 \u00e0 un moment o\u00f9\u00a0 cette zone fait face \u00e0 une recrudescence de l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 et l\u2019absence des infrastructures de base. Ce forum conna\u00eetra la participation de certaines\u00a0 autorit\u00e9s gouvernementales ainsi que de quelques d\u00e9put\u00e9s, s\u00e9nateurs et notables de Beni.<\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu : 9 morts dans des affrontements entre deux factions de la milice Ra\u00efa Mutomboki<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nNeuf personnes sont mortes dans des affrontements qui opposent depuis samedi 13 d\u00e9cembre dernier la faction de Ra\u00efa Mutomboki de Ntoto et \u00e0 celle de Nsindo dans le territoire de Walikale (Nord-Kivu). Selon des sources de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile qui ont livr\u00e9 ce bilan mercredi 17 d\u00e9cembre, plusieurs autres personnes sont bless\u00e9es dans les deux camps.<\/p>\n

Rusthuru : des communaut\u00e9s signent un acte d\u2019engagement pour l\u2019unit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDiff\u00e9rentes communaut\u00e9s de Rutshuru ont sign\u00e9 lundi 15 d\u00e9cembre un acte d\u2019engagement \u00e0 l\u2019unit\u00e9, pour la stabilisation et le d\u00e9veloppement durable de ce territoire du Nord-Kivu. C\u2019\u00e9tait \u00e0 l\u2019issue de trois jours de dialogue intercommunautaire organis\u00e9 par Congo Peace Center, en partenariat avec le programme national de stabilisation et reconstruction du Congo (Starec). Deux grands projets int\u00e9grateurs ont \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s pour promouvoir les activit\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques dans ce territoire.<\/p>\n

Maniema\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maniema : des agents de la Ceni accus\u00e9s de magouilles \u00e0 Pangi<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile du territoire de Pangi (Maniema) accuse des agents de la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (Ceni) de magouilles dans la pr\u00e9paration des prochaines \u00e9lections. D\u2019apr\u00e8s cette structure, ces agents ran\u00e7onnent des enseignants et directeurs d\u2019\u00e9coles dans les groupements Nangi et Pangi, promettant de les faire figurer sur la liste des pr\u00e9pos\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019affichage des listes \u00e9lectorales provisoires en \u00e9change de 130 000 Francs congolais (142 dollars am\u00e9ricains) ou deux ch\u00e8vres. Le responsable de la Ceni dans la province s\u2019engage \u00e0 enqu\u00eater sur ces accusations.<\/p>\n

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

FDLR\u00a0: seuls 163 \u00e9l\u00e9ments sur 1600 sont \u00e0 Kisangani<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Digitalcongo.net
\nA quelque 14 jours de l\u2019ultimatum du 31 d\u00e9cembre, seuls 163 \u00e9l\u00e9ments sur 1600 ont rejoint Kisangani. La Monusco n\u2019a enregistr\u00e9 aucune nouvelle reddition dans des sites de regroupement.<\/p>\n

Province Orientale: la multiplication des kidnappings inqui\u00e8te les habitants de Bunia<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDeux \u00e9l\u00e8ves d\u2019une \u00e9cole secondaire ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enlev\u00e9s jeudi 11 d\u00e9cembre par des inconnus \u00e0 Bunia (Province Orientale), portant \u00e0 sept le nombre des personnes kidnapp\u00e9es en deux semaines. Certaines victimes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rel\u00e2ch\u00e9es moyennant payement de ran\u00e7on. Cette situation inqui\u00e8te les habitants de Bunia o\u00f9 le ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne a pris de l\u2019ampleur ces derniers jours. Les autorit\u00e9s judiciaires invitent les parents des victimes \u00e0 collaborer avec les services sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s pour \u00abd\u00e9manteler ce r\u00e9seau.\u00bb<\/p>\n

RDC: 50 op\u00e9rateurs \u00e9conomiques otages des Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Simba \u00e0 Mambasa<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes miliciens du groupe arm\u00e9 Ma\u00ef-Ma\u00ef Simba occupent depuis quatre jours la carri\u00e8re mini\u00e8re de Muchacha, en pleine for\u00eat dans la localit\u00e9 de Bandegaido dans le territoire de Mambasa (Province Orintale). La F\u00e9d\u00e9ration locale des entreprises du Congo (Fec) l\u2019a annonc\u00e9 jeudi 11 d\u00e9cembre, ajoutant que ces assaillants ont pris en otage environ cinquante op\u00e9rateurs \u00e9conomiques apr\u00e8s avoir pill\u00e9 plusieurs biens. Le commandant des FARDC en Ituri a d\u00e9plor\u00e9 la cohabitation des miliciens avec la population qui l\u2019emp\u00eache de mener des op\u00e9rations militaires dans cette zone.<\/p>\n

Ituri : l\u2019administrateur de Mambasa soup\u00e7onne la pr\u00e9sence des ADF dans son entit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nL\u2019administrateur du territoire de Mambasa, en Ituri (Province Orientale) s\u2019inqui\u00e8te de la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019un groupe d\u2019hommes arm\u00e9s soup\u00e7onn\u00e9s d\u2019\u00eatre des rebelles ougandais des ADF dans son entit\u00e9, \u00e0 200 km au sud-ouest de Bunia. Selon lui, ces hommes arm\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 aper\u00e7us il y a trois jours par les habitants du groupement Samboko, \u00e0 la limite avec le territoire de Beni, dans le Nord-Kivu, o\u00f9 les rebelles ADF sont accus\u00e9s de massacres sur les populations civiles. D\u00e9j\u00e0, ce groupement a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 se vider de ses habitants depuis vendredi 12 d\u00e9cembre dernier. Les autorit\u00e9s militaires de la r\u00e9gion disent qu\u2019elles se penchent sur cette question.<\/p>\n

Bunia : les policiers accus\u00e9s de monnayer les visites dans les prisons<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa\u00a0 soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de l\u2019Ituri d\u00e9nonce le monnayage des visites dans les cachots et \u00e0 la prison centrale de Bunia en Province Orientale. Les visiteurs sont oblig\u00e9s de payer aux policiers commis \u00e0 la garde entre cinq et dix dollars am\u00e9ricains pour apporter la nourriture aux d\u00e9tenus, a d\u00e9cri\u00e9 mardi 16 d\u00e9cembre, Me Jean Bosco Lalo, le pr\u00e9sident de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile locale.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Rwanda: Developing Story – Terror Suspect Accuses Governor Aime Bosenibamwe of Financing FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | News of Rwanda | AllAfrica
\nAn FDLR suspect linked to terrorist acts has accused Northern Province Governor, Aime Bosenibamwe, of supporting groups linked to the militia group plotting to overthrow the Rwandan government.<\/p>\n

Rwanda Asks Regional Observers to Investigate DR Congo Shelling<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | The New Times | AllAfrica
\nRwanda has asked the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism (EJVM), a mechanism of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), to investigate circumstances under which a rocket was this week fired on its territory from the neighbouring DR Congo.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

L’ONU ferme son bureau au Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | BBC
\nLes Nations Unies ont officiellement ferm\u00e9 leur mission politique au Burundi, apr\u00e8s 20 ans de pr\u00e9sence dans ce pays.<\/p>\n

Burundi: L’ONU va d\u00e9ployer en janvier une Mission d’observation \u00e9lectorale<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | UN News | AllAfrica
\nAlors que le Bureau des Nations Unies au Burundi (BNUB) s’appr\u00eate \u00e0 fermer, le Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint des Nations Unies aux affaires politiques, Jeffrey Feltman, a confirm\u00e9 vendredi lors d’une visite dans ce pays que les Nations Unies allaient y d\u00e9ployer en janvier une Mission d’observation \u00e9lectorale.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Ouganda : le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Sejusa de retour<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2015 | BBC
\nApr\u00e8s plus d’une ann\u00e9e d’exil en Grande Bretagne, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral David Sejusa est arriv\u00e9 dimanche matin \u00e0 Kampala. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 accueilli par le chef de la documentation int\u00e9rieure.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Central African Republic Impunity Fuels Killings, Group Says<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | Bloomberg
\nCentral African Republic authorities and the United Nations are failing to investigate war crimes that must be tackled to break the cycle of violence, Amnesty International said. Armed militias have continued to commit atrocities even after Amnesty in July listed 20 individuals who are suspected of involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity, the London-based rights group said today in a report. Some of the men have since been involved in interference with the justice system, while October saw a \u201csignificant upsurge\u201d in violence in the capital, Bangui, and across the country, it said.<\/p>\n

Martin Zigu\u00e9l\u00e9 : “Le dialogue, oui, l’impunit\u00e9, jamais !”\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nMartin Zigu\u00e9l\u00e9, ancien Premier ministre d’Ange-F\u00e9lix Patass\u00e9, est l’un des plus s\u00e9rieux candidats \u00e0 l’\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle de 2015 en Centrafrique. Ses priorit\u00e9s : la paix, la r\u00e9conciliation et l’emploi.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : la justice fran\u00e7aise ouvre une enqu\u00eate pr\u00e9liminaire sur Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLa justice fran\u00e7aise a r\u00e9cemment ouvert une enqu\u00eate pr\u00e9liminaire \u00e0 Paris apr\u00e8s une plainte des autorit\u00e9s centrafricaines accusant l’ancien pr\u00e9sident Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9 de s’\u00eatre constitu\u00e9 un riche patrimoine au pr\u00e9judice de son pays.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9 candidat de son parti pour la future pr\u00e9sidentielle<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | Les d\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | AllAfrica
\nDans un message \u00e0 la nation rendu public le mercredi 10 d\u00e9cembre, l’ancien pr\u00e9sident centrafricain, Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9, a annonc\u00e9 qu’il \u00e9tait pr\u00eat \u00e0 revenir sur la sc\u00e8ne politique non seulement pour prendre part au futur dialogue inter-centrafricains de Bangui, mais aussi aux \u00e9lections pr\u00e9sidentielles dans son pays.<\/p>\n

La face cach\u00e9e du conflit centrafricain<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | International Crisis Group
\nLa lutte qui oppose les combattants de l\u2019ex-Seleka et les milices anti-balaka a conduit \u00e0 une recrudescence des affrontements entre communaut\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9leveurs et d\u2019agriculteurs depuis 2013.<\/p>\n

Sangaris : point de situation du 11 d\u00e9cembre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nBangui, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion des festivit\u00e9s cons\u00e9cutives \u00e0 la f\u00eate Nationale du pays, une partie des commerces \u00e9tait ferm\u00e9s et les activit\u00e9s locales ont eu un franc succ\u00e8s (football, concerts). Aucun \u00e9v\u00e9nement n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9 en marge des c\u00e9r\u00e9monies officielles, dont la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 assur\u00e9e par les forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 int\u00e9rieures (FSI) aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s des forces internationales. A Kaga Bandoro, Bria et N\u2019D\u00e9l\u00e9, l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de l\u2019Etat est toujours contest\u00e9e par certains groupes arm\u00e9s qui poursuivent leurs tentatives de d\u00e9stabilisation.<\/p>\n

TRIBUNE\/En Centrafrique, la croix et le warga<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | M\u00e9lanie Soiron-Fallut | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nLe conflit qui ravage la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine depuis deux ans s\u2019accompagne d\u2019une multitude d\u2019exactions o\u00f9 les marqueurs religieux sont mis en avant. Le r\u00e9cit opposant chr\u00e9tiens et musulmans est fonctionnel mais d\u00e9tourne l\u2019attention des v\u00e9ritables raisons du conflit. Celui-ci s\u2019enracine dans la d\u00e9possession culturelle, traditionnelle, religieuse, territoriale, mais aussi \u00e9conomique et politique, subie par les populations centrafricaines depuis des d\u00e9cennies. Il appara\u00eet donc opportun de d\u00e9construire cette simplification bien trop efficace.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : \u00ab les maires sont les acteurs cl\u00e9s de la r\u00e9conciliation<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0 December 2014 | Afrika Arabia
\nCe lundi s’ouvrira \u00e0 Bangui la premi\u00e8re Conf\u00e9rence des maires de Centrafrique. Yacinthe Wodobod\u00e9, la maire de Bangui, estime que ses coll\u00e8gues \u00ab peuvent influencer positivement le processus de r\u00e9conciliation \u00bb. Tout en reconnaissant \u00ab qu\u2019il y a des zones du pays dont nous ignorons pratiquement tout \u00bb. Interview.<\/p>\n

A Cantonnier, les gendarmes \u00e9quip\u00e9s seulement de tenues et de galons<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nLes gendarmes de la Brigade de Kund\u00e9 bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Cantonnier ne sont pas \u00e9quip\u00e9s, et ne peuvent pas travailler convenablement.<\/p>\n

L\u2019EUFOR-RCA change de commandant<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nC\u2019est mardi dernier, au si\u00e8ge de l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne \u00e0 Bangui que durant une conf\u00e9rence de presse, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Thierry Lion, commandant des forces de l\u2019EUFOR-RCA vint pr\u00e9senter son bilan de 8 mois d\u2019activit\u00e9, pour passer la main \u00e0 son successeur le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Jean Marc Bacquet.<\/p>\n

Les Maires centrafricains se r\u00e9unissent pour la r\u00e9conciliation nationale<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nDepuis hier lundi 15 d\u00e9cembre 2014, et ce jusqu\u2019\u00e0 mercredi, les maires de la Centrafrique se r\u00e9unissent \u00e0 Bangui pour d\u00e9battre de la r\u00e9conciliation nationale et du probl\u00e8me du retour des d\u00e9plac\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Tiangaye : \u00abLes \u00e9lections d\u00e9pendent du retour de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9\u00bb en RCA<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nEn Centrafrique, la pr\u00e9sidentielle est pr\u00e9vue au mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt prochain. Et Nicolas Tiangaye est un probable candidat. Le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre avocat au barreau de Bangui a \u00e9t\u00e9 successivement le Premier ministre de Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9 et de Michel Djotodia. C\u2019est lui qui a dirig\u00e9 le gouvernement pendant l\u2019ann\u00e9e la plus tragique de l\u2019histoire de la Centrafrique, l\u2019ann\u00e9e 2013. Apr\u00e8s un an de silence, le pr\u00e9sident de la Convention r\u00e9publicaine pour le progr\u00e8s social, la CRPS, est au micro de RFI.<\/p>\n

Eric Bellot des Mini\u00e8res \u00abLa mission des arm\u00e9es est presque termin\u00e9e en Centrafrique\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nIl y\u2019a un an d\u00e9marrait l\u2019op\u00e9ration Sangaris. L\u2019op\u00e9ration d\u2019intervention de l\u2019arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise destin\u00e9e \u00e0 \u00e9viter un bain de sang en R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (Rca). Commandant de l\u2019op\u00e9ration Sangaris, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Eric Bellot des Mini\u00e8res esquisse un bilan du travail effectu\u00e9 par Sangaris et explique la situation qui pr\u00e9vaut en Rca.<\/p>\n

France : la justice fran\u00e7aise ouvre une enqu\u00eate pr\u00e9liminaire sur Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nLa justice fran\u00e7aise a r\u00e9cemment ouvert une enqu\u00eate pr\u00e9liminaire \u00e0 Paris apr\u00e8s une plainte des autorit\u00e9s centrafricaines accusant l\u2019ancien pr\u00e9sident Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9 de s\u2019\u00eatre constitu\u00e9 un riche patrimoine au pr\u00e9judice de son pays.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : Un pyromane nomm\u00e9 Elie Oueifio<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nL\u2019ambassadeur de la RCA en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, ancien secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du KNK de Fran\u00e7ois Bozize, se pourfend contre une campagne de dialogue et de r\u00e9conciliation nationale pour un retour \u00e0 la paix en Centrafrique.<\/p>\n

International Crisis Group\/La face cach\u00e9e du conflit centrafricain<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nAlors que la communaut\u00e9 internationale et le gouvernement de transition ont le regard braqu\u00e9 sur la capitale, Bangui, une bonne partie du monde rural, notamment \u00e0 l\u2019ouest et au centre de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA), est devenue un terroir de violence. La lutte qui oppose les combattants de l\u2019ex-Seleka et les milices anti-balaka a conduit \u00e0 une recrudescence des affrontements entre communaut\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9leveurs et d\u2019agriculteurs depuis 2013. Ces affrontements forment maintenant un conflit dans le conflit loin des yeux des acteurs internationaux et du gouvernement de transition et d\u00e9stabilisent davantage la Centrafrique. A l\u2019aube d\u2019une nouvelle saison de transhumance qui risque d\u2019intensifier la gu\u00e9rilla rurale en cours, les acteurs internationaux et le gouvernement de transition doivent imp\u00e9rativement prendre en compte cette dimension de la crise dans leur strat\u00e9gie de stabilisation et pr\u00e9venir les risques imm\u00e9diats de violence entre communaut\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9leveurs et d\u2019agriculteurs.<\/p>\n

Tribune du Collectif des policiers en col\u00e8re<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nD \u2019aucuns pensent que la Police Centrafricaine est inefficace car elle manque de cadres comp\u00e9tents. Archifaux, puisqu\u2019il y a dans cette Police de valeureux officiers form\u00e9s, comme leurs fr\u00e8res d\u2019arme de la sous-r\u00e9gion, dans des acad\u00e9mies de police encore appel\u00e9es \u00e9coles sup\u00e9rieures comme celles de la C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, du Maroc et au Cameroun. On peut\u00a0 avoir en m\u00e9moire les G\u00e9n\u00e9raux de police Isma\u00eflia-NIMAGA, Jean WILIBYRO-SACKO qui furent ministres de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et qui ont bien g\u00e9r\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Centrafrique : Attaque contre un v\u00e9hicule de l\u2019ONG \u2018ALIMA\u2019 \u00e0 Boda \u2013 2 bless\u00e9s graves<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nBoda \u2013 Le 10 D\u00e9cembre 2014 aux alentours de 16h, un v\u00e9hicule de l\u2019ONG m\u00e9dicale humanitaire ALIMA (The Alliance for International M\u00e9dical Action), transportant un enfant vers l\u2019h\u00f4pital de Boda a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 par des hommes arm\u00e9s. Le v\u00e9hicule a \u00e9t\u00e9 contraint, sous la menace arm\u00e9e, de sortir de l\u2019axe principal. Le chauffeur et le patient, \u00e2g\u00e9 de 13 ans, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 violent\u00e9s, poignard\u00e9s \u00e0 la gorge, puis ligot\u00e9s \u00e0 un arbre avant d\u2019\u00eatre abandonn\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Sangaris: too-rapid withdrawal poses risks<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | African Intelligence
\nFrench defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian\u2019s announcement earlier this month that the French Sangaris force would gradually withdraw from Central African Republic (CAR) is an indication of the budgetary pressures on French external operations, or \u2018OPEX\u2019 particularly in Africa.<\/p>\n

Other<\/h2>\n

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

South Sudan: Rebel Conference Decides to Accept Non-Executive President<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Sudan Tribune | AllAfrica
\nIn an unexpected move, South Sudanese rebel faction of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) led by former vice-president, Riek Machar, on Friday passed a resolution agreeing to share power with Juba government on conditions that the would-be prime minister has full executive powers.<\/p>\n

South Sudan conflict: What chance of peace?<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | BBC
\nThe soldier lying face down in a puddle of his own blood, the child caught in the lethal crossfire, the female patient raped and then shot in her hospital bed – nobody is counting the dead in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

A year of \u2018colossal loss\u2019 in South Sudan<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December | Radio Tamazuj
\nSouth Sudanese today remember those who have died in the first full year since the start of the \u2018December crisis\u2019 that has turned into a devastating civil war.<\/p>\n

Sudan\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sudan: Rebels Claim Attack On Military Convoy in Central Darfur<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | Radio Dabanga | AllAfrica
\nThe Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Abdel Wahid El Nur (SLM-AW) announced that its fighters killed 15 government forces near Tura, west of Rokoro in Central Darfur, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Humanitarian news<\/h1>\n

Non-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news & events, including refugee and IDP issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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R\u00e9gion de l’Afrique de l’ouest et du centre – Aper\u00e7u humanitaire hebdomadaire<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December | Reliefweb | UN OCHA<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Nord-Kivu: les humanitaires veulent accompagner la fermeture des camps de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe coordonnateur de l\u2019action humanitaire en RDC, Moustapha Soumar\u00e9, a fait part de l\u2019intention des humanitaires d\u2019accompagner le gouvernement provincial dans la fermeture de ces camps. Il l\u2019a affirm\u00e9 jeudi 11 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu) \u00e0 l\u2019issue de sa rencontre avec le gouverneur Julien Paluku. Le Nord-Kivu compte 53 camps et sites de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s abritant environ 250 000 personnes, selon les statistiques de la Commission nationale pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s (CNR).<\/p>\n

UN, aid groups overstretched by crisis in Congo\u2019s mining heartland<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | Reuters
\nFaced with a dearth of United Nations peacekeepers, lack of funding and competition from other global crises, relief agencies are struggling to contain a growing humanitarian disaster in Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining heartland.<\/p>\n

Humanitarian Bulletins and reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rapport d\u2019analyse des mouvements de population en province du Nord-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | UN OCHA | Reliefweb<\/p>\n

Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Nord-Kivu N\u00b042\/14, 16 d\u00e9cembre 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | UN OCHA | ReliefWeb<\/p>\n

R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo: Crises li\u00e9es aux violences et conflits arm\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0(P\u00e9riode: Janvier \u00e0 Juin 2014) | 16 December 2014 | UN OCHA | ReliefWeb<\/p>\n

RD Congo: Aper\u00e7u humanitaire (Novembre 2014)<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | UN OCHA | ReliefWeb<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Central African Republic: UNICEF warns two out of five children without vital aid<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | UN News
\nTwo out of five children urgently needing humanitarian aid in Central African Republic are without it, thanks to a critical lack of funding and continued conflict, a year after extreme violence tore through the country, the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) has said today.<\/p>\n

Humanitarian Bulletins and reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Central African Republic Emergency Situation as of 12 December 2014<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | ReliefWeb | UNHCR<\/p>\n

Other<\/h2>\n

South Sudan Faces Famine and Apathy Amid Clashes | 14 December<\/a>\u00a0| New York Times
\nOne year after mass violence broke out in South Sudan, battles between government forces and rebels continued, and aid officials said that international assistance was needed to help residents stave off mass hunger.<\/p>\n

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Justice and Tribunals<\/h1>\n

Selected articles on criminal justice proceedings regarding crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0DRC<\/h2>\n

Dispatches: Still Awaiting Justice for M23 Abuses<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nA year ago today, a rebellion by the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ended when the group\u2019s leaders and the Congolese government, as well as the guarantors of the peace process, signed a series of peace commitments, known as the \u201cNairobi Declarations,\u201d following the M23\u2019s military defeat.<\/p>\n

Katanga: des policiers condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 la perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 pour meurtre \u00e0 Malemba Nkulu<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe tribunal militaire de garnison du Haut-Lomami au Katanga, si\u00e9geant en chambre foraine dans la cit\u00e9 de\u00a0 Malemba Nkulu, a condamn\u00e9 vendredi 12 d\u00e9cembre quinze policiers notamment \u00e0 la perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnus coupables de viol, meurtre, association des malfaiteurs\u2026 D\u2019autres audiences doivent se poursuivre ce samedi.<\/p>\n

Congo-Kinshasa: D\u00fcsseldorf – 3 ressortissants allemands condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 l’emprisonnement pour soutien aux FDLR<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Le Potentiel | AllAfrica
\nLa division p\u00e9nale de la haute Cour \u00e0 D\u00fcsseldorf (Allemagne) a condamn\u00e9, de 3 \u00e0 4 ans de prison, trois ressortissants allemands non autrement identifi\u00e9s, pour leur appartenance \u00e0 l’organisation terroriste FDLR.<\/p>\n

RDC: la perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 pour le \u00abColonel 106\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | RFI
\nEn R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), le \u00abColonel 106\u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 la perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9. Pendant trois ans, Bedi Mobuli Engangela, de son vrai nom, a sem\u00e9 la terreur sur une grande partie du Sud-Kivu, entre 2005 et 2007. Appel\u00e9 le \u00abColonel 106\u00bb – du nom de son bataillon – il est accus\u00e9, entre autres, de viols et de meurtres. La Cour militaire de Bukavu a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de le condamner \u00e0 la peine maximale pour crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

RDC : le colonel Engangela condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 pour crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe colonel Engangela alias \u00ab colonel 106 \u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 lundi 15 d\u00e9cembre par la cour militaire du Sud-Kivu \u00e0 la r\u00e9clusion criminelle \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 pour des crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9 commis entre 2005 et 2007 dans l\u2019est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 20 ans de servitude p\u00e9nale pour crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9 pour viols, 15 ans pour crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9 pour autres actes inhumains (torture et s\u00e9questration), 15 ans pour esclavage sexuel et 10 ans pour emprisonnement et autres formes de privation grave de libert\u00e9 physique.<\/p>\n

\u00a0CAR<\/h2>\n

Centrafrique: L’absence d’enqu\u00eates effectives sur les crimes de guerre favorise de nouvelles atrocit\u00e9s et la peur<\/a>\u00a0| 11 December 2014 | Amnesty International
\nL’incapacit\u00e9 des autorit\u00e9s de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine et des Nations unies \u00e0 mener une enqu\u00eate effective sur les crimes de guerre perp\u00e9tue le climat de violence et de peur qui r\u00e8gne dans ce pays, \u00e9crit Amnesty International dans un rapport rendu public jeudi 11 d\u00e9cembre 2014.<\/p>\n

France: la justice fran\u00e7aise ouvre une enqu\u00eate pr\u00e9liminaire sur Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | La Nouvelle Centrafrique
\nLa justice fran\u00e7aise a r\u00e9cemment ouvert une enqu\u00eate pr\u00e9liminaire \u00e0 Paris apr\u00e8s une plainte des autorit\u00e9s centrafricaines accusant l\u2019ancien pr\u00e9sident Fran\u00e7ois Boziz\u00e9 de s\u2019\u00eatre constitu\u00e9 un riche patrimoine au pr\u00e9judice de son pays.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Rwanda: Grey Areas Remain As Rwanda Tribunal Prepares to Close<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Hirondelle News Agency
\nThe International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) must in theory close its doors on December 31.<\/p>\n

Justice | Rwanda : fermeture diff\u00e9r\u00e9e pour le TPIR ?\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nBas\u00e9 \u00e0 Arusha, en Tanzanie, le Tribunal p\u00e9nal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) ne devrait pas fermer ses portes avant ao\u00fbt 2015.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Burundi: pas de comparution pour Agathon Rwasa dans le dossier Gatumba<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | RFI
\nAgathon Rwasa, leader historique des ex-rebelles des Forces nationales de lib\u00e9ration (FNL), qui avaient revendiqu\u00e9 le massacre de Tutsis congolais \u00e0 Gatumba en 2004, devait compara\u00eetre pour la premi\u00e8re fois devant le parquet pr\u00e8s la cour d\u2019appel de Bujumbura ce lundi 15 d\u00e9cembre. Mais il n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 entendu finalement, sans qu\u2019aucune explication ne lui soit donn\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Museveni, pour un retrait collectif de la CPI<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | BBC
\nLe pr\u00e9sident ougandais a exhort\u00e9 tous les pays africains \u00e0 quitter la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale (CPI) qui selon lui, a \u00e9t\u00e9 transform\u00e9e en un moyen d’opprimer \u00e0 nouveau l’Afrique.<\/p>\n

Other<\/h2>\n

Sudan President Bashir hails \u2018victory\u2019 over ICC charges<\/a>\u00a0| 13 December 2014 | BBC
\nThe president of Sudan has claimed victory over the International Criminal Court after it ended its probe into allegations of war crimes in Darfur.<\/p>\n

Kenya defends international court cooperation on president’s case<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Reuters
\nKenya defended its involvement with the International Criminal Court on Thursday as prosecutors seek to have the country held accountable by the court’s member states for failing to cooperate on an investigation of President Uhuru Kenyatta.<\/p>\n

ICC: African Countries Support Court<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Human Rights Watch
\nAfrican countries expressed strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the 13th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the court\u2019s founding document, African and international organizations present at the session said today. The governments showed a more positive picture of Africa\u2019s relationship with the ICC than is often reflected in public debates, the organizations said.<\/p>\n

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Natural resource exploitation, governance and trade<\/h1>\n

Minerals, energy (oil & gas, hydro and solar), poaching, logging, foreign investment, trade, environmental issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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DRC<\/h2>\n

Province Orientale: l\u2019usage des dragues interdit pour l\u2019exploitation de l\u2019\u00e9tain et de l\u2019or<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe ministre provincial en charge des ressources naturelles de la Province Orientale, Paulin Odiane Doune, interdit l\u2019usage des dragues pour l\u2019exploitation des substances min\u00e9rales stannif\u00e8res et aurif\u00e8res dans quatre territoires de cette province. Il s\u2019agit des territoires de Banalia, Bafwasende, Watsa et Dungu. Cette mesure\u00a0 est entr\u00e9e en vigueur vendredi 12 d\u00e9cembre apr\u00e8s la publication de la circulaire interdisant l\u2019usage de ces dragues.<\/p>\n

Ressources naturelles, Economie et Paix – Allemagne – RDC, resserrement des liens de cooperation<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | La Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 | AllAfrica
\nL’Allemagne a mis \u00e0 la disposition de la RDC un montant total de 45 millions d’euros pendant les n\u00e9gociations intergouvernementales qui ont eu lieu du 1er au 3 D\u00e9cembre 2014 \u00e0 Kinshasa \/ R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo.<\/p>\n

Congo-Kinshasa: Discrimination, exclusion, violation de la loi de sous-traitance par les miniers du Katanga<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Le Potentiel | AllAfrica
\nUn crime \u00e9conomique se produit au Katanga, principal p\u00f4le d’attraction mini\u00e8re de la RDC avec ses immenses r\u00e9serves en cuivre et cobalt.<\/p>\n

Congo-Kinshasa: Perspectives \u00e9conomiques – L’\u00e9mergence viendra-t-elle des mines?<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Les d\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | AllAfrica
\nDevant les deux chambres du Parlement r\u00e9unies en congr\u00e8s, le pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique, Joseph Kabila, s’est \u00e9tendu quelque peu sur la part des mines dans le d\u00e9fi de l’\u00e9mergence de la RDC, avec une hausse projet\u00e9e de plus de 50% de la production du cuivre.<\/p>\n

Congo-Kinshasa: Leveraging Mobile Tech to Combat Conflict and Corruption<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | AllAfrica
\nRarely has so small a law stirred so much debate about so distant a conflict. Over the past several months, debate about legislation requiring companies to disclose any use of conflict minerals in manufacturing, has dragged a bunch of seemingly unconnected people into its orbit: from Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rogers and members of the U.S. Congress to Washington think tanks and thousands of American companies.<\/p>\n

“Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Sector: Towards a Rights-Respecting Engagement”<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Middlesex University | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
\nA range of factors contribute to the devastating impact of the extractive sector on indigenous people. This documents the importance of operationalizing free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in accordance with indigenous peoples\u2019 right to self-determination, as well as its attention to the need for effective participatory oversight and regulation of the extractive sector.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Piran produces first tin in Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 18 December 2014 | Mining Weekly
\nUnlisted Piran Resources has produced its first tin concentrate from the Musha and Ntunga mines, in Rwanda. This initial production was sourced from reprocessing of tailings dumps from previous mining operations. The company pointed out that previous mining on the license areas was fairly rudimentary, with poor beneficiation. However, Piran has invested in modern technology to ensure higher-grade recoveries.<\/p>\n

Rwanda Finance Minister Says Low Oil Prices to Help 2015 Growth<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | Bloomberg
\nRwandan Finance Minister Claver Gatete said falling oil prices are positive for the East African nation\u2019s economy and may help keep the rate of inflation low. The economy expanded 7.8 percent in the third quarter and is projected to grow more than 6 percent for the entire year, Gatete told reporters today in the capital, Kigali. He said in October expansion is targeted to exceed 7 percent in 2015.<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

Centrafrique : le maintien de l’embargo sur le diamant constitue un frein \u00e0 la scolarisation des enfants, selon un observateur<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Africa Info | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
\nDepuis plus de deux ans, l’exploitation des ressources mini\u00e8res en R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine est mise en veilleuse par le processus de Kimberley sur la certification des diamants. L’embargo sur les ressources mini\u00e8res est un frein \u00e0 la scolarisation des enfants.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Uganda\u2019s 2014-15 Cotton Output Seen Climbing on Global Prices<\/a>\u00a0| 18 December 2014 | Bloomberg
\nCotton production in Uganda, East Africa\u2019s second-biggest grower of the fiber, may climb almost 80 percent in 2014-15 as stable global prices and improved weather boost planting, the country\u2019s regulator said.<\/p>\n

Other<\/h2>\n

Tanzania: Over 17 Billion\/ – Set Aside for Gold Mining Venture<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Tanzania Daily News | AllAfrica
\nSome 10 million US dollars (17.22bn\/-) has been closed in escrow and up to 3,642,857 common share purchase warrants for an institutional lender that will provide money to develop Buckreef gold mine project jointly owned by Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation (TRX) and State Mining Corporation (Stamico).<\/p>\n

East Africa: What Tumbling Oil Prices Mean for East Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2014 | The New Times | AllAfrica
\nGlobal oil prices fell to a record low of $70 a barrel this month, from $115 in June and experts expect the trend to continue into the first half of 2015; but what does it mean for importing economies of East Africa?<\/p>\n

Challenges facing Africa-and some of its oil producing countries-in 2015<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | OilVoice
\nPlummeting oil prices coupled with a significant increase in terrorism, and regime instability pose a direct threat to several sub-Saharan African countries the next year.<\/p>\n

Pour des diamants du d\u00e9veloppement<\/a>\u00a0| 16 December 2014 | BBC
\nLa Belgique va aider la C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire \u00e0 relancer le commerce de diamants, apr\u00e8s la lev\u00e9e en avril dernier de l\u2019embargo impos\u00e9 en 2003 par le Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l\u2019ONU.<\/p>\n

Kenya: Farmers to be displaced for port construction agree with govt. on compensation rate, after protests over earlier govt. proposal<\/a>\u00a0| December 2014 | Daily Nation | Kenya | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
\nFarmers whose land will be acquired for the Lamu port project will get Sh1.5 million an acre, amid corruption allegations over the list of claimants. The landowners had their way after the government abandoned a proposal to pay them Sh270,000 an acre, which they had vehemently opposed.<\/p>\n

Report says Kenya lost 78 billion shillings to multinationals through corruption & tax evasion between 2003 & 2012<\/a>\u00a0| December 2014 | Standard Digital | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
\nKenya was conned of more than Sh78 billion through corruption and tax evasion between 2003 and 2012, a US-based research firm has reported. Researchers from Global Financial Integrity (GFI) compiled the losses, which they describe as “modest” considering gaps in information, but could be bigger than all mega-scandals, including Goldenberg, combined.<\/p>\n

Tanzania: Group says activists advocating for pastoralists’ land rights against investors face threats & intimidation<\/a>\u00a0| December 2014 | The Citizen | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
\nTanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) yesterday came out strongly to condemn threats directed towards defenders of pastoralists\u2019 human rights in Loliondo. Human rights defenders in Loliondo have been advocating for pastoralists\u2019 land rights following intentions by investors to grab their land. THRDC national coordinator Onesmo Olengurumwa told a news conference in Dar es Salaam that almost every non-governmental organisation (NGO) operating in Ngorongoro area have tasted a certain level of police harassment intimidation. \u201cAll 17 active operating NGOs in Loliondo and their leaders have been frequently condemned and threatened by government officials over allegations of inciting land conflicts in Ngorongoro,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Other<\/h1>\n

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DRC<\/h2>\n

RDC: les Eglises soutiennent le processus electoral<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | Afrik.com
\nDes organisations religieuses se sont donn\u00e9es rendez-vous \u00e0 Kinshasa, capitale de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), du 8 au 10 d\u00e9cembre, afin de soutenir le processus \u00e9lectoral et la gouvernance d\u00e9mocratique. Elles ont des membres de la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (CENI).<\/p>\n

Elections en RDC: Kabila n’accepte pas les \u00abinjonctions de l’\u00e9tranger\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | RFI
\nEn RDC, le pr\u00e9sident Joseph Kabila a tenu ce lundi matin un discours \u00e0 la Nation devant les deux chambres du Parlement r\u00e9unies en Congr\u00e8s. Un discours tr\u00e8s attendu alors qu’une \u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle est normalement pr\u00e9vue en 2016 et que la question d\u2019une r\u00e9vision de la Constitution qui permettrait au chef de l’Etat de briguer un nouveau mandat est abord\u00e9e. Une perspective critiqu\u00e9e par la communaut\u00e9 internationale \u00e0 qui le pr\u00e9sident a r\u00e9pondu dans son discours d\u00e9clarant qu’il \u00ab\u00a0n’acceptait pas<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb les \u00ab\u00a0injonctions de l’\u00e9tranger<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

RDC: un parti d\u2019opposition radie ses membres nomm\u00e9s au gouvernement<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | RFI
\nEn RDC, Jean-Pierre Bemba a mis fin au suspens qui entourait plusieurs radiations de son parti. Thomas Luhaka, Germain Kambinga et Omer Egwake sont donc bel et bien radi\u00e9s du Mouvement de lib\u00e9ration du Congo (MLC) pour avoir accept\u00e9 de si\u00e9ger au gouvernement de coh\u00e9sion nationale. Eve Bazaiba a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e comme nouvelle secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du MLC.<\/p>\n

Fact-checking Kabila’s State of the Union Address<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Congo Siasa
\nThis morning, Joseph Kabila delivered his annual state of the union address. Dressed in a black tie and suit\u2013\u2013perhaps a sign of respect for the recent victims of massacres in the eastern Congo\u2013\u2013Kabila’s speech lasted for an hour and twenty minutes, in front of both houses of parliament, most accredited ambassadors, and most governors and ministers.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Burundi : l’ONU va d\u00e9ployer en janvier une Mission d’observation \u00e9lectorale<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | UN
\nAlors que le Bureau des Nations Unies au Burundi (BNUB) s’appr\u00eate \u00e0 fermer, le Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint des Nations Unies aux affaires politiques, Jeffrey Feltman, a confirm\u00e9 vendredi lors d’une visite dans ce pays que les Nations Unies allaient y d\u00e9ployer en janvier une Mission d’observation \u00e9lectorale.<\/p>\n

Burundi: bilan d’un enregistrement difficile des \u00e9lecteurs<\/a>\u00a0| 14 December 2012 | RFI
\nUn peu plus de trois millions six cent quatre-vingts mille Burundais en \u00e2ge de voter se sont fait inscrire sur les listes \u00e9lectorales au Burundi. L\u2019annonce a \u00e9t\u00e9 faite ce vendredi 12 d\u00e9cembre par le porte-parole de la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (C\u00e9ni), apr\u00e8s une p\u00e9riode officielle d\u2019enr\u00f4lement caract\u00e9ris\u00e9e par de fortes tensions politiques.<\/p>\n

Burundi: l’opposition fait bloc<\/a>\u00a0| 12 December 2014 | BBC
\nAu Burundi, huit partis politiques ont annonc\u00e9 la formation prochaine d’une coalition de l’opposition.<\/p>\n

Au Burundi, l’opposition, unie, demande la d\u00e9mission de la C\u00e9ni<\/a>\u00a0| 17 December 2014 | RFI
\nLe Burundi va-t-il s’enfoncer dans une nouvelle crise \u00e9lectorale apr\u00e8s celle de 2010 ? Tous les partis politiques de l’opposition burundaise, unis pour la premi\u00e8re fois, ont demand\u00e9 hier une d\u00e9mission imm\u00e9diate de la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (C\u00e9ni).<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Uganda\u2019s Museveni Moves to Sideline Ruling-Party Rival<\/a>\u00a0| 15 December 2014 | Bloomberg
\nUganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa\u2019s longest-serving leaders, moved to sideline a potential rival as the ruling party prepares to nominate a candidate for 2016 elections. A conference of the National Resistance Movement in the capital, Kampala, passed a proposal allowing the party chairman to appoint a secretary general, the party said on Twitter. That post is currently held by ex-Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, who was fired in September and has repeatedly denied speculation that he\u2019s planning a challenge to Museveni.<\/p>\n

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IPIS Recent Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Boundary spanning: moving towards strategic stakeholder engagement<\/a>\u00a0| 3 February 2014 | IPIS
\nBy Anna Bulzomi
\nTo address complex human rights impacts, companies need to move away from responding to crises and work with communities towards creating shared value.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights<\/em>: The 2nd Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva 2013<\/a>\u00a0| January 2014 | IPIS
\nFrom the 2 – 4 December 2013, IPIS attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. The Forum was established by the Human Rights Council and is under the guidance of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. IPIS\u2019 researchers Gabriella Wass and Anna Bulzomi offer some insights into topics at the Forum that struck them as particularly interesting.<\/p>\n

Practice What You Preach: Theory and Practice of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)\u2019s Stakeholder Engagement Plan in Chad<\/a>\u00a0| 9 January 2014 | IPIS
\nThe past decade has seen a staggering increase in Chinese investment flows in Africa, leaping from USD 392 million in 2005 to USD 2520 million in 2012. Chinese Government officials often describe the burgeoning Sino-African ties as \u2018win-win partnerships\u2019, emphasizing how their \u2018non-interference\u2019 policy truly allows African countries to choose their own development path.
\nAgainst this background, doubts may arise with regard to the environmental and social standards applied by Chinese companies conducting business overseas, especially in post-conflict states with poor human rights records and inadequate governance structures.\u00a0The case discussed in this paper concerns the operations of the Chadian branch of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).<\/p>\n

Business, Human Rights, and Uganda\u2019s Oil – Part II: Protect and Remedy: Implementing State duties under the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0| December 2013 | IPIS
\nThe following is the second in a series of four reports exploring business and human rights issues in Uganda\u2019s oil sector. This series is a collaboration between IPIS vsw and ActionAid Uganda.
\nIn accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, this second report assesses the duty of the Ugandan, British, French and Chinese States to prevent, investigate, punish and redress human rights abuse by businesses.<\/p>\n

In search of clean water: human rights and the mining industry in Katanga, DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2013 | IPIS
\nToday, around 1,8 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the most water-rich country in Africa, 51 million people lack access to potable water; only 26% of the population has access to safe drinking water. This is one of the lowest access rates in the world.
\nIn the Katanga province, rich in cobalt and copper, some industrial mining companies operate provoking significant pollution of water sources, seriously affecting the local population. Although there is a lack of comprehensive data available, several studies conducted by local civil society show environmental, health and socio-economic negative effects.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights<\/em>: Kimberley Process: observations from the sidelines. Part I<\/a>\u00a0| 21 November 2013 | IPIS
\nTen years after the launch of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) this paper is the first in a two part series providing an overview of where the Kimberley Process and international efforts to combat the trade in conflict diamonds currently stand. It will analyse some of the present challenges facing the system and some of the potential solutions on the table.<\/p>\n

Travail des enfants dans le site minier d’exploitation artisanale de Bisie en territoire de Walikale. Une crise oubli\u00e9e en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 19 November 2013 | Prince Kihangi Kyamwami
\nPlus de deux d\u00e9cennies apr\u00e8s l\u2019entr\u00e9e en vigueur de la Convention relative aux droits de l\u2019enfant (1989) en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), la situation des enfants dans le territoire de Walikale demeure critique.<\/p>\n

Ambushed in Bangkok? The U.N. Panel on North Korea and the case of the IL-76 “4L-AWA”<\/a>\u00a0| 14 November 2013 | IPIS\/TA
\nThis new IPIS\/TA report explains why the conclusion of the latest United Nations report on North Korea sanctions, about an arms flight grounded in Thailand, is not supported by facts, but based on a misalliance of wrong and misleading information, gleaned both about the cargo aircraft, its flight and the entities involved, together with erroneous interpretations of standard aviation practices made by the UN Panel of experts on North Korea.<\/p>\n

Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in Eastern DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 12 November 2013 | IPIS
\nIn August 2009 the \u2018International Peace Information Service\u2019 (IPIS) published a first map of militarised mining areas in Eastern DR Congo. By 2012, the international interest in the issue had grown but the map was out-dated. To find a structural solution, IPIS sat down with the Congolese mining cadastre (CAMI) and agreed to set up a permanent system to monitor artisanal mining activities and the involvement of armed groups in the mineral exploitation and trade.\u00a0A first version of the resulting map has been published at\u00a0https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/mapping\/webmapping<\/a>. It shows the location of nearly 800 mining sites and 85 trading centres, including information about armed groups presence and involvement, and the scale of the mining activity. The map includes at least 410 cases of illegal taxation by armed groups or the Congolese army.<\/p>\n

‘Conflict Minerals’ initiatives in DR Congo: Perceptions of local mining communities<\/a>\u00a0| 12 November 2013 | IPIS
\nThe exploitation of minerals is an important source of income for many communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Yet this mineral wealth also plays a significant role in the continuation of insecurity in parts of the country.
\nOver recent years, several domestic, regional and international initiatives have been developed to address the so-called \u2018conflict minerals\u2019 problem and the high level of informality in the DRC\u2019s artisanal mining sector. These initiatives have provoked varying reactions regarding their impact on local livelihoods.
\nThis report aims to provide insight into the impact of initiatives on the livelihood strategies of local communities in the DRC, based on field research in a wide range of mining areas; and document the perceptions of local stakeholders of these initiatives and their impacts.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights:<\/em>\u00a0Why businesses should assess human rights impacts from the outset of projects. SOCO International Oil Company in Virunga National Park, DRC<\/a>\u00a0| 26 August 2013 | International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
\nSOCO International, a British oil company, is prospecting for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Virunga National Park \u2013 a World Heritage Site. For the past year, their presence has been criticised for putting a fragile environment at risk. However, more recently, their impact on human rights has also been questioned. In this Insights IPIS looks at why it is so vital for companies to employ rights-respectful processes, such as those advised in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, from the very beginning of the prospection stage.<\/p>\n

Strijd tegen conflictmineralen: sleutel tot conflictresolutie in Oost-Congo?<\/a>\u00a0| 25 July\u00a0 2013 | IPIS\u00a0(Internationale Spectator)
\nDe PDF van dit artikel is met toestemming van de redactie overgenomen uit de ‘Internationale Spectator, Clingendael Magazine voor Internationale Betrekkingen’, uitgegeven door de Koninklijke Van Gorcum, te Assen namens het Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen \u2018Clingendael\u2019 te Den Haag.<\/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.IPIS Insights: The EU draft law on conflict minerals due diligence: a critical assessment from a business & human rights standpoint<\/a>\u00a0\u2758<\/strong>\u00a030 April 2014\u00a0\u2758\u00a0<\/strong>IPIS
\nOn the 5th of March 2014, the European Commission proposed a responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones. The proposal took place within a specific and timely context. As IPIS has long documented, the exploitation of natural resources can have adverse human rights impacts. Businesses operating in conflict-affected or fragile regions should therefore ascertain whether their direct operations or their business relationships with other parties, including through their supply chains, have fueled or funded conflict and\/or human rights abuse.<\/p>\n

Business & Human Rights in Uganda: What’s on the Agenda?<\/a>\u00a0| 12 March 2014 | IPIS
\nA few days after attending the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, IPIS Business & Human Rights Analysts Anna Bulzomi and Gabriella Wass boarded a plane to Kampala, Uganda, to run a two-day training with ActionAid Uganda for businesses and NGOs on \u201cWhat does business & human rights mean, and how can we bring about a healthy relationship between the two?\u201d This document summarises some thoughts and observations from our 19 participating organisations, as well as providing snapshots of the current relationship between business and human rights in Uganda.<\/p>\n

IPIS Insights: Pentagon Accidentally Arms Al Qaeda Affiliate<\/a>\u00a0| 20 February 2014 | IPIS
\nA confidential report to the UN Security Council last week revealed that some of the weapons and ammunition to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces appears to have been diverted to the Al Qaeda affiliate known as Al Shabaab.<\/p>\n

Mapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan – South Sudan border (2012-2013)<\/a>\u00a0| 5 February 2014 | IPIS
\nIn \u201cMapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan-South Sudan border\u201d, IPIS analyses the conflict dynamics in the wider border area spanning Sudan and South Sudan. The analysis specifically looks into the motivations and interests of the parties involved in the interstate, intrastate and local conflicts in this area.\u00a0Together with the report, a series of maps of the area of focus is available at\u00a0www.ipisresearch.be\/mapping\/webmapping\/bordersudans<\/a><\/p>\n

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