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NEWS IN BRIEF<\/h1>\n
Britain suspended\u00a0<\/a>its provision of aid to Congolese police reforms this week in light of recent reports highlighting dozens of extra-judicial killings and disappearances carried out as part of Operation Likofi in Kinshasa, DRC. Meanwhile, as top UN, African Union and other Special Envoys expressed their outrage about massacres perpetrated against civilians in Beni,\u00a0North Kivu<\/a>, the territory saw another attack kill three people and wound another three on Monday night. Almost 600\u00a0FDLR<\/a>\u00a0fighters have been transferred from transit camps in North and South Kivu to Kisangani, ahead of the 2 January deadline for the group\u2019s surrender. With the transit camps said to have been wholly vacated this Wednesday, last Friday saw the destruction of 600 weapons recovered predominantly from ex-FDLR fighters. In\u00a0South Kivu<\/a>, violent conflict between the Raia Mutomboki and the Congolese army on the borders between the Shabunda, Walungu and Kabare territories had culminated in four deaths and 17 rebel captives by the middle of this week. Five soldiers were killed in an alleged Lord\u2019s Resistance Army ambush in Dungu territory last Thursday in\u00a0Province Orientale<\/a>, as further FRPI rebels surrendered to the authorities in Bunia.<\/div>\n
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In\u00a0South Africa<\/a>, fifteen of the twenty Congolese defendants facing charges relating to an alleged assassination attempt against incumbent President Kabila have been acquitted \u00a0for lack of sufficient evidence. Charges remain against the remaining five defendants arrested in February 2013 \u2013 among them Etienne Kabila, who is said to have been released on bail.<\/div>\n
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Cameroon\u2019s release and the alleged \u201cVIP welcome\u201d of FDPC rebel leader Abdoulaye Miskine in the Central African Republic last Thursday has been condemned by Human Rights Watch, citing his association with numerous atrocities over the last decade. Miskine was freed following the release of\u00a026 hostages<\/a>\u00a0kidnapped by his group two months ago. The authorities deny that the event formed part of a prisoner swap claiming that he was freed during a military operation. On Saturday, the anti-balaka announced its intent to lay down its arms and become a political movement calling itself the\u00a0Central African Party for Unity and Development<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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In\u00a0Burundi<\/a>, a major Presidential reshuffle of those in the upper echelons of government office caused waves last week as individuals long considered at the top of the presidential chain of command found themselves redeployed, including the former heads of police, military and intelligence services (amongst others). Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission appointed to investigate ethnic massacres in the country since 1962 were finally elected last week.<\/div>\n
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IPIS\u2019 Latest\u00a0Publications<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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<\/a>. 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<\/a>\u00a0| 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\u00a0<\/a>| October 2014 | IPIS
\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\u00a0<\/a>of 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?<\/a>\u00a0\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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\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

Gender-based violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa: Viols, violences, mutilations g\u00e9nitales\u00a0: la femme dans tous ses…. malheurs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Afrik.com
\nSur le continent africain, les femmes sont quotidiennement victimes de violences, qu\u2019elles soient domestiques ou sexuelles. C\u2019est un sujet qui demeure tabou en d\u00e9pit des actions des organisations de protections des femmes et des institutions africaines.<\/p>\n

Security interventions in Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building Solidarity With Africa: Struggle Against Neo-Colonialism and Imperialist Militarism<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Pambazuka News
\nUnited States and NATO interventions in Africa and throughout the Middle East are increasing. From Egypt and Morocco in the North to Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Mali and others to the West, right down through the Sudans, Uganda, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa in the Central, Eastern and Southern regions, the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is increasing its efforts to thwart the development of Africa.<\/p>\n

Regional mobilisation around security in eastern DRC<\/strong><\/p>\n

SADC, Great Lakes Heads of State to Discuss DRC Situation<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | AngolaPress | allAfrica
\nThe Angola Foreign Affairs minister, Georges Chikoti, announced on Tuesday in Luanda that the Heads of States of SADC and Great Lakes region will soon meet so as to assess the situation prevailing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Sakharov prize\/sexual violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sakharov Laureate Denis Mukwege – “Women’s Bodies Have Become a True Battlefield”<\/a>\u00a0| 26 November 2014 | PR Newswire | allAfrica
\n“Women’s bodies have become a true battlefield and rape is being used as a weapon of war,” said Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege as he accepted the 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in Strasbourg on Wednesday 26 November.<\/p>\n

FDLR<\/strong><\/p>\n

UN Reaffirms Call for FDLR’s Neutralisation<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | New Times | allAfrica
\nThe United Nations Security Council, yesterday, reiterated their call for the neutralisation of the outlawed FDLR in line with the Council’s earlier position on forceful disarmament of the group if they do not surrender by January 2.<\/p>\n

Former Rwandan rebels transferred to Congo transit camp<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Reuters
\nAuthorities in Democratic Republic of Congo began to transfer former Rwandan rebels on Wednesday from disarmament camps in the east to a northern transit camp, the U.N. mission said, in an apparent first step to their relocation in a third country.<\/p>\n

RDC: le premier convoi des FDLR est arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 Kisangani<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe premier groupe de quarante-cinq ex-combattants FDLR et leur d\u00e9pendants en provenance du Nord-Kivu est effectivement arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 Kisangani (Province Orientale), \u00e0 11h heures 35, heure locale, \u00e0 bord d\u2019un avion de la Monusco. Un deuxi\u00e8me groupe de 125 personnes en provenance de Bukavu (Sud-Kivu) \u00e9tait aussi attendu \u00e0 la mi-journ\u00e9e \u00e0 Kisangani.<\/p>\n

Le d\u00e9sarmement des FLDR \u00e0 petits pas<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | RFI | allAfrica
\nEn RDC, 600 armes qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 remises par les diff\u00e9rents groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e9trangers et nationaux \u00e0 la Monusco, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truites vendredi 28 novembre au si\u00e8ge de la mission onusienne \u00e0 Goma.<\/p>\n

Kisangani: Martin Kobler encourage les FDLR \u00e0 rentrer au Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nEn compagnie d\u2019une forte d\u00e9l\u00e9gation des diplomates, le Repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial\u00a0 du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations unies en RDC, Martin Kobler, s\u2019est rendu compte samedi 29 novembre des conditions d\u2019h\u00e9bergement des ex-combattants FDLR et leurs d\u00e9pendants au camp g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Bahuma \u00e0 Kisangani. Le chef de la Monusco a exhort\u00e9 ces ex-combattants \u00e0 rentrer au Rwanda.<\/p>\n

RDC : pr\u00e8s de 600 ex-combattants et d\u00e9pendants FDLR sont arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 Kisangani<\/a>\u00a0| 3 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe repr\u00e9sentant sp\u00e9cial adjoint du secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019ONU charg\u00e9 des op\u00e9rations dans l\u2019Est de la RDC, Abdallah\u00a0Wafy,\u00a0a affirm\u00e9 mercredi 3 d\u00e9cembre que les camps de transit des ex-FDLR de Kanyabayonga (Nord-Kivu) et Walungu (Sud-Kivu) n\u2019abritent plus d\u2019ex-combattants.<\/p>\n

Operation Likofi fallout – UK suspends aid<\/strong><\/p>\n

La Grande-Bretagne suspend son aide \u00e0 la r\u00e9forme de la police<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | RFI
\nCette d\u00e9cision des autorit\u00e9s britanniques fait suite \u00e0 un rapport des Nations unies, d\u00e9voil\u00e9 le 15 octobre dernier, qui accuse des policiers d’avoir assassin\u00e9 ou fait dispara\u00eetre plusieurs dizaines de personnes lors d’une op\u00e9ration antibanditisme men\u00e9e \u00e0 Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

La Grande Bretagne suspend son aide \u00e0 la r\u00e9forme de la police congolaise<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Grande-Bretagne a suspendu son programme d\u2019aide \u00e0 la r\u00e9forme de la police congolaise. Cette d\u00e9cision fait suite \u00e0 la publication d\u2019un rapport des Nations unies en octobre dernier accusant des policiers d\u2019avoir assassin\u00e9 ou fait dispara\u00eetre plusieurs dizaines de personnes lors d\u2019une op\u00e9ration antibanditisme \u00e0 Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

South African \u2018DRC coup plot\u2019 acquittals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kabila ‘coup plot’: DR Congo suspects acquitted in South Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | BBC
\nA group of 15 men accused of plotting to assassinate the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, have been acquitted by a South African court.<\/p>\n

Afrique du Sud : la justice acquitte 15 des 20 Congolais accus\u00e9s de complot contre Kabila<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa justice sud-africaine a acquitt\u00e9 et lib\u00e9r\u00e9 vendredi 28 novembre,\u00a0faute de preuves, quinze des vingt ressortissants de R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) emprisonn\u00e9s depuis pr\u00e8s de deux ans en Afrique du Sud, accus\u00e9s de complot visant \u00e0 assassiner leur pr\u00e9sident Joseph Kabila.<\/p>\n

MONUSCO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Un nouveau rapport de la MONUSCO sur les droits de l’Homme au pays !<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | La Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 | allAfrica
\nLa conf\u00e9rence de presse hebdomadaire de la Monusco tenue hier, mercredi 26 novembre, a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e par la pr\u00e9sentation de la situation g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des droits de l’Homme, pour le mois d’octobre 2014, en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo.<\/p>\n

La Monusco totalise 15 ans de pr\u00e9sence en RDC<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa mission de l\u2019Onu totalise 15 ans dimanche 30 novembre 2014 en RDC. La Monusco, jadis Monuc, a vu le jour au terme de la r\u00e9solution 1279 du 30 novembre 1999 du Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Nations unies visant la restauration de la paix en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. 15 ans apr\u00e8s, la RDC a retrouv\u00e9 non seulement son unit\u00e9, mais aussi la paix, en d\u00e9pit de l\u2019activisme de certains groupes arm\u00e9s dans les Kivu et le Katanga principalement.<\/p>\n

North Kivu\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

L\u2019arm\u00e9e \u00e0 la traque des responsables du massacre de B\u00e9ni<\/a>\u00a0| 26 November 2014 | Afrik.com
\nL\u2019arm\u00e9e congolaise est \u00e0 la recherche des suspects responsables du massacre de B\u00e9ni, dans le nord-Kivu, dans l\u2019est de la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo.<\/p>\n

U.N. peacekeepers from Ukraine detained in Congo over uniforms<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Reuters
\nAuthorities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo detained six U.N. peacekeepers from Ukraine in the eastern city of Goma on Wednesday because they had Congolese military uniforms in their luggage, a spokesman for the U.N. mission (MONUSCO) said.<\/p>\n

135 personnes retenues pendant 48 heures en brousse par l’arm\u00e9e pr\u00e8s de Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nCent-trente-cinq civils – hommes, femmes et enfants – ont \u00e9t\u00e9 retenus pendant 48 heures en brousse par l’arm\u00e9e dans l’Est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, pr\u00e8s de Beni (nord-est), th\u00e9\u00e2tre de r\u00e9cents massacres, avant d’\u00eatre rel\u00e2ch\u00e9s jeudi, a-t-on appris de sources concordantes.<\/p>\n

Goma: 600 armes des groupes arm\u00e9s remises \u00e0 la Monusco<\/a>\u00a0| 29 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nAu total, 602\u00a0armes\u00a0qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 remises par les diff\u00e9rents groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e9trangers et nationaux \u00e0 la section DDRRR de la Monusco, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truites vendredi 28 novembre au si\u00e8ge de la Monusco \u00e0 Goma, en pr\u00e9sence des autorit\u00e9s politico- militaires du Nord-Kivu et du sous-secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Onu en charge de l\u2019Etat de droits\u00a0et des institutions de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, en visite de travail dans cette province.<\/p>\n

Trois morts dans une nouvelle attaque attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 des rebelles ougandais dans l’Est<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | AFP | ReliefWeb
\nNord-Kivu : 3 morts dans une nouvelle incursion de pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s ADF \u00e0 Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nTrois personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es \u00e0 la machette et trois autres bless\u00e9es au cours d\u2019une nouvelle incursion de pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s rebelles ougandais ADF \u00e0 Beni, dans le Nord-Kivu.\u00a0Des hommes arm\u00e9s ont fait irruption dans 4 villages de ce territoire au cours de la nuit du lundi 1er au mardi 2 d\u00e9cembre. Le porte-parole des op\u00e9rations Sokola assure que les FARDC ratissent encore la zone pour retrouver les assaillants.
\nL\u2019attaque est intervenue \u00e0 partir de 21 heures locales dans les villages Kasana, Mapiki, Abialos et Linzo-Sisene, en secteur de Beni-Mbau, \u00e0 environ 54 km au nord de Beni-ville.<\/p>\n

Beni: Martin Kobler et Tim Morris \u00e9valuent la situation s\u00e9curitaire<\/a><\/span>\u00a0| 3 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe \u00a0chef de la Monusco, Martin Kobler, l\u2019ambassadeur de la Grande Bretagne en RDC, Tim Morris, ainsi que des diplomates fran\u00e7ais et am\u00e9ricains se sont rendus mercredi 3 d\u00e9cembre dans la ville de Beni. Ils ont rencontr\u00e9 les autorit\u00e9s politiques et militaires de ce territoire du Nord-Kivu ainsi que les membres de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile. Objectif de leur visite: \u00e9valuer la situation s\u00e9curitaire.<\/p>\n

Beni massacre responses<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDC: l\u2019Onu condamne les tueries de Beni<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes membres du Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de Nations unies condamnent, en des termes forts, les massacres contre les civils pr\u00e8s de Beni dans l\u2019Est de la RDC.\u00a0Ils l\u2019ont fait savoir dans un communiqu\u00e9 rendu public mercredi 26 novembre \u00e0 New York. De leur c\u00f4t\u00e9, les Etats-Unis exigent des poursuites contre les auteurs de ces actes.<\/p>\n

L’ONU appelle \u00e0 de nouveaux efforts contre les groupes arm\u00e9s dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs d’Afrique<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | UN News
\nUn groupe d’envoy\u00e9s sp\u00e9ciaux des Nations Unies et de ses partenaires dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs d’Afrique ont exprim\u00e9 mardi leur consternation et pr\u00e9occupation concernant une s\u00e9rie de massacres de civils qui a eu lieu dans l’est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), en particulier autour de la ville de Beni, dans la province du Nord-Kivu.<\/p>\n

Great Lakes Envoys outraged by spate of civilian massacres in eastern DR Congo<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | UN News
\nA team of United Nations, African Union and other Special Envoys on the Great Lakes region have said they are \u201cdeeply outraged\u201d by the recent spate of civilian massacres that have taken place in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and have called on the Government to \u201cengage in robust military action\u2019 against all armed groups operating there.<\/p>\n

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

Sud-Kivu: affrontements entre FARDC et Ra\u00efa Mutomboki \u00e0 Shabunda<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nDe violents affrontements entre des groupes de la milice Ra\u00efa Mutomboki et les militaires du 2002e r\u00e9giment des FARDC sont signal\u00e9s depuis vendredi 28 novembre dans les villages de Nyalubemba, Busolo ainsi que dans des villages environnants, en territoire de Walungu au Sud-Kivu. La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile avance un bilan, non encore confirm\u00e9 par des sources militaires, de 17 miliciens\u00a0captur\u00e9s et sept militaires bless\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Sud-Kivu : affrontements entre FARDC et Ra\u00efa Mutomboki, 4 morts<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nQuatre miliciens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s lors des combats qui les ont oppos\u00e9s depuis vendredi 28 novembre avec les Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC dans la localit\u00e9 de Nyalubemba et d\u2019autres environnantes, \u00e0 la limite entre les territoires de Kabare,Shabunda et Walungu (Sud-Kivu).<\/p>\n

RDC : l’arm\u00e9e progresse face aux miliciens Ra\u00efa Mutomboki dans le Sud-Kivu<\/a>\u00a0| 3 December 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nLes Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC) prennent le dessus sur les miliciens Ra\u00efa Mutomboki (Citoyens en col\u00e8re en swahili). Les militaires congolais ont repris ces derniers jours quatre localit\u00e9s du Sud-Kivu occup\u00e9es depuis le mois d’avril, dont la plus importante est Nyalubemba. “Les villages lib\u00e9r\u00e9s sont situ\u00e9s dans le territoire de Shabunda, aux confins de ceux de Walungu et Kabare, \u00e0 environ 65 km au Sud-Est de Bukavu, capitale de la province du Sud-Kivu”, a indiqu\u00e9 Daniel Eloko Nsala, administrateur du territoire de Shabunda, joint par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone depuis cette ville.<\/p>\n

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

Ituri: Cobra Matata vit en homme libre \u00e0 Bunia<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe chef du groupe arm\u00e9 FRPI, Justin Banaloki alias Cobra Matata, vit en homme libre \u00e0 Bunia, chef-lieu de l\u2019Ituri (Province Orientale), o\u00f9 il s\u2019est rendu depuis pr\u00e8s d\u2019une semaine aux Forces arm\u00e9es de la RDC (FARDC).<\/p>\n

Bunia: 28 miliciens de la FRPI se sont rendus<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nVingt huit miliciens de la Force de r\u00e9sistance patriotique de l\u2019Ituri (FRPI) de Cobra Matata sont finalement arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 Bunia jeudi 27 novembre dans la soir\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Province Orientale: 5 militaires tu\u00e9s par des pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s rebelles LRA \u00e0 Dungu<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nCinq militaires congolais ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s jeudi 27 novembre dans le territoire de Dungu. Plusieurs sources locales indiquent qu\u2019ils sont tomb\u00e9s dans une embuscade tendue par des hommes identifi\u00e9s comme des rebelles de la LRA dans le poste d\u2019encadrement de Ngilima dans le Nord de ce territoire de la Province Orientale.<\/p>\n

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

Kalemie : les femmes manifestent contre les violences sexuelles<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes femmes \u00e9voluant dans les associations de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile ont organis\u00e9 samedi 29 novembre une marche pacifique \u00e0 Kalemie au Katanga. Elles ont protest\u00e9 contre les violences sexuelles dont leurs cong\u00e9n\u00e8res sont victimes dans ce territoire en conflit.<\/p>\n

Nord-Katanga : le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Kifwa invite les groupes arm\u00e9s \u00e0 se rendre<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nA l\u2019occasion de l\u2019installation du nouveau commandant de secteur op\u00e9rationnel du\u00a0 Nord-Katanga, dimanche 30 novembre \u00e0 Kalemie, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Kifwa, commandant de la deuxi\u00e8me zone de d\u00e9fense, a invit\u00e9 tous les groupes arm\u00e9s actifs dans la r\u00e9gion \u00e0 se rendre. Plusieurs milices ins\u00e9curisent cette partie du Katanga, obligeant de nombreuses familles \u00e0 se d\u00e9placer.<\/p>\n

Inter-ethnic conflict racks DRC\u2019s mining heartland<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Mineweb | Reuters
\nPygmies and Bantus flee a war caused by a tryst<\/a>\u00a0| 29 November 2014 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nThe inter-ethnic conflict in mineral-rich Katanga province has accounted for 77,000 displacements. Nsange’s troubles began with an affair. Pygmy residents of the village in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo caught a Bantu man in bed with a married pygmy woman last year.Retribution was swift: a group of pygmies beat the Bantu to death. The killing sparked a vicious series of reprisals in this corner of mineral-rich Katanga province. Each side scrambled to form militias, armed with machetes and bows and arrows, that unleashed an orgy of execution, pillage and rape.<\/p>\n

When home is Congo’s ’triangle of death’<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | AFP | Reliefweb
\nSince 2012, insurgents have ravaged whole tracts of the “triangle”, where the UN mission in the country, MONUSCO, accuses them of murder, rape and looting, as well as burning down homes and entire villages.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Presidential \u2018purge\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Purge au sommet de l’Etat au Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | RFI | allAfrica
\nLe pr\u00e9sident Pierre Nkurunziza fait le vide autour de lui. Il vient de remplacer son \u00ab chef de cabinet \u00bb, v\u00e9ritable num\u00e9ro 2 du r\u00e9gime. Et il n’est pas le seul \u00e0 avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9cart\u00e9. Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Adolphe Nshimirimana, num\u00e9ro 3 du pouvoir, est \u00e9galement remplac\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00eate des services secrets burundais par un g\u00e9n\u00e9ral plut\u00f4t mod\u00e9r\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi: Processus \u00e9lectoral – L’opposition d\u00e9nonce des fraudes<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | RFI | allAfrica
\nAu Burundi, l’enr\u00f4lement des \u00e9lecteurs en vue des \u00e9lections g\u00e9n\u00e9rales de 2015 bat son plein. Pour l’instant, 1,7 million de personnes, environ 42% des \u00e9lecteurs, se sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait inscrire, selon la Commission \u00e9lectorale nationale ind\u00e9pendante (C\u00e9ni).<\/p>\n

CAR<\/h2>\n

FDPC hostages freed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hostages Freed by Rebels in CAR Receiving Treatment in Cameroon<\/a>\u00a0| 26 November 2014 | VoA
\nCameroon\u2019s Information Minister Issa Tchiroma says President Paul Biya has ordered the Health Ministry to care for the 16 hostages freed from the neighboring Central African Republic.<\/p>\n

Vingt-six otages lib\u00e9r\u00e9s par le FDPC<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | RFI | allAfrica
\nLe groupe rebelle du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Abdoulaye Miskine annonce avoir lib\u00e9r\u00e9 ce 26 novembre 26 otages, dont 15 ressortissants camerounais et un missionnaire polonais.<\/p>\n

Kidnapped Polish Catholic Missionary Freed<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | CISANews | allAfrica
\nA polish missionary amongst 16 hostages abducted by Muslim rebels from the Central African Republic (CAR) on October 12 has been freed after two months in captivity.<\/p>\n

VIP Treatment for Warlord Sends Wrong Message in CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Human Rights Watch | allAfrica
\nIn Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo, last week, the lesson for those accused of atrocities seems to be: rather than face criminal investigation, you can be treated as a VIP. That, at least, is what happened to Abdoulaye Miskine, also known as Martin Koumtamadji, a mercenary leader accused of involvement with many crimes during the past decade.<\/p>\n

Anti-balaka intention to form political party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anti-Balaka group to lay down arms in CAR<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | Aljazeera | Reuters
\nThe ‘anti-Balaka’ armed group in Central African Republic (CAR) has announced that it would lay down its weapons and become a political movement. The armed Christian group, which was formed to counter the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels that seized power last year, made the announcement following a general assembly in capital Bangui late on Saturday, Reuters news agency reported. The new movement would be renamed the Central African Party for Unity and Development (PCUD).<\/p>\n

Centrafrique: Les anti-balaka veulent peser dans le d\u00e9bat politique<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | RFI | allAfrica
\nLes grandes man\u0153uvres politiques se poursuivent en Centrafrique dans l’optique du forum de Bangui. Pr\u00e9vu en janvier, il doit permettre un dialogue politique entre toutes les composantes de la crise centrafricaine en vue des prochaines \u00e9lections en milieu de l’ann\u00e9e 2015.<\/p>\n

Transformation des anti-balakas en parti politique – La mue sera-t-elle possible ?<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Le Pays | allAfrica
\nEn R\u00e9publique centrafricaine (RCA), les diff\u00e9rents acteurs de la sc\u00e8ne politique aff\u00fbtent leurs armes. En ligne de mire, l’\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle de 2015. Dans cette perspective, les Anti-balaka du nom de cette milice arm\u00e9e qui a endeuill\u00e9 des dizaines de familles centrafricaines, \u00e0 travers notamment le massacre des musulmans, ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de tourner la page de la r\u00e9bellion et de se muer en parti politique.<\/p>\n

Electoral code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faux d\u00e9part pour la r\u00e9forme du code \u00e9lectoral<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | RFI | allAfrica
\nL’Assembl\u00e9e de transition (le CNT) travaille depuis une semaine sur la r\u00e9forme du code \u00e9lectoral. Ses membres devront se prononcer sur la biom\u00e9trie et le d\u00e9couplage des \u00e9lections pr\u00e9sidentielles et l\u00e9gislatives – deux innovations voulues en 2013, mais jug\u00e9es complexes et co\u00fbteuses aujourd’hui. Mais mercredi, le CNT a renvoy\u00e9 sa copie au gouvernement en demandant plus de concertation sur le sujet.<\/p>\n

Other<\/h2>\n

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

Tribal Clashes Kill at Least 130 in Sudan<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | VoA
\nMore than 130 people have been killed in tribal clashes in Sudan’s oil-rich region near the border with South Sudan.<\/p>\n

South Sudan. The Christmas fighting season<\/a>\u00a0| 29 November 2014 | The Economist
\nAll sides are preparing again for a long civil war<\/p>\n

Soudan: B\u00e9chir veut le d\u00e9part de la MINUAD<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | BBC
\nOmar el-B\u00e9chir a r\u00e9clam\u00e9 un “programme clair” pour le d\u00e9part de la mission conjointe ONU-Union africaine au Darfour (Minuad) qu\u2019il consid\u00e8re comme un “fardeau”.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Humanitarian news<\/h1>\n

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

Humanitarian responses to crises in Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

ICRC seeks record $1.7 billion for humanitarian work in 2015<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Reuters
\nThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed on Thursday for a record 1.6 billion Swiss francs ($1.66 billion) to respond to humanitarian crises next year in Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and other hotspots.<\/p>\n

New UN-Backed Open-Source Tool Will Support Community Resilience-Building<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | UN News | allAfrica
\nThe United Nations Food and Agriculture Programme (FAO) is teaming up with a coalition of partner agencies to develop a new data crunching tool to help national governments, development and relief organizations in their efforts to prevent and respond to crises such as animal diseases, plant pests and even conflict.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Internally displaced persons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nord-Kivu: le gouverneur Paluku ferme le camp de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de Kiwanja<\/a>\u00a0| 3 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLe gouverneur du Nord-Kivu, Julien Paluku, en mission de travail dans le territoire de Rutshuru mardi 2 d\u00e9cembre, a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de fermer le camp de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de Kiwanja. Selon lui, ce camp de d\u00e9plac\u00e9s n\u2019a plus de raisons d\u2019\u00eatre parce que la guerre qui avait conduit ces familles \u00e0 fuir leurs localit\u00e9s d\u2019origine est finie.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\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>
\nICC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Partnering With the ICC to Promote International Criminal Justice<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | ISS | allAfrica
\nThe Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Office of the President of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) collaborated to discuss how African countries can promote and deliver international justice.<\/p>\n

\u00a0DRC<\/h2>\n

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

25 % de la population dans l’Est du pays pense que la CPI a un impact n\u00e9gatif sur la paix<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Waza | allAfrica
\nDans l’est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), plus de 5 000 personnes ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une enqu\u00eate de l’Universit\u00e9 Harvard et du PNUD sur la justice. Ils vivent dans la r\u00e9gion la plus durement touch\u00e9e par de nombreux conflits impliquants des reb\u00e9llions, et dont certains dossiers sont devant la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale (CPI).<\/p>\n

South African \u2018DRC coup plot\u2019 acquittals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kabila ‘coup plot’: DR Congo suspects acquitted in South Africa<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | BBC
\nA group of 15 men accused of plotting to assassinate the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, have been acquitted by a South African court.<\/p>\n

Afrique du Sud : la justice acquitte 15 des 20 Congolais accus\u00e9s de complot contre Kabila<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa justice sud-africaine a acquitt\u00e9 et lib\u00e9r\u00e9 vendredi 28 novembre,\u00a0faute de preuves, quinze des vingt ressortissants de R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC) emprisonn\u00e9s depuis pr\u00e8s de deux ans en Afrique du Sud, accus\u00e9s de complot visant \u00e0 assassiner leur pr\u00e9sident Joseph Kabila.<\/p>\n

Lubanga trial<\/strong><\/p>\n

La CPI confirme la peine de 14 ans de prison de Thomas Lubanga<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa Cour p\u00e9nale internationale a confirm\u00e9 lundi 1er\u00a0d\u00e9cembre, lors de son premier jugement en appel, la peine de 14 ans de prison de l\u2019ancien chef de milice congolais Thomas Lubanga, qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu coupable d\u2019avoir enr\u00f4l\u00e9 des enfants soldats.<\/p>\n

Ituri: les ONG saluent la confirmation de la peine de Thomas Lubanga<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLes ONG de d\u00e9fense des droits de l\u2019homme de l\u2019Ituri saluent la d\u00e9cision de la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale confirmant la peine de 14 ans de prison pour Thomas Lubanga.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

BBC documentary<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kagame-Power Lobby\u2019s dishonest attack on BBC documentary on Rwanda<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Pambazuka News
\nThe process of investigating and prosecuting serious international crimes is complex, imperfect and still a work in progress.<\/p>\n

Gacacas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Govt Intensifies Plans to Digitise Gacaca Archives<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | New Times | allAfrica
\nThe Ministry of Youth and ICT has backed efforts toward digitalisation of the case files accumulated through the work of over 12,000 Gacaca courts as a measure to preserve the important documents.<\/p>\n

Cross-border crime<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senate to Probe Cross-Border Crimes<\/a>\u00a0| 3 December 2014 | New Times | allAfrica
\nThis was revealed Monday as the Director General of Immigration and Emigration Directorate, Anaclet Kalibata, appeared before the Senatorial Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Security.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Burundi<\/h2>\n

East African Court of Justice rulings on Burundi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court Delivers a Ruling in a Burundi Opposition Political Party Case<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | East African Community | allAfrica
\nThe subject of the Application is that, instructions of a Minister of Home Affairs to the police force (Minister of Security) to bar a meeting convened by the Executive Committee of UPRONA which aimed at solving some leadership problems prevailing in the party was unlawful and constitutes an interference of the executive internal matters of a political party.<\/p>\n

Court Delivers a Judgement in a Case Against Burundi for Alleged Failure to Pay Damages Awarded to Its Citizen<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | East African Community | allAfrica
\nThe East African Court of Justice 28th November 2014: The First Instance Division delivered a judgment in case between Mr. Ndorimana Benoit (Applicant) and the Attorney General of the Republic of Burundi.<\/p>\n

Truth and reconciliation committee on ethnic massacres<\/strong><\/p>\n

La Commission V\u00e9rit\u00e9 et R\u00e9conciliation voit enfin le jour<\/a>\u00a0| 4 December 2014 | Jeune Afrique
\nDouze ans apr\u00e8s la date pr\u00e9vue par l\u2019accord de paix d\u2019Arusha de 2000, on conna\u00eet enfin les noms des onze membres de la Commission V\u00e9rit\u00e9 et R\u00e9conciliation (CVR), charg\u00e9e d’\u00e9tablir la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 sur les massacres interethniques au Burundi depuis 1962.<\/p>\n

Gatumba massacre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burundi : d\u00e9but des enqu\u00eates sur le massacre de Gatumba<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | Radio Okapi
\nLa justice burundaise a entam\u00e9 depuis lundi 1er\u00a0d\u00e9cembre l\u2019enqu\u00eate dans l\u2019affaire des tueries de plus de 160 Banyamulenge en 2004 \u00e0 Gatumba, au Burundi.\u00a0Me Mo\u00efse Nyarugabo, s\u00e9nateur congolais est l\u2019un des avocats des Banyamulenge. Il s\u2019est rendu \u00e0 Bujumbura pour d\u00e9fendre en justice cette communaut\u00e9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\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

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

Goodbye African Barrick Gold, welcome Acacia Mining<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Mineweb
\nTrading has commenced today in London in Acacia Mining (ACA), the renamed African Barrick Gold.<\/p>\n

Great Lakes workshop on transboundary natural resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Des d\u00e9put\u00e9s de 5 pays r\u00e9unis \u00e0 Goma sur la protection et la gestion des ressources naturelles dans les zones transfrontali\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nDes d\u00e9put\u00e9s nationaux de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), de l’Ouganda, de la R\u00e9publique centrafricaine, du Sud-Soudan et du Rwandais ont entam\u00e9 vendredi 28 novembre 2014 \u00e0 Goma (Nord-Kivu) un atelier de deux jours visant \u00e0 mettre sur pied \u00ab un r\u00e9seau de protection et de gestion des ressources naturelles dans les zones transfrontali\u00e8res dans la sous-r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Poaching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home-Grown Corruption Is Killing Africa’s Rhinos and Elephants<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Daily Maverick | allAfrica
\nThe poaching and trafficking of wildlife has reached pandemic levels throughout Africa, threatening a growing number of species with outright extinction in our lifetime.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

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

P\u00e9trole – la RDC assurera la pr\u00e9sidence de la Codiref en 2015<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | Les D\u00e9p\u00eaches de Brazzaville | allAfrica
\nLa 5e r\u00e9union de la Conf\u00e9rence des directeurs des institutions de formation et des responsables de formation aux m\u00e9tiers du p\u00e9trole (Codiref) des pays membres de l’Association des producteurs de p\u00e9trole africain (Appa) se tiendra en novembre 2015 en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Cette derni\u00e8re assurera la pr\u00e9sidence pour l’exercice 2015, en remplacement de la R\u00e9publique du Congo.<\/p>\n

A promising oil region lies untended<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | Africa Energy Intelligence
\nThe recent postponement of a seismic survey on Total\u2019s block 3 in the Ituri region conceals a fierce struggle between the local authorities and the much-weakened central government in Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

Congolese women in ASM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Int\u00e9gration du genre et promotion de la femme dans le secteur minier en RDC – 60% sont dans le traitement des minerais<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nLe secteur minier implique fortement les femmes dans diff\u00e9rentes activit\u00e9s, avec 60% des femmes dans le traitement des minerais, environ 30% dans le creusage et 10% dans la fourniture d’autres services.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Land<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Portal to Ease Access to Information On Land<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | New Times | allAfrica
\nThe public will no longer have to dig into documents and move from one place to another for information about land use following the launch of the National Land Use Portal.<\/p>\n

Minerals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Govt Considers New Ways to Stabilise Mineral Prices<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | New Times | allAfrica
\nThe Government is seeking several strategies in the wake of fluctuating mineral prices on the international market, Evode Imena, the state minister for mining, said yesterday.<\/p>\n

Agro-forestry<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Bid to Promote Agroforestry<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | New Times | allAfrica
\nRwanda Natural Resources Authority plans to step up its collaboration with farmers to ensure that at least 46,000 acres are planted with trees every year.<\/p>\n

Burundi<\/h2>\n

Poaching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Int’l Ivory Smugglers Frame Chinese Embassy in Burundi<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Forum on China-Africa Cooperation | allAfrica
\nMalaysian police seized a batch of smuggled ivory at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in October. The ivories, which weighed up to 300 kilograms, were sent from the Bujumbura International Airport, at the capital of Burundi. The cargo’s label showed the sender was “Lee Pan, the Chinese Embassy in Burundi,” but the following investigations by Burundi showed it was an international ivory smuggling in the name of others.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Minerals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Museveni Meets Chinese Mining Investors<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | The Observer | allAfrica
\nPresident Yoweri Museveni last week held a meeting with Hu Yong, the country director of the Chinese-based Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Co Ltd, where the two discussed opportunities in Uganda’s mining sector.<\/p>\n

Karamoja Demands More Cash From Mineral Wealth<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | The Observer | allAfrica
\nAs government moves to amend the Mining Act and its attendant regulations, Karamoja sub region is demanding for an increase in the royalties, so that the people there can adequately benefit from the region’s mineral wealth.<\/p>\n

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

Oil\u2019s Tumble Boosts Odds of Tullow Takeover: Real M&A<\/a>\u00a0| 3 December 2014 | Bloomberg
\nThe plunge in oil prices has erased more than half of Tullow\u2019s market value since June. Management is now concerned the $6 billion company could be vulnerable to an approach by a larger oil and gas producer, according to people familiar with the matter. Tullow has been the subject of takeover speculation since at least 2006. The company leapfrogged its peers with billions of barrels of oil discoveries in African frontiers including Ghana and Uganda.<\/p>\n

Uganda: 2 burned to death on property allegedly leased to McAlester Energy Resources to construct oil waste management facility<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\nTwo people were burnt to death on a disputed piece of land in Hoima that has been leased to McAlester Energy Resources Limited to construct an oil waste management facility. The couple, Enock Darakarim Buchali and Yunis Akumu, was discovered on the morning of October 10 in Rwamutonga village, Bugambe sub-county, Hoima district. Their bodies were lying together in the ashes. The land in question is being contested in court after some 150 families were evicted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Regulation, voluntary initiatives, and CSR<\/h1>\n

Selected articles on legal and voluntary initiatives relating to natural resources and good governance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sustainability reporting on South African securities exchange<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sustainability reporting on the rise among JSE-listed companies<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Mining Weekly
\nThis\u00a0year, 82 companies met the JSE\u2019s Socially Responsible Index (SRI)\u00a0requirements relating to environmental,\u00a0social and governance (ESG) policies and management practices, compared with only 72 companies in 2013, as companies become more aware of how they communicate sustainability management initiatives to their investors. To compile the 2014 index, the JSE had assessed all 156 members of the FTSE\/JSE Allshare index, and only considered publicly available information to encourage greater corporate transparency.<\/p>\n

National action plans on business and human rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

CALS-SMU coalition submission to the UN Working Group on business and human rights<\/a>\u00a0| 29 November 2014 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\nCoalitions submission to the Working Group by the CALS (Centre for Applied Legal\u00a0 Studies ) and SMU (Singapore Management University) Coalition (\u201cthe Coalition\u201d) on National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights (NAPs) in Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Forrest forced displacements<\/strong><\/p>\n

R\u00e9p. d\u00e9m. du Congo : Amnesty International accuse le Groupe Forrest de complicit\u00e9 des \u00abd\u00e9molitions ill\u00e9gales\u00bb des habitations de la population de Kawama<\/a>\u00a0| 27 November 2014 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
\nAmnesty International accuse le Groupe Forrest International de complicit\u00e9 des \u00abd\u00e9molitions ill\u00e9gales\u00bb des habitations de\u00a0la population de Kawama, pr\u00e8s de la mine de Luiswishi au Katanga en novembre 2009.\u00a0Dans un nouveau rapport publi\u00e9 lundi 24 novembre, l\u2019ONG britannique appelle la compagnie mini\u00e8re belge \u00e0 indemniser les victimes de\u00a0 ces d\u00e9molitions et expulsions forc\u00e9es. La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 incrimin\u00e9e d\u00e9cline sa responsabilit\u00e9 dans ces d\u00e9molitions op\u00e9r\u00e9es par la police congolaise.<\/p>\n

Conflict minerals debate<\/strong><\/p>\n

How a well-intentioned U.S. law left Congolese miners jobless<\/a>\u00a0| 30 November 2014 | The Washington Post
\nThe legislation\u00a0compels U.S. companies to audit their supply chains to ensure that they are not using \u201cconflict minerals\u201d \u2014 particularly gold, coltan, tin and tungsten from artisanal mines controlled by Congo\u2019s murderous militias. It was championed by influential activists and lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, and tucked into the massive Wall Street reform law known as the Dodd-Frank Act.<\/p>\n

PERENCO-REP CSR claims<\/strong><\/p>\n

Des actions multiples en faveur des populations – Muanda, PERENCO-REP investit gros dans le social<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | La Prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 | allAfrica
\nLe g\u00e9ant mondial du p\u00e9trole, PERENCO-REP, exploite l’or noir dans la c\u00f4te atlantique rd-congolaise de Muanda, au Bas-Congo. Se conformant aux lois de la R\u00e9publique en la mati\u00e8re, elle a opt\u00e9 pour une approche p\u00e9dagogique tourn\u00e9e vers le social, c’est-\u00e0-dire, la prise en compte de l’\u00eatre humain dans toute sa dimension socio-\u00e9conomico-culturelle.<\/p>\n

Revision of the Congolese mining code<\/strong><\/p>\n

CIRGL – Des femmes en RDC appellent \u00e0 \u00ab acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer la r\u00e9vision du Code minier \u00bb<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nL’atelier national sur \u00ab l’int\u00e9gration du genre et la promotion de la femme dans le secteur minier en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo \u00bb, organis\u00e9 \u00e0 Kinshasa par le M\u00e9canisme national de coordination de la Conf\u00e9rence internationale sur la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs (CIRGL) et financ\u00e9 par l’Union europ\u00e9enne \u00e0 travers la coop\u00e9ration allemande (GIZ), s’est cl\u00f4tur\u00e9 mardi 02 d\u00e9cembre 2014 sur un appel au gouvernement congolais \u00e0 \u00ab acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer la r\u00e9vision du Code minier en RDC \u00bb.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other<\/h1>\n

DRC<\/h2>\n

Electoral reform of presidential terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congo\u2019s president. Will he, won\u2019t he?<\/a>\u00a0| 29 November 2014 | The Economist
\nOn the streets of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the backfiring of an old car sounded like a gunshot. \u201cIt\u2019s Burkina!\u201d yelled a woman, referring jovially to recent riots in Burkina Faso, which led to the downfall of its president, Blaise Compaor\u00e9, after 27 years in power. Laughter erupted from the crowd around her. The second and final five-year term of Congo\u2019s president, Joseph Kabila (pictured), is supposed to end in 2016. But most people think he will try to extend his stay, just as Mr Compaor\u00e9 did.<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The so-called \u2018Rwandan Economic miracle\u2019 is a mirage<\/a>\u00a0| 28 November 2014 | Pambazuka News
\nMost observers, including Kagame\u2019s critics of his horrendous human rights record seem to have swallowed his storyline that he has built a formidable economic powerhouse, his suppression of freedoms notwithstanding.<\/p>\n

Electoral reform of presidential terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tirant les le\u00e7ons du Burkinafaso – Kagame renonce \u00e0 un 3\u00e8me mandat en 2017<\/a>\u00a0| 2 December 2014 | Le Potentiel | allAfrica
\nPaul Kagame, pr\u00e9sident du Rwanda, n’a pas l’intention de vaquer \u00e0 contre-courant de l’histoire.<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/h2>\n

Electoral reform<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opposition Divisions Worry Donors<\/a>\u00a0| 1 December 2014 | The Observer | allAfrica
\nIn spite of last week’s successfully organised reforms meeting, the opposition is not doing enough to resolve internal disputes and work towards fielding a single presidential candidate in 2016, sources in the donor community have said.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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IPIS Recent Publications<\/h1>\n

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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