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Content NEWS IN BRIEFRenewed hostilities between anti-balaka and Seleka factions displaced 23,000 people, mainly Christian, between Kaga Bandoro and Dekao in the interior of the CAR this week, with further violence reported in villages close to Btangfo in the country’s northwest. The Seleka is said to have reorganised its chain of command in order to secure greater control over its fighters – a move condemned by the government, which accuses the group of having seized state property in the north of the country. Tributes to Camille Lepage have been paid through the global media this week. The photojournalist is believed to have been caught in an ambush, though an investigation is to be conducted into her death by French authorities.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation has been opened into the circumstances surrounding the death of Paul Sadala alias Morgan, with the preliminary phase of the investigation reportedly indicating that the militiaman died of injuries received during torture. Five hundred weapons have been recovered from civilians in Ituri (Province Orientale) over the last two months as part of a civilian disarmament campaign in the region. The FRPI have occasioned the displacement of 5,000 people from three villages in Walendu Bindi following attacks involving rape and arson. In North Kivu, two WWF staff members have been receiving death threats over the recent weeks. Hostilities between FDLR and the NDC Cheka rebels have caused displacement in the vicinity of Butembo this week, whilst in South Kivu, rebel leader Willian Amuri Amisi alias Yakutumba has been wounded in clashes with FARDC in Fizi. The Bakata Katanga have displaced 16,000 from Manono territory in Katanga, though improvement in the security situation in Pweto is reported to have enabled MONUSCO to withdraw its Egyptian contingent from the territory. In Kasai-Orientale FARDC elements from the neighbouring province of Equateur are said to be committing abuses in Sankuru district.
In Rwanda, Human Rights Watch has reported a wave of enforced disappearances over the last there months, with alleged links to Rwandan security forces. Meanwhile, former Rwandan prime minister, Faustin Twagiramungu, is said to be under police protection in Belgium, due to threats to his life.
In Burundi, the Security Council has been told, a tense political climate prevails in the run up to the country’s election, with the possibility of political violence, though little chance of genocide. This week saw the arrest of Burundian civil society leader and human rights activist, Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa.
Due to resource constraints the briefing is restricted to coverage of security, humanitarian and justice issues this week, with a break in coverage for the week 21-27 May 2014. The usual IPIS weekly briefing will return on Wednesday 4 June 2014. |
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Conflict and securityRecent news on conflict, security and arms trade across the Great Lakes Region. Addis Ababa Framework Agreement monitoring Goma: préparatifs avancés de la réunion du comité de suivi de l’Accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Le décor est déjà planté pour accueillir à Goma la septième réunion du Comité d’appui technique (Cat) de suivi de l’Accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba, prévue du 21 au 23 mai. L’ouverture officielle sera présidée ce mercredi par l’Envoyée spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations unies pour la région des Grands Lacs, Mary Robinson. Cette dernière est arrivée à Goma ce mardi. Le même jour, les membres du comité présents à Goma ont visité les environs de cette ville pour s’enquérir de la situation sécuritaire et humanitaire de la région. Conflict minerals in the Great Lakes Tell Your Tech Company: “I Want Conflict-Free Products Made with Minerals from Congo” | May 2014 | Enough Project Responsible sourcing of minerals from conflict zones: is the EU doing enough? | 15 May 2014 | Enough Project CIRGL – Le Comité d’audit veut renforcer le système de vérification « avant son lancement complet » | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Despite repeated industry efforts, Court upholds important conflict minerals law | 16 May 2014 | Global Witness Lord’s Resistance Army Elephant poaching on rise in Lord’s Resistance Army stronghold | 14 May 2014 | Reuters Joseph Kony has named son as his deputy, says Ugandan army | 18 May 2014 | The Guardian Kabila state visit to France A Paris, François Hollande discutera avec Joseph Kabila de la crise en Centrafrique | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi DRCMONUSCO CONFERENCE DE PRESSE DES NATIONS UNIES DU MERCREDI 14 MAI 2014 | 14 May 2014 | MONUSCO La MONUSCO toujours offensive | 20 May 2014 | allAfrica | Deutsche Welle CONFERENCE DE PRESSE DES NATIONS UNIES DU MERCREDI 21 MAI 2014 | 21 May 2014 | MONUSCO Death of militiaman Morgan Un haut magistrat à Bunia pour enquêter sur la mort de Morgan | 16 May 2014 | Radio Okapi RDC: le chef milicien Morgan est mort de suite des tortures, concluent les premières enquêtes | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Death of militiaman Udjani Mangbama La VSV réclame une enquête sur la mort d’Udjani, chef des insurgés Enyele | 14 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Death threats targeting WWF at Virunga National Park Parc des Virunga – Des employés de WWF menacés de mort | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | RFI North Kivu Nord Kivu : 640 ménages fuient leurs villages pour se réfugier à Kasugho | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Nord-Kivu : la Monusco, l’armée et la police facilitent le déroulement de la dissertation | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Nord-Kivu – Les FARDC poursuivent les opérations de bouclage et ratissage contre l’ADF à Beni | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel FDLR rebels greet latest disarmament plans with violence | 20 May 2014 | Reliefweb | Christian Aid South Kivu Provincial authorities in South Kivu review implementation of Addis-Ababa Framework Agreement | 14 May 2014 | MONUSCO Sud-Kivu: le chef milicien Yakutumba serait blessé dans les combats contre les FARDC | 19 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Province Orientale Ituri: plus de 500 armes récupérées des mains des civils | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi RDC: des obus découverts dans une fosse sceptique à Kisangani | 16 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Ituri: plus de 20 démobilisés regagnent leurs milieux d’origine | 18 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Ituri : 2 vieilles femmes violées lors de l’attaque des miliciens de FRPI à Irumu | 19 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Province Orientale : 18 voyageurs dépouillés par des rebelles ougandais de la LRA | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Katanga Les attaques des miliciens Bakata Katanga à Manono jettent 16 000 personnes dans la rue | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Lubumbashi : l’armée rend à l’ONG «Première urgence» son véhiculé volé | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Communities in north-central Katanga facing widespread violence | 15 May 2014 | Reliefweb | International Committee of the Red Cross Katanga: les Bakata Katanga ravissent 2 500 poissons salés aux pêcheurs à Pweto | 18 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Katanga – La MONUSCO retire ses Casques bleus de Pweto | 20 May 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Le village Kaputula toujours désert après l’attaque des Bakata Katanga | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Kasai Orientale Kasaï-Oriental: des militaires accusés de tracasseries à Kole | 16 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Sexual violence Le PNUD lance un programme de lutte contre les violences sexuelles en RDC | 14 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Ituri : 2 vieilles femmes violées lors de l’attaque des miliciens de FRPI à Irumu | 19 May 2014 | Radio Okapi AFDL “revolution” commemoration La libération de l’AFDL acceptée par les Congolais | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel 17 ans après la révolution du 17 mai, la RDC dédie cette journée aux FARDC | 17 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Small arms tracing Tracer les munitions en RDC | 16 May 2014 | IRIN RwandaEnforced disappearances Cette vague de disparitions forcées qui inquiète HRW | 18 May 2014 | Afrik.com Spate of Enforced Disappearances | 16 May 2014 | Human Rights Watch Rwandan opposition member under police protection in Belgium Un opposant rwandais placé sous protection policière en Belgique | 19 May 2014 | allAfrica | RFI BurundiTransition of UN presence in Burundi Burundi : entre espoir et craintes | 14 May 2014 | BBC Transition from United Nations Presence to Burundi Country Team Called ‘Historic Moment’, as Special Representative Briefs Security Council | 15 May 2014 | Reliefweb | UN Security Council Political violence Burundi political infighting could derail country’s peacebuilding efforts | 18 May 2014 | UN News Political Violence a Risk, but ‘Genocide’ Improbable | 19 May 2014 | allAfrica | African Arguments Illicit arms flows to youth movement L’ONU ne confirme pas les livraisons d’armes aux Imbonerakure | 17 May 2014 | allAfrica | RFI Elections au Burundi : les partis politiques font le point sur la feuille de route | 20 May 2014 | Afrik.com Arrest of leading civil rights activist Leading Rights Activist Arrested |17 May 2014 | Human Rights Watch UgandaAllegations of pending security purge Sejusa – Katumba, Mugira Aren’t Safe | 20 May 2014 | allAfrica | The Observer (Kampala) Uganda in South Sudan Does Mzee Really Like the UPDF? | 20 May 2014 | allAfrica | The Observer (Kampala) CARUS Sanctions Obama annonce des sanctions contre des dirigeants centrafricains | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | VoA Chad border closure Les craintes d’Amnesty International | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | Africa Info Security La spirale de la violence | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | Deutsche Welle Violences autour de Batangafo | 15 May 2014 | Hirondelle | Radio Ndeke Luka (RCA) Nouveaux combats dans le centre-nord – des milliers de civils nouvellement déplacés | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | UNHCR A Bouar, la confiance retrouve peu à peu sa place | 18 May 2014 | allAfrica | RFI Suspension des mouvements de véhicules en provenance ou à destination de Bambari | 19 May 2014 | Hirondelle | Radio Ndeke Luka Sorcery at War | 19 May 2014 | NY Times Menaces de morts contre Radio Ndeke Luka : vive inquiétude de la Fondation Hirondelle | May 2014 | Hirondelle | Radio Ndeke Luka Seleka In the CAR, Joseph Zindeko and the Seleka Are Here to Stay | 13 May 2014 | allAfrica | African Arguments Central African Republic’s Seleka rebels reorganise | 20 May 2014 | BBC News Visit of French defense minister Visite surprise de Jean-Yves Le Drian à Bangui | 18 May 2014 | Afrik.com Death of Camille Lepage La photojournaliste « tombée dans une embuscade » | 14 May 2014 | BBC La journaliste Camille Lepage tuée dans une embuscade qui a fait 10 morts | 14 May 2014 | Afrik.com Le corps de la journaliste Camille Lepage est arrivé à Bangui | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | RFI Assassinat d’une journaliste française – Le parquet de Paris ouvre une enquête | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | Les Depeches de Brazzaville Le Conseil de sécurité condamne le meurtre d’une journaliste française | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | UN News Service Justice pour Camille Lepage, journaliste française tuée | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | International Freedom of Expression Clearing House Tributes to Camille Lepage In pictures: Camille Lepage | 14 May 2014 | BBC Centrafrique : Bangui rend un dernier hommage à Camille Lepage | 15 May 2014 | Juene Afrique |
Humanitarian newsNon-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news & events, including refugee and IDP issues. DRCHumanitarian Bulletins and reports Refugees, Returnees and IDPs in Democratic Republic of Congo (April 30, 2014) | 14 May 2014 | Reliefweb | UN High Commissioner for Refugees DR Congo UNHCR Fact Sheet 30 April 2014 | 14 May 2014 | Reliefweb | UN High Commissioner for Refugees Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province Orientale N° 17/14, 14 mai 2014 | 14 May 2014 | Reliefweb | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs WHO Rapport de situation # 07 | Mise à jour, 19 mai 2014 | 19 May 2014 | Reliefweb | World Health Organization DR Congo: Humanitarian snapshot (May 2014) | 19 May 2014 | Reliefweb | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs West and Central Africa Region: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot, 12-19 May 2014 | 19 May 2014 | Reliefweb | OCHA Internally Displaced Persons Expulsés de Brazzaville : les ressortissants de l’Equateur bientôt rapatriés à Mbandaka | 17 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Nord-Kivu: SOS pour les 600 ménages des déplacés de Katoy | 17 May 2014 | Radio Okapi CICR – La structure déplore les conditions des déplacés du centre-nord du Katanga | 19 May 2014 | allAfrica | Les Depeches de Brazzaville Les conflits armés en cause dans la mortalité maternelle et infantile | 19 May 2014 | allAfrica | Les Depeches de Brazzaville CARHumanitarian Reports R2P Monitor – 15 May 2014 Issue 15 | 15 May 2014 | Reliefweb | Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Central African Republic Situation: UNHCR External Regional Update 15, 9-15 May 2014 | 15 May 2014 | Reliefweb | UN High Commissioner for Refugees Central African Republic (CAR): Situation Report No. 25 (as of 14 May 2014) | 16 May 2014 | Reliefweb | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs West and Central Africa Region: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot, 12-19 May 2014 | 19 May 2014 | Reliefweb | OCHA Child soldiers Over 1,000 Children Released From Armed Groups in Central African Republic This Year | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | United Nations Children’s Fund Internally Displaced Persons New fighting in northern Central African Republic displaces thousands | 16 May 2014 | UN News Centre Des milliers de déplacés fuient les combats au centre-nord de la République centrafricaine | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | UNHCR Humanitarian Assistance IMF Executive Board Approves U.S. $12.9 Million Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility | 15 May 2014 | allAfrica | International Monetary Fund Le FMI débloque une aide d’urgence | 15 May 2014 | allAfrica | VoA U.S. Moves Critical Relief Supplies to Central African Republic | 19 May 2014 | allAfrica | United States Department of State Humanitarian situation UNICEF: CAR a Fragile Country | 14 May 2014 | Voice of America En RCA, la crise humanitaire menace silencieusement le pays | 17 May 2014 | allAfrica | RFI |
Justice and TribunalsSelected articles on criminal justice proceedings regarding crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region. African court for war crimes trials African Court No Substitute for ICC | 14 May 2014 | Institute for War and Peace Reporting International Criminal Court ICC Seeks Support from State Backers | 14 May 2014 | Institute for War and Peace Reporting DRCSexual violence Un présumé auteur de viol sur mineure remis en liberté au Katanga | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Tshikapa: une dizaine de dossiers de viol sur mineur sans suite | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Basoko : la société civile veut des audiences foraines pour les affaires de viol sur mineurs | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Op-ed: Minova’s Rape Acquittals Reveal Lessons for Congo | 20 May 2014 | Enough Project Amnesty law Refusal to Pardon Serious Crimes Signals Justice Could Be On the Way | 15 May 2014 | allAfrica | International Center for Transitional Justice Human Rights Commission for DRC La RDC appelée à renforcer le respect des droits de l’homme | 16 May 2014 | Radio Okapi RDC : commission des droits de l’homme, ultimatum d’Aubin Minaku à la société civile | 20 May 2014 | Radio Okapi ICC Lubanga trial RDC : la CPI examine l’appel de l’ex-milicien Thomas Lubanga | 20 May 2014 | Afrik.com ICC Bemba Trial Affaire Bemba à la CPI – Me Aimé Kilolo Musamba récuse le Procureur Fatou Bensouda. | 15 May 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Criminal justice and corruption in the DRC Unikin – Une thèse de doctorat sur la pression pénale et la pratique de la corruption dans les marchés publics en RDC | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Arrest and extradition of Pastor for December 2013 violence RDC : le pasteur Mukungubila, instigateur présumé des attaques de décembre à Kinshasa, arrêté en Afrique du Sud | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi Le Pasteur Joseph Mukungubila remis en liberté sous caution | 15 May 2014 | Radio Okapi South Africa Arrests Congolese Prophet Over Lethal Clashes | 15 May 2014 | Bloomberg RwandaUwinkindi genocide trial Genocide rwandais : ouverture du procès du 1er accusé transféré par le Tribunal international | 14 May 2014 | Afrik.com Terrorism trials Au «procès de la terreur», la cour se heurte au silence des accusés | 14 May 2014 | allAfrica | RFI Rwandan Military Court Overrules Legal Challenge | 16 May 2014 | Voice of America Four Lawyers Drop Out of Terror Trial | 16 May 2014 | allAfrica | The New Times |
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