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Content NEWS IN BRIEFLuanda hosted a three say summit to discuss security in the Great Lakes region this week as defence ministers from SADC and ICGLR States emerged calling for the FDLR to disarm by December. In the DRC, last week’s release of a UN report outlining abuses by police during operation Likofi has been met by the Congolese government with claims of bias. The report has prompted the authorities to expel the head of the UN Joint Office for Human Rights from the country, triggering a wave of condemnation from the international community and calls for revocation of the measure from the UN, US and Europe. Violence attributed to the Ugandan ADF Nalu militia spiralled dramatically this week with two massacres claiming dozens of lives in villages in Beni territory, North Kivu. Wednesday night saw an attack on the localities of Ngadi and Kadowu, killing at least 27 and prompting the Congolese authorities to announce the launch of an investigation. This was only to be followed by a second assault on Eringeti on Friday night, claiming 24 victims – mostly women and children. As the UN called for decisive joint military action to end the attacks, protests against security forces for failing to stem the atrocities arose in the province’s major cities. In Beni, demonstrations targeting MONUSCO are said to have culminated in death of two youths, giving rise to further protests. In Butembo, hundreds of inmates are reported to have escaped prison on Saturday night following an armed attack on the facility by unidentified gunmen. By Monday, Police were said to have recaptured 67 of the convicts. Protests have been staged in South Kivu fllowing reports that 50 children have been raped between February and October this year. Province Orientale has seen clashes between the FRPI and the FARDC in Bukiringi (south of Bunia) this week, as Mai-Mai Simba are reported to have perpetrated beheadings, rapes and the the kidnapping of dozens in Mambasa territory. In the CAR, attempts to restore calm in Bangui continued after last week’s violence, which saw eight anti-balaka killed and four MISCA troops wounded during an altercation on Wednesday. Tensions are reported to be heightening in the centre of the country where at least seven people have been killed this week in reprisal attacks between anti-balaka and ex-Seleka fighters. In Bangoa and Bomballa (vicinity of Bambari) anti-balaka forces are said to have killed five persons. IPIS ‘NewsIPIS Will Be screening the film “Virunga” on the 17 th of November 2014 at the Filmhouse Klappei in Antwerp. Details Can Be found and booked tickets here: http://www.klappei.be/?event=virunga |
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Conflict and securityRecent news on conflict, security and arms trade across the Great Lakes Region. Congo-Kinshasa: Meeting of ICGLR and SADC Chiefs of Defense and Security to Assess the Security Situation in Eastern DRC and the Region in Preparation for the ICGLR–SADC Meeting of Ministers of Defense and Ministers of Foreign Affairs | ICGLR | allAfrica | 17 October 2014 Afrique Centrale: L’envoyé spécial de l’ONU pour les Grands Lacs quitte Luanda | Angola Press | 21 October 2014 UN Envoy Praises Efforts of SADC/ICGLR Countries Stabilizing DRC | Angola Press | allAfrica | 21 October 2014 DRCUN Likofi report prompts explusion of UN Joint Office for Human Rights Chief RDC: un rapport de l‘ONU alerte sur des violences policières | RFI | 16 October 2014 UPDATE 1-Congo expels top U.N. official after report on police abuses | Reuters | 16 October 2014 Opération Likofi : Kinshasa dénonce la « partialité » du rapport des Nations unies | Radio Okapi | 16 October 2014 Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, profoundly concerned at the request of DRC Government calling for the departure of Scott Campbell | MONUSCO | 18 October 2014 DR Congo: UN rights chief condemns government’s decision to expel envoy | UN News Centre | 19 October 2014 Départ de Scott Campbell: Zeid Ra’ad condamne la décision de Kinshasa | Radio Okapi | 20 October 2014 RDC: des ONG des droits de l’homme soutiennent Scott Campbell | Radio Okapi | 20 October 2014 Affaire Scott Campbell: Ban Ki-moon condamne la décision de Kinshasa | Radio Okapi | 22 October 2014 Affaire Scott Campbell: l’Union européenne et les USA interpellent Kinshasa | Radio Okapi | 21 October 2014 FDLR CIRGL: Saïd Djinnit appelle à un consensus à Luanda sur la question des FDLR | Radio Okapi | 19 October 2014 Rwanda: Military Chiefs Review Eastern DR Congo Security | The New Times | 19 October 2014 Washington envisage des actions militaires contre les FDLR dans l’Est de la RDC | Le Potentiel | 21 October 2014 Province Orientale Ituri : 4 décapitations et 4 viols commis par des Maï-Maï Simba à Mambasa | Radio Okapi | 17 October 2014 Accalmie à Walendu Bindi après des affrontements entre FARDC et FRPI | Radio Okapi | 22 October 2014 North Kivu Nord-Kivu: les Maï-Maï commettent des exactions contre les populations à Katoyi | Radio Okapi | 17 October 2014 Masisi meanders… | ChristophVogel.net | 18 October 2014 RD Congo : Des milliers de personnes prises dans une spirale de violence dans le Nord-Kivu | Reliefweb | UNOCHA | 17 October 2014 UN Mission comes under attack, steps up security | UN News Service | 22 October 2014 ICRC concerned by violence against civilians in North Kivu | ICRC | 21 October 2014 Nord-Kivu: 5 commerçants abattus en dix mois sur l’axe Goma-Minova | Radio Okapi | 21 October 2014 Monusco drone crashes Un 2ème drone de la MONUSCO s’est écrasé lundi dans un champ à Nyiragongo | Le Potentiel | allAfrica | 2 October 2014 Attack on civilians in Beni UPDATE 2-At least 27 killed in attacks in eastern Congo – official | Reuters | 16 October 2014 Nord-Kivu : 27 morts dans une nouvelle incursion armée à Beni | Radio Okapi | 16 October 2014 DR Congo: head of UN mission condemns deadly rebel attacks in eastern territory | UN News Centre | 16 October 2014 Congo/Uganda: high profile military operations against ADF will not rebuild local stability – By Caroline Hellyer | African Arguments | 16 October 2014 Beni : la population encouragée à dénoncer les membres des groupes armés | Radio Okapi | 17 October 2014 Beni: la société civile appelle à la relance de l’opération Sokola | Radio Okapi | 17 October 2014 RDC: inhumation de 27 personnes assassinées à Beni | Radio Okapi | 17 October 2014 RDC : le chef de la MONUSCO se recueille à Beni devant les dépouilles de villageois assassinés | Centre d’actualités de l’ONU | 17 October 2014 DRC Launches Inquiry Into North Kivu ‘Terrorist’ Attack | Voice of America | 17 October 2014 Nord-Kivu : une nouvelle incursion des présumés ADF fait 22 morts à Eringeti | Radio Okapi | 18 October 2014 UPDATE 2-Rebels kill 23 people in east Congo village | Reuters | 18 October 2014 RDC: les civils de nouveau victimes d’un massacre dans la région de Béni | RFI | 18 October 2014 DR Congo: UN envoy calls for decisive joint military action to neutralize rebels | UN News Centre | 18 October 2014 Martin Kobler, Chef de la MONUSCO, appelle à des actions militaires conjointes et déterminantes pour neutraliser l’ADF | MONUSCO | 18 October 2014 RDC: deux délégations gouvernementale et parlementaire à Beni suite à une série d’assassinats | Radio Okapi | 19 October 2014 RDC : après les massacres, Beni commence à se défier des autorités | Reliefweb | AFP | 19 October 2014 Beni: les FARDC appelées à poursuivre les opérations contre les ADF | Radio Okapi | 20 October 2014 Protests in Beni Tueries de Beni: journée ville-morte à Goma et Lubero | Radio Okapi | 20 October 2014 RDC : opération “villes mortes” dans les grandes agglomérations du Nord-Kivu | Jeune Afrique | 21 October 2014 Soulèvement des jeunes à Beni : le gouverneur Julien Paluku lance un appel au calme | Radio Okapi | 22 October 2014 Tueries de Beni : Richard Muyej promet des «réponses appropriées» | Radio Okapi | 21 October 2014 Jules Hakizumwami: «Le Nord-Kivu est présentement dans une situation de guerre » | Radio Okapi | 22 October 2014 RDC: la mission de l’ONU prise pour cible après des massacres dans l’Est | AFP | 22 October 2014 RDC : deux jeunes tués dans une manifestation contre la Monusco dans l’Est | Jeune Afrique | 22 October 2014 Prison break in Butembo Nord-Kivu: plus de 200 détenus s’évadent de la prison à Butembo | Radio Okapi | 19 October 2014 Gunmen free hundreds of prisoners in east Congo | Reuters | 19 October 2014 Butembo: 67 évadés de la prison de Kakwangura récupérés | Radio Okapi | 20 October 2014 South Kivu Sud-Kivu: Martin Kobler appelle les communautés à cultiver la paix à Mutarule | Radio Okapi | 16 October 2014 Sud-Kivu: les déplacés de Mutarule refusent de retourner dans leur localité | Radio Okapi | 16 October 2014 Kabare : 50 viols d’enfants entre février et octobre 2014, selon la société civile Equateur RDC: le gouvernement annonce la fermeture du centre de transit de Kota Koli | Radio Okapi | 18 October 2014 Background, comments Double défi de l’ONU en RDC : les groupes armés et les élections | RFI | 20 October 2014 RwandaLake Rweru bodies Mushikiwabo – Burundi Yet to Grant Probe of Rweru Bodies | allAfrica | The New Times (Kigali) | 17 October 2014 Pour le Rwanda, les morts du lac Rweru restent une affaire burundaise | RFI | 17 October 2014 Security Council Membership Angola to Replace Rwanda On UN Security Council | allAfrica | The New Times (Kigali) | 17 October 2014 Lin Muyizere expulsion Rwanda : l’immigration néerlandaise mise en cause | RFI | 19 October 2014 Rwandans address BBC BurundiLake Rweru bodies Pour le Rwanda, les morts du lac Rweru restent une affaire burundaise | RFI | 17 Elections roadmap Third assessment of the Roadmap towards 2015 elections | UN Burundi | 22 October 2014 CARSecurity situation R.C.A.: retour au calme à Bangui | BBC Afrique | 16 October 2014 RCA: l’armée reprend les patrouilles | BBC Afrique | 17 October 2014 République Centrafricaine (RCA): OCHA Flash Update 2 – Affrontements Bangui, 21 Octobre 2014 | UNOCHA | ReliefWeb | 21 October 2014 Centrafrique: au moins 7 morts dans des violences dans le centre du pays (gendarmerie) | AFP | Reliefweb | 20 October 2014 Catherine Samba-Panza attendue devant le CNT | RFI | allAfrica | 21 October 2014 Centrafrique : au moins sept personnes tuées par des milices rivales | Jeune Afrique | 22 October 2014 Background, comments, interviews Central African Republic: let’s keep people safe, not push for elections | ODI | 16 October 2014 RCA: le Premier ministre Mahamat Kamoun ne convainc pas le Parlement | RFI | 17 October 2014 Centrafrique – Anicet Dologuélé : “Samba-Panza n’est pas à l’écoute” | Jeune Afrique | 17 October 2014 Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet: «l’Etat doit ramener la paix, l’ordre, et la sécurité» | RFI | 17 October 2014 Tensions en RCA: une semaine de consultations pour la présidente | RFI | 18 October 2014 Centrafrique : médiation internationale à Bangui après les violences | Jeune Afrique | AFP | 19 October 2014 C.African Republic to create rapid intervention unit, reform army | Reuters | 22 October 2014 “Angolagate”, l’affaire qui empoisonne la vie politique centrafricaine | Jeune Afrique | 22 October 2014 |
Humanitarian newsNon-comprehensive overview of Humanitarian news & events, Including Refugee and IDP issues. DRCDR Congo UNHCR Fact Sheet, 30 september 2014 | Reliefweb | UNHCR | 17 October 2014 Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province Orientale N°28/14, 16 octobre 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA | 16 October 2014 Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province du Sud-Kivu N°35/14, 16 octobre 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA | 17 October 2014 Ongoing USG humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Last Updated 10/20/14) | USAID | ReliefWeb | 20 October 2014 Democratic Republic of Congo – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 | USAID | Reliefweb | 20 October 2014 IDPs Sud-Kivu: 30 familles de déplacés vivent dans le dénuement à Mahungubwe | Radio Okapi | 19 October 2014 RDC: l’Ituri accueille des déplacés fuyant les atrocités des ADF à Beni | Radio Okapi | 20 October 2014 Denis Mukwege wins the 2014 Sakharov Prize Dispatches: Cheers for A Congolese Hero | Human Rights Watch | 22 October 2014 BurundiBurundian refugees in Tanzania Tanzania begins granting citizenship to over 162,000 former Burundian refugees, ending more than 40 years of exile | Reliefweb | UNHCR | 17 October 2014 Tanzania’s new citizens to get land, voting rights | IRIN | 17 October 2014 CARHumanitarian Bulletins and reports Central African Republic: Snapshot (as of 15 October 2014) | Reliefweb | UNOCHA | 18 October 2014 Central African Republic: Refugee Situation UNHCR Regional Update 36, 11 – 17 October 2014 | UNHCR | 17 October 2014 Central African Republic Emergency Situation (as of 17 October 2014) | | 2 October 2014 Central African Republic: UN officials deplore militia’s targeting of hospitals, patients | UN News Centre | 17 October 2014 |
Justice and TribunalsSelected Articles on criminal justice proceedings Regarding commitment committed crimes in the Great Lakes Region. DRCICC Bemba trial Hearing of Recalled Prosecution Witness in Bemba Trial Postponed | allAfrica | Bemba trial website | 16 October 2014 ICC/Bemba – Four Bemba associates get interim release | Fondation Hirondelle | 22 October 2014 CPI : liberté provisoire accordée à Kilolo, Mangenda, Babala et Arido| Radio Okapi | 22 October 2014 Afrique: Affaire Bemba, Kilolo et al. – la Chambre préliminaire II de la CPI accorde la mise en liberté provisoire à quatre suspects | La Prospérité | 22 October 2014 Ndala assassination trial RDC : un nouvel officier militaire accusé de complicité dans l’assassinat de Mamadou Ndala | Radio Okapi | 22 October 2014 Prosecutors discuss serious crime in DRC Les procureurs africains discutent de la lutte contre les crimes graves RwandaGenocide Rwanda/Justice – Une semaine de hauts et de bas pour le premier accusé renvoyé au Rwanda par un pays européen | Hirondelle News Agency | 16 October 2014 Rwanda/France – Un prêtre rwandais poursuit France Télévisions pour un reportage sur le génocide | Hirondelle News Agency | 16 October 2014 |
Natural resource exploitation, governance and tradeMinerals, energy (oil & gas, hydro and solar), poaching, logging, foreign investment, trade, environmental issues. DRCMining Allemagne: le Congolais Golden Misabiko primé pour sa lutte contre le nucléaire | Radio Okapi | 17 October 2014 Katanga: regain d’insécurité au quartier Kasulo de Kolwezi | Radio Okapi | 18 October 2014 DR Congo gold output to rise to up to 18 tonnes – mines minister | Reuters | 22 October 2014 Ituri : la police disperse une manifestation contre Kibali Gold à Aru | Radio Okapi | 20 October 2014 National parks François-Xavier De Donnéa salue l’apport des FARDC dans la protection des parcs en RDC | Digitalcongo.net | ACP | 16 October 2014 Intenses activités du braconnage au parc national de la Garamba | Digitalcongo.net | OnewoVision.com | 18 October 2014 AfDB approves US $82.7-million grant to improve Batshamba-Tshikapa road in the DRC | ADB | 22 October 2014 RwandaOil pipeline CORRECTED-East Africa neighbours close to picking consultant for oil export pipeline | Reuters | 16 October 2014 Extractive Sector Growth Rwanda: Mistrust and Bureaucracy Hurting Extractive Sector Growth – Experts | The New Times | allAfrica | 21 October 2014 UgandaOil Columnist says local communities violently evicted for petroleum waste water facility construction; McAlester Energy Resources responds | Business and Human Rights Resource Centre | Oil in Uganda | 10 October 2014 CORRECTED-East Africa neighbours close to picking consultant for oil export pipeline | Reuters | 16 October 2014 Oil Discovery Could Boost Uganda’s Agricultural Production, Says Minister | Bernama | 21 October 2014 Uganda: Oil Boss Says Pipeline Quickest Option for Uganda | East African Business Week | allAfrica | 19 October 2014 |
Regulation, voluntary initiatives and CSRSelected items are legal and voluntary initiatives Relating to natural resources and good governance. EITI IMF and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Collaborate Toward Improving Transparency of Natural Resources Revenues | allAfrica | IMF | 16 October 2014 IMF and EITI collaborate on improving transparency of resources revenues | EITI | 16 October 2014 Decent Work Agenda in Africa Africa: Decent Work Agenda | Africa Focus | allAfrica | 20 October 2014 DRCRandgold resources chief warns against mining code review Africa’s big new gold mine performing. Let’s hope politics don’t interfere | Mineweb “ 21 October 2014 Randgold CEO warns against tax hike in new Congo mining code | Reuters | 22 October 2014 |
OtherBurundiBurundi: le président accusé de corruption, la population s’interroge | RFI | 18 October 2014 UgandaUganda: Discriminatory legislation fuels repression and abuse | Amnesty International | 16 October 2014 On homosexuality: Uganda’s religious leaders | CNN | 16 October 2014 |
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