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NEWS IN BRIEFThe preceding week’s violence in Bangui, Central African Republic, escalated further into this week with attacks on MISCA and Sangaris forces prompting retaliation. A grenade attack on a funeral procession in Bangui saw at least eleven deaths, shortly followed by numerous fatalities when Chadian troops reportedly escorting a convoy of Muslims on the northern outskirts of the capital opened fire after allegedly coming under attack from what are believed to be anti-balaka militia. The two events have prompted calls for investigation, with anti-balaka spokesmen denying involvement. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch has reported the massacre of over one hundred people in remote villages in the southwest of the country, said to have been perpetrated both by anti-balaka and Seleka fighters. Thousands of Muslims remain trapped in enclaves surrounded by anti-balaka forces throughout the country. This fresh wave of violence comes as the EU announced the launch of its delayed mission to the troubled country following last minute troop and equipment contributions from Member States. The deployment is due to be finalised at a mini-summit on the side lines of this week’s Africa-EU summit in Brussels, during which the situation in the CAR will be discussed. Meanwhile, in the Democratic Republic of Congo MONUSCO has received a one year renewal of its mandate, with the proviso that the force prepare for its gradual withdrawal from the country. In Province Orientale MONUSCO and FARDC troops have launched operations against the FRPI in Ituri, demanding the closure of a local IDP camp believed to be housing militiamen south of Irumu. In North Kivu there are reports of the presence of Ugandan soldiers in Sarambwe Gorilla Reserve, whilst in South Kivu the Raia Mutomboki have been responsible for notable population movements in Shabunda. In Katanga, eleven traditional chiefs taken hostage by the Bakata Katanga escaped captivity as the militia is said to be moving in the north of the province. Land conflicts are causing security concerns in Equateur. |
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Arms Trade Treaty UN: Atrocities fuelled by inaction on Arms Trade Treaty promises | 1 April 2014 | Amnesty International Statement by Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (April 2, 2014) | 2 April 2014 | France Diplomatie Deposit of instruments of ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty (New York, April 2, 2014) | 2 April 2014 | France Diplomatie Eighteen countries ratify UN treaty on arms trade | 2 April 2014 | Space War As Major Arms Exporters Ratify Arms Trade Treaty, WCC Calls for More Such Action | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | World Council of Churches Genocide prevention At Brussels conference, Ban says genocide prevention is global responsibility | 1 April 2014 | UN News Centre Bruxelles capitale de la prévention du génocide | 1 April 2014 | Le carnet de Colette Braeckman Security & pastolarism in Central Africa The Security Challenges of Pastoralism in Central Africa | 1 April 2014 | International Crisis Group DRCMONUSCO Press conference CONFERENCE DE PRESSE DES NATIONS UNIES DU MERCREDI 2 AVRIL 2014 | 2 April 2014 | MONUSCO UN Mission MONUSCO extended Should the United Nations Wage War to Keep Peace? | 27 March 2014 | National Geographic DR Congo: Security Council extends UN mission, intervention force for one year | 28 March 2014 | UN News Centre Le mandat de la Monusco prorogé jusqu’au 31 mars 2015 | 28 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Statement of SRSG Martin Kobler to the Security Council: Building on the momentum | 1 April 2014 | Reliefweb | MONUSCO New military partnership programme DRC-Belgium Un nouveau programme de partenariat militaire 2014-2018 entre la RDC et la Belgique sanctionne la commission mixte belgo-congolaise qui vient de se tenir à Kinshasa | 28 March 2014 | Digitalcongo.net | ACP North Kivu Nord-Kivu: multiplication d’attaques armées sur la route Kiwanja-Butembo | 27 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Nord Kivu : après le M23, les ravages des mines | 28 March 2014 | Syfia Grands Lacs RDC: la colère des populations des zones contrôlées par les FDLR | 28 March 2014 | RFI Nord-Kivu: la Monusco établit une base temporaire à Lukweti | 28 March 2014 | Radio Okapi RDC: l’offensive contre les FDLR au point mort | 1 April 2014 | RFI Des militaires ougandais signalés à Rutshuru, selon le président de l’assemblée provinciale | 1 April 2014 | Radio Okapi South Kivu Sud-Kivu: plusieurs cas d’enlèvements et d’assassinats signalés à Lemera et Kakamba | 27 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Shabunda: la présence des miliciens Raïa Mutomboki à la base de mouvements des populations | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Sud-Kivu: la population de Misisi fuit les arrestations arbitraires, selon la Société civile | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Uvira: nouvelle attaque attribuée aux Maï-Maï Yakutumba sur le l ac Tanganyika | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Province Orientale Isangi: les habitants fuient les tracasseries militaires à Ilota | 27 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Ituri: 100 personnes bénéficient du projet de réinsertion dans la ferme de Lodda | 29 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Province Orientale : appuyée par la Monusco, l’armée lance son opération contre la FRPI | 1 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Le général Sikabwe exige la fermeture de certains camps des déplacés en Ituri | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Katanga Katanga: 11 chefs coutumiers s’échappent de leurs ravisseurs Maï-Maï | 28 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Katanga : un mouvement des Bakata Katanga signalé dans « le triangle de la mort » | 31 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Equateur Equateur : conflits fonciers entre Ngbandi de Mbati et Mbanza de Bendere | 27 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Equateur : le départ de la Monusco vécu comme une catastrophe | 28 March 2014 | Syfia Grands Lacs Equateur: le gouvernement provincial appelé à régler le conflit foncier entre ethnies à Dongo | 30 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Mapping armed groups New edition – Mapping armed groups in Eastern Congo | 28 March 2014 | ChristophVogel.net Amnesty law Le M23 dénonce l’arrestation arbitraire de ses cadres en RDC | 27 March 2014 | Afrik.com Loi sur l’amnistie: seule la liste de bénéficiaires déterminera s’il y a eu violation, selon Mende | 28 March 2014 | Radio Okapi RDC: de nombreux détenus attendent l’application de la loi d’amnistie | 1 April 2014 | RFI Sexual violence Nouvelle initiative pour lutter contre les violences sexuelles – Policiers, militaires et juristes… cibles d’Inagosi | 1 April 2014 | Le Phare RwandaDiplomatic crisis with South Africa Managing Paul Kagame; Africa’s enfant terrible | 27 March 2014 | Institute for Security Studies Kagame et Zuma, Premier Face-à-Face – Vers la résolution des tensions diplomatiques | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | News of Rwanda Tanzania plans reconciliation talks Tanzania Plans Reconciliation Talks With Rwanda | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | Sabahi Dar Keen On Peace Talks With Rwanda | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | Tanzania Daily News Twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide Génocide : la “réconciliation des coeurs” se fait attendre au Rwanda | 1 April 2014 | Reliefweb | AFP Rwanda, la fabrique de la race supérieure | April 2014 | Le Monde diplomatique BurundiPeace building Mapping Burundi’s peacebuilders | 27 March 2014 | Reliefweb | Peace Direct UgandaUgandan troops in South Sudan Uganda’s Forgotten War | 29 March 2014 | allAfrica | The Independent (Kampala) CARMISCA and Sangaris forces respond to attacks L’ONU dénonce un acte très grave après les attaques contre la Misca et la Sangaris | 27 March 2014 | La Voix de l’Amérique Centrafrique: l’armée française a essuyé des tirs et riposté | 27 March 2014 | RFI Crise centrafricaine – Les soldats de la Misca face à la recrudescence des violences | 2 April 2014 | Les Depeches de Brazzaville Grenade attack on funeral in Bangui Eleven killed in Central African Republic grenade attack | 28 March 2014 | Reuters RCA: nouvelle nuit de violences à Bangui | 28 March 2014 | RFI Nuit de violence à Bangui: au moins 20 morts et 11 blessés | 28 March 2014 | La Voix de l’Amérique 20 Killed in Attack on Funeral in Bangui | 28 March 2014 | Voice of America Chadian troops in deadly clashes on outskirts of Bangui CAR conflict: Chadian troops ‘kill eight’ in Bangui | 30 March 2014 | BBC Africa RCA: flambée de violences dans les quartiers nord de Bangui | 30 March 2014 | RFI Ten dead as Chadian troops open fire on Bangui civilians – officials | 30 March 2014 | Reuters Bangui : 24 personnes tuées | 30 March 2014 | BBC Afrique Les soldats tchadiens sur la sellette | 31 March 2014 | allAfrica | DW RCA: le bilan des affrontements de samedi s’alourdit | 31 March 2014 | RFI Ten dead as Chadian troops open fire on Bangui civilians: officials | 31 March 2014 | Reuters Centrafrique : une dizaine de personnes tuées par des soldats tchadiens de la Misca à Bangui | 31 March 2014 | Jeune Afrique Une vingtaine de civils tués vendredi par des soldats tchadiens à Bangui | 31 March 2014 | Radio Ndeke Luka Fall out from deaths in Bangui La Centrafrique réclame une enquête sur les récentes tueries | 31 March 2014 | RFI La Centrafrique enquête sur une tuerie impliquant des soldats tchadiens | 1 April 2014 | Jeune Afrique Centrafrique : malaise des autorités suite au meurtre de 24 civils tués par les soldats tchadiens | 2 April 2014 | Afrik.com Les antibalaka pour une action en justice contre le Tchad, annoncent l’arrêt de toute hostilité | 2 April 2014 | Radio Ndeke Luca Tuerie à Bangui : les soldats tchadiens auraient riposté à une attaque | 2 April 2014 | Jeune Afrique Human Rights Watch reports massacres in remote villages in southwest HRW Reports Massacres in CAR | 2 April 2014 | Voice of America Muslims still besieged A Bangui, les naufragés du quartier PK-12 | 27 March 2014 | RFI Central African Republic: Siege on Capital’s Muslims | 28 March 2014 | Human Rights Watch RCA: fraternisation à la grande mosquée de Bangui | 29 March 2014 | RFI Few Safe Places for Central African Republic’s Muslims | 29 March 2014 | The New York Times A Bouar, on vit la peur au ventre | 31 March 2014 | La Voix de l’Amérique Centrafrique: la belle idée des «brigades» multiconfessionnelles | 1 April 2014 | RFI Muslims Remain Trapped in C.A.R. Town | 1 April 2014 | Voice of America U.N. aims to evacuate 19,000 Muslims under threat in Central African Republic | 1 April 2014 | Reuters CAR conflict: UN warns 19,000 Muslims ‘face slaughter’ | 1 April 2014 | BBC Africa Les musulmans bloqués à Boda | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | RFI Why are Muslims fleeing their homes in CAR? | 2 April 2014 | BBC News UN response to the CAR crisis “Get a grip,” UN chief tells CAR leaders | 27 March 2014 | IRIN Centrafrique : “Les droits de l’Homme ne cessent d’être bafoués”, selon l’ONU | 27 March 2014 | Afrik.com Central African Republic: Renewed Violence Threatens Thousands of Trapped Children | 28 March 2014 | allAfrica | UNICEF Central African Republic marked by rising hatred, violence and trauma – UN officials | 28 March 2014 | UN News Centre Central African Republic: amid rising violence, Ban says perpetrators will be held accountable | 31 March 2014 | UN News Centre UN chief warns against aiding Central African Republic militias | 1 April 2014 | Reuters Stepped-up attacks in Central African Republic prompt UN call for more peacekeepers | 1 April 2014 | UN News Centre U.N. Issues New Warnings on Central African Republic | 1 April 2014 | The New York Times CAR Sees Rise in Inter-communal Violence | 1 April 2014 | Voice of America Interim president Samba-Panza calls for rearmament of security forces Centrafrique : Catherine Samba-Panza plaide pour le réarmement de l’ensemble des forces armées | 27 March 2014 | Jeune Afrique Centrafrique : Samba-Panza appelle à l’aide | 27 March 2014 | Jeune Afrique Centrafrique : la situation sécuritaire s’est «dégradée» s’inquiète Hollande | 1 April 2014 | Le Parisien Ex-president Bozizé Centrafrique: François Bozizé sur une liste de sanctions de l’ONU | 27 March 2014 | RFI Centrafrique: François Bozizé en entretien exclusif sur RFI | 28 March 2014 | RFI Bozizé dénonce les «comploteurs» et appelle au dialogue national | 29 March 2014 | RFI Centrafrique : que reste-t-il de la “Bozizie” ? | 1 April 2014 | Jeune Afrique EU launch mission to CAR CAR: Urgent deployment of EU troops needed to quell fresh violence | 26 March 2014 | Amnesty International New help puts EU Central African Republic mission back on track | 30 March 2014 | Reuters La mission militaire de l’UE en Centrafrique va pouvoir débuter | 30 March 2014 | Jeune Afrique | AFP RCA: la force militaire européenne va se déployer à Bangui | 30 March 2014 | RFI EU launches military operation in Central African Republic | 1 April 2014 | CNN L’UE lance son opération militaire en Centrafrique | 1 April 2014 | RFI L’UE annonce le lancement officiel de son opération militaire en Centrafrique | 1 April 2014 | Jeune Afrique EU-Africa summit special metting on CAR Centrafrique : l’UE tire la sonnette d’alarme contre l’escalade de la violence | 27 March 2014 | Afrik.com Hollande to chair CAR mini-summit next Thursday | 28 March 2014 | RFI English Ouverture du sommet UE-Afrique à Bruxelles sur fond de tensions en Centrafrique | 2 April 2014 | Jeune Afrique Sommet Afrique-UE – Herman Van Rompuy appelle à la coordination des efforts en faveur de la stabilité en Centrafrique | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | Les Depeches de Brazzaville At Brussels conference, Ban spotlights crisis in Central African Republic | 2 April 2014 | UN News Centre South Africa will not send troops No Troops to Be Deployed to CAR | 1 April 2014 | allAfrica | SAnews.gov.za L’Afrique du Sud n’enverra pas de troupes en RCA | 1 April 2014 | RFI Anti-balaka Centrafrique: les anti-balaka sont-ils manipulés? | 29 March 2014 | RFI Les Anti-Balaka, ces ‘‘miliciens chrétiens’’ qui se présentent en libérateurs | 31 March 2014 | La Voix de l’Amérique RCA : le chef des anti-balaka appelle le gouvernement à dialoguer | 1 April 2014 | RFI Les antibalaka pour une action en justice contre le Tchad, annoncent l’arrêt de toute hostilité | 2 April 2014 | Radio Ndeke Luca Background and analysis Central African Republic: One year of escalating violence | 28 March 2014 | MSF Welcome to Bangui International – Reflections of a Psychologist in the CAR | 31 March 2014 | allAfrica | DW Intervention in the CAR: less talk, more action – By Hanna Ucko Neill | 1 April 2014 | African Arguments |
Humanitarian newsNon-comprehensive overview of humanitarian news & events, including refugee and IDP issues. Repatriation in the Great Lakes Region Les Parlementaires de la CIRGL plaident pour le retour organisé des réfugiés de la région | 28 March 2014 | Radio Okapi DRCHumanitarian Reports and Bulletins Bulletin d’Information Humanitaire – Province Orientale N° 11/14, 26 mars 2014 | 27 March 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA Snapshot report: Orientale Province – 25 March 2013 | 31 March 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA RD Congo – Sud-Kivu : Qui Fait Quoi Où (3W) au 31 janvier 2014 | 2 April 2014 | reliefweb | OCHA Province du Katanga : Aperçu humanitaire (Mars 2014) | 2 April 2014 | reliefweb | OCHA Congolese refugees: Lake Albert boat accident RDC : 3 jours de deuil national pour les 251 réfugiés morts dans le naufrage sur le lac Albert | 27 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Uganda Lake Albert boat disaster ‘killed 251 refugees’ | 27 March 2014 | BBC Africa 251 Congolese killed in ‘deadliest’ Lake Albert boat disaster: DRC | 27 March 2014 | Reliefweb | AFP Naufrage sur le lac Albert: le gouvernement au chevet des familles éplorées | 31 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Naufrage de Goma – Une commission d’enquête nécessaire pour établir les responsabilités | 1 April 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel IDPs Inside Congo’s “Triangle of Death,” a bustling market becomes an oasis of hope | 27 March 2014 | Reliefweb | International Rescue Committee Le général Sikabwe exige la fermeture de certains camps des déplacés en Ituri | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Province du Nord-Kivu: Personnes déplacées internes dans les sites de déplacement (au 25 mars. 2014) | 2 April 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA Nord-Kivu : Situation des personnes déplacées internes (PDI) au 25 mars 2014 | 2 April 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA Child soldiers Growing up in war – the DRC’s child soldiers | 31 March 2014 | IRIN RwandaRwandan refugees abroad Rwandan Government Takes Over IOM Returnee Reintegration Programme | 1 April 2014 | Reliefweb | International Organization for Migration Humanitarian work in genocide MSF Releases Case Studies That Reveal the Organisation’s Internal Struggle to Position Itself in the Face of the Rwandan Genocide | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | MSF UgandaSouth Sudanese refugees MSF Struggles to Help South Sudan Refugees in Uganda | 27 March 2014 | Voice of America Alone and fleeing violence in South Sudan: The difficult journey being made by young children | 27 March 2014 | Reliefweb | IFRC Clean water for South Sudanese refugees | 31 March 2014 | Reliefweb | Malteser American Red Cross Helps People Fleeing Violence in South Sudan | 2 April 2014 | Reliefweb | American Red Cross Conflict in South Sudan: Refugees seek protection in Uganda and a way home | 2 April 2014 | Reliefweb | International Refugee Rights Initiative CARHumanitarian Reports Central African Republic Situation Report- 28 March, 2014 | 1 April 2014 | Reliefweb | UNICEF Central African Republic (CAR) Situation Report No.19 (as of 2 April 2014) | 2 April 2014 | reliefweb | OCHA Central African Crisis: Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 31 March 2014) | 1 April 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA Humanitarian crisis WFP Chief Calls for Humanitarian Intervention in CAR | 27 March 2014 | Voice of America Centrafrique: la malnutrition infantile gagne du terrain à Bangui | 27 March 2014 | RFI Une crise humanitaire majeure aggravée par l’insécurité persistante | 28 March 2014 | allAfrica | ICRC L’horreur au complexe pédiatrique de Bangui | 28 March 2014 | La Voix de l’Amérique Témoignage de Carnot – « des images extrêmement difficiles » | 31 March 2014 | allAfrica | MSF Central African Republic: CERF allocations 2013/2014 (as of 19 March 2014) | 31 March 2014 | Reliefweb | UNOCHA Bruxelles – Denis Sassou N’Guesso appelle à un soutien financier et humanitaire de la communauté internationale à la Centrafrique | 31 March 2014 | allAfrica | Les Dépêches de Brazzaville IDPs Violence in Bangui Triggers Fresh Displacement in Central African Republic | 1 April 2014 | allAfrica | UNHCR Centrafrique : après le massacre de samedi, des centaines de personnes fuient Bangui | 1 April 2014 | Afrik.com Plus de 4 300 personnes reçoivent de l’aide dans le nord-est du pays | 1 April 2014 | allAfrica | ICRC |
Justice and TribunalsSelected articles on criminal justice proceedings regarding crimes committed in the Great Lakes Region. ICC CPI – Une justice internationale impartiale ou aux relents néocolonialistes ? | 30 March 2014 | allAfrica | Les Dépêches de Brazzaville DRCCriminal justice for war crimes Interrogations sur « l’incapacité des institutions congolaises de juger de graves crimes commis en RDC sans s’en référer à la CPI » | 29 March 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Democratic Republic of Congo: No More Delays for Justice | 1 April 2014 | Human Rights Watch RDC: des ONG plaident pour la création de chambres judiciaires mixtes | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Minova rape trial Reprise du procès des 44 militaires accusés de crimes de guerre à Minova | 28 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Thomas Lubanga appeal case CPI : le procès en appel de Thomas Lubanga prévu avril | 31 March 2014 | Digitalcongo.net RwandaGenocide justice Rwanda: Justice Progress after Genocide | 28 March 2014 | Human Rights Watch Vingt ans après, le Rwanda veut continuer de juger les responsables du génocide | 1 April 2014 | Reliefweb | AFP Belgium to Try Seven Genocide Suspects | 29 March 2014 | allAfrica | The New Times (Kigali) Trial on attack against general Nyamwasa in South Africa Reprise du procès des assaillants présumés du général Nyamwasa | 28 March 2014 | RFI Reprise du procès sur la tentative de meurtre de Nyamwasa | 28 March 2014 | BBC Afrique Tentative d’assassinat de Nyamwasa: les accusés plaident non coupable | 28 March 2014 | RFI |
Natural resource exploitation, governance and tradeMinerals, energy (oil & gas, hydro and solar), poaching, logging, foreign investment, trade, environmental issues. Land grabbing Foreign Investors Often Blamed for Africa Land Grabs Conducted By Local Ruling Elites | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | AlertNet Conservation Rwanda, DR Congo and Uganda Ink New 5-Year Strategic Plan for Virunga Transboundary | 29 March 2014 | allAfrica | The New Times (Kigali) Underpricing of natural resources Knowledge is Power: World Bank to Chart Africa’s Minerals in ‘Billion Dollar Map’ | 31 March 2014 | ThinkAfricaPress Energy Tackling the energy challenge in Africa | 31 March 2014 | European Investment Bank Afrique de l’Est: Bientôt une cinquième conférence sur le pétrole et le gaz | 31 March 2014 | allAfrica | Les Dépêches de Brazzaville Africa-EU Summit The Africa-EU Partnership: 2 Unions, 1 Vision – Summit Edition 2014 | 2 April 2014 | reliefweb | AU/EU Sommet UE-Afrique : Herman Van Rompuy émet le vœu d’un partenariat d’égal à égal | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Joint Open Letter on the occasion of the EU-Africa Summit | 2 April 2014 | FIDH DRCCopper Congo Prime Minister Urges Diversification as Copper Slumps | 26 March 2014 | Bloomberg Ivanhoe Mines Issues 2013 Year-End Results and Review of Operations | 28 March 2014 | Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. | Marketwired Mawson West Announces Full Year Net Profit After Tax of US$13.3 Million | 31 March 2014 | Mawson West Limited | Marketwired Gold Sud-Kivu : la DGRAD dénonce une exploitation illégale de l’or dans la rivière Ulindi | 27 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Exploitation de l’or – La RDC enregistre un manque à gagner de 35.000 USD par trimestre | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | Les Dépêches de Brazzaville Les femmes font face à de nombreux abus dans le secteur minier artisanal de l’or en RDC | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Banro Announces a Mineral Reserve Estimate at its Namoya Gold Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27 March 2014 | Banro Corporation | Marketwired Randgold’s Resource Base Expands | 28 March 2014 | Randgold Resources Ld | Marketwired Randgold Reaches for Million Ounce Mark in 2014 | 28 March 2014 | Randgold Resources Ld | Marketwired Panex Resources Inc.: Further Significant Drilling Results From Giro Gold Project, Moto Belt, DRC | 31 March 2014 | Panex Resources Inc. | Marketwired Province Orientale: les autorités tentent de mettre fin à la brouille entre Kibali et la Sokimo | 31 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Banro Announces Year End 2013 Financial Results | 31 March 2014 | Banro Corporation | Marketwired Loncor Resources Form 20-F Annual Report Filed on Edgar; Annual Financials Filed on Sedar | 1 April 2014 | Loncor Resources Inc. | Marketwired Cassiterite Leonide Mupepele Monti | 1 April 2014 | Africa Mining Intelligence Diamonds Mbuji-Mayi : vente forcée de cartes d’enregistrement aux creuseurs et négociants | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Mining conference Conférence minière – « L’après-Goma » reste sombre | 26 March 2014 | allAfrica | Les Dépêches de Brazzaville Les assises de la Conférence minière de Goma édifiées sur l’immense potentiel en ressources pétrolières de la RDC en programme d’exploitation | 28 March 2014 | Digitalcongo.net | ACP Mining pollution Pollution de la rivière Kafubu: l’Etat congolais, la Gécamines et la CMSK obligés de payer 6 000 USD | 29 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Sicomines Sicomines counting on 120,000 tons by 2015 | 1 April 2014 | Africa Mining Intelligence Dan Gertler Pour redorer son blason, Dan Gertler s’adjoint les services d’un aristocrate britannique | 31 March 2014 | Jeune Afrique Oil Hydrocarbures – Forum de vulgarisation à Bunia du CPP Oil of DRC | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Parc des Virunga – Le pétrole considéré comme la menace ultime | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | Les Dépêches de Brazzaville Exploitation pétrolière dans le parc des Virunga – L’étau se resserre autour de SOCO | 28 March 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel La RDC à la 5e Conférence sur le pétrole, le gaz/GNL et l’énergie en Afrique de l’Est prévue le 28 avril à Nairobi | 29 March 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Hydropower Grands-Lacs: la Sinelac recommande la réhabilitation urgente de la centrale Ruzizi II | 30 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Le président de la Banque mondiale a défendu le projet Inga III à Washington | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Bandundu : des Braconniers massacrent et emportent plus de 2.000 têtes de bétail du ranch Sogenac | 2 April 2014 | DigitalCongo.net World Bank, U.S., China Discussing Congo’s Inga Hydropower Plant | 2 April 2014 | Bloomberg RwandaOil Hopes of Rwanda Striking Oil Should Be Kept Alive | 28 March 2014 | allAfrica | The New Times Forestry Govt Earmarks Rwf1 Billion to Reclaim Gishwati Forest | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | The New Times (Kigali) BurundiHydropower And Then There Was Light – the Turbines of Peres | 31 March 2014 | allAfrica | Radio Netherlands Worldwide UgandaOil Who is to blame for property valuation mess? | 31 March 2014 | Oil in Uganda Lawsuits to Delay Uganda’s First Oil | 1 April 2014 | allAfrica | The Observer (Kampala) |
Regulation, voluntary initiatives, and CSRSelected articles on legal and voluntary initiatives relating to natural resources and good governance. DRCRevision of Mining Code Révision du Code minier – La FEC prédit le chaos | 27 March 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel Consensus in sight for mining code | 1 April 2014 | Africa Mining Intelligence BurundiMineral traceability programme iTSCi extended to Burundi iTSCi Programme extension to Burundi (English) | 1 April 2014 | ITRI Burundi Joins Rwanda in Committing to Mineral Traceability Scheme | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | The New Times (Kigali) UgandaInvestors and LGBTI rights Investors look beyond anti-gay law and stick with Uganda | 1 April 2014 | Reuters CARConflict diamonds Exportation du diamant – La Centrafrique cherche à réintégrer le processus de Kimberley | 26 March 2014 | allAfrica | Les Dépêches de Brazzaville Cameroon, Chad Tighten Their Borders to Stem Flow of Conflict Diamonds | 1 April 2014 | Voice of America |
OtherDevelopment funds World Bank plans to boost funding to help the poorest countries | 1 April 2014 | Reuters Profiteering Comment le Pmu pille l’Afrique | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | Africa Info (Douala) DRCPresidential term L’Opposition républicaine prend acte de la volonté de Kabila de respecter la constitution | 27 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Congo: reading Kabila’s silences – By Kris Berwouts | 27 March 2014 | African Arguments RDC : une cinquantaine d’opposants mettent en garde Kabila contre un 3e mandat | 28 March 2014 | Jeune Afrique L’UDPS et alliés dit non à « toute initiative tendant à maintenir Kabila au-delà de 2016 » | 28 March 2014 | Radio Okapi Personalities Extraordinary Tales of Everyday Lives in the Congo | 28 March 2014 | ThinkAfricaPress Finance and investment Pour l’intégrité et la compétitivité sur le marché bancaire congolais, les entreprises chinoises en RDC se jettent dans les bras de Citibank | 2 April 2014 | allAfrica | Le Potentiel (Kinshasa) Gouvernement de cohésion: la RDC risque de chuter dans le classement Doing Business 2015 | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi Province Orientale: les institutions bancaires invitées à s’implanter à Isangi | 2 April 2014 | Radio Okapi BurundiPolitical tension Nkurunziza candidat au Burundi? Le pouvoir ne dément pas | 27 March 2014 | RFI Burundi : risque de résurgence des vieux démons | 27 March 2014 | Iwacu SRSG Onanga-Anyanga announces meeting to help lower political tensions in Burundi | 28 March 2014 | Reliefweb | UN Office in Burundi Un « dérapage » très contrôlé ? | 28 March 2014 | Iwacu Burundi. Trouble ahead | 29 March 2014 | The Economist Bienvenue à la RPA, la radio qui fait peur au pouvoir burundais | 1 April 2014 | allAfrica | Radio Netherlands Worldwide UgandaUganda’s constituency of one: Museveni faces challenges from within and without – By Magnus Taylor | 28 March 2014 | African Arguments Anti-gay law Uganda throws a party to celebrate passing of anti-gay law | 2 April 2014 | The Guardian Ugandan president dismisses aid cuts at rally against gays | 31 March 2014 | Reuters Uganda president leads anti-gay rally | 1 April 2014 | Al Jazeera In the Thick of Ugandan Hate Rally | 1 April 2014 | allAfrica | Daily Maverick |
IPIS Recent PublicationsBusiness, Human Rights, and Uganda’s Oil – Part II: Protect and Remedy: Implementing State duties under the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights | December 2013 | IPIS In search of clean water: human rights and the mining industry in Katanga, DRC | 27 November 2013 | IPIS IPIS Insights: Kimberley Process: observations from the sidelines. Part I | 21 November 2013 | IPIS Travail des enfants dans le site minier d’exploitation artisanale de Bisie en territoire de Walikale. Une crise oubliée en République Démocratique du Congo | 19 November 2013 | Prince Kihangi Kyamwami Ambushed in Bangkok? The U.N. Panel on North Korea and the case of the IL-76 “4L-AWA” | 14 November 2013 | IPIS/TA Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in Eastern DR Congo | 12 November 2013 | IPIS ‘Conflict Minerals’ initiatives in DR Congo: Perceptions of local mining communities | 12 November 2013 | IPIS IPIS Insights: Why businesses should assess human rights impacts from the outset of projects. SOCO International Oil Company in Virunga National Park, DRC | 26 August 2013 | International Peace Information Service (IPIS) Strijd tegen conflictmineralen: sleutel tot conflictresolutie in Oost-Congo? | 25 July 2013 | IPIS (Internationale Spectator) Business, Human Rights, and Uganda’s Oil. Part I: Uganda’s oil sector and potential threats to human rights | 25 July 2013 | International Peace Information Service (IPIS) – ActionAid International Uganda The formalisation of artisanal mining in the DRC and Rwanda | December 2012 [April 2013] | IPIS Gold and diamonds in the Central African Republic. The country’s mining sector, and related social, economic and environmental issues | 26 March 2013 | IPIS Pinocchio Ltd. The NRA and its corporate partners: US shipments of small arms ammunition by sea | 25 March 2013 | TA-R | IPIS Major Powers Fuelling Atrocities. Why the world needs a robust Arms Trade Treaty | March 2013 | Amnesty International The Arms Trade Treaty: Building a Path to Disarmament | 19 March 2013 | Sergio Finardi, Brian Wood, Peter Danssaert, Ken Matthysen Upstream Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Final Report on one-year pilot implementation of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten | January 2013 | OECD – IPIS Exploitation minière industrielle et artisanale au Sud-Kivu. Possibilités d’une cohabitation pacifique ? | December 2012 | Gabriel Kamundala Byemba Cartographie des motivations derrière les conflits : le M23 | November 2012 | IPIS Mapping Conflict Motives: M23 | November 2012 | IPIS A Code of Conduct for Arms Transport by Air. Transport Services under an Arms Trade Treaty Series | August 2012 | IPIS Rough Seas. Maritime Transport and Arms Shipments | July 2012 | IPIS Upstream Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Cycle 2 Interim Progress Report on the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten | May 2012 | OECD – IPIS Etat des lieux du développement socio-économique dans les zones minières au Nord-Kivu (territoires de Walikale et Masisi) | March 2012 | ASSODIP | IPIS (editorial advice) Assessment of existing practices regarding end-user certification | February 2012 | UNODA | IPIS Transparancy and Accountability. Monitoring and Reporting Methods Under An Arms Trade Treaty | February 2012 | TransArms R | IPIS To see the sources of IPIS’ briefings, please click here. |