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EDITORIAL Operation Ruwenzori, or Operation CONTENTS Beans? Summary of events (p. 2-4) - Great Lakes : First Africa-EU civil “hey killed everyone, nine people. Then they set fire to the lorry. Society forum; Reflection on an With the bodies inside. They just took the beans.” I am in the Grand African rapid intervention force; Nord in the Kivus, not far from the Ugandan border. My interlocu- Tripoli Declaration after the Africa- tor, the leader of a local development NGO, is telling me a nightmarish tale. EU summit; Signature of a small We are a few kilometres from the edge of the Virunga National Park. Since arms convention the 1990s, large areas of the park have been controlled by rebels. It is in this - DRC : The CEI financial crisis; The region, not far from Butembo, that there are ADF-Nalu members installed. DRC faces great Challenges; Report Where possible, under the pressure of the land problem, the local population on the Implementation of the 2009 living in the hills around the park has started to cultivate different cereals Budget and vegetables, in a sort of cohabitation with the Ugandan rebels. The - Burundi : Everyday crime and Congolese community has never lived in the park, but makes use of the impunity; Forthcoming electoral fields with regular comings and goings. worries On 28th June 2010, at the start of the military Operation Ruwenzori against - : Bleak picture of human the ADF-Nalus, a battalion from the sixth FARDC brigade was deployed to rights situation; A less than Bulambo, 30km from the park, and the soldiers immediately gathered up triumphant presidential visit peanuts, maize and rice grown in the park. They took these away, along with hens, goats and pigs which the population rears there. The date was not a coincidence. The authorities, wishing to avoid problems with the unpaid Advocacy (p.5-6) soldiers on the celebrations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of independence, EurAc General Assembly and had given the soldiers the green light to pay themselves off the backs of the Seminar in Belrin ; Donatella population. The pillaging has left the population with neither food reserves Rostagno’s mission to the DRC ; nor money. The soldiers returned at the beginning of November, at the same EurAc advocates constructive time as the bean harvest. Captain Jeancy Kasongo led the operation. While dialogue in Rwanda ; Stabilising the his men continued the gathering-pillaging, Kasongo left first with 24 sacks East of the DRC through dialogue; of beans, each weighing 100 kilos. A few kilometers on, the lorry was etc. ambushed. Nine people were killed, including the Captain. Killed by his own soldiers, dissatisfied because he had not sufficiently shared the loot from Main documents received previous pillages with his men. “He always eats alone, him”, they have been (p. 7 - 8) heard to say. In order to cover the tracks of this settling of the score within their ranks, the Publisher battalion launched an offensive against the ADF-Nalu rebels, to make it look Kris Berwouts as if they were guilty of the good officer’s assassination. But the population Rue des Tanneurs, 165 was not surprised that this action yielded no result. The population knew 1000 Bruxelles (Belgique) very well that the rebels had left the region in anticipation of Operation Tél. + 32 2/502 33 12 Ruwenzori. Fax + 32 2/ 502 21 42

We do not usually recall specific incidents in our EurAC publications, but I wanted to share with you what a brave witness had told me. Many elements Secretariat: Donatella Rostagno, Kris Berwouts, in the Congolese drama are rooted in this history: the land issue, threatened Joseph Ntamahungiro. biodiversity, foreign armed groups, the undisciplined army, counter- Mail : productive military operations and, above all, the martyrised population [email protected] which is abandoned to rapacious whims imposed by force and which do not even draw the line at killing their own in order to have a bigger piece of the N.B.: Texts and information sources loot. selected do not necessarily represent the Butembo, 5 December 2010 position of members of the Network Kris Berwouts, Director

Summary of events November

Great Lakes Tripoli Declaration after the Africa- EU summit First Africa-EU civil society forum Heads of State and Government from Africa and the The first Africa-EU civil society forum took place in Cairo (EU) met in Tripoli from 29th to 30th between 8th-10th November 2010. It was organized in November 2010 “with the desire to benefit from new something of a rush in order to precede the EU-Africa possibilities within a wider-ranging, mutually Summit, which was planned for the end of the same month beneficial framework of initiatives”. In their final in Libya, hence the low number of participants (around 30) declaration, they recalled that this meeting came under compared to the number of those expected (60). The 20 the framework of works launched at summits in Cairo African delegates were all members of the African Union’s in 2000 and in Lisbon in 2007, at which time they Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and decided to “put their relationships on a new footing of were all English speakers, with the exception of the strategic equality”. They confirmed that the common representatives from Algeria, Tunisia, the DRC and EU-Africa strategy would be the framework for their Burundi. There were 10 European delegates present, who future cooperation and adopted the 2011-2013 action essentially represented NGOS in the development sector. plan, which marks their “renewed desire to achieve Also present were the German, Belgian, British, Finnish, this partnership”. According to the declaration, “2010 Hungarian and Maltese platforms, the Aprodev and CBM being the African year of peace and security”, the networks and the DSW and Rosa Luxemburg Foundations. Heads of State and Government from the two The forum was held under the attentive eye of continents will attach “the highest importance to all representatives from the European and African efforts undertaken to prevent conflicts, reconciliation, Commissions, which supported it financially. Two points justice and reconstruction and post-conflict were on the agenda: on one hand, structuring dialogue development”. (dr) between the civil societies of the two continents, and on the other, preparation for the Tripoli Summit. Whilst the Signature of a small arms forum allowed interesting debates on partnerships and the convention launch of exchanges between African and European civil societies, it also raised issues which will need to be On 19th November 2010 in Brazzaville, eight member addressed in the coming months. (dr) States of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee

on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) signed the Reflection on an African rapid ‘Central Africa Convention for the Control of Small intervention force Arms and Light Weapons’, known as the ‘Kinshasa Convention’, during the 31st ministerial meeting of this According to the PANA press agency (29/11/2010), Committee. The signatory countries are Congo- military experts from 14 countries in East Africa held their Brazzaville, Chad, Gabon, the DRC, Cameroon, th annual ordinary meeting in Bujumbura from 29 Angola, Sao Tomé and Principe, and the Central November to 1st December 2010, focusing on African Republic. Burundi, Equatorial Guinea and implementation strategies for an African rapid intervention Rwanda did not sign the convention. Representatives force in conflict zones. These 14 countries are members of of Burundi and Equatorial Guinea explained that they the East African Brigade commanded by the retired had not received “full powers” whilst the Rwandan

Burundian general Cyrille Ndayirukiye. The regional representative cited “internal reasons”. The Central structure is responsible for forming, in the medium term, a Africa Action Network on Small Arms (RASALAC) rapid intervention force which will be based in each welcomed the news and encouraged the signatory member country with military, policing and civil States to implement this Convention, but doubts exist components. Currently, the most active countries over the effective achievement of this objective. In researching ways and means to put this rapid intervention fact, these countries are notable for non-respect of force into place are Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, arms embargos. The last United Nations inquiry on Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, the Comoros and the this issue (2006) estimated the number of small arms Seychelles. These countries would easily be able to and light weapons illegally circulating in the 11 mobilize 9,000 men and rapidly intervene in any conflict countries at seven million. A study on the proliferation zone in Africa. Somalia could be the first zone where this of small arms in the DRC estimated there to be at least force could be deployed and a mission report has already 300,000 firearms in the hands of civilians in Kivu, been drawn up for this and submitted to the headquarters Ituri, Maniema and Tanganyika. (dr) of the African Union (AU). Only Burundi and Uganda have so far committed to send troops to Somalia. (dr)

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on the world market. Furthermore, the DRC continues DRC to pay the price for the 2009 financial crisis, which led The CEI in financial crisis to the closure of several mining companies in the Katanga province.” The other cause of the DRC’s rd According to the newspaper Le Potentiel on 3 December financial deficit is “the business climate, which remains 2010, Mr Kasereka Ngalyavusa, the Coordinator of the dreadful and which does not allow for foreign regional office of the Independent Electoral Commission investors, as well as corruption, embezzlement of funds (CEI) in North Kivu, has announced that 506 out of the and plundering of the country’s wealth by some 792 registration centres which existed in the North Kivu Congolese. These deprive the public treasury of province in 2005 have been closed due to financial significant foreign exchange earnings.” The journal problems. The remaining 286 centres have been divided also states that according to the annual list published by between associations, chefferies and municipalities in the the United Nations on 18th November 2010, the level of six districts and three cities of this province in the east of development in the DRC is lower in 2010 compared to the DRC. This drastic reduction in the number of 1970. As a consequence, the DRC is “also at the registration centres is of great concern to political leaders bottom of the ranking by the Doing Business report”. and NGOs who are especially concerned with the question (jn) of how a person would be able to travel 4 kilometres, the equivalent to a day, in order to register. According to them, Report on the implementation of the the division of registration centres has also been unequally carried out. In Walikale, a large district of more than 2009 budget 20,000 square kilometers, the CEI has left only 16 registration centres; an average of one centre per 1,250 According to the report on the implementation of the square kilometres. Some people are also asking themselves 2009 budget carried out the Senate’s Economic and what will happen if this trend spreads to almost all Financial Commission (Ecofin), several ministers in the provinces in the Republic. This would lead to long queues Muzito government must account for large sums of of voters and would risk putting off more than one voter. money. In particular, the Minister for Primary, In particular, Le Potentiel fears that when voters have to Secondary and Professional Education (EPSP) must re-enrol, the process will need to start all over again. This account for the use of €1,729,187 and another US is the risk of the CEI losing funds. (jn) $1,093,780. The Minister for Infrastructure, Public Works and Construction (ITPR) must account for mutual agreement payments of various amounts The DRC in the face of great challenges equivalent to US $553,300,000. He must also persuade the Chinese company STPC to reimburse US $807,000 According to Charles Mwando Nsimba, the Congolese intended for repair works on the Kabambare road, Minister for Defence and Veterans, the security situation in which was repaired by the European Union. The the DRC has perceptibly improved over the last six minister for Urban Planning and Habitat has been asked months, even if there are still pockets of instability due to to claim the sum of US $678,129 from the company the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda Safricas for works on the Bukavu site which have never (FDLR), Maï Maï groups and Lord’s Resistance Army been carried out. The Minister for Post, Telephony and (LRA) rebels. The minister also confirmed that attacks by Telecommunications has been asked to account for all these groups have decreased due to actions against them 151,702,742 Congolese Francs intended for the by the FARDC, supported by the MONUSCO blue purchase of a Switch, a tool used to better control the helmets, and thanks to the presence of a FARDC light communications of telecommunications companies in infantry battalion trained by the American army. the DRC, as the device was obtained free of charge. In an article entitled ‘The DRC in the face of great The minister for Communication and Media has been challenges’, the journal L’Observateur does not share this reproached for the re-direction of funds allocated to the optimism. According to the article, “whilst a slightly PTT Ministry “to the advantage of the company increased state of calm has been observed on the ground, Teleconsult in an opaque mutual agreement market”. it remains certain that much remains to be done to restore He must also account for this sum of money, the source peace and security in the east of the DRC. The other of which is not specified. The Finance and Budget concern in this area surrounds the recruitment of child Ministers are asked to account for amounts transferred soldiers from schools in Shabunda by armed groups, as to North Kivu (US $736,925 and US $292,306) for the well as the arms trafficking which has always been a account of the Ministries for Rural Development and factor in the instability of the east of the Congo.” On the Energy, without these ministries being informed of this. economic front, last June the DRC reached the point of The Ligue Congolaise Contre la Corruption (LICOCO) conclusion for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries has asked the president of the republic to sanction those (HIPC) initiative. This news was largely welcomed by the responsible. (jn) Congolese, who hoped it would lead to some improvement in their living conditions. Unfortunately, the Congolese must once again tighten their belts. In fact, “the economic situation remains difficult due to the depreciation of the Congolese Franc and the macro-economic environment reflected in the lowering of the price of raw materials

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Burundi Rwanda

Everyday crime and impunity Bleak picture of Human Rights situation According to human rights defence associations and independent media, no day passes in Burundi without At the 48th session of the African Commission for the people being assassinated, raped, arbitrarily arrested and Human and National Rights, Joseph Sanane, president of imprisoned, and all with the greatest impunity. In just the the Ligue des Droits de la personne dans la région des last 47 days of this year (from 17th October to 3rd Grands Lacs (LDGL) depicted a bleak picture of the December), there have been 23 deaths, 3 people injured, 3 situation faced by those working to protect human rights in women raped (1 young girl of 16 years raped by a business Rwanda. In his statement, he highlighted that the 2003 th leader, 1 pupil in a 6 year primary class raped by her Constitution acknowledged the importance of a form of a teacher, and 1 old woman of 94 years raped by a young multiparty system, obliging political factions to join a man) and 18 people arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned. forum of political parties, where all issues were to be The ruling party attributes these crimes to “bandits”, but debated without any taboo. This Constitution, which has the most reliable sources often place the blame with the been revised several times, cannot guarantee public presidential intelligence service and the police. The freedoms, because it is limited by certain laws which victims are generally members of opposition parties, in contradict the constitution. In reality, these laws: “stifle particular the National Liberation Front (FNL) of Agathon the work of human rights defenders and violations of the Rwasa. Whilst minimising the responsibility of recording rights of those who defend human rights are common”. In and “forces of order” agents, the Minister for Public particular, he mentioned cases of arrested journalists and Security has indirectly acknowledged the drift of his human rights defenders forced into silence, including the agents. He has therefore let it be known that over 108 Ligue pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de police officers, 37 NCOs and 2 officers have been l’Homme au Rwanda (LIPRODHOR), « which has been excluded from the police force “following misconduct and the subject of threats in recent years ». This has forced having brought the credibility of the force into disrepute”. several of its key members into exile. Furthermore, the He added that “other cases of police officers accused of Rwandan Association for the Defence of Human Rights damaging the image of the police force are currently under and Public Freedoms (ADL) is threatened with scrutiny” and that “sanctions will be imposed against disbandment because it has not been able to renew its those who are found guilty”. Relating to similar violence, accreditation. Agents of the LDGL involved in the election the Iteka League has revealed that between January and observation process have also been threatened with arrest. October 2010, 1,727 cases of sexual violence were (jn) recorded, of which 1,646 victims were female. Faced with criticism relating to impunity of these crimes or corruption, A less than triumphant presidential the ruling party has been vocal. It has accused Human visit Rights Watch (HRW) of seeking to “avenge” itself and has issued death threats to members of the Observatoire de According to the Belga agency, the Rwandan president Lutte Contre la Corruption et les Malversations Paul Kagame, who was the guest of honour at one of the (OLUCOME). (jn) round tables anticipated for gender equality at the European Development Days (EDD) held in Brussels on Forthcoming electoral worries 6th December 2010, was conspicuous by his absence. He

was replaced at the last minute, without explanation, by In a report entitled « After the 2010 elections, the choice to his minister for foreign affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo. leave or return to crisis », the Observatoire de l’Action Furthermore, a interview planned for the same day Gouvernamentale (OAG, 26/11/10) writes: “nearly all between the Rwandan president and the Belgian prime attentive observers of Burundi’s evolution since the 2010 minister, Yves Leterme, as well as the foreign affairs elections agree that a political crisis is now underway. minister and the minister for development cooperation, Differences of opinion relate only to the direction this and , was cancelled, crisis will take, whether on the political scene, or whether “due to time constraints” according to the prime it will progressively evolve towards reduced or widespread minister’s spokesman. Around 80 demonstrators protested violence”. Burundi is “at a crossroads (…). Until now, in against the Rwandan president’s presence outside the spite of the numerous calls for a peaceful solution to the building where he was supposed to have made a speech. disagreements caused by contesting the results of local Two days before, some 500 Rwandan and Congolese elections, political partners are incapable of organizing a demonstrators assembled in front of Cinquantenaire Park, framework for dialogue”. Each party views confrontation where the president met approximately 2,000 Rwandans as the only possible outcome. The Institute for Security from the diaspora who had come from all over Europe Studies (ISS), based in South Africa, agrees. (jn) following efforts by Rwandan ambassadors in Europe. For the first time, some newspapers and press agencies discussed and/or broadcast these demonstrations. (jn)

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ADVOCACY ISSUES

EurAc General Assembly and Seminar Security Policy, Baroness Ashton. Regarding the DRC, in Berlin we welcomed the creation of a sub-group within EurAC which is responsible for the area of natural resources.

On 25th and 26th November 2010, EurAC held its second This will allow specialist members in this field to General Assembly this year, in Berlin, with the logistical combine their efforts and capabilities for mobilization on support of ÖNZ, Ökologische Netz Zentral-Afrika, one of behalf of us all. Amongst the institutional decisions EurAC’s German members. Approximately 30 participants taken, we mentioned the decision to evaluate the from all over Europe met over the two days to exchange Network. This evaluation will provide us with analysis knowledge on the context of Central Africa, further their which will not only allow us to improve our work but understanding and take strategic decisions on future also to encourage new members. Amongst other things, advocacy. this is necessary for the sustainable development of As always, we held a public seminar. On this occasion, it EurAC in financial terms, as the Network survives solely was organized in the Bundestag (the German parliament) on the contributions of its members, the majority of with the support of a Green Party member of parliament which have felt the slightly delayed negative effects of and former Secretary of State, Ms Kerstin Müller. The the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Inevitably, this has been theme was: “Democracy in Rwanda following the August reflected in the freezing of the Network’s budget since 2010 presidential elections”. Unfortunately, one of the 2009. (kb) invited guests, Didas Gasana, a Rwandan journalist who lives in exile in Uganda, was not able to obtain his visa in Donatella’s Mission to the DRC time. Nevertheless, he was able to send the contribution he had prepared and the debate’s moderator read a slightly EurAC’s policy officer, Donatella Rostagno, participated shortened version. Jean-Marie Vianney Kavumbagu, a in the African, Caribbean and Pacific–European Union committee member for the Ligue des Droits de la personne (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), which dans la région des Grands Lacs (LDGL) accepted a last- was held in Kinshasa (DRC) from 2-4 December 2010. minute invitation from EurAC to replace Didas on the EurAC attended as part of the Concord delegation, panel. He summarized the league’s recent statement on which has a long tradition of participation in the JPA. As these elections. Ms Kerstin Müller, who had earlier opened with all JPA meetings in recent years, Concord’s the seminar as its co-organiser, spoke about the German Cotonou Group organized a lunch-debate, enabling Green Party’s perspective on the situation in Rwanda. exchanges between parliamentary representatives from Whilst recognizing the progress made in institutional ACP and EU countries and between parliamentary development, she expressed regret at the lack of opening representatives and members of civil society. In of the political arena. The following presenter, Lars Kinshasa, the debate centred around the question: “How Waldorf, a former representative of Human Rights Watch can the Cotonou Agreement aid the success of Millenium in Kigali who has continued to work on Rwanda in an Daevelopment Goals (MDGs)?” Through this debate, academic capacity, highlighted how donors have Concord’s working groups wanted to analyse problems, prioritized economic development; the result of which has issues and possible ways in which to achieve MDGs been a contraction of good governance in Rwanda. The after the revision of the Cotonou Agreement, the MDG last member of the panel to speak was H.E. Christine Summit in New York and 10 years before the end of the Nkulikiyinka, the Rwandan ambassador to Berlin. She partnership. responded openly and thoroughly to the various elements In collaboration with its Congolese partners, the of criticism raised by the preceding speakers. During the Concord Group had also organised training for members second part of the seminar, participants were able to of DRC civil society and other countries in the region on address questions to the panelists. Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), European The General Assembly proper, led by the President of the Development Funds (EDF) and the revision of the Board of Trustees, Shuna Keen, allowed members to make Cotonou Agreement. These training sessions still necessary strategic and institutional decisions. For provide an opportunity for exchanges between members Burundi, we decided to focus on the area of democracy of civil society organizations of different ACP and EU after the 2010 electoral cycle and on the necessity of countries with a view to common planning for advocacy turning over the page from conflict. Two stages of these in these areas. elections were observed by a EurAC delegation led by During the JPA, two debates on the DRC, which Donatella Rostagno, supplementing observations on the included participation by representatives of the part of Burundian civil society. Regarding Rwanda, we Congolese government, emphasized the problem of agreed the process through which to finalise a illegal exploitation of natural resources and political memorandum on the country’s political situation. This developments in the country relating to the presidential memorandum will be sent to the Hungarian Presidency of elections scheduled for 2011. Whilst the Congolese the EU; the President of the EU, Herman Van Rompy; and authorities insisted on emphasizing the post-conflict the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and phase, in which, according to them, the DRC is in

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several European parliamentary representatives local LRA groups to attend and to remain within the expressed concerns regarding the insecure situation in process of demobilisation, disarmament and the east of the country and which does not seem to be reintegration (DDR). It is especially important to launch improving. an intensive programme of awareness-raising for LRA The next JPA will be held in May 2011 in Budapest, in groups through radio, television and posters, etc”. The Hungry, the country which will hold the EU presidency statement also says, “…it is necessary to create a from January 2011. reception infrastructure on the ground and human During this mission, Donatella was also able to meet resources allowing for an effective DDR policy.” (jn) partners from Congolese civil society organizations, in particular the Réseau d’Education Civique au Congo Stabilising the East of the DRC (RECIC), with whom she was able to discuss issues through dialogue relating to the electoral process linked to elections from 2011. She also visited one of RECIC’s civil education On 16th November 2010, International Crisis Group projects in an extremely deprived area of Kinshasa. Finally, Donatella also met with representatives of (ICG) published a report entitled “No Stability in Kivu EUSEC and MONUSCO. (dr) despite Rapprochement with Rwanda”. According to ICG, “the plan to resolve the conflict in the Kivu by emphasising a military solution is failing. Two years DRC : Renewal of group of experts after the rapprochement between Congolese President mandate Joseph Kabila and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, government soldiers are still battling militias On 21 November 2010, the French NGO Comité for control of land and mines”. Meanwhile, “civilians Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement suffer extreme violence, and the humanitarian situation (CCFD-Terre Solidaire) published a statement calling is deteriorating. Ethnic tensions have worsened in for France to « promote, within the UN Security Council, anticipation of the repatriation of tens of thousands of the adoption of a resolution calling for the creation of a Congolese refugees who fled to Rwanda during the new group of experts », as its mandate was due to expire 1990s”. ICG concludes that a “strategy based on secret th on 30 November 2010. CCFD-Terre Solidaire presidential commitments will not bring peace to the « believes that the UN group of experts plays a positive Kivu.” (jn) role in the search for peace » and the current situation in the DRC “leaves no doubt as to the relevance of having EurAc advocates constructive a group next year”, because peace is not for tomorrow. dialogue in Rwanda The NGO stated that: “thanks to their enquiries, various

UN expert groups on the DRC have lifted the veil on key aspects of the conflict”, such as “the role of exploitation On learning that the president of Rwanda had been th and trade of natural resources within the conflict and invited to the 5 occasion of European Development the external support of armed groups”, like the National Days (EDD) organized in Brussels from 6 to 7 Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), which December 2010, the Network of European NGOs for benefited from Rwandan support. CCFD-Terre Solidaire Advocacy on Central Africa (EurAc) published a statement on this invitation. It encouraged the EU and its ended its statement with three recommendations: « entrust the group with a clear and enlarged mandate; member States to “work with Rwanda, in close allow a full year of work and a clarification of the cooperation with the country’s other international group’s status in terms of national jurisdiction”. partners, to ensure that democratic space and political development remain at the centre of these bilateral and Its call was heeded, as the Security Council renewed the multilateral discussions with Rwanda”. EurAc is group’s mandate until 30 November 2011. (jn) convinced “that sustainable development, in Rwanda and elsewhere, needs more participation of an involved EurAc statement on the LRA population and a civil society which is constructive,

critical, and above all, autonomous”. (kb) On 15 November 2010, EurAC published a statement in which the Network stated that: “military strategies against the LRA will have no sustainable impact without dialogue or negotiations”. Therefore, EurAC is lobbying for a sustainable solution based on negotiation and dialogue, a vision shared by the region’s religious leaders. EurAc also made some recommendations to the European Union and its members States to “…explore protect, and enlarge the space for a non-violent approach and a negotiated settlement”, by supporting the civil society actors, especially religious leaders, and the traditional authorities, in their attempts to make contact with Joseph Kony to be certain that he is really willing to again take part in the Juba peace process. EurAC believes it is “important to mobilise every means, in collaboration with local actors including religious leaders and the traditional authorities, to bring

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Documents on the Great Lakes region

November 2010

This list represents a selection of key documents received by EURAC over the last month. The list is by no means complete. The content of the documents binds only their authors and does not reflect the opinion of EurAC or its members. All the documents now have a hyperlink and can thus be downloaded from the electronic version of this bulletin. The links take you to our website or to the website of the organisations which originally published them. If you face problems downloading them or if you would prefer a hard copy, we will be happy to any documents to you. Please send any requests to [email protected]

Regional DRC: UN DRC: Economy perspectives Renewing Arms Embargo on DRC and Déclaration relative au Final Communiqué of civil Mandate Extension for Expert Group détournement du salaire alloué society summit on the Illegal Monitoring related Sanctions aux 894 nouveaux magistrats Exploitation of natural resources Security Council, New York, 29/11/10, COJESKI, Kinshasa, 26/11/10, in the Great Lakes region 6 p. 4 p. SARW, Kinshasa, 12/11/10, 5 p. Les Casques bleus dans le bourbier de Rapport d'exécution du Budget U.S. Response to the Lord's l'Est 2009 de l'ecofin du Senat Resistance Army: What Now? JA, Paris, 15/11/10, 4 p. L'Observateur, Kinshasa, Joe Bavier, Dresden, 25/11/10, 03/11/10, 4 p. 4 p. DRC: Arms DRC: Churches First Africa-EU Intercontinental Etude sur la prolifération des armes Civil Society Forum légères en RDC Déclaration à l’occasion de African and European civil GRIP, Bruxelles, 30/06/10, 28 p. l’assassinat du Curé de society, Cairo, 10/11/10, 2 p. Kanyabayonga GADHOP, Butembo, 09/11/10, President Obama: Rapid Action DRC: Army 1 p. Needed on Central Africa Violence Completing the demobilisation, Message de l’évêque de Butembo HRW, Washington, 24/11/10, disarmament and reintegration process Beni sur l’insécurité dans cette 4 p. of armed groups in the Democratic région Republic of Congo and the link to Mgr Melchisédech Sikuli Paluku, Obama Strategy Key Element 1: security sector reform of FARDC. Butembo, 23/11/10, 5 p. Protect civilians ISS, Tshwane 23/11/10, 12 p. Resolve, Washington, 19/11/10, DRC: Justice 5 p. DRC: Human Rights The Trial of Jean Pierre Bemba : Déclaration conjointe entre la Congolese victims file class action Questions and Answers Commission africaine et les ONG HRW, The Hague, 22/11/10, 8 p. sur les droits de l’Homme against Canadian mining company RAID and others, Montreal, 08/11/10, ASADHO et autres, Banjoul, Le Président de la République doit 12/11/10, 3 p. 3 p. punir les ministres et autres dignitaires cités dans le Rapport Eight Central African Countries Travaux difficiles pour les enfants congolais d’exécution du Budget 2009 Sign Small Arms Trafficking LICOCO, Kinshasa, 15/11/10, Treaty IWPR, Londres, 03/11/10, 3 p. 6 p. Voice of America, New York, 22/11/10, 2 p.

Tripoli Declaration AU-EU, Tripoli, 30/11/10, 3 p.

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Communiqué de presse de l’Expert Rwanda: Human DRC: Politics indépendant sur la situation des Droits de l’Homme au Burundi Rights BINUB, Bujumbura, 17/11/10, 3 p No Stability in Kivu despite Rapprochement with Rwanda Encouraging police to tackle violence Refus des autorités nationales de against women ICG, Nairobi, 16/11/10, 5 p. rencontrer la délégation de IRIN, Kigali, 09/11/10, 2 p. l’Observatoire pour la protection des Démocratie au pied d’argile défenseurs des Droits de l’Homme Habil et Prosper Nobirabo Musafiri, L’impunité face aux violations des FIDH, Paris, 29/11/10, 2 p. droits des défenseurs des Droits de Bruxelles, 15/11/10, 6 p. l’Homme a atteint son comble Résolution sur le Burundi adoptée LDGL, Banjoul, 12/11/10, 4 p. par le Réseau Libéral Africain DRC: Natural RLA, Cape Town, 13/11/10, 2 p. Resources Rwanda: Genocide Closing Doors ?: The Narrowing of La France doit œuvrer pour le DEmocracy Space in Burundi President of MRND Militia worked renouvellement du mandat du HRW, New Yok, 23/11/10, 75 p. for RPF Groupe des Experts de l’ONU FH, Arusha, 09/11/10, 1 p. CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Paris, Burundi: Politics 15/11/10, 2 p. Rwanda: Justice Connecting Community Security

A survey on consequences of and DDR: Experiences from Statement on Criminal Charges artisanal exploitation of natural Burundi Institued by the Government against resources for Congolese women PSDN, Amsterdam, 15/11/10, 76 p. the Authors of “Rwanda Briefing” MONUSCO, Kinshasa, 25/11/10 Theogene Rudasingwa, Washington, 2 p. Le Cndd-Fdd et l’ivresse du pouvoir 17/11/10, 4 p. absolu

Renforcement des capacités des Auguste Buyagu, Bujumbura, Embuscade judiciaire: Présentation extracteurs de mines 23/11/10, 2 p. surprise de Mme Victoire Ingabire Afrique en Ligne, Kinshasa, devant la Cour 26/11/10, 3 p. Après les élections de 2010, le choix FDU-Inkingi, Kigali, 24/11/10, 1 p. entre sortir ou rentrer dans la crise

DRC: Civil Society OAG, Bujumbura, 26/11/10, 17 p. Rwanda: Politics Recommandations de la 9ème Burundi: Civil Belgique : Albert Rukerintare menacé journée du Dialogue social au Sud Society Kivu pour avoir refusé de collaborer avec le

Société civile du Sud kivu, Bukavu, FPR Le Burundi face aux séquelles du 22/10/10, 5 p. Emmanuel Neretse, Bruxelles, contentieux électoral : quelles 29/11/10, 3 p. perspectives de solution A la veille de la Conférence de JMV Kavumbagu, Berlin, 26/11/10, Cancun, la société civile lève les Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza 12 p. options pour le soutien du processus La Aung San Suu Kyi rwandaise

REDD en RDC Ben Mighani, Kigali, 04/11/10, 5 p. Laurette Kambamba, Groupe vers Burundi: Health l’avenir, Kinshasa, 29/11/10, 2 p. Constructing the Truth, Dealing Secours des gardes malades de with Dissent, Domesticating the Burundi: l’Hôpital Prince Régent Charles World: Governance in postgenocide Nicodème Emerusabe, Sudbury, Rwanda Cooperation 23/11/10, 1 p. Filip Reyntjens, Oxford, 15/11/10, 34 p. Zone EAC : l’intégration du Rwanda : Burundi reste un défi et une Bilan de 10 mois de présence du parti opportunité Cooperation FDU-Inkingi au Rwanda

OAG, Bujumbura, 29/11/10, 2 p. Gaspard Musabyimana, Bruxelles, EurAc callas for a constructive but 22/11/10, 2 p. critical dialogue with President

Burundi: Human Kagame during the European Rights Development Days Rwanda: Refugees EurAc, Brussels, 05/12/10, 1 p.

Fossé entre la théorie et la pratique Congo Brazzaville: Le casse-tête des Rwanda Development Partners en droit au Burundi réfugiés rwandais Should Emphasize Opening up of COSOME, Bujumbura, 30/11/10, JA, Paris, .29/11/10, 1 p. Political Space 2 p. Franck Habineza, Stockholme, 09/11/10, 3 p.

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