Summary of events December (p. 2-4)

• Great Lakes : EAC’s 2010 budget; Facing a new food crisis; 2011 Rural Poverty Report; Statement on illegal exploitation of natural resources.
• DRC: DRC loses its AGOA status; Chebeya affair trial; Constitution revised; Meeting on transparency in extractive industries.
• Burundi: A Mutwa officer candidate; BINUB becomes BNUB; Burundi to assign 10% of its budget to agriculture; Towards implementation of transitional justice.
• Rwanda: Arrest warrants for 4 of Kagame’s ex-allies; Destruction of straw houses; The Netherlands cut aid to Rwanda; 33 and 12 years imprisonment for 2 female journalists.

Advocacy (p.5-6)

Main documents received (p. 7 - 8)