Summary of events (p. 2-4)

• Great Lakes : Attacks on the press; Observer status for churches at AU; Indigenous people demand rights; China and security.
• DRC : Contradictory declarations about the LRA; Civil society memo to CENI
• Burundi : After the Manassé Nzobonimpa affair; National Commission on Human Rights.
• Rwanda : Local elections tainted by fraud ; Batwa lose their homes; Increased deficit in the balance of payments.
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Advocacy (p.5-6)

Missions of EurAc Director to the DRC and of Policy Officer to Rwanda and DRC; Director at Belgian Senate; Swiss company criticised; Burundi coffee privatisation; Specialised courts in DRC; Bad treatment of Congolese expelled from Angola; Training for election observers.

Main documents received (p. 7- 8)