The European Network for Central Africa (EurAc), created in 2003, aims to help the Great Lakes region build a better future. EurAc carries out advocacy work for a strong, coherent and sustainable engagement by the European Union and its Member States integrated to a regional approach. EurAc gathers 34 European civil society organisations that work on and in the region and that support local civil society in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in promoting peace and development, and in defending human rights.
27/10/2021 - Press release - (EN/FR)
DRC, European Union; Natural Resources
The European Network for Central Africa (EurAc) and its members regret that the appointment of the new president of the CENI Denis Kadima took place in the absence of consensus. The European Union (EU) must do everything possible to avoid a major political crisis that could jeopardise the holding of peaceful democratic elections in 2023.
23/09/2021 - Communiqué - (FR)
Burundi, United Nations; Inclusive political participation & Human Rights
[French] Decrying the persistence of serious human rights violations despite the hopes for change nourished by the political changeover; and calling for the renewal of the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry in order to ensure the documentation and in-depth monitoring of the human rights situation in Burundi.
20/08/2021 - Report - (EN/FR)
DRC, European Union, United Nations; Natural Resources
Conflict sensitivity analysis in South Kivu and Ituri that was conducted to ensure that the implementation of the Madini project fits the local context and positively impacts the local population The present study highlights that poor governance, along with chronic poverty, are structural causes of violence in mining regions, whereas the presence of so-called ‘conflict minerals’ is only a symptom.
