Lt Col Gagan Baath/Monuc
The territory of Rutshru witnessed a major upsurge of conflict during the first half of July 2005 when the Mayi Mayi Groups in conjunction with Interhamwes clashed with 12th Bde of FARDC. A number of villages around Ishasha were captured by Mayi Mayi and later recaptured by FARDC. During the fighting between these armed groups, approx 5 000 locals were displaced from Ishasha, Nyakakoma, Nyamilima and villages in the general area. Most of the IDPs moved towards Kiwanja/Vitshumbi and some took to the bush.

INDBATT-1 rose to the occasion and facilitated

AI Index: AFR 62/011/2005 (Public)

The Congolese government must immediately start thorough and independent investigations into yesterday's assassination of human rights activist Pascal Kabungulu Kibembi, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Front Line said today.

Pascal Kabungulu was the Secretary-General of Héritiers de la Justice (Heirs of Justice), a leading human rights organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was also the Vice-President of the regional umbrella Ligue des Droits de l'Homme dans la Région des Grands Lacs (LDGL).

KINSHASA, Aug 1 (AFP) - Five people, one of them a child, have been killed by men in military uniform near the village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from which they had fled last month, a United Nations sponsored radio station said Monday.

They were killed Friday in the village of Birwa, about 12 kilometres (seven miles) from their home village of Nyakakoma in Nord-Kivu province which they left two weeks ago, radio Okapi said.

Some 7,000 people have fled from Nyakakoma, Nyamilima and Ishasa, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the provincial

Susana Gouveia & Samy Passalet/Monuc
Représentants de la MONUC, la Police Nationale Congolaise et la 3ème région Militaire ont effectué une visite, le mardi 26 juillet 2005, au Centre d'Orientation de BOKALA, situé à 10 Km de Mbandaka. Ce Centre érigé par la CONADER est destiné aux opérations de désarmement, démobilisation et réinsertion. But de la visite: voir les conditions de l'ouverture dudit centre en matière de sécurisation.

Cette délégation mixte a procédé à la visite du pavillon médicale, du mini Château d'eau, et de 45 tentes à bâche

Program Description
The Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) helps stabilize and revitalize war-torn communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by facilitating community-level reintegration of war-affected youths and increasing broad awareness of key transition issues. OTI's objectives are achieved through a program called Synergie d'Education Communautaire et d'Appui à la transition (SE*CA, pronounced "C'est ça!"). The program, implemented by Chemonics, focuses in eastern DRC, the epicenter of DRC's wars, on community reintegration and revitalization.

Ce rapport est fondé sur des interviews de terrain des acteurs-clefs aussi bien locaux que régionaux, en combinaison avec des informations collectées durant la période allant du 1 au 20 juillet 2005. Il est axé essentiellement sur la préparation des élections à Kinshasa et sur les récentes attaques menées par les FDLR au Sud Kivu. (Le document original en anglais fait foi)

INTRODUCTION

Le 30 juin et la "fin présumée de la transition" se sont déroulés sans conflit majeur, comme certains l'avaient prédit. Les tensions en RDC et la précarité du processus de paix

SC/8467

Security Council
5243rd Meeting (AM)

Resolution 1616 (2005) Reiterates Members' Serious Concern over Armed Groups, Condemns Illicit Weapons Flows

Reiterating its serious concern regarding the presence of armed groups and militias in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and condemning the continued illicit flow of weapons within and into that country, the Security Council decided today to maintain the existing sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for another year in light of the parties' failure to comply with its demands.

S/RES/1616 (2005)

The Security Council,

Recalling its previous resolutions and the statements by its President concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular resolutions 1493 of 28 July 2003, 1533 of 12 March 2004, 1552 of 27 July 2004, 1565 of 1 October 2004, 1592 of 30 March 2005 and 1596 of 18 April 2005,

Reiterating its serious concern regarding the presence of armed groups and militias in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the provinces of North Kivu and

This week 's report covers the following sectors/countries:
Sectors: Agriculture, Food, Health, Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law, Refugees and IDPs, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation

This report includes:

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan (2) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (3) Occupied Palestinian Territories (4) Pakistan (5) Tajikistan

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Djibouti (4) Eritrea (5) Kenya (6) Rwanda (7) Somalia (8) Sudan (9) Tanzania (10) Uganda