Human rights

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5 May 2017 - EU/Joint communication EU Commission, Parliament & Council on Africa-EU Partnership/EU projects in Burundi/EurAc on new EU targeted sanctions; DRC/ASADHO/Freedom of press/CENCO & Katumbi/UNSC; BURUNDI/constitution amendment; RWANDA/Elections

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[EurAc_Info] 2 May 2017 - EU/No Electoral observation mission to Rwanda/EU sanctions' impact in Burundi; DRC/Lucha 5th anniversary/Tshibala govt/Ituri violence/Enrolment stopped in Kasai: BURUNDI/Atrocities Watch Africa & SOS Torture reports

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27 April 2017 - EU/Signature 'Arrangements Particuliers'/UN experts; SADC on DRC; DRC/Signature 'Arrangements Particuliers' without Rassemblement/AETA recommendations to CENI/ASADHO/Lucha arrested/ Kasai; BURUNDI/Barred Food Trucks/ New UNSC Special Rep

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[EurAc_Info] 24 April 2017 - EU/SADC talks/8 MEPs in a delegation to Eastern Congo/Head of EU Delegation to Burundi; DRC/Lucha/CENCO's position/Rassemblement/Tshisekedi's burial/Dr Gildo Byamungu/Kasai's refugees & mass graves; BURUNDI/UN WFP blocked

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15 March 2017 - EU/Head of EU Delegation's interview + MEP Kyenge's statement; CENTRAL AFRICA/DRC-Angola relations; DRC/CENCO mediation to resume tomorrow/CENI/MONUSCO mandate/UN experts abducted; BURUNDI/Mutilated corpses; RWANDA/Kagame's interview

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10 March 2017 - EU at the UN/UNSC session on Burundi; DRC/Tshisekedi's burial/opposition in disarray/Lucha actions on electoral process/Mass graves in Kasai/M23; BURUNDI/UNSC: Authorities shut doors to UN engagement + activist barred from meeting +Benomar

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8 March 2017 - EU/Council Conclusions: Government reaction; DRC/3 mass graves discovered in Kasai/Nshole-CENCO/Katumbi/Lucha/Civil society to the US/UN inquiry +OHCHR chief statement; BURUNDI/UN report on risk of genocide/NGOs' letter to UNSC/APRODH/FORSC

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6 March 2017 - EU/EU Council conclusions on DRC: possible new sanctions + support to CENCO + implementation New Year's Agreement/EP declaration on DRC; DRC/Feliw Tshisekedi + Pierre Lumbi/Tshibala expelled from UDPS/Lucha memo at CENI/Bundu dia Kongo

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24 Feb 2017 - EU/Belgium asking EU FAC ministers to discuss new sanctions on 6 March/Scandal around French Ambassador to Burundi; DRC/Ministery of Justice visiting Lucha in detention/VSV press release; BURUNDI/FOCODE on disappearances/EAC summit & Mkapa/

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22 Feb 2017 - EU/EU declaration on Kasai massacre; DRC/Lucha activists arrested/Divisions in the opposition/Lucha's position on the current political context & futures actions/Govt inquiring over Kasai killings/M23 threat; BURUNDI/Opponents' return/Hunger

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