Inclusive political participation & Human Rights

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15 Feb 2017 - EU/EEAS on Burundi + support to Mkapa in Arusha/DRC minister meeting EU & Belgian offcials; DRC/Badibanga on impossibility to mobilise budget for elections/Bundu dia Kongo clashes in Kinshasa; BURUNDI/AMISOM/Mkapa talks failed

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13 Feb 2017 - DRC/Belgian Foreign Affairs minister to meet Felix Tshisekedi & Moise Katumbi/Enrolment by CENI & tensions/Tshisekedi's funerals: majority & opposition struggling/Kasai violences; BURUNDI/Inter-Burudian dialogue/manifestations

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9 Feb 2017 - GREAT LAKES/Burundian refugees in Tanzania DRC & Rwanda; CONFLICT MINERALS/Leaked Trump Presidential Memo; DRC/Tshisekedi's funerals & Katumbi's return/ADF/Maï Maï "Corps du Christ; BURUNDI/Dialogue to resume/UN on HR violations

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7 Feb 2017 - EU/Burundi Goct accusing Belgium; CONFLICT MINERALS/Dodd-Frank Act at risk; DRC/UNJHRO on violations & release of prisonners/Tensions over Tshisekedi funerals/Violence in Kasai Central & Tanganyka; BURUNDI/UN on repression against NGOs

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3 Feb 2017 - EU/International & EU reactions to E. Tshisekedi's death/New European Parliament resolution on DRC; DRC/Tshisekedi's death undermines chances of 2017 transition/8 HR defenders still detained/MONUSCO on elections; BURUNDI/Returnees

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30 Jan 2017 - CENTRAL AFRICA/Joint statement AU, SADC, ICGLR & UN on DRC/M23 rebels present in Rwanda/South-Sudanese rebels in Eastern DRC; DRC/Political parties failed to agree/Lucha activists' trial; BURUNDI/Tortured detainees/UN & AU support to Mkapa

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1 Feb 2017 - EU/EPlenary on new motion for resolution on rule of law in DRC/France on RFI's cut in DRC/Belgium supporting financially traning for FARDC; GL/Burundian refugees returned/M23 in Rwanda; DRC/Lucha activists acquitted/M23 killed crash survivors

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POLICY BRIEF - Burundi: 3 months to go until the elections. Vigilance by the EU has never been so needed!

Three months from the holding of legislative and local elections in Burundi (on 26 May 2015), which will be followed by presidential elections (26 June) amongst others, and numerous concerns persist about the democratic nature of the entire electoral process. On this occasion, EurAc would like to reiterate that "only the organisation of an inclusive, transparent and peaceful electoral process would enable the country, which is still in a post-conflict situation, to overcome the political deadlock caused by the 2010 electoral process".

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