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1.	Central African Republic: Cautious welcome for rebel ceasefire
	Author: IRIN Bangui	Date Written: 15 May 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: IRIN News
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org
	Key Words: CAR, rebel ceasefire, peace,
	Summary & Comment: The signing on May 9 of a ceasefire between the government and the only rebel group that has so far joined a national peace process received mixed reactions inside the CAR. A political adviser to the President said the deal "will lead to a peace comprehensive peace accord." DN
2.	D R Congo: Demilitarising militias in the Kivus
	Author: Monica Thakur	Date Written: 14 May 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Institute for Security Studies
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.issafrica.org/
	Key Words: DRC Kivus, militias, demilitarising, DDR,
	Summary & Comment: The author stresses that disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration activities in Kivu are complex and that there is a preference to link demilitarisation with integration into the national army. That compounds a process which faces a number of major obstacles that this analysis clearly outlines. DN
3.	D R Congo: UN troops in North Kivu accused of sexual abuse
	Author: staff, Kinshasa	Date Written: 14 May 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Mail & Guardian
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.mg.co.za
	Key Words: DRC, North Kivu, sexual abuse, MONUC,
	Summary & Comment: Since its first deployment in 2001, MONUC’s civilian and military personnel in the DRC have been involved in several sexual abuse and smuggling scandals. The United Nations is investigating allegations that its Blue Helmet peacekeepers sexually abused children. DN
4.	Chad joins ranks of world’s worst regimes, others decline further
	Author: various, Washington	Date Written: 6 May 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Freedom HOuse
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.freedomhouse.org
	Key Words: Chad, worst regimes,
	Summary & Comment: Chad’s status in the Worst of the Worst: The World’s Most Repressive Societies 2008 report has declined. The government diverted oil revenues away from poverty alleviation to security and tried to limit the activities of the World Food Programme and other non-governmental organizations. Worst of the Worst examined civil liberties and political righ . . . [expand]
5.	D R Congo: A tentative step to accountability
	Author: Michael Deibert, Johannesburg	Date Written: 2 May 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Inter Press Service
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL:
	Key Words: DRC, accountability, CNDP, Ntaganda, ICC,
	Summary & Comment: The International Criminal Court alleges that Bosco Ntaganda committed the war crimes of enlistment and conscription of children under the age of 15 and used the children to participate actively in hostilities in Ituri from July 2002 until December 2003. DN
6.	D R Congo: Nkunda faces International Criminal Court dilemma
	Author: various, The Hague and Goma	Date Written: 1 May 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Institute for War and Peace Reporting
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.iwpr.net/
	Key Words: DRC, Nkunda, Ntaganda, indictment, ICC,
	Summary & Comment: Will Nkunda hand over the chief of staff of his militia to the International criminal Court? An ICC court has indicted Bosco Ntaganda for crimes he committed when he was a senior leader of Forces Patriotiques Pour la Libération du Congo. There is speculation of a military revolt within Nkunda's forces and a threat of outright war if Ntaganda i . . . [expand]
7.	Tchad: Synthèse de l'acualité nationalé
	Author: plusieurs	Date Written: 24 April 2008
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Presidence du Tchad
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.presidencedutchad.org
	Key Words: Tchad, Chad, gouvernement, conseil des ministres,
	Summary & Comment: Le Premier ministre, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, et les membres du Gouvernement se sont réunis hier autour du Président de la République pour le premier conseil extraordinaire des ministres. Voici une liste des Membres du Gouvernement du 23 Avril 2008. Nommé le 15 avril dernier, le Premier ministre a rendu public son équipe le 23 avril. Ce vendredi, le . . . [expand]