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1.	Cameroun: La dure réalité du quotidien des journalistes
	Author: Editorial	Date Written: 9 February 2010
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Camer.be
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.camer.be
	Key Words: Cameroon, rights, politics, journalist, freedom, arrest
	Summary & Comment: After the arrest of two journalist of the private press, this analysis presents the daily experiences faced by journalists in Cameroon. In the context of a tense political atmosphere the author says, private journalists face continuous repression, arbitrary arrest, and evenimprisonment. MUB
2.	D R Congo: Magic dust - Who benefits?
	Author: Khadija Sharife	Date Written: 4 February 2010
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: The Thinker Vol 12, Pambazuka News 468
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: DRC’s magic dust: Who benefits?
	Summary & Comment: Commercial and political interests in mineral and natural resources have shaped the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo with devastating consequences for its people, wildlife, and environment. Will a new concession with China be diferent? DN
3.	Central African Republic: President confirms rebel leader’s death
	Author: Paul-Marin Ngoupana: Bangui	Date Written: 31 January 2010
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Alertnet via Reliefweb
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.reliefweb.int
	Key Words: CAR, human rights, rebel leader, assasination, opposition, investigation
	Summary & Comment: The death of CAR’s opposition leader has raised fears about president Bozize’s plan to eliminate his political rivals. Human rights groups and many other opposition figures are demanding an international investigation. Bozize though, remains defiant. MUB
4.	Chad: State-coordinated violence under Hissène Habré
	Author: Silva Romesh, Jeff Klingner, & Scott Weikart	Date Written: 29 January 2010
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Human Rights Data Analysis Group
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.hrdag.org
	Key Words: Chad, State-coordinated violence, Hissène Habré, DDS,
	Summary & Comment: Le francais suit. In January 2010, the Human Rights Data Analysis Group released a new study showing that Habré was well informed of the hundreds of deaths that occurred in prisons operated by the Documentation and Security Directorate, the state security force that pursued political opponents and operated notorious prisons during his regime. The H . . . [expand]
5.	Rwanda: Analyse du rapport Mutsinzi sur l’attentat contre l’avion présidentiel
	Author: Filip Reyntjens	Date Written: 26 January 2010
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: author via L'Entraide missionnaire
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL:
	Key Words: Rwanda, Mutsinzi, rapport, analyse, attentat, avion présidentiel,
	Summary & Comment: This analysis is by Filip Reyntjens who wrote a book in 1995 after visiting Kigali that same year. It contredicts almost all of the facts presented in the government report, or at least questions them. He suggests the right thing to do is to have a genuine judicial debate; however, he thinks it is unlikely that will happen soon. So, there are now t . . . [expand]
6.	D R Congo: Benefit of AngloGold Ashanti mine project to communities questioned
	Author: Sarah Barnett: CAFOD	Date Written: 25 January 2010
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: CAFOD
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.cafod.org.uk
	Key Words: DRC, resource extraction, AngloGold Ashanti, communities, benefits
	Summary & Comment: After years of negotiations AngloGold Ashanti is set to start mining from the Ituri goldfields in eastern D.R.Congo. However, the mining company has yet to respond to the rural communities’ key demands. This report highlights issues of conflict, community consent, displacement, and corporate accountability that AngloGold Ashanti must address to ens . . . [expand]
7.	D R Congo: My recent trip to some rural areas
	Author: David Suze Manda	Date Written: 24 January 2010
	Primary Category: Central Region	Document Origin: Connecting Congo
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.connectingcongo.org
	Key Words: DRC, rural areas, Suze, trip,
	Summary & Comment: The author recently visited his home in North-East Katanga province and gives a first hand account of the economic, educational, social, and political situations he encountered. DN,