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But in many provinces, armed conflict, displacement, and disease are keeping large numbers of students from returning to their classrooms.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class=""><em>“We were all hoping this school year would begin with progress in the peace process in the DRC so every child and teacher would wake up and walk to and from their schools with no fear of gunfire or bombshells but unfortunately the chaos and lack of peace goes on”</em>, said a school director in the conflict-affected province of South Kivu, where several schools were <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/03/actualite/securite/la-rentree-scolaire-compromise-pour-des-milliers-denfants-fizi-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">damaged or destroyed</span></a> as a result of the clashes opposing the governmental coalition and a rebel coalition supported by neighboring Rwanda. In one area, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167045_kalehe_armes_et_insecurite_paralysent_la_rentree_scolaire_a_ziralo.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">none of the schools reopened</span></a> due to ongoing clashes between the belligerents.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">In a school district in Ituri province, only <a href="https://buniaactualite.cd/mambasa-2-une-rentree-scolaire-entre-fievre-ebola-et-balles-des-adf/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">19 out of 151 schools</span></a> opened as scheduled, due to fears of attacks by a jihadist group who killed <a href="https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/02/ituri-plus-de-40-morts-et-53-maisons-incendiees-suite-aux-attaques-adf-mambasa-en-moins" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">over 40 civilians in the three days preceding September 1st</span></a>. When schools are open, families who were displaced by conflict and now live in refugee camps <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/08/18/actualite/education/les-enfants-des-deplaces-risquent-de-rater-la-rentree-scolaire-beni" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">don’t have the money they need</span></a> to pay for the school fees and uniforms required for their children to resume their schooling.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">The Ebola epidemic is another major barrier: the spokesperson for the teacher’s union in Ituri said that on September 1st, only <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260902-en-rdc-une-rentr%C3%A9e-scolaire-contrast%C3%A9e-entre-ins%C3%A9curit%C3%A9-et-risque-sanitaire" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">one</span><strong><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">out of ten students</span></a><strong> </strong>came to school, due to fears of Ebola transmission. Most schools are not equipped with washing and sanitation equipment, including soap, and some don’t even have water. In the North Kivu provincial capital of Beni, the few students who made it to school were sent back home as their teachers did not come.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Post-secondary students are affected, too. The government of the DRC ordered the <a href="https://www.sosmediasburundi.org/en/2026/08/29/drc-kinshasa-closes-universities-in-goma-and-bukavu-mukwege-warns-of-slow-epistemicide/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">suspension of the academic activities</span></a> of 11 higher education institutions in the cities of Goma and Bukavu, which are occupied by rebel group M23, depriving 44,000 young adults from continuing their studies. A local education organization founder in South Kivu said:</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class=""><em>“Both parties in the conflict have failed to put people’s interest at the center of their agenda. Instead of safeguarding colleges and universities, they have turned them into collateral damage in a struggle for power. If the decisions are not revisited by both parties, the results will be devastating: students are stripped of opportunities, communities lose their intellectual lifeblood, and the region’s long-term stability is further eroded.”</em></p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Education is a human right and no child should be unable to go back to school due to fears of attack, Ebola, or political decisions. As a Congolese partner said, education is “the foundation of resilience and peace, and denying it is an assault on the very future of the Congolese people.”</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">We at PAEMA call on conflict parties and international partners to make child protection a priority and cornerstone of any engagement, so that every child can go back to school without fearing for their life.</p>
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the C64 coalition dismissed the initiative as <a href="https://x.com/MartinFayulu/status/2094340489914790110" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">“pretend consultations”</span></a> and maintained its call for a September 15th protest.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">The DRC received its <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/08/23/actualite/sante/reception-kinshasa-des-premieres-doses-de-vaccin-rvbo-contre-ebola" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">first shipment</span></a> of ERVEBO vaccine doses, though the vaccine is not licensed against the Bundibugyo strain driving the current outbreak; confirmed cases have neared 6,200, <a href="https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">including 3,007 deaths</span></a>, for a fatality rate of roughly 50%. </p></li></ul>
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The allocation includes 20,000 doses for a clinical trial to understand the impact of the vaccine on the Bundibugyo strain, and another 50,000 for frontline and health workers. Researchers from Stanford Medicine found that a vaccine like ERVEBO could contain transmission and save lives ‘<a href="https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2026/09/can-vaccines-aid-the-race-against-ebola-in-the-congo-.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">when deployed broadly and rapidly</span></a>’, while flagging that only about a third of cases and deaths might be currently captured.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">The UN coordinator for the Ebola outbreak, Julien Harneis, says the outbreak is now <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-epidemic-in-dr-congo-is-spreading-18-times-faster-than-deadliest-outbreak-on-record" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">covering an area larger than France</span></a>. As of September 1st, the number of confirmed cases in the DRC neared 6,200, <a href="https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">including 3,007 deaths</span></a>, for a fatality rate of approximately 50%. In North Kivu, fatality rates are <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/03/actualite/sante/20-nouveaux-cas-debola-portent-le-cumul-875-au-nord-kivu-avec-un-taux-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">closer to 70%.</span></a> The virus is spreading <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ebola-congo-bundibugyo-abb93b8f7383ec3f68091acb4828be1a" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">18 times faster</span></a> than during the country’s deadliest outbreak on record, and is on track to surpass it.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Meanwhile, healthcare workers are flagging <a href="https://7sur7.cd/index.php/2026/08/24/goma-la-recrudescence-du-cholera-inquiete-les-soignants" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">increasing cases of cholera</span></a> in cities like Goma and Bukavu, as the dry season limits access to clean water. Humanitarian actors warn that as resources are channeled towards responding to the Ebola outbreak, other health emergencies such as <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/drc-cholera-measles-and-malaria-health-emergencies-must-not-be-forgotten-during-ebola-disease-outbreak" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">cholera, measles and malaria are being overlooked</span></a>.</p></li></ul>
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The measure is said to <a href="https://x.com/StanysBujakera/status/2095399129891406238" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">affect 44,000 students</span></a>. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. <a href="https://x.com/DenisMukwege/status/2092642432722649108?s=20" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Denis Mukwege</span></a> condemned the <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/08/11/le-gouvernement-qualifie-dillegales-les-nominations-de-lafcm23-dans-dix-etablissements" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 appointment of higher education administrators</span></a> as well as the Kinshasa-issued suspension of academic activities, warning of a ‘slow epistemicide’.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">President Tshisekedi announced a new ‘<a href="https://beto.cd/de-washington-au-champ-de-bataille-ce-que-signifie-concretement-la-nouvelle-doctrine-de-defense-de-tshisekedi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">defense doctrine</span></a>’ on August 20th in Kinshasa.&nbsp; The new vision articulated by Tshisekedi brings in the purview of ‘national security’ items that were not previously clearly articulated as such, such as infrastructure (ports, railways) or digital sovereignty. The announcement was made at the 10th anniversary of the DRC’s <em>College des Hautes Etudes de Strategie et de Défense</em>. Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye, alongside the Defense ministers of Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic, <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/08/22/felix-tshisekedi-il-nexiste-aucune-contradiction-entre-la-recherche-de-la-paix-et-le" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">were in attendance</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">A Congolese influencer who had declared her support to M23 was <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260901-le-transfert-d-une-influenceuse-en-rdc-signe-d-une-offensive-judiciaire-et-num%C3%A9rique-de-kinshasa" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">arrested in Tanzania on August 30th, and extradited to Kinshasa</span></a>. 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President Tshisekedi and FM Therese Kayikwamba returned to Israel, where they met with Israeli PM <a href="https://x.com/kabumba_justin/status/2094876016942477621" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Benjamin Netanyahu</span></a>, President <a href="https://x.com/Isaac_Herzog/status/2094851542637527547" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Isaac Herzog</span></a>, FM <a href="https://x.com/RDC_Minafet/status/2094774359453749728" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Gideon Sa’ar</span></a>, and Knesset President <a href="https://x.com/RDC_Minafet/status/2095089903134495050" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Amir Ohana</span></a>. Both countries have stated they are looking to consolidate their cooperation in <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260902-%C3%A0-j%C3%A9rusalem-les-autorit%C3%A9s-congolaises-et-isra%C3%A9liennes-renforcent-leur-coop%C3%A9ration" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">defense, agriculture, and technology</span></a>, among other areas.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">President Tshisekedi also <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/08/18/felix-tshisekedi-en-tanzanie-nous-en-avons-assez-de-servir-de-terre-dextraction" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">met with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan</span></a> from August 17-18, where he stressed the need to improve transport infrastructure and energy access and production to better leverage mineral resources.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">The Congolese minister of Defence announced the <a href="https://beto.cd/rdc-memorandums-defense-centrafrique-frontiere-1100-km/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">signing of two new military MoUs with the Central African Republic</span></a> with the view of increasing cooperation and training between the two countries’ militaries and improving security along the 1,100 kilometer long border.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Meanwhile, French PM Sébastien Lecornu, while on a state visit to the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has in recent years seen an influx in Congolese asylum seekers (see News <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/cekwuHyCUhRmYbgudpYEM5P2p1LYAR13NyRg1qpnToHOx7r8x4FXSSiJAt11QuwFM8WysJrR2lJh3ZxGZ2H251IO4AjP7UOg" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Monitor #21</span></a>), issued <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2026/09/02/migrants-a-mayotte-la-rdc-dans-le-viseur-de-la-france_6764482_3212.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">thinly veiled threats to reduce its aid to Kinshasa</span></a> if it failed to ‘better apply’ the readmission agreement for its citizens who were not granted asylum in France.&nbsp;</p></li></ul>
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Mota-Engil said the total investment of the life of the contract is expected <a href="https://360angola.com/business/infrastructure/mota-engil-signs-1-8bn-drc-railway-concession-as-us-deepens-critical-minerals-push/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">to reach $1.8 billion</span></a>. The State Department said they celebrated the signing, saying the Lobitoy Corridor will ‘<a href="https://x.com/AsstSecStateAF/status/2092976870971064511" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">bring jobs, power and connectivity to the DRC, as well as secure access to critical minerals that strengthen U.S. supply chains and create American jobs</span></a>’.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Assistant Secretary of State Frank Garcia for African Affairs <a href="https://x.com/AsstSecStateAF/status/2094891239904526346" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">met with DRC Senate President Sama Lukonde in Lusaka</span></a> (Zambia) during his <a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/08/31/2026/nigerias-security-woes-dominate-election-campaign?utm_source=nowshare&amp;utm_medium=africa&amp;utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered6#h" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">second Africa trip</span></a> since his appointment in June.&nbsp;</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Both the Congress and Senate <a href="https://www.theafricareport.com/429562/us-congress-renews-agoa-africa-trade-scheme-through-2028/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">voted to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through 2028</span></a>, which supports the United States’ duty-free trade partnership with Africa. 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Mais dans de nombreuses provinces, le conflit armé, les déplacements de population et la maladie empêchent un grand nombre d'élèves de reprendre le chemin de leur classe.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">« Nous espérions tous que cette année scolaire commencerait avec des avancées dans le processus de paix en RDC, afin que chaque enfant et chaque enseignant puisse se réveiller et se rendre à l'école sans craindre les coups de feu ou les bombardements, mais malheureusement le chaos et l'absence de paix se poursuivent », a déclaré un directeur d'école dans la province du Sud-Kivu, touchée par le conflit, où plusieurs écoles ont été <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/03/actualite/securite/la-rentree-scolaire-compromise-pour-des-milliers-denfants-fizi-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">endommagées ou détruites</a> du fait des affrontements opposant la coalition gouvernementale à une coalition rebelle soutenue par le Rwanda voisin. Dans une zone, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167045_kalehe_armes_et_insecurite_paralysent_la_rentree_scolaire_a_ziralo.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">aucune école n'a rouvert</a> en raison des combats en cours entre les belligérants.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Dans un sous-ressort scolaire de la province de l'Ituri, seules <a href="https://buniaactualite.cd/mambasa-2-une-rentree-scolaire-entre-fievre-ebola-et-balles-des-adf/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">19 écoles sur 151</a> ont ouvert comme prévu, en raison de la crainte d'attaques d'un groupe djihadiste ayant tué <a href="https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/02/ituri-plus-de-40-morts-et-53-maisons-incendiees-suite-aux-attaques-adf-mambasa-en-moins" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">plus de 40 civils au cours des trois jours précédant le 1er septembre</a>. Lorsque les écoles sont ouvertes, les familles déplacées par le conflit et vivant désormais dans des camps de réfugiés <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/08/18/actualite/education/les-enfants-des-deplaces-risquent-de-rater-la-rentree-scolaire-beni" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">n'ont pas les moyens</a> de payer les frais de scolarité et les uniformes nécessaires à la reprise des cours de leurs enfants.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">L'épidémie d'Ebola constitue un autre obstacle majeur : le porte-parole du syndicat des enseignants en Ituri a indiqué que le 1er septembre, seul <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260902-en-rdc-une-rentr%C3%A9e-scolaire-contrast%C3%A9e-entre-ins%C3%A9curit%C3%A9-et-risque-sanitaire" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">un élève sur dix</a> s'était rendu à l'école, par crainte d'une transmission du virus. La plupart des écoles ne disposent pas d'équipements de lavage des mains ou d'assainissement, y compris de savon, et certaines n'ont même pas accès à l'eau. Dans la capitale provinciale du Nord-Kivu, Beni, les quelques élèves qui se sont présentés à l'école ont été renvoyés chez eux, leurs enseignants ne s'étant pas présentés.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Les étudiants du supérieur sont également touchés. Le gouvernement de la RDC a ordonné la <a href="https://www.sosmediasburundi.org/en/2026/08/29/drc-kinshasa-closes-universities-in-goma-and-bukavu-mukwege-warns-of-slow-epistemicide/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">suspension des activités académiques</a> de 11 établissements d'enseignement supérieur dans les villes de Goma et Bukavu, occupées par le groupe rebelle M23, privant ainsi 44 000 jeunes adultes de la poursuite de leurs études. La fondatrice d'une organisation locale d'éducation au Sud-Kivu a déclaré :</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">« Les deux parties au conflit ont échoué à placer l'intérêt des populations au centre de leur agenda. Au lieu de préserver les collèges et les universités, elles en ont fait des dommages collatéraux d'une lutte pour le pouvoir. Si les décisions ne sont pas révisées par les deux parties, les conséquences seront dévastatrices : les étudiants sont privés d'opportunités, les communautés perdent leur substance intellectuelle, et la stabilité à long terme de la région s'en trouve encore fragilisée. »</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">L'éducation est un droit humain, et aucun enfant ne devrait se voir privé de la possibilité de retourner à l'école par crainte d'une attaque, d'Ebola, ou en raison de décisions politiques. Comme l'a formulé un partenaire congolais, l'éducation est « le fondement de la résilience et de la paix, et son refus constitue une atteinte à l'avenir même du peuple congolais ».<br><br>
Chez PAEMA, nous appelons les parties au conflit et les partenaires internationaux à faire de la protection de l'enfance une priorité et une pierre angulaire de tout engagement, afin que chaque enfant puisse retourner à l'école sans craindre pour sa vie.</p>
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Ce vaccin est toutefois homologué contre la souche Ebola Zaïre, et non contre la souche Bundibugyo actuellement en cause, bien que des données préliminaires suggèrent qu'il pourrait offrir <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/20-08-2026-who-and-africa-cdc-welcome-the-allocation-of-ebola-vaccines-to-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">une certaine protection</span></a>. L'allocation comprend 20 000 doses destinées à un essai clinique visant à évaluer l'effet du vaccin sur la souche Bundibugyo, et 50 000 doses supplémentaires pour le personnel de première ligne et les agents de santé. Des chercheurs de Stanford Medicine ont estimé qu'un vaccin comme Ervebo pourrait freiner la transmission et sauver des vies « <a href="https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2026/09/can-vaccines-aid-the-race-against-ebola-in-the-congo-.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">s'il est déployé largement et rapidement</span></a> », tout en soulignant qu'environ un tiers seulement des cas et des décès seraient actuellement recensés.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Le coordinateur de l'ONU pour l'épidémie d'Ebola, Julien Harneis, indique que l'épidémie <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-epidemic-in-dr-congo-is-spreading-18-times-faster-than-deadliest-outbreak-on-record" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">couvre désormais une zone plus vaste que la France</span></a>. Au 1er septembre, le nombre de cas confirmés en RDC avoisinait 6 200, <a href="https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">dont 3 007 décès</span></a>, soit un taux de létalité d'environ 50 %. Au Nord-Kivu, ce taux <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/03/actualite/sante/20-nouveaux-cas-debola-portent-le-cumul-875-au-nord-kivu-avec-un-taux-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">avoisine plutôt 70 %</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Par ailleurs, les agents de santé signalent une <a href="https://7sur7.cd/index.php/2026/08/24/goma-la-recrudescence-du-cholera-inquiete-les-soignants" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">recrudescence des cas de choléra</span></a> dans des villes comme Goma et Bukavu, la saison sèche limitant l'accès à l'eau potable. 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La vision articulée par Tshisekedi fait entrer dans le champ de la « sécurité nationale » des domaines qui n'y étaient pas clairement rattachés jusqu'ici, comme les infrastructures (ports, chemins de fer) ou la souveraineté numérique. L'annonce a été faite à l'occasion du dixième anniversaire du Collège des hautes études de stratégie et de défense de la RDC. Le président burundais Évariste Ndayishimiye, ainsi que les ministres de la Défense du Congo-Brazzaville et de la République centrafricaine, <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/08/22/felix-tshisekedi-il-nexiste-aucune-contradiction-entre-la-recherche-de-la-paix-et-le" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">étaient présents</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Une influenceuse congolaise ayant affiché son soutien au M23 a été <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260901-le-transfert-d-une-influenceuse-en-rdc-signe-d-une-offensive-judiciaire-et-num%C3%A9rique-de-kinshasa" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">arrêtée en Tanzanie le 30 août, puis extradée vers Kinshasa</span></a>. 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Le président Tshisekedi et la ministre des Affaires étrangères Thérèse Kayikwamba se sont rendus à nouveau en Israël, où ils ont rencontré le Premier ministre israélien <a href="https://x.com/kabumba_justin/status/2094876016942477621" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Benjamin Netanyahu</span></a>, le président <a href="https://x.com/Isaac_Herzog/status/2094851542637527547" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Isaac Herzog</span></a>, le ministre des Affaires étrangères <a href="https://x.com/RDC_Minafet/status/2094774359453749728" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Gideon Sa'ar</span></a> et le président de la Knesset <a href="https://x.com/RDC_Minafet/status/2095089903134495050" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Amir Ohana</span></a>. 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Mota-Engil a indiqué que l'investissement total sur la durée du contrat devrait <a href="https://360angola.com/business/infrastructure/mota-engil-signs-1-8bn-drc-railway-concession-as-us-deepens-critical-minerals-push/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">atteindre 1,8 milliard de dollars</span></a>. Le Département d'État s'est félicité de cette signature, estimant que le corridor de Lobito allait « <a href="https://x.com/AsstSecStateAF/status/2092976870971064511" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">apporter des emplois, de l'énergie et de la connectivité à la RDC, tout en sécurisant l'accès aux minerais critiques qui renforcent les chaînes d'approvisionnement américaines et créent des emplois aux États-Unis</span></a> ».</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Le secrétaire d'État adjoint chargé des Affaires africaines, Frank Garcia, <a href="https://x.com/AsstSecStateAF/status/2094891239904526346" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">a rencontré le président du Sénat congolais Sama Lukonde à Lusaka</span></a> (Zambie), lors de son <a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/08/31/2026/nigerias-security-woes-dominate-election-campaign?utm_source=nowshare&amp;utm_medium=africa&amp;utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered6#h" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">deuxième déplacement en Afrique</span></a> depuis sa nomination en juin.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Le Congrès et le Sénat ont tous deux <a href="https://www.theafricareport.com/429562/us-congress-renews-agoa-africa-trade-scheme-through-2028/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">voté la prolongation de l'African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) jusqu'en 2028</span></a>, qui soutient le partenariat commercial en franchise de droits entre les États-Unis et l'Afrique. Bien que l'administration Trump cherche à aligner l'AGOA sur sa politique « America First », la renégociation risquait d'entraîner une nouvelle paralysie budgétaire (« shutdown »), ce qui a pour l'instant desserré la pression sur le dispositif.</p></li></ul>
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