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However, pro-government Wazalendo militias have been slowing down the group’s expansion in South Kivu and <a href="https://actualite.cd/2025/04/13/nord-kivu-les-wazalendo-delogent-le-m23-de-kibanda-et-kasopo-pres-de-kashebere" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">trying to recapture</span></a> conquered localities in North Kivu.</p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;height:1.618em;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=""></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=""><strong>American-led mediation between Kinshasa and Kigali:</strong> Following the 25 April <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-african-affairs/2025/04/declaration-of-principles/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Declaration of Principles</span></a> between Kigali and Kinshasa affirming their <a href="https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great-lakes/democratic-republic-congo-rwanda/new-great-lakes-peace-pledge-marks-progress-questions-remain" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">shared commitment</span></a> to working towards peace, the two parties shared their <a href="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/drc-rwanda/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">draft peace proposal</span></a> with <a href="https://x.com/US_SrAdvisorAF/status/1919390187542458684" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Massad Boulos</span></a>, Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa. 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Meanwhile, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Ugandan president Museveni and the Chief of Defence Forces, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62x4n90gj0o" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">live-tweeted</span></a> his abduction and mistreatment of Bobi Wine’s bodyguard, who, upon release, showed <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/6/activist-reportedly-held-by-ugandas-military-chief-shows-signs-of-torture" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">signs of torture</span></a>.</p><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;height:1.618em;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></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="">More than 70,000 Congolese have <a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2025/05/12/drc-congolese-escaping-m23-conflict-face-new-hardships-burundi-refugees" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">crossed into Burundi</span></a> ‘in recent weeks’, where they face dire conditions. 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Le gouvernement envisagerait <a href="https://chimpreports.com/exclusive-bobi-wines-nup-faces-ban-ahead-of-2026-polls-over-alleged-militancy/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">d'interdire </a>le parti d'opposition NUP (National Unity Platform) avant 2026, après que Bobi Wine a annoncé <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/11/bobi-wine-president-campaign-uganda-2026-election-yoweri-museveni-regime" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">son intention de se représenter</a>. Entre-temps, le général Muhoozi Kainerugaba, fils du président ougandais Museveni et chef des forces de défense, a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62x4n90gj0o" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">diffusé en direct sur Twitter</a> l'enlèvement et les mauvais traitements qu’il a infligés au garde du corps de Bobi Wine, qui, une fois libéré, présentait <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/6/activist-reportedly-held-by-ugandas-military-chief-shows-signs-of-torture" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">des signes de torture</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="">Plus de <a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2025/05/12/drc-congolese-escaping-m23-conflict-face-new-hardships-burundi-refugees" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">70 000 Congolais sont entrés au Burundi</a> « au cours des dernières semaines », où ils sont confrontés à des conditions désastreuses. Le HCR a déclaré que l'arrivée de réfugiés est « la plus importante à laquelle le Burundi ait été confronté depuis des décennies ».</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="">L'armée burundaise a déclaré avoir tué p<a href="https://www.sosmediasburundi.org/2025/05/09/cibitoke-larmee-burundaise-tue-plus-de-100-rebelles-rwandais-du-fln-dans-la-foret-de-la-kibira/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">lus de 100 rebelles rwandais du FLN</a> (Front de libération nationale) dans la forêt de Kibira, près de la frontière avec le Rwanda, après que le FLN a refusé de soutenir les troupes burundaises déployées en RDC contre le M23.</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="">Toujours au Burundi, la campagne pour les élections législatives de juin 2025 a <a href="https://www.sosmediasburundi.org/2025/05/10/burundi-une-campagne-electorale-sous-tension-entre-menaces-detat-et-mise-a-lecart-de-lopposition/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">officiellement débuté</a> dans un climat politique tendu, suscitant des doutes sur la transparence et la crédibilité des élections.</p></li></ul>
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rapport</a> sur l'impact dévastateur des récentes réductions de l'aide étrangère américaine sur les communautés en <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66ad0be8ed0f4b24dda66a3a/t/68195e7e06eb9f5111c4af52/1746493056076/DRC+Snapshot+-+PAEMA+May+2025.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color:#3d884c !important;">RDC</a>, ainsi qu'au Soudan, en Birmanie et parmi les réfugiés Rohingya au Bangladesh.</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="">Sur le même sujet, <a 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