CENTRAL AFRICA

‘International demand for coltan is linked to violence in the DRC’

Claude Iguma | DRC

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘If the root causes of the conflict are not addressed, the cycle of violence is likely to persist’

Reagan Miviri | DRC

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Civil society must be at the heart of any human rights protection system’

anonymous | CAR

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Rwandan support for the M23 threatens to turn the conflict into a regional crisis’

Steward Muhindo | DRC

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Areas essential to the global climate are being threatened by economic projects’

François Kamate | DRC

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Repression sends a sobering message to anyone toying with the idea of organising for rights’

Joaquín Elo | EQUATORIAL GUINEA

‘This election seems orchestrated to ensure the permanence of the transitional president’

Remadji Hoinathy | CHAD

‘Civil society action is needed more than ever, but the space in which it can undertake it is getting smaller’

Bahati Rubango | DRC

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘Civil society is targeted by politicians who see it as an obstacle to their power’

Jonathan Magoma | DRC

‘The government uses violence to dominate through fear’

Alfredo Okenve | EQUATORIAL GUINEA