APPG Great Lakes

UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on the African Great Lakes Region. Working on security, governance, human rights, aid in #DRC, #Burundi, #Rwanda, #Uganda, #CAR

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

Transcript of @UKParliament debate on #DRC elections: https://t.co/4SAkehyxE8

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

More than 100 people have died in clashes between rival Batende and Banunu ethnic groups in northwestern #DRC days before general elections: https://t.co/nC3uRgzcud

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

#DRC Electoral Commission President promises to release electoral calendar by the end of the month: https://t.co/IcvQ8f5UYK

[Graham Zebedee @GrahamZebedee]

Everyone I met enrolling today in #Kinshasa wanted elections in #DRC ASAP. Earlier, @CNangaa told me & others the calendar will issue in Aug

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

.@unjhro report accuses members of #DRC army of digging most of the mass graves identified in #Kasai: https://t.co/IfCvZBX0NJ

[iBurundi @iburundi]

Burundian independent media have been destroyed, journalists were killed & exiled. Let's support them through this fundraising. #Burundi. https://t.co/QpOn72mD0k

[Graham Zebedee @GrahamZebedee]

#DRC human rights minister clear w/ me & US Amb today that govt will fully enable #UNHRC inquiry on #Kasai violence. World will be watching!

[UN Human Rights DRC @unjhro]

Analysis of #humanrights in #DRC January to June 2017 published tomorrow, check it out!

[iBurundi @iburundi]

In addition to the 6 teens, 410,000 other men, women and children fled #Burundi to neighboring countries—UNHCR—>https://t.co/3Aq2slfiL5 https://t.co/9q5h7TPDWi

[CPJ Africa @CPJAfrica]

What happened to Jean Bigirimana? #Burundi still hasn’t solved case of missing journalist

https://t.co/etekEbRTQ8

[SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI @SOSTORTUREBDI]

@SOSTORTUREBDI published its weekly report N.84 on human rights violations.Period from 15-22 July 2017:https://t.co/AgzWoacKQe

[Ian Birrell @ianbirrell]

The killer in Kigali backed by Britain: my MoS investigation into how even Kagame's development claims don't add up https://t.co/dm3eynZFRT

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

UK Govt raises "concerns about Human Rights, freedom of expression, [...] lack of political space" with #Rwanda Gvt: https://t.co/PSYuNgRE0n

[Graham Zebedee @GrahamZebedee]

Très content d'annoncer auj'hui $6m de fonds additionnels pour répondre aux besoins #humanitaires énormes aux #Kasai. @UNOCHA_DRC @DFID_UK

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

#Rwanda: UK Government "remain concerned about the limited democratic space in Rwanda": https://t.co/PSYuNgRE0n

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

#DRC: UK Government would support UN sanctions/further EU sanctions re: 31 Dec Agreement & human rights violations: https://t.co/001iBJJ4ZJ

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

#DRC: should lack of progress persist, UK Government would support UN sanctions and/or further EU sanctions: https://t.co/6bfc21J6bO

[Wolfram Vetter @WolframVetterEU]

@AShingiro @BurundiGov ...with "some" of its development partners : Burundi's main donors, the EU and its member states, were not invited...

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

Our @APPGGreatLakes Chair raises issue of crackdown on opposition in #Rwanda with the UK Government: https://t.co/PSYuNgRE0n

[APPG Great Lakes @APPGGreatLakes]

#Rwanda @TheEconomist: "Intimidation nation: Many Africans see Kagame’s Rwanda as a model. They are wrong" https://t.co/q6xbSNtiFt