Maria Bard

[ONE @ONECampaign]

Sweden just introduced a new global health package supporting childhood vaccines and the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria 👇

💉SEK 332.5 million (~USD 32m) for Gavi
🩺SEK 683 million (~USD 65m) for the Global Fund

These commitments help protect children, combat infectious diseases, and build resilient health systems. Smart investments in proven health solutions are in everyone’s interest - thank you Sweden and @BenjaminDousa!🇸🇪🌍

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are set to come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May, after their foreign ministers agreed to respect each other's sovereignity, following negotiations in Washington. Now, what's next? https://t.co/6r6zKUdsa1

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

“To give hope to others, sometimes it is simply enough to be kind, to put aside your own worries and priorities in order to show interest, give the gift of a smile, speak an encouraging word, create a space for listening amid so much indifference"
Pope Francis.

[UE en RDC🇪🇺 @UEenRDC]

Déclaration du Groupe de contact international pour la région des Grands Lacs sur la situation dans l’est de la RDC 🇩🇪🇧🇪🇩🇰🇺🇸🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇸🇪🇨🇭🇪🇺

https://t.co/RQqBtYtNNc

[RFI Afrique @RFIAfrique]

🇷🇼🇧🇪 Le #Rwanda annonce, ce mardi 18 février, la suspension de sa coopération de développement avec la #Belgique, en raison notamment de la position de Bruxelles sur le conflit à l'est de la #RDC.
►Des tensions diplomatiques qui montent d’un cran entre les deux pays, alors que les relations s’enveniment déjà depuis quelques années.
🎧Précisions @LucieMouillaud #RFImatin 👇

[Erik Esbjörnsson @Esbjornsson]

Because Belgium put pressure on EU to freeze aid to Rwanda, Rwanda cancels Belgian aid.

[Denis Mukwege @DenisMukwege]

🇪🇺🇨🇩🇷🇼 We welcome the resolution of the @Europarl_EN , adopted on 13 February by a large majority, notably under the leadership of @MounirSatouri and @hildevautmans. This resolution urges the Rwandan government to withdraw its troops from Congolese territory and to stop cooperating with the M23 armed group. In the context of a war of aggression and occupation of the DRC resulting in serious human rights violations, the Parliament is right to call on the @EuroCommission and the Member States to suspend direct budgetary aid as well as military and security assistance to Rwanda, to freeze all aid and to immediately suspend the EU-Rwanda Memorandum of Understanding on raw materials as part of the Global Gateway strategy. We hope that the other European institutions and European countries will follow the voice of elected representatives and that the EU will consistently defend its fundamental values ​​in its relations with the rest of the world.

[RFI @RFI]

Des députés verts et le docteur Mukwege demandent à l'UE de ne plus acheter de minerais au Rwanda
➡️ https://t.co/nQY8mzNM2G

[Newsweek @Newsweek]

In an extraordinary intervention, Pope Francis also took aim at Vice President JD Vance's theological justification for the deportation program. https://t.co/GtXbuNH00C

[Radio Okapi @radiookapi]

Crise dans l'Est de la RDC : la Belgique exhorte le Rwanda à retirer ses troupes de l'Est du Congo. Bruxelles envisage des sanctions contre Kigali, selon Maxime Prévot, ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Belgique

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

How your phone might be funding the war in eastern DRC

Eastern DRC's resource-rich region is engulfed in war, making it hard to certify that mined metals don’t fund armed groups. These conflict minerals enter global markets and end up in our electronics.

[Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa]

We reaffirm our commitment to a diplomatic and political solution that prioritises the stability of the DRC and neighbouring countries, and safeguards the peace and well-being of the Congolese people.

🔗 https://t.co/FxHdDtWJYX

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

BREAKING: Emergency joint meeting of EAC and SADC leaders on eastern DRC crisis kicks off in Tanzania.

🇷🇼 President Kagame attending, 🇨🇩 President Tshisekedi joining virtually and 🇿🇦 President Ramaphosa represented by Foreign minister

[Denis Mukwege @DenisMukwege]

Nous saluons le fait que le Conseil des Droits de l'Homme des Nations Unies 🇺🇳@UN_HRC, exige le retrait de l’armée rwandaise 🇷🇼 et du M23 des zones occupées au Nord & au Sud Kivu et soutenons la décision du Conseil de créer une mission d’établissement des faits & une commission d’enquête indépendante sur les graves violations des droits humains et du DIH commises dans l’Est de la #RDC 🇨🇩. Il ne pourra y avoir de paix durable dans la région des Grands Lacs africains sans mettre fin à la culture de l’impunité dont jouissent les auteurs et les commanditaires des crimes les plus graves.

[Christophe RIGAUD @afrikarabia]

🔴#RDC Les recommandations sur la table du Sommet #EAC #SADC👇
▶️Cessation des hostilités et cessez-le-feu inconditionnel par toutes les parties
▶️Réouverture de l'aéroport de #Goma
▶️Rapatriement des dépouilles et des blessés
▶️S'engager sans condition à un dialogue inclusif comme moyen de résoudre le conflit
▶️Reprendre le processus de #Nairobi et la complémentarité avec le processus de #Luanda :
⁃neutralisation #FDLR, désengagement des troupes rwandaises
⁃dialogue avec les parties non étatiques, notamment les rebelles du #M23.
▶️Décourager les discours incendiaires.

[Denis Mukwege @DenisMukwege]

We welcome the @UN_HRC 🇺🇳 call for the withdrawal of the Rwandan army 🇷🇼 and the M23 from the occupied areas in North & South Kivu. We support the Council's decision to establish a fact-finding mission & an independent commission of inquiry into the serious violations of human rights and IHL committed in eastern #DRC 🇨🇩. There can be no lasting peace in the African Great Lakes region without putting an end to the culture of impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators and sponsors of the most serious crimes.

[Maria Bard @BardMaria]

Rebelledaren till Ekot: ”Vill skapa en egen stat i östra Kongo” - Nyheter (Ekot) https://t.co/wbg2qmRDLd

[Murithi Mutiga @mutigam]

Here are @CrisisGroup’s annual eight priorities for the #AU featuring entries on #Sudan, #Somalia, #Cameroon, #Sahel and #SouthSudan.

In this thread, I’ll focus on #DRC, where the risk of regional war is high after the fall of #Goma to M23 rebels.

1/9
https://t.co/SpUObQgKz1

[Mélanie Gouby @Melaniegouby]

At least 3000 dead in #GOMA according the latest UN estimate. 3000 in under a week.

[Maria Bard @BardMaria]

Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire https://t.co/g1bLrup7DK