Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes

Launch of the Great Lakes Women Entrepreneurs’ Network

Nairobi, 2 December 2021 - On 2 December 2021, the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, and the Private Sector Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) l

02 Dec 2021

Right of reply from the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region

The Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region would like to refer to the article published by Jeune Afrique on 18 October 2021 and titled “Great Lakes: Felix Tshisekedi under pressure from th

22 Oct 2021

UN’s top envoy warns Great Lakes Region is ‘at a crossroads’

Source: UN News

21 Oct 2021

Africa’s Great Lakes women reinforce their mediation and negotiation skills to better contribute to preventative diplomacy and mediation efforts in the region

Kigali (Rwanda), 10 September 2021 - The Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation, better known as ‘FemWise-Africa’, has concluded a week-long training in Kigali, Rwa

10 Sep 2021

Africa’s Great Lakes countries meet to identify concrete actions to curb the illegal exploitation and trade of natural resources in the region

Khartoum (The Sudan), 2 September 2021 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), in partnership with the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), organized from 31 August to 2 Sep

02 Sep 2021

Countries of the Great Lakes region organize to better neutralize negative forces in eastern DRC

Bujumbura (Burundi), 6 July 2021 – Heads of intelligence and security services of the Great Lakes countries, including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania, met on 5-6 July in the Burundian capital to review and adopt an action plan of the Conta

07 Jul 2021

Joint delegations from the UN Office for the Great Lakes and ICGLR undertake a joint mission to Sudan to lay the groundwork for a workshop on natural resources

Khartoum (Sudan), 3 July 2021 - A joint team of made of representatives from the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) travelled to Khartoum, Sudan, from 29 June to 3 July 2021 to discuss pre

04 Jul 2021

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