Kinshasa, 29 April 2016 – A group of senior representatives from the United Nations Organization (UN), the African Union (AU), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and the Southern African…
Kinshasa, 24 February 2016 - The Private Sector Investment Conference for the Great Lakes region kicked off this Wednesday in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa. Both the President Joseph Kabila and the United Nations Secretary…
Kinshasa, 11 décembre 2015 - L’envoyé spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour la région des Grands Lacs, Saïd Djinnit, a été désigné par Ban Ki-moon pour rencontrer la classe politique congolaise dans le cadre du…
Nairobi, 17 October 2015 - A regional forum of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) took place in Nairobi on 16 and 17 October 2015. The Forum, which is part of the implementing activities of the Peace, Security and…
Nairobi, 27 August 2015 – The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit, travelled to Kigali on 19-22 August 2015 to have discussions with government officials on the implementation of the Peace…
Gisenyi, 13 August 2015 - A team from the Office of the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region (OSESG-GL) and a delegation of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (in French CEPGL - Communauté économique…
New York, July 3, 2015 - While in New York in June the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit, gave an interview to the UN Radio. The weekly magazine Escale, where he was speaking, was…
New York, 25 June 2015 - In an interview with UN Radio, Saïd Djinnit, the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, has specifically revisited the situation in Burundi, after the violent incidents experienced…
Goma, 15 May, 2015 – A three-day meeting of the Women's Platform for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region was held in Goma, North Kivu…
Entebbe, 29 April 2015 – The regional consultation framework bringing together delegates from civil society organizations in the Great Lakes region opened on Wednesday, 29 April, in Entebbe, Uganda. The meeting aimed to…
28 April 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today condemned the outbreak of violence in Burundi following the nomination of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the presidential candidate of the country’s…
Nairobi, 2 April 2015 – The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit, met on 2 April 2015 with the Kenyan Foreign Cabinet Secretary, Amina Mohamed, in a bid to revitalize regional dialogue and…