Nairobi, 26 March 2020 - The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Huang Xia, is closely following the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region with concern at the alarming rate at which the Corona virus is spreading.
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Senior Gender Advisor Nene Bah, middle, from the Office of the Special Envoy for the Secretary General for the Great Lakes region meeting with Burundian women in Bujumbura, Burundi

The UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Huang Xia, and his delegation, meeting Emirati officials

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Huang Xia addressing a group of African diplomats and Chinese private investors in Beijing during a roadshow organized for the Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference in Africa’s Great Lakes region