Nairobi, 9 October 2017 – Stability and security are coming slowly to the Great Lakes region, albeit with some major challenges still to overcome.
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Special Envoy Said Djinnit (1st left) meets with members of the EU diplomatic corps in the Great Lakes region (Photo UN/Penangnini Toure)

MONUSCO Photo/Tresor Pendeki

UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit (left), with President Denins Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo. Brazzaville, 2 August 2017

Participants at the workshop on early warning and conflict prevention in Central African states, Libreville, Gabon, 31 July 2017 (Photo: UNOCA Photo/Norbert Ouendji)

Participants at the coordination meeting with Special Envoy Said Djinnit. Participants included Resident Coordinators from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, as well as heads of UN agencies and funds from Nairobi. Nairobi, 13 July 2017 (OSESG-GL Photo/Anthony Munene)


Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Said Djinnit addresses the Security Council on the situation in the area. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Youths gathering in Goma, eastern DRC, on the occasion of the 10th ICGLR Regional Multifunction Youth Forum (Ph. MONUSCO)