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The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called for an end to the recurring cycles of violence and instability in Africa’s Great Lakes region, as a senior UN official reported that some armed groups are continuing attacks on civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Said Djinnit, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Great Lakes region. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Visit of UN Special Envoy Said Djinnit to Walungu transit camp in eastern DRC, 10 September 2017. MONUSCO Photo/Trésor Pendeki
A participant at the East & Southern Africa Regional Symposium on Women, Peace and Security
Participants at the ICGLR Multifunctional Youth Forum (from left to right: Said Djinnit, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region; Eugene Wamalwa, Kenya Minister of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs; and Zachary Muburi Muita, ICGLR Executive-Secretary.
Moussa Faki Mahamat, African Union Chairperson (left), and Said Djinnit, United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region
Participants at the Advisory Board meeting of the Women’s Platform for Peace and Security. From right to left: Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi; Catherine Samba-Panza, former head of Central African Republic Transitional Government; Ndeye Bineta Diop, AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security; Said Djinnit, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region; and Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe, Uganda former Vice-President.