In the second week of September 2018, five new elements of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) signed up for voluntary repatriation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where they have been cantoned over the years since the 1994 genocide, to Rwanda, their country
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Follow up Mechanism field trip to M23 camps in Rwanda in eastern DRC, 10-14 September 2018 (Ph. anonymous)

Experts Meeting on the Great Lakes region, Nairobi , 3rd September 2018 (Photo : Abdikarim Said)


Participants in the 21st Technical Support Committee meeting: Donata Garrasi, Director of Political Affairs in the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region; and Moudjib Djinadou, Director of Political Affairs in MONUSCO. Nairobi, Kenya, 26 June 2018. UN Photo/Aaron Kakunza

Participating in the 2nd Follow-up Mechanism meeting were Saïd Djinnit, UN Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region (left), and Basile Ikouébé, AU Special Representative for the Great Lakes region and Head of the AU Liaison Office in Burundi. UN Photo/Aaron Kakunza

Participants at the preparatory meeting for the 2nd Private Sector Investment Conference

Participants at the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 13-14 June 2018


Participating in the launch of the Follow-up Mechanism for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework agreement, Said Djinnit, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region (2nd from left) with AU, ICGLR and Rwandan representatives (Photo: Michael Ali)