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Pretoria, 16 January 2015 – UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Saïd Djinnit concludes a visit in Pretoria today. He held extensive consultations with South African Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Defence, Ms. Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, and…

20 December 2014 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Mr. Said Djinnit, visited Kinshasa from 19-20 December and met with the President of the Republic of the Democratic Republic of Congo, H.E Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange. They reviewed the ongoing efforts to…

Nairobi, 16 April 2015 - Organized crime and the illegal trade in natural resources continues to increasingly fuel the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) , according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners.

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 cooperation as envisioned by the Addis Ababa peace agreement for the…

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 ruling party, and appealed to all Burundians to “safeguard the hard won gains”…

Sixty women leaders from the Great Lakes region gather in Goma around the Women's Platform for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region Goma, 15 May, 2015 – A three-day meeting of the Women's Platform for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and…

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 support a regional civil society initiative focused on the implementation…

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and members of the facilitation team that joined and supported the dialogue between the Burundian parties, met today in Bujumbura with members of the diplomatic corps. During this meeting, the Special Envoy briefed…

New York, 23 June 2015 - With a population of over 370 million, the Great Lakes region of Africa represents an increasingly educated, youthful, fast growing, and urbanized middle class segment of the continent’s population, providing over US $200 billion purchasing power and a substantial market…

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, from 13 to 15 May 2015. In attendance were sixty women leaders representing…

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 by the country following the announcement of the candidature of the…

The leaders of the Great Lakes launch a Private Sector Investment Conference to strengthen economic development and integration Kinshasa, 7 July 2015 - Under the auspices of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) agreement which required the Preparation for the Private Sector…