News | Great Lakes
| North Kivu : President Kabila receives the international community in Goma | |
MONUC - September 15, 2008 | |
 | Joseph Kabila Kabange, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), received, this Sunday afternoon in Goma, a delegation of the representatives in the DRC of the Member States of the Security Council, the African Union and the European Union, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary General in the DRC (MONUC). |
| 63 Leading NGOs Press for Urgent Implementation of Goma Peace Agreement | |
Human Rights Watch - April 23, 2008 | |
 | The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the armed groups, and international parties to the Goma peace agreement should urgently implement the accord and end the horrific suffering of hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children facing brutal violence and deadly diseases in eastern Congo, 63 international and Congolese human rights and aid groups said in a joint statement today. |
| North Kivu: Mr. Doss welcomes the progress achieved in the follow up of the Goma conference | |
MONUC - February 11, 2008 | |
 | Mr. Alan Doss, the Special representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, accompanied by MONUC Force commander General Babacar Gaye, paid a visit to Goma on Saturday 9 February 2008, in order to make a progress report on the follow-up of the Goma conference. He welcomed the progress achieved and called on all armed groups to respect the act of engagement. |
| Ten millionth tree planted in Congo's gorilla habitat | |
WWF - November 26, 2007 | |
 | WWF and Congolese authorities are celebrating the ten millionth tree planted around Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a crucial habitat for the endangered mountain gorilla. |
| Great Lakes: Call for end to regional conflicts | |
IRIN - March 2, 2007 | |
 | Parliamentarians from Africa's Great Lakes countries have urged their governments to end conflicts in the region, noting that particular measures were needed to protect women and children, who suffer most in wars. |
| Signing of Nairobi pact paves the way for peace in the Great Lakes region | |
Monuc - December 18, 2006 | |
 | With the signing of the Nairobi pact on Friday December 15 2006 by DRC, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, it paves the way for security, stability and development in the region, after years of conflict. |
| EU force commander details mission's mandate | |
IRIN - June 14, 2006 | |
 | At least 800 European Union soldiers, mainly French, will be on the ground in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), during the country's general elections, according to the commander of an EU force. |
| EU calls for revival of regional economic bloc | |
IRIN - December 6, 2005 | |
The European Union (EU) commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, Louis Michel, has called for the revival of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries of Africa(the Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs, or CEPGL), that collapsed in 1998 as a result of war in the region. | |
