The Importance of Africa’s Great Lakes Africa’s Great Lakes are a vital resource for millions of people living in the region. They provide water for drinking, agriculture, and industry ...

Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions ...

The heads of the three main UN aid agencies have begun a joint tour of Africa's Great Lakes region designed to highlight its ... DR Congo's recent war cost four million lives and about 1.6 million ...

Discover why Arusha, known as the Geneva of Africa, was chosen as the headquarters for the East African Community (EAC), a ...

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

Flooding in Africa’s Great Lakes Region Claims Hundreds of Lives UN says 270 dead, 300 missing, 3,000 families left homeless President declares national day of mourning in Congo on Monday ...

according to the African Great Lakes Informational platform. It's also estimated to support more 47 million people across East Africa. But concern has grown over the appearance of the spectacular ...

During the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP ... Tanzania remain torn between their commitments in the Great Lakes region and other regional priorities, particularly in East Africa ...

The African Great Lakes in Eastern and Southern Africa (Albert ... underpin the welfare and livelihoods of over 50 million people across more than 10 countries. But bodies of fresh water, from ...

Its members include; Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic ... When we talk about mining in the Great Lakes, many of the people in Zambia think about the Copper Belt, and that's because ...

Shared among Tanzania, Burundi, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Tanganyika is one of Africa’s Great Lakes ... for more than 10 million people who call the region home.