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.

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

Africa’s Great Lakes are experiencing a significant rise in water levels, a phenomenon that has captured the attention of scientists, environmentalists, and the global community. While Africa is ...

With violence worsening in both the Lake Chad Basin and the Great Lakes, the Security Council met on Monday to examine the ...

Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that ...

The initiative aims to tackle online hate speech in the Great Lakes Region by building a comprehensive catalogue of offensive ...

Great Lakes region, a paradox of plenty The ICGLR ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 110 ...

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 ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa warned an emergency meeting ... backers or how far they will go and why, said Huang, the Great Lakes U.N. envoy. “This situation must stop before we ...

United States-led efforts to end the current armed conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region appear oblivious to one of the key drivers of the hostilities: the region’s history of failing to ...

The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago ... the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split North America's 'broken heart': The ...