ICGLR JOURNALIST AWARD 2025
Application period: 21 September – 21 December 2025The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) invites journalists from its Member States to participate in the ICGLR Journalist Award 2025. This annual award recognizes outstanding reporting that promotes peace, security, human rights, and regional cooperation in the Great Lakes Region.
Submit your best story or production, share your voice, and stand a chance to be recognized for your contribution to peace journalism in our region.
News and Events
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ESCALATION IN SOUTH KIVU IN THE EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Bujumbura, Burundi, 12th December 2025 – The Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) wishes to express its profound concern over the increasingly troubling...
Press Statement by ICGLR on the Tragic Incident in Kalogi Town, South Kordofan State, Republic of the Sudan
Bujumbura, Burundi, 9th December 2025 – The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) expresses its condemnation of the tragic incident of 4th December 2025 in Kalogi town, Republic...
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ICGLR SECRETARIAT, ON THE SIGNING OF THE WASHINGTON ACCORDS FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND RWANDA
Bujumbura, Burundi. 7th December 2025. The Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) welcomes the signing of the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity...
PRESS RELEASE: ICGLR SECRETARIAT LEADERSHIP TRANSITION
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) today held the official handover ceremony for the Office of the Executive Secretary, with His Excellency Ambassador João Samuel Caholo...
Member States
Legend
Executive Secretary
Deputy Executive Secretary
"Peace and security, stability and development"
Programs
Peace and Security
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Democracy and good governance
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Economic development and regional integration
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Humanitarian, social, and environmental issues
Cross-cutting issues
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Gender, Women, and Children
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
The ICGLR Structure
The Summit held in Nairobi in 2007 established the Regional Follow-up Mechanism to facilitate the implementation of the Pact. These include the Summit of Heads of State and Government, the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee, the Conference Secretariat, the National Coordination Mechanisms, the Collaborative Mechanism, and other specific structures or forums, as appropriate, to ensure the implementation of the Pact.
Summit of Heads of State
The Troika
Regional Interministerial Committee
Ad hoc Groups
Conference Secretariat
National Coordination Mechanism