Kinshasa, DR Congo, 15 September 2023 – The Regional Forum on the implementation of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Strategy for Artisanal and Small-Scale mining (ASM) Gold was held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on 12-15 September 2023. The meeting brought together representatives from … (read more)

Regional Forum on the Implementation of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Gold Strategy. The ICGLR Secretariat and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are organizing a regional forum on the implementation of the ICGLR ASM Gold Strategy under the theme, “A Regional Mineral […]

A workshop to launch the Project “PROMOTING THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND YOUTH IN THE MINING SECTOR IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION” was held from June 7th to 9th in Kampala, Uganda, at the Speke Resort Munyonyo Hotel. The workshop was organized by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region […]

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Ambassador João Samuel Caholo, Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and Ambassador Gilberto Da Piedade Verissimo, President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Bujumbura, where the ICGLR secretariat Headquarters are located. […]

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8th march 2023 On the occasion of International Women’s  Day 2023, we are happy  to join the world   in   commemorating  and   celebrating   women’s  achievements and contributions to the peace and security efforts in the great lake region. Women are the central caretakers  of families, and everyone  is affected when  they are excluded from decision making […]

Bujumbura, 1st February 2023 – Refugee Management Commissioners from ICGLR Member States,parliamentarians, national ICGLR coordinators, representatives from refugee-led organizations,NGOs and multilateral agencies working with displaced people gathered in Bujumbura from 31January to 1 February to exchange good practices and propose policy changes to strengthenrefugees’ livelihoods and to advance comprehensive durable solutions for refugees in the […]

The Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region is gravely concerned by reports of massacres allegedly committed against civilians by M23 armed movement in Kishishe located in Rutshuru territory in the North-Kivu in the night of 29th and 30th  November 2022, which led to … Download PDF

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