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Academic
Links to academic institutions and centres.
- # of links:
- 17
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AMANI Forum
The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace.
- # of links:
- 2
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Governmental & Parliamentary
Links to governmental and parliamentary institutions.
- # of links:
- 5
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Multilateral and Regional
Links to multilateral and regional organisations.
- # of links:
- 9
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News
Links to websites providing news and information on the Great Lakes region.
- # of links:
- 4
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Non-Governmental
NGOs working in the Great Lakes Region and in the field of genocide prevention.
- # of links:
- 29
Women's Voices
Latest News
- APPG Great Lakes Member leads parliamentary debate on conflict in eastern DRC
- APPG Great Lakes Members challenge UK government over alleged Rwandan support to eastern Congo mutiny
- APPG co-hosts UK Premiere screening of award-winning film on murder of prominent human rights defender
- APPG hosts roundtable meeting on Security Sector Reform in the DR Congo
- APPG hosts briefing by Refugees International on Displaced Persons in DRC
Burundi
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Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI 28 May 2013 (IRIN) - Although Africa’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs.
Rwanda
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Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI 28 May 2013 (IRIN) - Although Africa’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs.
DRC
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Analysis: AU prepares its shock troops
JOHANNESBURG 31 May 2013 (IRIN) - A newly sanctioned African Union (AU) force for quick deployment in conflicts such as in Mali is being promoted as a stop-gap measure ahead of the planned formation of the “rapid deployment capability” (RDC) African Standby Force (ASF).
IRIN Great Lakes
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Thousands still missing HIV treatment following CAR coup
KAMPALA 11 June 2013 (IRIN) - More than 15,000 people living with HIV in the Central African Republic (CAR) had their life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) treatment interrupted as a result of the instability before, during and after the 24 March coup by the Séléka rebel group. NGOs are now struggling to ensure these people resume their regimens to reduce the risk of illness, drug resistance and death.
Uganda
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Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity'
KAMPALA 17 June 2013 (IRIN) - A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the findings of a Yale University study published in May.
IRIN Africa
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Insecurity in Bangui increases food prices, lay-offs
BANGUI, 18 June 2013 (IRIN) - A security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) - which began on 10 December 2012, when the rebel Seleka Alliance attacked the capital, Bangui, and continued after Seleka ousted former President François Bozizé on 24 March - is ratcheting up food prices, causing unemployment and salary payment delays, and throwing the banking system into turmoil.