VIDEO: BBC Great Lakes: 20 years of service

"Participants gather at the inaugural Great Lakes to Great Lakes Initiative on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kigoma, Tanzania"."‎The North American and African Great Lakes systems hold nearly half of the world's surface freshwater resources.‎"
The United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russell Feingold, in collaboration with the Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA), launched a unique initiative this week to bring together experts...

Mwanza to become Great Lakes economic nucleus
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CHAMA Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Union presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli, has pledged to turn Mwanza Region into an industrial and trade hub given its strategic position in the Great Lakes Region. View Comments. Dr Magufuli made the assurance ...

Countries in the Great Lakes Region have started taking measures geared to curb illegal exploitation of natural resources.

President Drk Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete welcomes UN Special Envoy fir the Great Lakes Region H.E Mr Said Djinnit at Dodoma State lodge this evening. The Two leaders then held talks concerning the current situation in the Great Lakes Region.H.E Mr. Said Djinnit, is an Algerian diplomat. He was appointed as a UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region on 17th July, 2014 succeeding Mrs. Mary Robinson who was appointed as a UN Special Envoy for Climate Change.President DR.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete...

Angolan and Tanzanian Presidents Discuss Situation in Great Lakes Region
AllAfrica.com
Luanda — The Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, held on Saturday in Luanda a private meeting with his Tanzanian counterpart, Jakaya Kikwete, with whom he discussed the bilateral cooperation and the situation of the Great Lakes Region.

 President Drk Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete welcomes UN Special Envoy fir the Great Lakes Region H.E Mr Said Djinnit at Dodoma State lodge. The Two leaders then held talks concerning the current situation in the Great Lakes Region. H.E Mr. Said Djinnit,  an Algerian diplomat, was appointed as a UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region on 17th July, 2014 succeeding Mrs. Mary Robinson who was appointed as a UN Special Envoy for Climate Change. President DR.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete poses for a photo...

The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera has reiterated that peace and stability were critical in attracting investments in the Great Lakes Region and that the involvement of the leaders, as well as the United Nations led by the Secretary General and his Special Envoy to the Region was extremely crucial. 
Amb. Sezibera, who was yesterday delivering the keynote speech themed Preparing the Ground For Responsible Investment, at the  Great Lakes Private...

>It has been two years since ‘The Mboni Show’ first premiered on East Africa TV and since then it has continued to woo more viewers into its fan base.

20 great years of women's power
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TANZANIA has made major strides in regard to the economic empowerment of women as well as participation in top decision organs since the Beijing Conference of 1995, President Jakaya Kikwete noted. The president made the observation in his speech to ...