NGOs Urge Humanitarian Push at Great Lakes Conference in Paris
The conference seeks to raise hundreds of millions of euros to address an unprecedented humanitarian crisis affecting over 21 million people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Central Africa: NGOs Urge Humanitarian Push At Great Lakes Conference in Paris
France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of Africa. A coalition of international NGOs will urge participants to step up their financial response to the "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.
NGOs urge humanitarian push at Great Lakes conference in Paris
France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of Africa. A coalition of international NGOs will urge participants to step up their financial response to the "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, and his counterpart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, on 30 October in Paris. ALAIN JOCARD / VIA REUTERS French President Emmanuel Macron, announced on Thursday 30 October an international aid of more than EUR 1.5 billion for the Great Lakes region, as part of the United Nations humanitarian response plan. "Today, together, we have taken a step and I am proud to announce that you ha…
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Tshisekedi and Faure Gnassingbé present in Paris, Kagame, Ndayishimiye and Museveni absent Image media PMaki Thu 30/10/2025 - 08:38 Corps France gathers, this Thursday, 30 October, about 50 countries and international organisations around a goal: relaunching peace efforts in the Great Lakes region and responding to a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented magnitude.
Paris - The international community is gathered on Thursday in Paris to warn about the dramatic humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes region, with the ambition to raise hundreds of millions of euros despite a drastic decline in international aid, particularly from the United States. The conference co-organised by France and Togo, which will be closed by French President Emmanuel Macron alongside his Congolese counterparts Félix Tshisekedi an…
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