GREAT LAKES REGION: MILITANCY, EBOLA, AND BORDER CLOSURES POSE NEW COMMERCIAL RISKS

GREAT LAKES REGION: MILITANCY, EBOLA, AND BORDER CLOSURES POSE NEW COMMERCIAL RISKS

   Wed, 24 July 2019

Ongoing security, political, and humanitarian challenges in the Great Lakes have prompted a series of meetings among regional heads over the past few months with the most recent being a summit between Angola, the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda in July. We examine the issues that likely prompted this recent gathering and the wider impact they are having on the region.