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Topic: Great Lakes (Africa)

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	AFRICA - Explore the Regions - Great Lakes
		Eight of the 15 lakes in this region are considered to rank as "great lakes," a testimony to their size and depth.
		Lake Victoria, located between Uganda to the west and Tanzania and Kenya to the east, ranks as the second-largest freshwater lake in the world after the U.S.' Lake Superior.
		Lake Taganayika, located on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, ranks as one of the deepest.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/africa/explore/greatlakes/greatlakes_overview_lo.html (0 words)

	Images of Africa
		The lake basin, a landform in which a block of the Earth’s crust dropped down between blocks that rise on either side, began to form nearly 25 million years ago as part of the Great Rift Valley (NASA, 1985).
		This east-looking photograph features Lake Tanganyika, the second deepest freshwater lake in the world with a maximum depth of 1436 m and the longest lake in the world, stretching 660 km north to south.
		The lake, bordered on either side by steep slopes, fills a long narrow trough in the western arm of Africa’s Great Rift Valley and supports a thriving fishing industry.
	www.globe-images.net /africa.htm (0 words)

	Great Lakes Region Country Analysis Brief
		Africa's Great Lakes region is located in eastern Africa and includes countries surrounding Lake Kivu, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Victoria.
		The economies of the Great Lakes region states have different structures, and are at various stages of development.
		Reserves of methane gas deposits in Lake Kivu are estimated to be between 55 billion cubic meters and 70 billion cubic meters, half of which is believed to be economically recoverable.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/eafrica.html (0 words)

	CPT in Africa - Great Lakes Region - CPT
		CPT in Africa - Great Lakes Region - CPT
		To those in Congo trying to create change, one of the most discouraging aspects of their work is the feeling that their efforts happen in a vacuum, that no one outside Africa cares about what happens in eastern Congo.
		The challenge for North Americans, then, is to look beyond the mainstream media and make a commitment to educating themselves about the war and plunder in Congo, to bring what they learn before their friends, congregations and legislators, and to proclaim that the lives of baby Esther and her mother matter.
	www.cpt.org /africa/africa.php (0 words)

	IRIN Africa \| Great Lakes
		BRAZZAVILLE, 15 August 2007 (IRIN) - Paulin Mossoke, a young member of the indigenous Baka community in the Republic of Congo, had high expectations when he registered to vote during recent elections â€“ instead he was left full of disappointment.
		BUKAVU, 15 August 2007 (IRIN) - Growing up on the shores of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kevin and his friends were often warned not to play in the water.
		SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC meeting to put Zimbabwe high on its agenda
	www.irinnews.org /Africa-Region.aspx?Region=GL&Service=ENG (525 words)

	Canada
		In addition to the Great Lakes on the U.S. border (all partly within Canada except Lake Michigan), the country has 31 lakes or reservoirs of more than 1300 sq km (more than 500 sq mi) in area.
		This region of ancient granite rock, sparsely covered with soil and deeply eroded by glacial action, comprises all of Labrador (the easternmost part of the mainland, which is part of the province of Newfoundland), most of QuÃ©bec, northern Ontario, Manitoba, and most of the Northwest Territories, with Hudson Bay in the center.
		Bordering the Canadian Shield on the west is the Interior Plains, an extension of the Great Plains of the United States.
	www.cmxyonda.info /country/ca.html (0 words)

	FOXNews.com - Water Levels in Africa's Great Lakes Dropping Rapidly - Science News \| Current Articles
		But much of what is happening to Victoria and other lakes across the heart of Africa is attributable to years of drought and rising temperatures, conditions that starve the lakes of inflowing water and evaporate more of the water they have.
		Back in Jinja, 40 miles east of Kampala, researchers at the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization said falling water levels are the latest blow to the dying biology of Lake Victoria, where pollution has helped kill off scores of unique species of tropical fish in recent decades.
		Almost 200 miles across the lake from here, Tanzanian authorities have reduced water supplies to the city of Mwanza because an intake pipe was left high and dry.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,235838,00.html (1742 words)

	IAGLR: The Lakes
		IAGLR members mainly conduct and use research on North America's Great Lakes: Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario.
		These lakes are extraordinary places, containing more than one-fifth of the surface fresh water on our planet.
		The African lakes also contain an incredible diversity of fishes, including hundreds of species of a single group of fish called the cichlids (pronounced sick-lids).
	www.iaglr.org /lakes/lakes.php (0 words)

	UNICEF - Congo, Democratic Republic of the - UN agency heads call for new commitment to help Africa's Great Lakes region
		After a six-day trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda, the three heads of agencies, on their first joint mission to their common operations, said that what had been seen and heard showed the need for closer cooperation by all to help refugees, internally displaced people and returnees.
		On other occasions during their Great Lakes trip, the UN leaders met the Presidents of DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, donors and representatives of other UN agencies and partner non-governmental organizations.
		UNICEF correspondent Thomas Nybo reports on the historic visit to Africa’s Great Lakes Region by the heads of UNICEF, WFP and UNHCR.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/drcongo_31432.html (890 words)

	Africa: Great Lakes
		BBC West Africa Correspondent Mark Doyle says it is not clear why Chad has sent troops as it does not share a border with Congo.
		Most of southern and eastern Africa has now been drawn into efforts to solve the Congo crisis either by diplomatic or by military means.
		The BBC Africa correspondent quotes diplomats as saying Mr Kabila has pursued too independent a line for his former backers since taking power last May. He has also moved against ethnic Tutsis in his administration and army.
	www.msu.edu /course/iss/325/stein/great-lakes.htm (0 words)

	Work by International Alert in the African Great Lakes
		Due to the interconnected nature of the conflicts in the region and because instability in one country has proved to impact negatively on its neighbours, our work focuses on specific countries and on the region as a whole.
		Strategy for women in the Great Lakes – Our work with women in the Great Lakes aims to strengthen the capacities of women from different ethnic, political and social groups to engage in peacebuilding at all levels – as well as developing links between these women so they can develop a common platform for peace.
		The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its two eastern neighbours, Rwanda and Burundi are the core countries of the Great Lakes region.
	www.international-alert.org /our_work/regional/great_lakes/index.php?page=work&ext=rcagl&rc=rc (0 words)

	MapDig - Portal:Geography
		It is widely considered to be the southern tip of South America.
		Cape Horn is the most southerly of the great capes, and marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage; for many years it was a major milestone on the clipper route, by which sailing ships carried trade around the world.
		However, the waters around the cape are particularly hazardous, due to strong winds, large waves, strong currents and icebergs; these dangers have made it notorious as a sailors' graveyard.
	www.mapdig.com (0 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Great Lakes Africa
		The brutal war in Burundi is increasingly involving other countries in Central Africa, and the United Nations tribunal for Rwanda should be expanded to include serious crimes being committed in Burundi, Human Rights Watch said in a new report Burundi: Neglecting Justice in Making Peace.
		Human Rights Watch condemned the killing of civilians in Uganda, including the recent murders of eight foreign tourists and four Ugandan park officials by ethnic Hutu rebels.
		The rebel group which is suspected in the killings of the eight foreign tourists has been active in Southwestern Uganda for more than a year, and according to local news reports has been responsible for numerous attacks on local villagers.
	www.hrw.org /doc?t=great_lakes_africa&document_limit=380,20 (0 words)

	CNS STORY: Peace efforts seen making progress in Africa's Great Lakes region
		YAOUNDE, Cameroon (CNS) -- As peace makes slow progress throughout Africa's Great Lakes region, the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, or CPN, met in Bujumbura, Burundi, to discuss ways to promote peace and prevent the outbreak of war and conflict.
		The Third International Conference of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network came at a critical time for Africa's Great Lakes region, which includes Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, among others.
		Participants from 20 countries, including Rwanda, Congo, Uganda, Colombia, the Philippines, Croatia, South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Germany and the United States, gathered for the conference in Bujumbura from July 24-28.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0604422.htm (408 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Great Lakes security pact signed
		African leaders from the Great Lakes have signed a $2bn security and development pact aimed at preventing further bloodshed in the region.
		It is not clear if a key section was changed to allow countries to pursue rebels based in neighbouring states, after a request from Uganda's leader.
		The leaders signed the treaty at the Great Lakes summit taking place in the Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/6182931.stm (465 words)

	Student "Top Ten" Sites - Fall 1998
		Great source of information regarding geographic hot spots and cool sites; international affairs and issues; learn about countries where U.S. Diplomats work.
		Great for examining issues relating to cultural geography.
		Topology of the region is explained, including ephemeral lakes, the Peninsula Valdes, central steppes, the petrified forest, the continental ice sheet and glaciers.
	www.harpercollege.edu /mhealy/g101t/topten/10fall98.htm (1899 words)

	Great Lakes
		Denna kategori finnas fÃ¶r tomter pÃ¥ warfare, och konflikten i Great Lakesregionen av Afrikan, specifikt kÃ¤mpa i och kring den demokratiska republicen av Congo as well as inblandningen av neighboring lÃ¤nder, i de sena 1990s.na som webbplatser som hÃ¤r Ã¶verlÃ¤mnas, mÃ¥star, finnas det relaterade och i kriget engelska.
		congo news africa bbc republicen som var demokratisk konflikten kriget bbcnews av republic av den demokratiska republicen av congo i pÃ¥ Great Lakes enade nationer.
		Sammanfattning av den mest sena rapporten alltifrÃ¥n UN-panelen av experter pÃ¥ den illegala exploateringen av naturresurser och andra blanketter av rikedom av DRCEN.
	www.guide-till-natet.se /samhallefragestallningar/specifika-konflikter-great-lakes-for-warfare-och-for-konflikt.htm (1208 words)

	King's News - Great Lakes (Africa) Mission update 1
		Introduction - Clinics - Workers - People - Outreach To Africa - School twinning
		Great Lakes (Africa) Mission - fondly called GLAM!
		David Palmer, co-pastor with pastor Colin pioneered the work then the whole church took up the responsibility, prayed and gave and watched the work expand across Central Africa.
	www.kingsnews.org.uk /glam.htm (199 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Great Lakes Africa
		HRW Letter to UN Security Council on Upcoming Mission to Africa
		UN: Make Civilian Protection a Priority on Trip to Africa
		The United Nations Security Council must make protection of civilians its highest priority, Human Rights Watch said today.
	www.hrw.org /doc?t=great_lakes_africa (0 words)

	IES > ESPA > EnviroSecurity Assessments > Great Lakes region of Africa
		The Great Lakes region in Africa is a war zone where tribal conflicts mix with the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, power struggles in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the control over precious and strategic minerals, such as diamonds, gold, coltan and the illegal trade in timber and protected species.
		Open 'Vision' Interactive GIS Interface for the Great Lakes region of Africa
		This link opens a new window which will load the 'Vision' GIS Interface for the Great Lakes region.
	www.envirosecurity.org /espa/greatlakes (431 words)

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