World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes

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Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in conflict.

The funds, aimed at financing health and education, hydro-electric projects and cross-border trade, could be a "major contributor to lasting peace in the Great Lakes region", World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said on the first day of a trip to Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.

He is travelling with the U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/uk-congo-democratic-worldbank-idUKBRE94L07X20130522

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1. (and here I thought WE had the Great Lakes....!)........

I hope this helps the process, that it won't be stolen by a corrupt government regime.....