UN's Ban Urges Greater Investment in Africa's Great Lakes Region

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for greater economic development in Central Africa to rehabilitate parts of a region that have been roiled by periodic armed conflict.

“We are in the heart of Africa,” Ban said Wednesday at the opening ceremony of a UN-sponsored investment conference in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. “This region can be an engine for development and economic growth on the continent, building on the progress that has been made over the years.”