Threats to Human Security in the Great Lakes Region

Abstract

Threats to human security in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) are topical issues generating uncompromising heated debates on factors causing threats and the way out.  The Great Lakes Region is defined to include Zambia, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo Republic, Angola, Sudan, Central Africa Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.  This article touches on unaddressed issues, or issues that have had no solution for a long time.  Uncertainty about the root cause of threats and hesitations in the GLR has culminated into societies exhibiting insecure attitude, fear and insecurity among people and within states.  Threatsx to human security in GLR are complex and entail a wide range of antagonistic approaches.  One has to take into consideration, first, the great cultural diversity of GLR; second, the reflection of the varying opinions and positions held by different countries and their policy-making apparatus; and thirdly; the question of inclusiveness and leadership