Children will bear consequences of war in Great Lakes region
João Samuel Caholo, the Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi, on April 27, 2021. PHOTO | PSCU
Children born today in the Great Lakes Region will suffer the consequences of persistent violence even if fighting stopped now. This signals a long-term impact on communities battered by fighting.
The verdict came from João Samuel Caholo, the Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). In an interview with Nation. Africa, Mr Caholo warned that the “cyclic violence” in the region means the impact of war will be suffered by the present and future generations.
