DRC links security prospects to regional infrastructure projects

A Congolese police officer and customs officials secure barriers at a border crossing with Rwanda in Goma, eastern DRC.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeking to anchor regional security in shared economic prosperity by championing major cross-border infrastructure projects.

As current chair of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Kinshasa is focusing on three strategic transboundary initiatives: the Lobito Corridor, the Tanzania–Burundi–DRC Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the Uganda–DRC road network.