Great Lakes Region (Africa) (Geographic Name)

Work cat.: 2005327136: Mukwaya, A.K.K. Uganda: riding the political tiger, security & wars in the Greater Lakes Region, 2004: p. v (Great Lakes Region refers to crises-prone Central and East and the Horn of African regions in which the major, persistent and obvious actors are Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.)

Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World electronic database, June 28, 2005: (The "Great Lakes Region" is conventionally restricted to the core of the region, whose members are Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.)

CRS Web, June 28, 2005: CRS reports (Africa's Great Lakes Region: Current conditions in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda)

Chretien, J. Great Lakes of Africa, 2003: p. 22-23 (also known as Interlacustrine Africa) passim (covers: Uganda, Rwanda & Burundi and nearby parts of Congo (Democratic Republic), Tanzania and Kenya)

Mjpangala, G. Ethnic conflicts in the region of the great lakes, 2000: p. 1 (Region of the Great Lakes comprises Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo; this should not be confused with the Interlacustrine Region (the area between and/or around lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, Kioga, Kivu, Edward and Albert) which includes Uganda, Eastern Kenya, Northeastern Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)

GEOnet, June 28, 2005