Interview with Herman Cohen Herman Cohen was U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 1989-1993. In this interview, conducted by filmmaker Nancee Oku Bright in February 2000 ...

ShareWith another humanitarian crisis confronting the world in the Democratic Republic Congo, it is time for concrete action ...

Despite vast mineral riches, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains impoverished and plagued by conflicts, including ...

Historical examples such as Idi Amin in Uganda and Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire stand as grim reminders of this model’s consequences. The big man legacy is not just surviving, it is being actively ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent-Désiré Kabila rose to power after deposing the infamous Mobutu Sese Seko. Hailed as a reformer, he quickly silenced dissent, suspended democratic ...

These were community work (Umuganda) and facilitation (gushyushya urugamba), both of which were inspired by the Salongo and Sakayonsa bands from Zaire's MPR party of President Mobutu Sese Seko ...

“We have seen this with the previous presidents such as Mobutu Sese Seko, Laurent and his son Joseph Kabila. There is also a flawed democratic system which leaves democracy in a shallow state with ...

The country was then caught between postcolonial hope and growing disillusionment. Under Mobutu Sese Seko's regime, the political atmosphere grew stifling for independent thinkers. The state had ...