President Salva Kiir’s government effectively categorized areas (counties) with largely Nuer inhabitants as being either ...

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 ...

Decades ago, Mobutu Desire-Sese Seko, the Congolese tyrant ... We met these well-read, well-bred and well-turnout children of our dead old friend who came home from across the world to celebrate ...

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

As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...

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 ...