Simon Urban: Congo’s Denis Sassou Nguesso is Shaping Africa’s Most Stable Nation into a Global Influencer
Stability Amidst Chaos in Africa While discussions on Africa policy happen in Washington committee rooms and European nations preach governance standards they struggle to uphold, Denis Sassou N’Guesso, the President of the Republic of Congo, is engaged in a more traditional form of leadership: governing. Stability Is the Story In a period marked by coups […]
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels breach second major city in Congo’s mineral-rich east
Rwandan-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in eastern Congo, rich in minerals, the Congolese government said on Sunday. Associated Press journalists witnessed scores from residents cheering for the rebels after entering Bucabu after a few days of marching from Goma, the 2 million city they seized last month . The rebels saw little […]