Africa Publications

Reflections on the Crisis in Eastern Congo

Jul 07, 2011
Professor René Lemarchand gives an in depth analysis of and update on the situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, reflecting on a three-week trip through three areas in the east: Uvira, Bukavu and Goma. more

2005

Jul 07, 2011
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Verbatim transcript of Election Observation Missions conference

Jul 07, 2011
Unedited transcript of "Election Observation Missions: Making Them Count" conference, held on April 29, 2005. more

"It Always Rains in the Same Place First:" Geographic Favoritism in Rural Burundi

Jul 07, 2011
English; Africa Program Issue Briefing No. 1, July 2005. more

The Bandari Workshop

Jul 07, 2011
French; May 2006 more

Report on the Initial Training Workshop for the First Group of Burundian Leaders (NGOZI I)

Jul 07, 2011
English; March 2003 more

Challenges and Change in Uganda

Jul 07, 2011
Contents:-Introduction by Howard Wolpe and Stephen Morrison-"A Legacy in Danger" by Johnnie Carson-"Uganda: An African 'Success' Past its Prime" by Joel Barkan-"A Changing Uganda: A Government Perspective" by Ruhakana Rugunda more

Assessing the Nigerian Elections: Can Democracy Emerge from a Badly Flawed Process?

Jul 07, 2011
Because of the significance of Nigeria to the entire African continent, and because of growing concern that the United States had paid insufficient attention to the signs of growing tensions and instability within Nigeria on the lead-up to the 2007 national elections, a consortium of primarily Washingtonbased institutions (the Wilson Center, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Africa Program at John Hopkins’ School for Advanced and International Studies, and the Council on Foreign Relations) organized a series of programs designed to engage both Nigerian and American policymakers in an examination of “The Pending Nigerian Elections: A Step Toward Democratic Consolidation or Descent into Chaos?” more

Memorial Lecture for Senator Ted Kennedy: New Beginnings, Enduring Challenges: American Foreign Policy to Africa from Kennedy to Obama

Jul 07, 2011
University of Pretoria, Pretoria South Africa, October 27, 2009 more

2004

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Way of the Knife

May 22, 2013 – May 29, 2013

This week on Dialogue at the Wilson Center our guest is Mark Mazzetti, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The New York Times. He is the author of the new book, “The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth.” We also spoke with Curtis Brainard, Editor of The Observatory, the Columbia Journalism Review’s “lens on the science press,” to survey the landscape of science journalism.

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