Beyond Mobutu: Kabila and the Congo

Central African autocrats are using their stolen money to outmaneuver their opponents and deflect international criticism.

On 9 December 2011, incumbent president Joseph Kabila was declared the official winner of the DRC’s deeply flawed presidential election, resulting in a legal president without legitimacy and an uncertain…

The holding of competitive elections in this vast, strife-torn country must count as a significant achievement, even though voters signaled their disaffection with the entire array of political elites that…