Author: Howard Wolpe | Journal of Democracy

Howard Wolpe, a former U.S. congressman who chaired the House’s Africa Subcommittee and later served as presidential special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region, directs the African Program and Leadership Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1

Burundi’s Transition: Training Leaders for Peace

Howard Wolpe
Steve McDonald

Burundi's leaders are learning to embrace a culture of discussion and consensus that offers a way out of the abyss of civil war.