by Laura Seay | Jun 20, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Dec. 27, 2006. At the time of publication, Seay was a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas and member of First Baptist Church in Austin, who had studied and lived in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Though...
by Laura Seay | May 5, 2011 | Opinion
I’m not sure how much can be said about Jason Stearns’ new book on the Congo wars, “Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa,” that hasn’t already been said by far more prestigious reviewers...
by Laura Seay | Apr 4, 2011 | Opinion
As bombs fall over Libya, the U.N. Security Council debates what actions to take – or not take – with regard to the civil war in Cote d’Ivoire. And while those of us with the luxury of distance debate whether what will happen there might constitute...
by Laura Seay | Feb 24, 2011 | Opinion
As the World Vision/NFL 100,000 T-shirts controversy swells on (now with a post on Freakonomics), know that research shows T-shirt shipments are bad aid. If your eyes glaze over at the thought of academic journals, I can sum them up for you on this matter in one...
by Laura Seay | Feb 14, 2011 | Opinion
In late January, we passed the second anniversary of renegade Congolese Gen. Laurent Nkunda’s arrest by the Rwandan government. Nkunda has been held under house arrest outside Kigali since that time – without charge or trial. As Rwandan Minister of Justice...
