The African Great Lakes region: How to save democracy and stop violence — and why you should care

My name is Joseph Mulala, and I grew up in Goma, in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am the first Congolese graduate of West Point Military Academy, and I look forward to being one among many. I have lived through the turbulent years of Congo's recent past, and I am concerned by the repeated and synchronized violation of constitutional term limits by heads of state in the African Great Lakes region, which threatens our democracy, freedom and stability. In an already frag

My name is Joseph Mulala, and I grew up in Goma, in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am the first Congolese graduate of West Point Military Academy, and I look forward to being one among many. I have lived through the turbulent years of Congo's recent past, and I am concerned by the repeated and synchronized violation of constitutional term limits by heads of state in the African Great Lakes region, which threatens our democracy, freedom and stability. In an already frag…