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Author: Herman J. Cohen

Herman J. Cohen

Herman J. Cohen was US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, US Ambassador to Senegal and The Gambia, a National Security Council member, and is a 38-year veteran of the Foreign Service. He blogs at cohenonafrica.com and tweets at @cohenonafrica.

  • An artist in Eritrea paints a patriotic mural of the war. Credit: David Stanley.
    EritreaEthiopiaPoliticsTop story
    By Herman J. Cohen
    June 13, 2018
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    How Ethiopia and Eritrea can forge a new relationship

    Four key issues that will need to be resolved for the neighbours to normalise relations. In 1991, as the US Assistant Secretary of State for African ...
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  • Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Herman J. Cohen
    July 27, 2016
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    Congo: Jean-Pierre Bemba has served his time. Now let him serve his people

    Bemba was in jail for the 8 years during his trial at the ICC. He should be sentenced to time already served so he can return ...
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