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Stephanie Wolters

Stephanie Wolters is a veteran Great Lakes analyst and the director of Okapi Consulting, which specialises in media in conflict zones.

Latest Work

DRC debacle batters SA’s standing as an actor in African peacekeeping

18 March 2025

DRC debacle batters SA’s standing as an actor in African peacekeeping

Stephanie Wolters

8 min

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Alphabet soup of competing armies and ‘peacekeepers’ complicates conflict in eastern DRC

23 May 2024

Alphabet soup of competing armies and ‘peacekeepers’ complicates conflict in eastern DRC

Stephanie Wolters

7 min

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Great Lakes mediation critical to prevent the eruption of full-scale war between Rwanda and the DRC

2 November 2022

Great Lakes mediation critical to prevent the eruption of full-scale war between Rwanda and the DRC

Stephanie Wolters

5 min

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DRC president’s chief of staff convicted of corruption and embezzlement

23 June 2020

DRC president’s chief of staff convicted of corruption and embezzlement

Stephanie Wolters

5 min

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Time to test Félix Tshisekedi’s vision for the DRC

12 September 2019

Time to test Félix Tshisekedi’s vision for the DRC

Stephanie Wolters

4 min

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ISS TODAY: East African Community must use its leverage in Burundi

9 September 2016

ISS TODAY: East African Community must use its leverage in Burundi

Stephanie Wolters

4 min

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ISS Today: As Kabila eyes another term, the AU must speak up

17 May 2016

ISS Today: As Kabila eyes another term, the AU must speak up

Stephanie Wolters

5 min

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DRC: Not much has changed in the east

23 May 2012

DRC: Not much has changed in the east

Stephanie Wolters

4 min

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