J. Peter Pham, the newly appointed U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, talks with host Carol Castiel and Edward Rwema, senior editor in VOA’s Central Africa Service, about his responsibilities as special envoy and the challenges facing the Great Lakes region with a focus on the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

J. Peter Pham, the newly appointed U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, talks with host Carol Castiel and Edward Rwema, senior editor in VOA’s Central Africa Service, about his responsibilities as special envoy and the challenges facing the Great Lakes region with a focus on the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.