The Daily Beast quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram suffering losses against African troops and why that may make them even more dangerous:
“This is the first time Boko Haram has really been pushed back like this. There is seemingly momentum building,” said J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Washington-based Atlantic Council.
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“There are incapable of doing two things at the same time—both pursuing an offensive strategy to roll back Boko Haram and provide domestic security,” Pham said.