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May 12, 2014

Pham: Recent Boko Haram Video is a “Strategic Piece”

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins PBS NewsHour to discuss hints made by Boko Haram that it would be willing to free the more than 200 schoolgirls it has been holding captive in exchange for prisoners: 

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May 11, 2014

Pham: Food Insecurity in the Congo is Due to Political Conditions

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by Al Jazeera on the challenge of food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo:

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May 10, 2014

Bruton on US Role in Rescue of Nigerian Schoolgirls

By Bronwyn Bruton

The Hill quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on what role the United States could play in helping to rescue the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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In the News

May 9, 2014

Meservey: Not Much Hope In Nigeria

By Joshua Meservey

Africa Center Assistant Director Joshua Meservey writes for US News and World Report on why encouraging Nigeria’s government to change its approach to the terrorist organization Boko Haram is key to preventing future attacks in the country: 

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May 9, 2014

Pham: Drones Might Be Marginally Helpful [in Nigeria]

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by NBC News on whether drones would be useful in locating the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 9, 2014

Atallah and Bruton on Kidnapping of Nigeria Schoolgirls

By Rudolph Atallah, Bronwyn Bruton

Christian Science Monitor quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton and Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah on the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 9, 2014

Pham: Global Outcry Shamed Nigerian Government into Accepting Help

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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In the News

May 8, 2014

Atallah on Nigeria’s Abducted Schoolgirls

By Rudolph Atallah

Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah joins BBC World News to discuss the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram:

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May 8, 2014

Bruton on Nigerian Schoolgirls Abduction

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins WHYY’s Radio Times to discuss the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist organization Boko Haram (Segment begins at 22:05):

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May 7, 2014

Pham: Boko Haram Leader is Isolated, Extremist, and Delusional

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls has brought Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram, into the international spotlight: 

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