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The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center promotes dynamic geopolitical partnerships with African states and helps redirect US and European policy priorities toward strengthening security and bolstering economic growth and prosperity on the continent.

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In the News

Aug 26, 2018

Pham Quoted in the Eagle on Ambassador Adefuye

By J. Peter Pham

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Nigeria

In the News

Aug 26, 2018

Pham Quoted in Daily Nation on Uhuru White House Visit

By J. Peter Pham

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East Africa

In the News

Aug 24, 2018

Pham Joins Voice of America to Discuss Zimbabwe Supreme Court Election Ruling

By J. Peter Pham

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South & Central Africa

In the News

Aug 24, 2018

Hruby in Axios: Trump–Kenyatta Meeting an Opportunity for Kenya to Court Investment

By Aubrey Hruby

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East Africa

In the News

Aug 24, 2018

Pham Quoted in World Politics Review on United States Ties to Africa

By J. Peter Pham

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Africa

In the News

Aug 15, 2018

Pham Joins BBC Radio to Discuss the Mali Elections

By J Peter Pham

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Sahel

AfricaSource

Aug 14, 2018

CAR’s changing security landscape: a catalyst for UN policy change?

By Andrew Carroll

Amid strong pressure from the Trump Administration, the United Nations (UN) voted at the end of June to cut over $600 million from its peacekeeping budget. The majority of these cuts are set to come from key operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the UN’s mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), known by its French […]

Africa English

AfricaSource

Aug 13, 2018

After Mali’s runoff, challenges remain

By J. Peter Pham

As the attempts by militants to disrupt the democratic process underscored, the security situation in Mali, especially the sparsely-populated northern expanses of the country, remains precarious.

Africa Elections

In the News

Aug 10, 2018

Pham Joins VOA to Discuss Zimbabwe and Mali Elections

By J. Peter Pham

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Sahel South & Central Africa

AfricaSource

Aug 6, 2018

20 years after the embassy bombings: The long war in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

It has been twenty years since that morning of August 7, 1998, when suicide bombers detonated, almost simultaneously, trucks laden with explosives outside the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The attacks, the first claimed by al-Qaeda against US targets, left 224 people dead, including a dozen Americans, and around […]

East Africa English

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