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May 6, 2014

Muddying the African Waters: Assessing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Visit to Africa

By Bronwyn Bruton

Secretary of State John Kerry ended an impromptu six-day tour of Africa yesterday, May 5. The trip was undertaken with little fanfare—the State Department announced the visit just a few days before his departure—and the Secretary’s activities received little attention from the press. (None of the five major American television networks even opted to send […]

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In the News

May 6, 2014

Bruton: Nigerian Response is “So Little, So Late”

By Bronwyn Bruton

USA Today quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram:

Nigeria

In the News

May 6, 2014

Bruton on Obama’s Decision to Aid in Nigerian Schoolgirls’ Rescue

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins ABC’s Nightline to discuss President Obama’s decision to send a team to help find the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

Nigeria

In the News

May 6, 2014

Bruton on Boko Haram Kidnapping

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins CBS This Morning to discuss the Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram and how the group’s leader has threatened to sell them into marriage:

Nigeria

In the News

May 6, 2014

Bruton: Nigerian Response to Abducted Girls “Has Been Slow”

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins KCRW’s To The Point to discuss the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram and the organization’s threats to sell the girls into marriage:

Nigeria

In the News

May 6, 2014

Bruton on Possible Fate of Abducted Nigerian Girls

By Bronwyn Bruton

CBS New York quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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New Atlanticist

May 5, 2014

Nigerian Government Must Earn the Trust of Local Communities to Find Missing Girls

By Bronwyn Bruton

On April 14, the Nigerian terror group known as Boko Haram (which translates loosely into the phrase, “Western education is sinful”) broke into a secular, all girls’ secondary school in the small northern Nigerian town of Chibok. Dressed in Nigerian military uniforms, the militants tricked some 270 students into clambering into the backs of trucks, […]

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New Atlanticist

May 5, 2014

#BringBackOurGirls: Social Media Campaign Goes Global

The Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram delivered its most recent shock to Nigeria and the international community when its leader, Abubakar Shekau, threatened in a videotaped message to sell into marriage or slavery the approximately 230 schoolgirls the group abducted April 14 from a boarding school in the north of the country.

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In the News

May 5, 2014

Bruton: Boko Haram Statement Prompted “Strong Backlash”

By Bronwyn Bruton

ABC News quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on the statement made by Boko Haram’s leader that he plans to sell more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in the marketplace:

Nigeria

In the News

May 5, 2014

Bruton on US Aid in Nigeria’s Efforts to Rescue Abducted Schoolgirls

By Bronwyn Bruton

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on what the United States is doing to help the Nigerian government rescue more than 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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