Pham: Rwanda’s Turnaround a “Miracle”

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Mar 27, 2025

Prioritizing access to critical minerals will require prioritizing Africa

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Benjamin Mossberg

Access to critical minerals is an urgent national security issue. The United States must view investments in African energy, mineral, and mining—key to securing this access—with similar importance.

Africa
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Pham: Rwanda’s Turnaround a “Miracle”

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Mar 21, 2025

In the scramble for Africa’s critical minerals, the West must not abandon the ESG agenda

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Zainab Usman and Rama Yade

As this race for minerals and metals critical for the energy transition heats up, both companies and governments must not abandon environmental, social, and governance principles in Africa.

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Pham: Rwanda’s Turnaround a “Miracle”

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Mar 20, 2025

If the international community wants to curb fossil fuel emissions, it must make Africa a serious clean energy offer

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Neil Ford

Before the international community asks African countries to leave undeveloped fossil fuel resources in the ground, it must make them an offer of clean energy financing—one substantial enough to fund Africa’s current and future appetite for electricity.

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Pham: Rwanda’s Turnaround a “Miracle”

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Aug 29, 2024

ESPN Host and two-time WNBA All-Star Chiney Ogwumike champions African diaspora engagement through sports and media 

Ogwumike is a Nigerian-American powerhouse redefining the intersection of sports and media and highlighting the important role of the diaspora in shaping the future of the African continent.

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Pham: Rwanda’s Turnaround a “Miracle”

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Jun 7, 2024

Cultural curator Abdul Karim Abdullah elevates African culture from the Bronx to Ghana 

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As founder and chief executive officer of AfroFuture Fest and Culture Management Group, Abdul Karim Abdullah is creating opportunities for the diaspora to celebrate African culture at a festival in West Africa.

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Pham: Rwanda’s Turnaround a “Miracle”

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May 1, 2024

Creative visionary Elroy Fillis-Bell showcases the impact of dance across the continent 

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In the News

Apr 9, 2014

Pham: Rwanda’s Turnaround a “Miracle”

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by U.S. News & World Report on Rwanda’s progress since the genocide that shocked the world twenty years ago:

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Event Recap

Apr 8, 2014

Twenty Years Later: Has Anything Changed since the Rwandan Genocide?

Despite the “never again” rhetoric that followed the 1994 Rwandan genocide, terrible violence in some African states—such as the Central African Republic, Somalia, and South Sudan—persists, and the international response to these crises has generally been slow and inadequate. The twentieth anniversary of the genocide is cause for reflection, and the Africa Center hosted an […]

East Africa South & Central Africa

In the News

Apr 5, 2014

Pham on Boko Haram, Army Collusion in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Voice of America quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on reports that units within Nigeria’s army have been colluding with terrorist group Boko Haram:

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In the News

Apr 4, 2014

Pham: Rwanda’s Kagame Deserves Scrutiny

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted in the Jewish Daily Forward on Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s legacy:

East Africa

External

Apr 2, 2014

J. Peter Pham on Threats and Opportunities in the Sahel

By J. Peter Pham

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham authored a review essay on threats and opportunities in the Sahel for the forthcoming issue of the Journal of the Middle East and Africa.

Africa

External

Mar 18, 2014

Pham on Islamism in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Morocco

By J. Peter Pham

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is the author of the reports on Islamism in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Morocco in the American Foreign Policy Council’s World Almanac of Islamism 2014, just published by Rowman & Littlefield.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 14, 2014

Putin’s Foreign Policy: The Case of Africa

By New Atlanticist

Russia Has Reversed Its Yeltsin-Era Retreat from Sub-Saharan Africa In the two weeks since Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised governments and publics by invading Ukraine, writers have launched a veritable industry of analysis that has included his worldview, his KGB roots, his penchant for shirtless photos, and his foreign policy ambitions. Non-stop coverage of the […]

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Article

Mar 14, 2014

Russia’s Return to Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Two Decades After Pullback, Russia Chases Gas Resources, Minerals and UN Votes Ukraine, Georgia and the Middle East are not the only places Vladimir Putin’s Russia has put a muscular foreign policy on display. Quietly, but with equal determination, President Putin has directed a robust strategic push into a region farther from Russia’s borders – […]

Africa China

In the News

Mar 13, 2014

Pham: “Impossible to Overlook” Violence in Rwanda

By J. Peter Pham

The Associated Press quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on recent concern over violence in Rwanda:

East Africa

In the News

Mar 12, 2014

Pham Argues for Somalia Pivot at SAIS

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham was a featured speaker at a panel discussion at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The event, which focused on “Crisis in the Horn: How Can the US Support a More Stable and Secure Somalia?,” was moderated by Peter Lewis, associate professor and […]

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