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Jul 11, 2016

South Sudan: Heading Down a Familiar Road to War?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The international community needs to take a more active role in defusing the crisis in South Sudan where gun battles between forces loyal to the president and vice president over the weekend resulted in the death of 200 people, said the Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham. Contending that South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, and his […]

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Jul 11, 2016

Pham Quoted by Quartz Africa on Instability of South Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

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Jul 11, 2016

Pham Joins CCTV to Discuss Clashes in South Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

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Jul 10, 2016

Pham Quoted by New York Times on Renewed Clashes in South Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

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Jul 8, 2016

Israel’s Return to Africa

By J. Peter Pham

This week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting Israeli head of government to travel to Africa since Yitzhak Rabin went to see Morocco’s King Hassan II in 1993. Netanyahu made stops in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia; while in Uganda, he also met with leaders from South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia. Although much […]

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Jun 27, 2016

Pham Quoted by the Africa Report on al-Shabaab’s Attacks in Somalia

By J. Peter Pham

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Jun 23, 2016

Bruton in the New York Times: It’s Bad in Eritrea, but Not That Bad

By Bronwyn Bruton

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Jun 23, 2016

Bruton Quoted by the Eritrean Ministry of Information on the COI Eritrea Report

By Bronwyn Bruton

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Jun 17, 2016

Bruton Quoted by Star Tribune on Kenya’s Strategy Toward al-Shabaab

By Bronwyn Bruton

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Jun 14, 2016

A Frightening Flare-up on the Ethiopia/Eritrea Border, and Another Resounding Silence from Washington

By Bronwyn Bruton

According to Eritrean officials, in the early hours of Sunday, June 12, Ethiopian forces launched an unprovoked assault over the Eritrean border at the town of Tsorana. Heavy fighting lasted throughout the day and continued after dark, when the Eritrean forces managed to launch a counter-offensive that ended the assault. Near midnight on June 12, […]

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