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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

East Africa

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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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Eritrea

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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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Jun 8, 2016

Sudan Still a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”?

By J. Peter Pham

The Secretary of State is required by law to provide the Congress with an annual “full and complete report” on terrorism. The Country Reports on Terrorism covering 2015 was released last week and makes for some interesting reading, its conclusions eliciting reactions ranging from alarm to bemusement to, quite simply, befuddlement. An example of the latter […]

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