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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

Read the full article here.

Eritrea

In the News

Jun 23, 2016

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

By Bronwyn Bruton

Read the full press release here.

Eritrea

In the News

Jun 17, 2016

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

By Bronwyn Bruton

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East Africa
Somalia

AfricaSource

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, […]

Eritrea
Ethiopia

AfricaSource

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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New Atlanticist

Jun 7, 2016

What the UN Gets Wrong About Rights in Eritrea

By Ashish Kumar Sen

A finding of crimes against humanity would be indefensible, said the Atlantic Council’s Bronwyn Bruton A UN panel’s expected conclusion that crimes against humanity are being committed in Eritrea would be legally indefensible because of the flawed methodology in the compilation of the report and would further erode the credibility of the International Criminal Court […]

Eritrea

AfricaSource

Jun 6, 2016

Uganda’s Radical Refugee Approach

By Julian Wyss

Earlier this month, Kenya drew international condemnation by announcing the closure of Dadaab refugee complex and the repatriation of its 330,000 mostly Somali residents by November of this year. It’s not the first time Kenya has threatened to close the camp, but the political leadership is likely emboldened by the European Union’s plans to limit […]

East Africa

In the News

Jun 3, 2016

Pham Joins Voice of America to Discuss South Sudan, Somalia, and Chad

By J. Peter Pham

East Africa
Somalia

In the News

May 31, 2016

Pham Joins CNN to Discuss Kenya’s Defeat to Al-Shabaab

By J. Peter Pham

East Africa

AfricaSource

May 16, 2016

No ‘Silver Bullet’ for Kenya’s Security

By Kelsey Lilley and Julian Wyss

On May 6, the Kenyan government announced that it would cease hosting the estimated 600,000 refugees that currently call Kenya home. Days later, the government scaled back its initial threat, focusing instead on northeastern Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, the world’s largest and home to 350,000 Somali refugees and their progeny. Despite providing little evidence, the […]

Africa
East Africa

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