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Feb 2, 2016

Pham Quoted by Sudan Vision Daily on US-Sudan Sanctions

By J. Peter Pham

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Sudan

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Feb 1, 2016

Bruton Quoted by Vice on Instability in Ethiopia

By Bronwyn Bruton

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Ethiopia

In the News

Jan 8, 2016

Pham on US Drone Base Closure in Ethiopia

By J. Peter Pham

The Huffington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on what the closure of the US drone base in Ethiopia will mean for the East Africa region:

East Africa Ethiopia

In the News

Jan 7, 2016

Pham on Iran’s Waning Influence in Sub-Saharan Africa

By J. Peter Pham

International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how increased tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran are affecting their foreign influence in sub-Saharan Africa:

Iran Sudan

In the News

Jan 7, 2016

Bruton on al-Shabaab

By Bronwyn Burton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins CCTV America to discuss al-Shabaab’s activities in East Africa:

East Africa

In the News

Jan 6, 2016

Pham on Progress against al-Shabaab Using Drone Warfare

By J. Peter Pham

The Daily Nation quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the progress against al-Shabaab in East Africa using drone warfare:

East Africa

In the News

Jan 5, 2016

Pham on Rwandan President Kagame Running for a Third Presidential Term

By J. Peter Pham

Ground Report quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s decision to run for a third presidential term in 2017 after receiving an overwhelming show of support from the Rwandan parliament:

East Africa

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Jan 4, 2016

Pham on al-Shabaab and Drone Warfare

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how US drones are stifling the regional threat of al-Shabaab:

Somalia

New Atlanticist

Jan 4, 2016

The Saudi/Iran Break: Politics of Fear in the Gulf

By Richard LeBaron

Saudi Arabia’s decision to break diplomatic ties with Iran represents another chapter in the politics of fear that have dominated Saudi military and diplomatic moves since the ascension of King Salman just shy of a year ago. The fear finds its main source in the Saudi conviction that Iran is intent on displacing it as […]

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In the News

Dec 28, 2015

Pham on US-Sudanese Relations

By J. Peter Pham

Sudan Vision quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how US-Sudanese relations could be improved in 2016 through lifting US sanctions on Sudan:

Sudan

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