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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

In the News

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:

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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

In the News

Dec 22, 2015

Pham on Islamist Threats in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Secure Freedom Radio to discuss Islamist threats in Africa, the new Chinese military base in Djibouti, and changes in Sudan:  Listen to the full interview here.

Sudan

In the News

Dec 21, 2015

Pham on Rwanda’s Upcoming Presidential Election

By J. Peter Pham

NPR quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on whether or not current Rwandan President Paul Kagame should be allowed to run for a third term: 

East Africa

In the News

Dec 19, 2015

Pham on Ethiopia’s Fight Against Starvation

By J. Peter Pham

The East African quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Ethiopia’s booming population rate amidst their urgent starvation crisis:

Ethiopia

In the News

Dec 16, 2015

Pham: Time to Revisit America’s Sanctions on Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham writes for The Hill on the United States’ sanctions against Sudan falling on the vulnerable citizens of the nation instead of the country’s real decision makers: 

Sudan

Report

Dec 16, 2015

Diversifying African Trade: The road to progress

By Aubrey Hruby

As World Trade Organization members meet in Nairobi, Kenya, for their 2015 Ministerial, the potential economic impact of African trade—for Africa, but also the rest of the world—has never been more relevant. Home to thirty-three of the world’s least developed countries and only responsible for 3 percent of global trade, Africa stands to reap enormous […]

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