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Mar 23, 2015

Russia’s Return to Africa: An Update

By J. Peter Pham

One year after the disputed referendum to join Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula to Russia, the Kremlin is increasingly finding in Africa a welcome break from what has otherwise been its continued international diplomatic and economic isolation as a result of its aggression against its Eastern European neighbor.

East Africa
Russia

In the News

Mar 18, 2015

Pham on the US Drone Strike that Killed an al-Shabaab Leader

By J. Peter Pham

Defense One quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the US drone strike that killed an al-Shabaab leader who orchestrated the attack on a Kenyan shopping mall two years ago:

Somalia

Event Recap

Mar 17, 2015

The State of Human Rights and Democracy in Sudan: A Conversation with Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Feldstein

By Africa Center

In his remarks in October at the Atlantic Council, US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth affirmed the US government’s willingness to engage with Khartoum in talks, effectively extending an olive branch to the Sudanese government. Still, obstacles to improved US-Sudan relations remain, including a stalled national dialogue process; continuing conflict in […]

Africa
Sudan

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Mar 13, 2015

Pham on US Drone Strikes Against al-Shabaab

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the United States launching drone strikes against Adan Garaar, a well-known member of al-Shabaab who was one of the key planners behind the assault on the Westgate mall in Kenya:

East Africa
Somalia

New Atlanticist

Mar 5, 2015

South Sudan: Kicking the Can Down the Road, Again

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Rivals and international community lack political will to end crisis, says Atlantic Council’s Pham South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his former Vice President Riek Machar failed to resolve their differences by the March 5 deadline not only because they lack the political will to do so, but also because the international community lacks the […]

Africa
East Africa

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Mar 5, 2015

Bruton on the End of Money Transfers to Somalia

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins MPR News to discuss US banks halting money transfers from the United States to Somalia and what it means for the Somali economy: Listen to the full interview here.

Somalia

In the News

Mar 3, 2015

Meservey: Exposed: ISIS’ Somali-American Terrorist Pipeline

By Joshua Meservey

Africa Center Assistant Director Joshua Meservey writes for the National Interest on why ISIS has been successful at recruiting Somali-Americans:

Somalia

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Mar 3, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram and al-Shabaab

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Secure Freedom Radio to discuss Boko Haram and al-Shabaab:

Nigeria
Somalia

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Mar 1, 2015

Meservey on the al-Shabaab Threat

By Joshua Meservey

Africa Center Assistant Director Joshua Meservey joins C-SPAN to discuss the al-Shabaab terror threat against shopping malls in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada:

Somalia

AfricaSource

Feb 26, 2015

Assessing al-Shabaab’s Mall Threat

By Joshua Meservey

Al-Shabaab, the terrorist organization that controls stretches of Somalia, made a splash February 21 when it released a video featuring a masked spokesman calling for attacks on malls in England, Canada, and the United States. This is the group that in 2013 attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya with terrible result, giving its threat […]

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