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Oct 21, 2014

Four Questions with US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth

By Africa Center

US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth discusses recent political developments in Sudan and South Sudan, and articulates US policy toward both countries. 

Africa East Africa

In the News

Oct 18, 2014

Sudan Vision Daily Cites Africa Center Event

By Atlantic Council

Sudan Vision Daily cites the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center for hosting an event with US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth: 

East Africa Sudan

In the News

Oct 9, 2014

Associated Press Cites Africa Center Event

By Atlantic Council

The Associated Press cites the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center for hosting an event with US Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth:

East Africa Sudan

Event Recap

Oct 9, 2014

Developments in Sudan and South Sudan: Major Policy Address by Special Envoy Donald Booth

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday, October 9, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted the Honorable Donald Booth, the US special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. In his remarks, Ambassador Booth addressed the recent political developments in both countries and articulated significant changes in the US policy towards both nations. In his welcoming remarks, Director J. Peter Pham […]

East Africa Sudan

In the News

Oct 8, 2014

Pham on US Policy in South Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

Al Jazeera quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on US policy for addressing the ongoing conflict in South Sudan:

East Africa

Article

Sep 18, 2014

Counterinsurgency in Somalia: Lessons Learned from the African Union Mission in Somalia, 2007-2013

By The Atlantic Council

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton co-authored a Joint Special Operations University monograph with Dr. Paul Williams, associate professor at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University, on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The authors bring their expertise in governance, conflict mitigation, and Africa, to this analysis of Somalia’s attempts […]

East Africa Somalia

Event Recap

Sep 10, 2014

Transition Seminar for Incoming Head of African Union Mission in Somalia

By The Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a transition seminar for H.E. Maman Sidikou, incoming African Union (AU) special representative for Somalia and head of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Tuesday, September 9.

Somalia

In the News

Sep 8, 2014

Pham on Implications of US Airstrikes in Somalia

By J. Peter Pham

Al Arabiya quotes Africa Center J. Peter Pham on possible ramifications of the death of the leader of the militant organization al-Shabaab:

Somalia

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Pham on US Airstrikes Targeting al-Shabaab

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins BBC World News to discuss the US airstrikes in Somalia that killed the leader of the militant organization al-Shabaab: 

Somalia

AfricaSource

Sep 4, 2014

Succession in Somalia: al-Shabaab after Godane

By Joshua Meservey

  Ahmed Abdi Godane, leader of al-Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group and al-Qaeda affiliate, may have been killed in a US airstrike on Monday. The Pentagon said on Tuesday that the military was gunning for Godane in the strike and that it was confident it hit the target, though there is no confirmation Godane is […]

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