East Africa

Pham: “Impossible to Overlook” Violence in Rwanda

By J. Peter Pham

The Associated Press quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on recent concern over violence in Rwanda:

Pham Argues for Somalia Pivot at SAIS

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham was a featured speaker at a panel discussion at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The event, which focused on “Crisis in the Horn: How Can the US Support a More Stable and Secure Somalia?,” was moderated by Peter Lewis, associate professor and […]

Pham Discusses Horn of Africa at GW

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham was a featured speaker today at the 14th Annual David H. Miller Foundation Lecture at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.

Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia

By Joshua Meservey

Africa Center Assistant Director Joshua Meservey co-authored a Joint Special Operations University monograph with Dr. James Forest, professor and director of the Security Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the late Dr. Graham Turbiville, Associate Fellow at JSOU’s Strategic Studies Department, on the al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia.

Pham: Uganda Does Not Fear Human Rights Blowback

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins BBC Radio 5’s Up All Night to discuss the possibility of US sanctions against Uganda in response to a recently-passed bill that criminalizes same-sex couples. Interview segment begins at 23:30. Listen to the interview here.

Pham: Uganda Anti-Gay Bill Museveni’s “Most Hateful” Yet

By J. Peter Pham

J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center, is quoted by U.S. News & World Report on how the United States might pressure Uganda’s president into vetoing a bill that would criminalize same-sex relationships and LGBTQ advocacy: