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Jan 30, 2014

Pham on African Union Peacekeeping Efforts

By J. Peter Pham

Bloomberg Businessweek quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the African Union’s peacekeeping efforts in South Sudan:

East Africa

In the News

Jan 28, 2014

J. Peter Pham Discusses “Lessons from the Former Somalia” at US Army War College

By J. Peter Pham

J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, spoke today on “Lessons from the Former Somalia” at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In his invited lecture to students in the College’s Department of National Security and Strategy, Pham discussed the role that state collapse, extremism, insurgency, piracy, famine, foreign intervention, […]

Somalia South & Central Africa

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Jan 25, 2014

Pham Talks Kenya-ICC Tensions

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center J. Peter Pham joins CCTV English’s Africa Live to discuss tensions between the International Criminal Court and Kenya.  Watch the interview here (begins at 12:55). Watch the interview here (begins at 12:55).

East Africa

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Jan 24, 2014

Pham Talks South Sudan Ceasefire

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham joins Public Radio International’s Tavis Smiley Show to discuss the South Sudan ceasefire agreement:

East Africa

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Jan 24, 2014

Pham on South Sudan Ceasefire

By J. Peter Pham

Voice of America quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the ceasefire reached between South Sudan and rebel forces:

East Africa

External

Jan 23, 2014

IntelBrief: Somali Piracy Neutralized: West Africa Is Next

By J. Peter Pham

Bottom Line Up Front • The International Maritime Bureau reports that incidents of maritime piracy hit a six-year low in 2013, mainly because of a precipitous drop in attacks off the coast of Somalia• But piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is rapidly replacing the Somali threat. West African piracy accounted for 19 percent of worlwide attacks […]

North & West Africa Somalia

New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2014

Pham Discusses South Sudan on VOA

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins VOA’s “On the Line” program to discuss the political rivalry between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar, the origins of the current fighting in the country, and the implications of the violence for South Sudan, the region, and the world.

East Africa

In the News

Jan 9, 2014

Pham Quoted on Embassy Security in South Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

The New York Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham in an article on the implementation of new diplomatic security protocols in South Sudan:

East Africa

In the News

Jan 6, 2014

Pham on South Sudan Conflict and Peace Talks

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham appeared on BBC World News America to discuss the events leading up to the South Sudan conflict and prospects for peace talks.

East Africa

New Atlanticist

Jan 6, 2014

Saving South Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

The new year opens with the very real possibility that the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, may fail at statehood without ever having acquired more than its pro forma trappings: a flag, an anthem, and a seat at the United Nations. The government and rebel forces continued to fight over the weekend and failed to […]

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