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May 20, 2015

Hruby on Private Sector Opportunities in Nigeria

By Aubrey Hruby

Monitor Global Outlook interviews Africa Center Visiting Fellow Aubrey Hruby on the potential for private sector opportunities in Nigeria to expand in the incoming administration of President Muhammadu Buhari:

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May 13, 2015

Leadership on Nigeria’s Agriculture Minister Adesina

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Leadership covers an Atlantic Council event hosted by the Africa Center featuring Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture Akinwumi Adesina:

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May 12, 2015

Leadership Nigeria on Agriculture Minister Adesina

By Atlantic Council

Leadership Nigeria covers an Atlantic Council event hosted by the Africa Center featuring Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture Akinwumi Adesina:

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May 11, 2015

Pham on Why Boko Haram Isn’t Defeated

By J. Peter Pham

World Magazine quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on why Boko Haram isn’t yet defeated despite its recent release of hundreds of women and children in a single week:

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May 11, 2015

Pham on the Importance of the US-Nigeria Relationship

By J. Peter Pham

Leadership Nigeria quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the importance of the US-Nigeria relationship, especially given US efforts to ensure a smooth transition after Nigeria’s presidential election:

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May 7, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Recent Losses

By J. Peter Pham

The Daily Beast quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s recent losses and why they’re not yet defeated:

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May 7, 2015

Pham: Bolster US-Nigeria Ties to Seal Democratic Gains

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham writes for The Hill on the importance of the United States maintaining strong ties to Nigeria and the US efforts to ensure a smooth transition after Nigeria’s presidential elections:

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May 1, 2015

Coalition Scores Victories Against Boko Haram

By Joshua Meservey and Kelsey Lilley

Bottom Line Up Front:  • On April 28 and 30 the Nigerian military rescued hundreds of female hostages from Boko Haram’s stronghold in the northern Sambisa Forest • The origins of the freed kidnap victims are unknown, but the military has announced that most of them are not the schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok in April […]

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Apr 30, 2015

Pham: Boko Haram Has Killed More Than Ten Thousand People in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

CNS News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham from his testimony before the House Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on the scope of Boko Haram’s violence in Nigeria:

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Apr 21, 2015

Pham on the Removal of the Head of the Nigerian Police Force

By J. Peter Pham

International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on outgoing Nigerian President Jonathan Goodluck’s decision to fire the head of the Nigerian police force:

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