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Jan 29, 2015

Meservey: Nigerian Refugees Fleeing Boko Haram Are a Crisis in the Making

By Joshua Meservey

Africa Center Assistant Director Joshua Meservey writes for the Washington Post on the humanitarian crisis spawned by Boko Haram in Nigeria:

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Jan 29, 2015

Pham on Similarities Between ISIS and Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

The Daily Beast quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on similarities between ISIS and Boko Haram:

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Jan 29, 2015

Pham: “It’s Going to be a Multiyear Process”

By J. Peter Pham

US News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on what has allowed Boko Haram to thrive in northeast Nigeria and what it’s going to take to combat the militant group:

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Jan 29, 2015

Pham on the Destruction of Christian Churches in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

The AP quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the destruction of Christian churches in Nigeria from his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Nigeria and Boko Haram:

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Jan 28, 2015

Conditions Ripe for Electoral Violence in Nigeria

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts see threat from Boko Haram, sore losers The fact that the militant group Boko Haram controls vast swaths of territory in northeastern Nigeria will likely disenfranchise voters and has elevated the danger of post-election violence, according to Atlantic Council analysts. “Because of insecurity in the northeast, one party may believe that its […]

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Jan 27, 2015

Pham Testifies on Boko Haram, Nigerian Elections

By Africa Center

J. Peter Pham, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “Nigeria on the Brink?”

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Jan 27, 2015

Pham: “It’s Boko Haram Version 3.0”

By J. Peter Pham

Defense One quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the evolution of Boko Haram and what the US Department of Defense can do to assist the Nigerian military:

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Jan 26, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram and the Nigerian Elections

By J. Peter Pham

International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how Boko Haram could affect the Nigerian elections:

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Jan 25, 2015

Pham to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham to testify at  “Nigeria on the Brink” congressional hearing:

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Jan 25, 2015

Larémont: “The Unity of Nigeria is Essential Not Only to Nigeria, but Also to International Security”

By Ricardo René Larémont

Bloomberg quotes Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ricardo René Larémont on the upcoming Nigerian elections:

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