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Oct 4, 2018

Notes for understanding African migration

By J. Peter Pham

This article appeared originally in French in the current print edition of the magazine Pouvoirs d’Afrique. This past summer, one could not help but wonder as the leaders of Europe and Africa, in separate meetings, seemed to talk past one another as they sought to deal with what has become one of the most significant—if […]

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In the News

Sep 13, 2018

Pham Joins RFI to Discuss CIA Presence in Niger

By J. Peter Pham

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In the News

Aug 26, 2018

Pham Quoted in the Eagle on Ambassador Adefuye

By J. Peter Pham

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In the News

Aug 15, 2018

Pham Joins BBC Radio to Discuss the Mali Elections

By J Peter Pham

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Sahel

AfricaSource

Aug 13, 2018

After Mali’s runoff, challenges remain

By J. Peter Pham

As the attempts by militants to disrupt the democratic process underscored, the security situation in Mali, especially the sparsely-populated northern expanses of the country, remains precarious.

Africa Elections

In the News

Aug 10, 2018

Pham Joins VOA to Discuss Zimbabwe and Mali Elections

By J. Peter Pham

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Sahel South & Central Africa

AfricaSource

Jul 30, 2018

Why Mali’s election matters

By J. Peter Pham

While the July 30, 2018, general election in Zimbabwe—the first in almost four decades where longtime ruler Robert Mugabe won’t be on the ballot—has been attracting a great deal more attention, the presidential election in Mali one day earlier matters just as much and, arguably, is even more important to the security and geopolitical interests […]

Africa Elections

Event Recap

Jul 19, 2018

Nigerian information minster discusses US-Nigeria relations, Boko Haram

By Africa Center

On Thursday, July 19, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a roundtable discussion with the Minister of Information and Culture of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Alhaji Lai Mohammed. In his remarks, Lai Mohammed discussed Nigeria’s relationship with the United States and President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent visit to Washington – the first Sub-Saharan African […]

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In the News

Jul 17, 2018

Englebert Quoted in African Arguments on Mali’s 2018 Presidential Election

By Pierre Englebert

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Sahel

MENASource

Jul 16, 2018

Diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran sour over Western Sahara dispute

By Mariam Elatouabi

Tensions between Morocco and Iran over the Western Sahara dispute ignited in March 2017, when the Moroccan authorities arrested Lebanese Hezbollah financier Kassim Tajideen in Casablance, en route to Beirut from Guinea-Bissau.

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