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Jul 29, 2017

Charai in the Huffington Post: A King’s Introspection, a People’s Hope

By Atlantic Council

Morocco
Politics & Diplomacy

AfricaSource

Jul 19, 2017

Anthrax to Zika: The lurking threat of outbreaks and bioterrorism in Africa

By Liviya David

The global HIV/AIDS epidemic and the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak varied in length, number of lives lost, and geographic areas affected. However, both posed national security risks to the United States, and both therefore prompted large-scale US government responses: the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Operation United Assistance in Liberia, respectively. […]

Africa
East Africa

Event Recap

Jul 13, 2017

Update on the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad Basin

By Africa Center

On Thursday, July 13, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), hosted a roundtable discussion with Mr. Patrick Youssef, Deputy Regional Director for Africa at the ICRC. In his remarks, Youssef discussed the complexities of the protracted conflict in the Lake Chad Basin and the neutral, […]

Africa
Conflict

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Jun 13, 2017

Charai in El Mundo: El norte de Marruecos: un reto mediterráneo

By Atlantic Council

Morocco
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

May 12, 2017

Pham Quoted by Investing Magazine on Sunni-Shia Tensions in Senegal

By J. Peter Pham

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North & West Africa

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Apr 17, 2017

Pham Quoted by the Guardian on Nigeria and US Geopolitical and Strategic Interests in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

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Nigeria

In the News

Mar 31, 2017

Hruby in Newsweek: How a Nigerian Presidential Council can Revive the Country’s Ailing Economy

By Aubrey Hruby

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Nigeria

Event Recap

Mar 29, 2017

Pham testifies before Homeland Security Committee on North African terror threats

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, March 29, Atlantic Council Vice President and Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham testified before the US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee on “Terrorism in North Africa: An Examination of the Threat.” Africa’s northwest Maghreb region is home to some of the longest-running terrorist campaigns on the African continent, a situation […]

Africa
English

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Mar 24, 2017

Pham Joins VOA to Discuss the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Northern Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

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East Africa
Nigeria

In the News

Mar 24, 2017

Pham Quoted by the Baptist Standard on Religious Discrimination in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

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Nigeria

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