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New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2016

Investment Compact Brings Hope to Niger

By Mitch Hulse

A nearly $450 million investment package from the Millennium Challenge Corporation—an independent US foreign aid agency—for Niger will empower farmers and bolster transit infrastructure in the West African state, improving the livelihoods of more than 3.9 million Nigeriens, according to Niger’s prime minister, Brigi Rafini. The Nigerien government and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on […]

Economy & Business North & West Africa

Event Recap

Jul 28, 2016

Roundtable with the prime minister of the Republic of Niger

By Africa Center

On Thursday, July 28, the Africa Center hosted a breakfast roundtable with His Excellency Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, to discuss development and security challenges currently faced by the country.  The event coincided with the signing of a $437 million Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact between the United States and Niger, scheduled […]

Economy & Business Sahel

In the News

Jul 18, 2016

Pham Quoted by Le Matin on Morocco’s Return to the African Union

By J. Peter Pham

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Morocco

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2016

Nigeria’s Optimists

By Kelsey Lilley

The International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Nigeria Country Director Sentell Barnes likes to describe Nigeria as a house. “When you see it from the outside, maybe it looks like it’s falling in. But when you see it from the inside, there are things in place where the country is preventing itself…from going off the edge,” said […]

Economy & Business Nigeria

Event Recap

Jul 14, 2016

Nigeria Speaks: Poll Shows Confidence in Democracy, Governance

By Africa Center

On Thursday, July 14, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in cooperation with the International Republican Institute (IRI), hosted a discussion on the findings of a recent IRI poll on the state of democracy and governance in Nigeria.

Africa Nigeria

AfricaSource

Jul 12, 2016

Reclaiming African Transitional Justice

By Daniel Samet

On May 31, Simone Gbagbo, former First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, went on trial in Abidjan before the country’s highest criminal court for crimes against humanity. She faces charges for offenses committed during the 2010-2011 post-election crisis, when incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down after losing to opposition leader Alassane Ouattara. What ensued […]

Africa North & West Africa

In the News

Jun 19, 2016

Hruby in Newsweek: Nigeria’s Naira Devaluation: Not a Day Too Soon

By Aubrey Hruby

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Nigeria

In the News

May 24, 2016

Jones and Charai in The Hill: US-Morocco Alliance Is as Strong as the Values on which it Stands

By Jones and Charai

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Morocco

In the News

May 22, 2016

Pham Quoted by The International Post Magazine on Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

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Libya Nigeria

In the News

May 20, 2016

Pham Quoted by Maghreb Arabe Presse on State Department Report on Human Rights in Morocco

By J. Peter Pham

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Morocco

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