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Mar 26, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Financing

By J. Peter Pham

Reuters quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s diversified financing model:

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Mar 26, 2015

Pham on the Candidates in the Nigerian Election

By J. Peter Pham

Bloomberg quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the candidates in the Nigerian election this weekend and their prospects for victory:

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Mar 20, 2015

Pham on the Recent Advances by the Nigerian Army

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins NPR to discuss the recent advances by the Nigerian army against Boko Haram: Listen to the full interview here.

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Mar 19, 2015

Guinea Democracy Stillborn?

By J. Peter Pham

While it was the first of France’s African colonies to achieve independence, democracy came rather late to Guinea. The country’s first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré, who ruled with an iron grip from 1958 until his death in 1984, turned out to be a Marxist ideologue who aligned his country with the Soviet Union, ruining the […]

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Mar 19, 2015

Morocco: A Steady Path to Reform?

By Rafik Hariri Center

On Thursday, March 12, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East released “Morocco’s Gradual Political and Economic Transition,” its latest publication by Senior Fellow Karim Mezran and Nonresident Senior Fellow Mohsin Khan. The report explores how Morocco managed to avoid political and economic instability in the midst of the Arab Spring […]

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Mar 19, 2015

Pham on the ISIS Expansion Strategy

By J. Peter Pham

The Trumpet quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the ISIS expansion strategy and the newly formed alliance between ISIS and Boko Haram:

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Mar 18, 2015

Atlantic Council Exclusive: Electoral Commission Chairman Discusses Readiness for Nigeria’s 2015 Elections

By Africa Center

Nigeria made waves last month when its Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced just one week before the scheduled date for general elections that polls would be delayed by six weeks. The decision, taken on the advice with Nigeria’s top security officials, came as terrorist group Boko Haram continued to attack and occupy a large […]

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Mar 14, 2015

Pham on the Events Leading Up to the Boko Haram-ISIS Alliance

By J. Peter Pham

Leadership Nigeria covers at Atlantic Council event on the security situation in Nigeria and quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the events leading up to the Boko Haram-ISIS alliance:

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Mar 13, 2015

Pham on Western Assistance in the Fight Against Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

US News and World Report quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how western assistance in the fight against Boko Haram can make it even more appealing for ISIS:

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Mar 13, 2015

Pham on Nigeria’s Boko Haram Pledging Allegiance to ISIS

By J. Peter Pham

The AP quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how US military assistance in the fight against Boko Haram could lure foreign fighters to the cause as a result of the Boko Haram-ISIS alliance:

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