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Nov 11, 2014

Pham on Combating Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

Reuters quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the Nigerian people’s frustration over the lack of progress in the battle against terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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Oct 31, 2014

Burkina Faso update: Missed opportunity?

By J. Peter Pham

The “soft landing” that so many, both in Burkina Faso and abroad, had worked so hard to achieve is not to be. Following violent protests against an effort to lift the constitutional bar on his seeking another term in office, mob actions which brought the landlocked West African country to the edge of the abyss, […]

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Oct 31, 2014

Pham on World Reaction to Ebola Crisis

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Voice of America’s Encounter to discuss the US and international response to the Ebola crisis:

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Oct 31, 2014

Burkina Faso: The consequences of burning down the house

By J. Peter Pham

The events that have followed each other in rapid succession this week in the West African country of Burkina Faso are, at one level, relatively straightforward. What is not so readily apparent—certainly not to the tens of thousands of protesters-turned-rioters, much less to those far-off outsiders who, wittingly or unwittingly, egged them on—are the consequences […]

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Oct 30, 2014

An Abundance of Caution, But Not Capacity

By James Hasik

The CDC and the DoD wisely funded an air transport technology for Ebola patients—just not enough of it.   In Tuesday’s Washington Post, Josh Hicks observes that Phoenix Air, a jet-charter service based in Georgia, is the only airline flying Ebola patients from West Africa to hospitals in Europe and North America. Help, however, is on […]

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Oct 22, 2014

Pham on Ebola Threat in Nigeria and Senegal

By J. Peter Pham

The Los Angeles Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how Nigeria and Senegal handled the Ebola threat:

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Oct 21, 2014

Pham: West African Countries Show Ebola Can Be Beaten

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham writes for the Hill on how West African countries like Senegal and Nigeria reacted quickly to the Ebola threat:

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Oct 17, 2014

Pham on Boko Haram: “They Need a Breather”

By J. Peter Pham

US News and World Report quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Nigeria’s ceasefire with the terrorist organization Boko Haram: 

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Oct 17, 2014

Pham on Ceasefire with Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins PBS NewsHour to discuss the ceasefire between Nigeria and the terrorist organization Boko Haram: 

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Oct 14, 2014

Atallah on Boko Haram Threat in Nigeria

By Rudolph Atallah

The Atlantic quotes Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah on Nigeria’s effectiveness in combating Ebola but not threats from the terrorist organization Boko Haram: 

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