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Jul 28, 2014

Boko Haram Still Resurgent

By J. Peter Pham

TSG IntelBrief: Boko Haram Still Resurgent Yesterday marked one hundred days since the kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls and international awareness of the long-in-progress Boko Haram terror campaign.

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Jul 23, 2014

Pham on First One Hundred Days Since Boko Haram Abduction

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins PBS NewsHour to discuss the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted in April by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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MENASource

Jul 21, 2014

Is Morocco Leading by Example?

By Karim Mezran

Most observers, saddened and appalled by the collapse of security and the spread of violence across the Middle East—from Libya to Egypt to Syria, Iraq, and Bahrain, not to mention the crisis in Gaza—focus on Tunisia as the only positive and uplifting case to result from the Arab Spring.

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Jul 11, 2014

Pham on Options for Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins NPR’s Marketplace to discuss the options available to the Nigerian government in the aftermath of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram: 

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Senegalese soldiers participate in a training exercise. An end to the Casamance conflict presents an opportunity for Senegal to redirect military resources to peacekeeping operations throughout West Africa. US Marine Corps/Elsa Portillo

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Jul 9, 2014

Senegal: An End to One of Africa’s Longest Civil Conflicts?

By David Seyferth

On April 30, the leader of Senegal’s main separatist rebel group, the Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC,) agreed to a ceasefire and peace talks to end one of Africa’s longest-running civil conflicts, which has sputtered off and on in the country’s southern Casamance region for the last thirty-two years. The separatist movement poses […]

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Jul 8, 2014

Pham on the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign

By J. Peter Pham

US News and World Report quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on what the United States is doing in Nigeria to help rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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Jul 1, 2014

Pham on Boko Haram’s Support Model

By J. Peter Pham

Reuters quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how Boko Haram is able to continue supporting itself despite US efforts to choke off its funding sources:

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Jun 30, 2014

Pham on Saving Nigeria’s Girls

By J. Peter Pham

Take Part quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how to help save Nigeria’s girls from Boko Haram:

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Jun 25, 2014

Pham: Is the World Losing Interest in Boko Haram?

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Fox’s Happening Now to discuss the latest abduction of Nigerian women by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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Jun 25, 2014

Pham: “The US Needs to Assert Better Control of its Aid [in the SADR]”

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by Foreign Policy on extremism in the Western Sahara:

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