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May 13, 2014

Pham on Restricted US Intelligence Concerning Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Military.com quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the restricted intelligence received during US surveillance flights over Nigeria:

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May 13, 2014

Intelbrief: Nigeria: The Limits of US Assistance

By Bronwyn Bruton

Bottom Line Up Front     Amid surging outrage in Nigeria and abroad—and the acute focus generated by the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign—over Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls, President Obama has promised that the US will do “everything it can” to help rescue them US support efforts are challenged in a number of ways to include […]

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May 13, 2014

Bruton on Boko Haram Student Kidnapping

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins CCTV to discuss the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram:

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May 13, 2014

Pham on Abducted Schoolgirls in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins CTV to discuss the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who have been abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 12, 2014

Bruton on the Challenges of Dealing with Boko Haram

By Bronwyn Bruton

Stars and Stripes quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on the #BringBackOurGirls campaign to rescue the more than 200 Nigersian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 12, 2014

Pham: Recent Boko Haram Video is a “Strategic Piece”

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins PBS NewsHour to discuss hints made by Boko Haram that it would be willing to free the more than 200 schoolgirls it has been holding captive in exchange for prisoners: 

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May 10, 2014

Slavin on Violence in Ukraine, Rebel Evacuation of Homs

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss Syria, Ukraine, Nigeria, and climate change:

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May 10, 2014

Bruton on US Role in Rescue of Nigerian Schoolgirls

By Bronwyn Bruton

The Hill quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on what role the United States could play in helping to rescue the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 9, 2014

Meservey: Not Much Hope In Nigeria

By Joshua Meservey

Africa Center Assistant Director Joshua Meservey writes for US News and World Report on why encouraging Nigeria’s government to change its approach to the terrorist organization Boko Haram is key to preventing future attacks in the country: 

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May 9, 2014

Pham: Drones Might Be Marginally Helpful [in Nigeria]

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by NBC News on whether drones would be useful in locating the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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