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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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May 9, 2014

Atallah and Bruton on Kidnapping of Nigeria Schoolgirls

By Rudolph Atallah, Bronwyn Bruton

Christian Science Monitor quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton and Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah on the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 9, 2014

“Boko Haram’s evolving threat”: J. Peter Pham report for the National Defense University

By J. Peter Pham

Worth reading again: two years ago Dr. Pham authored a report for the US National Defense University on Boko Haram that recent events in Nigeria have proven remains relevant today. In the brief, Dr. Pham reaches back to the 1940s to place the group in its proper social, historical, and political context, and traces its […]

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May 9, 2014

Pham: Global Outcry Shamed Nigerian Government into Accepting Help

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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