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May 5, 2014

Bruton on US Aid in Nigeria’s Efforts to Rescue Abducted Schoolgirls

By Bronwyn Bruton

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on what the United States is doing to help the Nigerian government rescue more than 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 5, 2014

Libya’s Faustian bargains: Breaking the appeasement cycle

By Karim Mezran, Jason Pack, and Mohamed Eljarh

A new Atlantic Council report examines the threats to Libya’s stability, provides a detailed mapping of the militia landscape, and details policy options for the Libyan government and its international partners. In Libya’s Faustian Bargains: Breaking the Appeasement Cycle, the authors attribute the cycle of violence, intractable political stalemate, and weakened economy to the Libyan […]

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Apr 26, 2014

Pham on Boko Haram’s Influence in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

The Los Angeles Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s influence in Nigeria and why the government has been ineffective in curbing the influence of the terrorist organization:

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Apr 22, 2014

Pham: “Nigeria Still Struggles with Development and Corruption”

By J. Peter Pham

PBS NewsHour quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on why the terrorist organization Boko Haram has kidnapped more than two hundred female students in Nigeria: 

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Apr 22, 2014

Pham: Nigeria Kidnapping Demonstrates “Systemic Governmental Failure”

By J. Peter Pham

Inquisitr quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the abduction of 234 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the terrorist organization Boko Haram: 

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Apr 21, 2014

Pham: Nigeria Kidnapping Highlights Government Failure

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by USA Today  on the 234 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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Apr 18, 2014

Bruton on Boko Haram Student Abduction

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins The Takeaway to discuss the abduction of more than one hundred Nigerian female students by Boko Haram: 

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Apr 15, 2014

Pham: Boko Haram’s Latest Attack

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins CTV News’ Afternoon Express to discuss Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 100 girls from a school in northeast Nigeria. Watch the interview here.

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Apr 5, 2014

Pham on Boko Haram, Army Collusion in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Voice of America quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on reports that units within Nigeria’s army have been colluding with terrorist group Boko Haram:

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Mar 18, 2014

Pham on Islamism in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Morocco

By J. Peter Pham

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is the author of the reports on Islamism in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Morocco in the American Foreign Policy Council’s World Almanac of Islamism 2014, just published by Rowman & Littlefield.

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