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May 8, 2014

Atallah on Nigeria’s Abducted Schoolgirls

By Rudolph Atallah

Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah joins BBC World News to discuss the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram:

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May 8, 2014

Bruton on Nigerian Schoolgirls Abduction

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins WHYY’s Radio Times to discuss the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist organization Boko Haram (Segment begins at 22:05):

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May 7, 2014

Pham: Boko Haram Leader is Isolated, Extremist, and Delusional

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls has brought Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram, into the international spotlight: 

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May 7, 2014

US help against Boko Haram: “Everything we can do” is not very much

By Bronwyn Bruton

Amid surging public outrage in Nigeria and abroad over Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 223 schoolgirls, President Barack Obama has promised that the United States will do “everything it can” to rescue them. His promise follows a pledge by Secretary of State John Kerry to do “everything possible” to help the Nigerian government defeat Boko Haram, […]

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May 7, 2014

Atallah on the Boko Haram Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirls

By Rudy Atallah

Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah is quoted by the Wall Street Journal on the Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 7, 2014

Bruton on Boko Haram

By Bronwyn Bruton

The New York Times quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on al-Qaeda’s unwillingness to condone the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram:

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May 6, 2014

Transatlantic Trade and Security: A View from Morocco

By Atlantic Council

On both sides of the Atlantic in recent months, governments have acknowledged ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States. Though the merits of this future transatlantic partnership went largely challenged at the outset, some differences of opinion have lately emerged among […]

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May 6, 2014

Bruton: Nigerian Response is “So Little, So Late”

By Bronwyn Bruton

USA Today quotes Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton on the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram:

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May 6, 2014

Bruton on Obama’s Decision to Aid in Nigerian Schoolgirls’ Rescue

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins ABC’s Nightline to discuss President Obama’s decision to send a team to help find the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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May 6, 2014

Bruton on Boko Haram Kidnapping

By Bronwyn Bruton

Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton joins CBS This Morning to discuss the Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram and how the group’s leader has threatened to sell them into marriage:

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