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Nov 25, 2015

Pham: “Mali Today is as Fragile Today as Before 2012”

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the recent attack on a luxury hotel in Mali:

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In the News

Nov 21, 2015

Pham on Terrorists in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

CNN quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Islamist militants within Mali:

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In the News

Nov 21, 2015

Pham on Terrorism in Mali

By J. Peter Pham

The New York Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the terrorist attack against a Malian hotel:

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In the News

Nov 21, 2015

Atallah on the Mali Hostage Crisis

By Rudolph Atallah

The Wall Street Journal quotes Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah on the perpetrators of the deadly hostage attacks in Mali, which left twenty-seven dead: 

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In the News

Nov 20, 2015

Pham on Malian Extremists

By J. Peter Pham

The New York Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham the change in strategy of extremists in Africa:

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Nov 20, 2015

Pham on Hotel Attack in Mali

By J. Peter Pham

CNN quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Islamist militants’ attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako:

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Nov 20, 2015

Atallah on Bamako Hotel Attack

By Rudolph Atallah

Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah on joins PBS’ Newshour to discuss extremists in Mali:

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Oct 6, 2015

Letter from Strasbourg (Part One): French Defense Priorities and Capabilities

By Leo Michel

NATO is past the half-way mark between last September’s Wales Summit and the Warsaw Summit planned for next July. So it is not too soon to ask how Allies are responding to the strategic, capability, and other challenges identified in Wales.

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AfricaSource

Aug 11, 2015

Why Lake Chad matters: Tackling climate change, development, and security

By Abdoul Salam Bello

Lake Chad is shrinking In recent years, we have witnessed the dramatic rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and its expansion into neighboring Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. In addition to sharing borders, these four countries have another valuable asset in common: Lake Chad. The resource remains the primary source of freshwater for irrigation projects in […]

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Aug 7, 2015

Atallah on Hotel Attack in Mali

By Rudolph Atallah

The Wall Street Journal quotes Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah on the terrorist attack on a hotel in Mali, presumably the work of al-Qaeda affiliates, though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack: 

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