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Dec 2, 2015

Hruby on China’s Infrastructure Investments in Africa

By Aubrey Hruby

The Associated Press quotes Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to South Africa and China’s funding of large infrastructure projects in various African countries:

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AfricaSource

Aug 24, 2015

South Africa’s Bizarro-World Foreign Policy

By J. Peter Pham

Last year, when it was first reported that South Africa’s ruling liberation movement, the African National Congress (ANC), would receive funding from the Chinese Communist Party for its new Policy School and Political Institute in Venterskroon, I and several other scholars—including Patrick Heller of Brown University and retired Ambassador David Shinn of George Washington University—drew […]

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In the News

Jun 24, 2015

Pham on Unrest in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Secure Freedom Radio to discuss Boko Haram, the humanitarian crisis caused by civil war in South Sudan, and General Bashir’s evasion of arrest in South Africa:

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In the News

Jun 16, 2015

Pham on Bashir’s Visit to South Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins CNN to discuss Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to South Africa and the tensions between the International Criminal Court and the African Union:

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In the News

Jun 15, 2015

Pham on the International Criminal Court in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the details surrounding President Omar al-Bashir’s escape from arrest in South Afrca, and the way in which this case contributes to a widespread dislike of the International Cirminal Court (ICC) throughout Africa: 

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AfricaSource

Mar 23, 2015

Russia’s Return to Africa: An Update

By J. Peter Pham

One year after the disputed referendum to join Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula to Russia, the Kremlin is increasingly finding in Africa a welcome break from what has otherwise been its continued international diplomatic and economic isolation as a result of its aggression against its Eastern European neighbor.

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In the News

Nov 24, 2014

Pham on Chinese Influence in South Africa

By J. Peter Pham

TIME quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the African National Congress’ relationship with the Communist Party of China:

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New Atlanticist

Dec 6, 2013

Pham Remembers Mandela on Fox News

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham spoke with Fox News on the passing of former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

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New Atlanticist

Jul 12, 2013

The Enormity of Mandela’s Struggle

By Rajan Menon

Nelson Mandela is now waging what mere mortals would see as life’s greatest battle: the one to stay alive. But Mandela, a larger-than-life figure, would probably not see it that way; for him the battle was always about something that transcended his person.

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Event Recap

Jul 20, 2012

Roundtable with South African Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a luncheon roundtable today with the Honourable Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe, minister of justice and constitutional development of the Republic of South Africa. The minister, who is a member of the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), also serves as head […]

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