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Dec 1, 2015

Sudanese Refugees on Egypt’s Border

By Tom Rollins

With 15 Sudanese refugees or migrants gunned down on Egypt’s border with Israel on November 15, and another five killed by Egyptian border guards a week later, Egypt is witnessing the worst case of violence against Sudanese refugees since 2005. At the time, police brutally dispersed a sit-in, where refugees were protesting UNHCR’s decision to […]

North Africa
Sudan

Event Recap

Sep 3, 2015

Roundtable with Sudan’s National Assembly Speaker

By Africa Center

On Thursday, September 3, the Africa Center hosted a luncheon roundtable with H.E. Ibrahim Ahmed Omer, Sudan’s National Assembly Speaker. Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham gave a welcome and introduction, noting that the visit by the Speaker and those accompanying him—the highest-level Sudanese government delegation to come to Washington in a number of years—comes […]

Sudan

In the News

Aug 13, 2015

Pham on Sanctions Harming Cancer Patients in Sudan

By J. Peter Pham

Daily Nation quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how sanctions imposed by the United States on Sudan are costing civilian lives and hurting vulnerable groups:

Sudan

In the News

Jul 6, 2015

Pham on Sudanese Sanctions

By J. Peter Pham

Sudan Vision Daily quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the impact of US economic sanctions in Sudan:

Sudan

In the News

Jun 19, 2015

Pham on the Sudanese President Fleeing South Africa

By J. Peter Pham

International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on reports that South African President Jacob Zuma helped Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir flee South Africa to avoid outstanding charges brought by the International Criminal Court:

Sudan

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:

South Africa
Sudan

In the News

Jun 10, 2015

Pham on South Sudan Conflict

By J. Peter Pham

The World Politics Review quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on why despite the current stalemate between the government and rebel groups, only the rainy season is slowing fighting in South Sudan:

East Africa
Sudan

In the News

May 28, 2015

Pham: The Human Cost of America’s Not-So-Smart Sudan Sanctions

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham writes for the Huffington Post on how US sanctions are harming the Sudanese people:

Sudan

AfricaSource

May 4, 2015

Nile Accord Opens Opportunity

By J. Peter Pham

Amid the attention recently focused on the Nigerian presidential election and the resulting democratic transition in Africa’s most populous country as well as on the brutal al-Shabaab terrorist attack on Kenya’s Garissa University College, an equally momentous event that took place at roughly the same time passed relatively unremarked. On March 23, the leaders of […]

Ethiopia
North Africa

Event Recap

Apr 16, 2015

Status of Sudan Debt Relief Process

By Africa Center

The issue of debt relief has for years been a point of contention in Sudan’s relationship with much of the international community, including at times with South Sudan. But its fair and timely resolution would do much to advance the United States’ stated goal of normalizing relations with Sudan.

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