Nigeria in Turmoil
Watch experts report on Nigeria's presidential crisis, sectarian conflict, and security dilemmas in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Speakers: John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria
Bennett Freeman, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Research and Policy, Calvert Investments; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State
Peter M. Lewis, Associate Professor and Director, African Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Presider: Carol J. Lancaster, Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
March 19, 2010
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