January 2006
Task Force Report No. 56
Task Force Report
This Council-sponsored Independent Task Force finds that Africa is of growing strategic importance to the United States in addition to being an important humanitarian concern. In a world where economic opportunity, security threats, disease, and even support for democracy transcend borders, a policy based on humanitarian concerns alone serves neither U.S. interests, nor Africa’s. Furthermore, the Task Force finds that critical humanitarian interests would be better served by a more comprehensive U.S. approach toward Africa; nor is it valid to treat Africa more as an object of charity than a diverse continent with partners the United States can work with to advance shared objectives.
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January 29, 2010
Testimony
Africa expert Princeton N. Lyman gives the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations an update on developments in Nigeria.
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January 19, 2010
Op-Ed
Business Day
"President Yar'Adua's periodic illness since 2007, beyond depriving Nigeria of its leading regional role," states John Campbell, "has also created a succession crisis that raises the stakes for military adventurism."
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January 18, 2010
Op-Ed
Washington Times
John B. Bellinger III examines the dilemma posed by the allowance of civil suits, in the United States, of foreign government officials.
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January 15, 2010
Op-Ed
GlobalPost
John Campbell discusses how Nigeria's response to U.S. security measures against the country exposes its need for clear leadership.
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January 12, 2010
Podcast
CFR's Peter Navario says a new patent pool giving generic drugmakers access to branded drugs to help lower costs of HIV-AIDS treatments in developing countries is timely and necessary, but more still needs to be accomplished.
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January 11, 2010
Expert Brief
The Christmas bomb attempt on a Detroit-bound plane has raised new concerns about "ungoverned spaces." But CFR's Stewart Patrick argues that the term fails to address the real security concerns presented by nations like Yemen.
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January 5, 2010
Op-Ed
GlobalPost
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's links to al-Qaeda are not what define him, writes John Campbell. Instead, we must look to his Nigerian upbringing to understand the roots of his rage.
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January 5, 2010
Op-Ed
New York Times
Princeton Lyman addresses the complex issue of reparations for the millions of black South Africans who suffered under the apartheid regime.
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January 1, 2010
Must Read
Abigail Hauslohner of Time details the plight of Somali refugees in Yemen.
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December 30, 2009
Expert Brief
The leadership void caused by the illness of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'adua could lead to domestic upheaval and a succession crisis, writes CFR's John Campbell.
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