The Lake Chad Crisis

March 3, 2017 — min

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Episode Guests

John Campbell

Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies

Show Notes

In this episode of the Africa in Transition Podcast series John Campbell is joined by the International Crisis Group’s Nnamdi Obasi, Hans De Marie Heungoup, and EJ Hogendoorn. The group discusses the origins of Boko Haram in Nigeria and Cameroon, as well as the current security and humanitarian crisis occurring in the Lake Chad Basin.

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