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June 4, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
U.S. Nigeria Relations and the State of Emergency

This is a guest post by Jacob Zenn, an analyst of African Affairs for the Washington D.C.-based think tank, The Jamestown Foundation, and a contributor for the West Point CTC Sentinel. After Boko Ha…

A poster advertising for the search of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is pasted on a wall in Baga village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno May 13, 2013.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 14, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
The State of Slavery in Mauritania

Tyler Falish is a student in Fordham University’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy & Development and a former intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. T…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 1, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Debate Continues Over a Permanent African Seat on the UN Security Council

The annual United Nations General Assembly debate, which brings over one hundred heads of state to NYC, ended today. As part of the series of speeches made by each country delegation, the foreign min…

Algeria's Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. 29/09/2012
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 30, 2012

Iraq
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Real Challenges, Lessons for Libya, and Palestinian Protests

The Sandmonkey takes a step back from the Egyptian political scene and looks at the country’s real problems and some possible ways to start fixing them. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou says Libya sh…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

November 16, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mauritania’s Uncertain Position in Face of President’s Extended Recuperation

This is a guest post by Geoff Porter, an analyst with North Africa Risk Consulting, Inc. (NARCO). He is a specialist in North Africa and the Sahel. One month ago, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould …

Supporters carry a poster of coup-leader Abdelaziz in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott 07/08/2008.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition