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Top 10 Ways to Repair U.S.-Nigeria Ties – Ambassador Carson - AllAfrica.com
Ambassador Johnnie Carson, who served as assistant secretary of State for Africa during President Obama's first term and as U.S. ambassador to Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, currently is a senior adviser at the United States Institute of Peace and a ...
NDI Gives Preliminary Critique of Nigerian Vote - Voice of America
NDI Gives Preliminary Critique of Nigerian Vote Voice of America The co-leaders of the observer mission were Johnnie Carson, a member of the NDI board of directors, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and senior advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace; Mahamadou Danda, former prime minister ...
US reluctant to provide lethal equipment to Nigeria for fight against Boko ... - RFI
... scheduled for 14 February, have been delayed for six weeks because of worries about security. During his career Carson worked for the US foreign service in Nigeria and currently acts as a senior advisor to the president of the US Institute for Peace.
Nigeria: Time For More International Community Attention And Action
With less than a month to go before its national elections, Nigeria is awash with serious problems which are not likely to go away soon. - AllAfrica.com
Is Burkina Faso sub-Saharan Africa's version of the Arab Spring? - PBS NewsHour
“I think what has happened in sub-Saharan Africa is entirely different from what has been happening in the Arab world,” said Ambassador Johnnie Carson, senior adviser to the president of the U.S. Institute of Peace and former U.S. assistant secretary ...
Why Burkina Faso's attempt to topple a long-serving leader matters - Washington Post (blog)
"African leaders like Blaise Compaoré who remain in power for long periods of time claim their leadership helps to foster stability, democracy and economic growth," Ambassador Johnnie Carson, a Senior Advisor at the United States Institute of Peace ...
Africa Military Moves by US Reflect Iraq, Afghan Wars - Businessweek
... extremist organizations, some of which have a religious or fundamentalist base, has brought into stark relief the need for greater training and assistance” by the international community, said Carson, who's now a senior adviser to the U.S ...
US Offers Aid In Search For Nigerian Girls, But Is It Too Late? - GPB
... Nigeria is usually reluctant to take American advice. "This is a proud country with a professional military and intelligence service and sometimes they accept things and sometimes they don't," says Carson, who is now with the U.S. Institute of ... US sends Nigeria help in search for missing girlsSacramento Bee
US to advise Nigeria on kidnapped girls, no rescue plans -Pentagon - Thomson Reuters Foundation
And sometimes they accept some things and sometimes they don't," said Carson, now at the United States Institute of Peace, established and funded by Congress. Asked to elaborate, Carson said in a conference call with reporters: "We made proposals and ...
US Offers Aid In Search For Nigerian Girls, But Is It Too Late? - NPR
Richard Downie, Center for Strategic and International Studies. "This is a proud country with a professional military and intelligence service and sometimes they accept things and sometimes they don't," says Carson, who is now with the U.S. Institute ...