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A major highlight of the visit was the screening of “Boko Haram: Journey from Evil”--a documentary produced by the Voice of America (VOA). A panel discussion with some of the individuals profiled in the documentary ensued after, under the topic: "Peace, Reconstruction & Community Resilience in the current phase of Insurgency".
She never forgot her father’s final words at Auschwitz. He became the first black mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1975. She died of cancer at 31, but her battle inspired millions of MTV viewers.
Fresh from her USIP delegation trip to Nigeria, Nancy Lindborg explains Nigeria’s importance to Africa and the United States. Lindborg discusses the critical on-the-ground work happening to prevent violence and underscores the importance of Nigerian governors to countering Boko Haram.
Nancy Lindborg, president of the United States Institute of Peace visited the corporate headquarters of PREMIUM TIMES in Abuja while on a working tour of Nigeria. During the visit, Ms. Lindborg and members of her entourage – Chris Kwaja and Oge Onubogu – fielded questions from Bisi Abidoye, Festus Owete and Lois Ugbede on her...
Following its devastating attack on a Kabul voting center last week that killed 60 and wounded over 130, the Islamic State struck again on Monday with twin suicide bombings in Kabul’s Shash Darak neighborhood. The second bombing on Monday appeared specifically targeted at media and emergency...
Western Balkans faces many dangers today, while there needs to be a greater engagement by the United States and the European Union. Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina needs to be finalized with the recognition of Kosovo’s independence by Serbia.
Iranian lawmakers expressed outright fury over the U.S. decision to walk away from the 2015 nuclear agreement. Iran's supreme leader was no more measured, lashing out at President Trump and accusing him of lying. William Brangham gets analysis on what’s happening inside Iran from Vali Nasr of Johns Hopkins University and Robin Wright of the United States Institute of Peace.
Reaction from Washington and around the world to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
President Trump made good on a campaign promise. The U.S. is out of the “horrible” “one-sided” Iran nuclear deal. Can it stop Iran from restoring its nuclear program? Make diplomatic peace with allies in Europe? Convince North Korea the U.S. can be trusted?
U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday of a date and location for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un renewed cautious optimism for a deal to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program.