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"Nigeria is the most important country in Africa," said Carson, currently an adviser to the U.S. Institute of Peace. Now more than ever, "the relationship with Nigeria should not rest essentially on a security and military-to-military relationship," he ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
... 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.
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
“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 ...
"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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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