U.S. Gives $54m To Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad For Humanitarian Assistance - The Premium Times

Sunday, October 1, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

he U.S. has released $54 million in addition to humanitarian assistance to Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and other countries devastated by Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa violence. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon, announced this at a symposium tagged ‘Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects for Advancing Durable Peace”, organized by the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington, D.C.

IPOB: ‘Nigeria Must Use Dialogue Not Military Option’ – US - Nigerian Monitor

Sunday, October 1, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

The Federal Government has been implored by the United States to look beyond military option in resolving internal politics. The United States Institute for Peace, USIP, made the call in Washington DC when the agency convened a gathering of US officials, diplomats and Nigerian leaders. The event looked at “Peace in Nigeria: How to build it, and America’s role” and possible options beyond military operations were explored.

Khawaja Asif to meet Tillerson to defuse tensions between Pak, US - ANI

Saturday, September 30, 2017

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will meet U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to resume bilateral talks and to discuss ways to remove tensions that cropped up after United States President Donald Trump's August 21 speech.

Khawaja Asif to meet Tillerson for more talks next week - The Dawn

Saturday, September 30, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is likely to meet US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington on Wednesday for resuming bilateral talks initiated in New York last week. The US and Pakistan had their first high-level meeting after President Donald Trump’s Aug 21 policy speech in New York last week, when Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met US Vice President Mike Pence.

USIP Speaks To American Communities On Building Peace - World Affairs Council

Friday, September 29, 2017

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This fall, local World Affairs Councils will host USIP experts for a series of activities in Tennessee, Florida and Missouri. In the inaugural event, USIP President Nancy Lindborg will join the Tennessee World Affairs Council in Nashville for a public, town hall-style forum at Belmont University, as well as other discussions at the Nashville Rotary Club and at local high schools.

US advocates for dialogue in resolving Nigeria’s conflicts - NAIJ

Friday, September 29, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

The United States has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to explore the option of dialogue when resolving internal crisis in Nigeria. The advice was given on Thursday, September 28, in Washington DC when the US institute of peace (USIP) convened a conference titled - Peace in Nigeria: How to build it, and America’s role.

Decolonisation process beyond colonial wigs - The Herald

Friday, September 29, 2017

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ON Sunday September 17, 2017 exactly four days before President Mugabe addressed the 72nd United Nations General Assembly and to the delight of the African world, put US-EU imperialism on notice once again that African Revolutionary statesmanship is alive and well in Zimbabwe, our suffering and scattered masses had a chance to peruse the latest article by the Washington Post African Bureau Chief Mr Kevin Sieff titled “Why Are The Continent’s Most Prominent Legal Minds Wearing The Trappings of the Colonisers”?