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Israel and Nigeria Will Begin Direct Flights

Latest Developments Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev approved a deal on Sunday to allow non-stop flights between Nigeria and Israel. Pending final approval by Israel’s cabinet, the agreement...

December 26, 2019 | Clifford D. May

The war against Christians

It hit a peak in the last century but it's ongoing in the Middle East, Africa and Asia

January 17, 2018 | Clifford D. May

The president’s speech

Much of my so-called career as a foreign correspondent was spent in countries that could accurately be described with the scatological adjective allegedly uttered by President ...

February 25, 2013 | The Long War Journal |

Iran-Backed Terror Cell Exposed in Nigeria

By David Barnett Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) announced the arrest of three members of an Iranian-backed terror cell that was reportedly planning to carry out att...

July 26, 2012 | Clifford D. May

Into Africa

Al Qaeda and its affiliates are gaining a foothold.

May 12, 2011 | Washington Post

Iran’s Nuclear Program Still Trying to Overcome International Sanctions

UNITED NATIONS — International sanctions are "constraining" Iran's capacity to purchase supplies and equipment to develop nuclear and ballistic missile technology, but Tehran continues to activel...

December 2, 2010 | World Defense Review |

Behind Iran’s Foiled Gambian Gambit

His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Chief Custodian of the Sacre...

May 27, 2010 | World Defense Review |

Turkey’s Return to Africa

In the end, neither the superabundant expressions of support voiced by donor nations for the ramshackle “Transitional Federal Government” (TFG) of Somalia nor that regime’s corr...

November 3, 2009 | World Defense review

Climate Change and Security in Africa

By Dr. J. Peter Pham For much of Africa's post-independence history, "African unity" was more an aspiration than a reality. Consequently, even when, as I...

June 13, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Nigeria: Flailing State

On the final day of their summit last week at the German Baltic seaside resort of Heiligendamm, as they are nowadays wont to do, the leaders of the G8 received a select delegation of their Africa...

June 6, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Securing the New Strategic Gulf

In his 2006 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush issued a call for the United States to "replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025" and to "make...

May 2, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Nigeria Teeters Back from the Brink — For Now

Two weeks ago in this column space I observed that free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria "would lead to the inauguration of a legitimate political order;[which] would not only consolidate...

November 9, 2006 | World Defense Review

A U.S. Security Agenda in Africa — Part I

One of the frustrations that foreign nations and individuals have with the United States is Americans' biennial self-absorption in electoral campaigns during which pressing international con...

December 9, 2004 | Claudia Rosett New York Sun |

Contracts Chief Shown To Be Annan Son’s Main Cotecna Tie

UNITED NATIONS - The next chapter of the Kofi Annan saga will focus on whether there was any real substance to the job for which the secretary-general's son, Kojo Annan, received lucrative p...