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		<title>New report chronicles Nigeria migration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report by the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC offers a broad analysis of the internal migration and cross-border trends affecting Nigeria.  Entitled &#8220;Nigeria: Multiple Forms of Mobility in Africa&#8217;s Demographic Giant,&#8221; the report gives a historical overview of the major post-independence trends, ranging from unsettled claims from the Biafran Civil War to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://carllevan.com/2010/07/new-report-chronicles-nigeria-migration/</link>
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		<title>IG Reports U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia Overwhelmed by DOD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State Dept. Inspector General raises alarm about US militarization in Ethiopia]]></description>
		<link>http://carllevan.com/2010/06/ig-reports-u-s-embassy-in-ethiopia-overwhelmed-by-dod/</link>
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		<title>Thinking about AFRICOM&#8217;s think tank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is launching a think tank based in Germany to inform and support DOD missions.   The AFRICOM SSRC Information Paper explains that the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) will be staffed by a core group of scholars with PhDs  who will also be able to deploy Socio-Cultural Research and Advisory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://carllevan.com/2010/05/thinking-about-africoms-think-tank/</link>
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		<title>When the Acting President &#8220;acts presidential&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During his April 12 address to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Nigeria&#8217;s Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan adopted the tone and tenor of a reformer.  Unfortunately he offered only a few encouraging signs of reform.
He outlined electoral reform, Niger Delta development, fighting corruption, and improving electricity as his principle goals.   This indicates a refreshing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://carllevan.com/2010/04/when-the-acting-president-acts-presidential/</link>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s Looming Constitutional Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leadership Vacuum
On January 27, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the foreign ministers of the EU, France, and the United Kingdom in a joint statement called upon Nigeria to &#8220;resolve the question of governing authority in the president&#8217;s prolonged absence,&#8221; since &#8220;Nigeria&#8217;s stability and democracy can carry great significance beyond its immediate borders.&#8221;  How does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://carllevan.com/2010/01/hello-world/</link>
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