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Crisis & Opportunity: U.S. Policy in the Horn, East and Central Africa

Date: Thursday, December 4, 1997 / Time: 4:00am - 6:00am 

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For eight years, John Prendergast, director of African Affairs at the National Security Council and USIP executive fellow, directed the Horn of Africa project at the Center of Concern and has been a visiting fellow at the University of Maryland's Center for International Development and Conflict Management. He has worked with a variety of relief and development NGOs, UN and government agencies, and human rights organizations in Africa, Europe and the U.S. He has also authored several books, including Front Line Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa.

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  • John Prendergast
    Director of African Affairs, National Security Council, and Executive Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace

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