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Kendhammer on Northwestern University Panel about Nigerian Elections

Kendhammer on Northwestern University Panel about Nigerian Elections

Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is on a Feb. 11 panel at Northwestern University about Nigerians preparing to vote in presidential and state elections. The panelists will discuss the rise and development of Boko Haram, a violent Islamist movement creating havoc in northern parts […]

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February 11, 2015 at 8:24 amFaculty in the News In the News

Kendhammer Explains Nigeria Elections, Significance of Recent Boko Haram Attack

Dr. Brendon Kendhammer

CBC Radio Hallie Cotnam, host of Ottawa Morning, interviewed Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, for a segment on “Boko Haram continues to attack civilians in Northern Nigeria.” Nigeria has 175 million people and recently became Africa’s largest economy. “A big part of the story […]

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January 25, 2015 at 9:29 amFaculty in the News In the News

Business Insider Quotes Kendhammer on Boko Haram Attack

Dr. Brendon Kendhammer

Business Insider’s Armin Rosen quotes Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, in a Jan. 12 story on “Boko Haram May Have Just Pulled Off One Of The Worst Terrorist Attacks Ever.” As Brandon Kendhammer, a Nigeria scholar and an assistant professor of political science at Ohio University explained […]

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January 24, 2015 at 7:55 pmFaculty in the News In the News

CBC News Interviews Kendhammer on Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls

CBC News Interviews Kendhammer on Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls

CBC News interviewed Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, for a May 4 report on “Why over 250 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remain missing.” It’s been nearly three weeks since men dressed as soldiers kidnapped more than 300 girls from a Nigerian boarding school, an attack […]

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May 12, 2014 at 2:39 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Kendhammer: Nigerian Muslims Remain Committed to Engagement with West

Kendhammer: Nigerian Muslims Remain Committed to Engagement with West

By Dr. Brandon Kendhammer Excerpted from Washington Post blog Monday morning, a bomb exploded at a busy transit station in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, killing a reported 71 and wounding 124. While no one has yet taken official credit for the attack, all signs point to Boko Haram, a militant Islamist […]

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April 15, 2014 at 10:25 amFaculty in the News In the News

France 24 Quotes Kendhammer Post on Boko Haram Finances

France 24 Quotes Kendhammer Post on Boko Haram Finances

France 24 quotes a Twitter post by Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, in a story about the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, recently designated a terrorist organization by the United States. Very little is known about the finances […]

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December 10, 2013 at 7:58 amFaculty in the News In the News

Inter Press: Kendhammer Says Groups’ Terrorist Designation Makes Research Difficult

Inter Press: Kendhammer Says Groups’ Terrorist Designation Makes Research Difficult

A Inter Press Service Nov. 14 report on Nigeria-based militant groups being designated terrorist organizations by the U.S. government quotes Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences. Follow Kendhammer on Twitter. “Boko Haram and Ansaru are widely believed to be […]

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November 20, 2013 at 10:46 amFaculty in the News In the News