
Bronwyn E. Bruton
Deputy Director of the Africa Center, The Atlantic Council
Bronwyn E. Bruton is the Deputy Director of the Council's Africa Center. Previously, Bruton held an International Affairs Fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Prior to her fellowship appointment, Bruton managed the National Endowment for Democracy's multi-million dollar portfolio of small grants to local and international nongovernmental organizations operating in East and Southern Africa, and managed post-conflict political transition programs in Africa for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Despite international efforts to combat the terrorist group, al Shabaab remains a dangerous adversary capable of inflicting mass casualties, as demonstrated by Saturday’s truck bomb in Mogadishu that [...] More
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