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Boko Haram Issues & BringBackOurGirls 

List of Media Interview Dates & Links (when provided) and Testimony Before U.S. Congress:

• Ambassador Sanders discusses recent Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria's Borno State, killing 60, and kidnapping both young girls and boys on Al Jazeera America's December 19 morning news https://ajam.boxcn.net/s/5pb8e84e22x72cnbytey
• Ambassador Robin Sanders discusses the November-December 2014 uptick in Boko Haram attacks in Northern Nigeria, and the bombing in the country's largest Muslim City, Kano on Al Jazeera America's "Consider This," show. Dr. Sanders highlights the need for Nigeria's military to further adjust to asymmetrical warfare and move away from the peacekeeping and Niger Delta play books that are their framework. Sanders, who is currently in Nigeria, personally expressed her sorrow on the bombing to theEmir of Kano who whe had worked with before during his pre-Emir life as Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank. Click here to see Ambassador Sanders on "Consider This." http://alj.am/121umqH
• Amb. Sanders provides Al Jazeera America with Updates on Boko Haram https://ajam.boxcn.net/s/sor41ailatj8d012z1s2
• Amb. Sanders on AJA - Wither Chibok Girls 100 Days Later https://ajam.boxcn.net/s/0b1eqv2cwu9n4e6o64wj
• Ambassador Sanders Underscores Importance of Keeping Focus on Boko Haram Issue at Cong.Bass' Congressional Town Hall: Press Release http://t.co/llqprxX7Ps; Video from event http://1.usa.gov/1mmwwUD; Images from event http://bit.ly/1tYvA2I
• Ambassador Sanders on Al Jazeera June 30, 2014 on Boko Haram unabated attacks and kidnapping https://ajam.app.boxcn.net/s/2eg9s5oh9i5d55w41kbf
• Dr. Sanders on Boko Haram - Highlights Northeast Nigerian Vigilante Groups as Elements on FEEEDS' Human Rights Watch List http://www.blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/06/boko-haram-continues-unabated-nigerias.html
• Dr. Sanders on New York City June 24 WNYC Radio Program on Abuja & Kano Bombings http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/new-kidnappings-show-boko-haram-not-fazed-international-threats/
• Ogebe, Sanders,Others Testify Against Boko Haram Before US Congress June 12 http://leadership.ng/news/374288/human-rights-leaders-testify-boko-haram-us-congress
• Sanders June 11, 2014 Testimony on Boko Haram & Nigeria Security Situation http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/06/amb-sanders-june-11-2014-us-congress.html
• MSNBC - Interview on Boko Haram, #BringBackOurGirls, May 15, Live from Lagos
• MSNBC Television - US - May 15, 2014
• Ambassadors on Channels TV, Abuja http://www.channelstv.com/2014/05/10/u-s-envoy-calls-for-more-foreign-investment-in-nigeria/
• Ambassador Sanders on BBC Boko Haram, #BringBackOurGirls, Notes Types of Assistance Nigeria Needs (interview starts midway, after report on South Sudan), May 10, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/newshour
• Bloomberg News, May 9, 2014
• Eurovision Television - Europe, May 9, 2014
• MSNBC Television - US, May 8, 2014
• Al Jazeera English - Television, May 8, 2014
• Ambassador Sanders on Diane Rehm Show on Nigerian Abducted Girls, May 8, 2014 http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-05-08/update-nigerian-schoolgirl-abduction
• Al Jazeera America - Television, May 7, 2014
• Ambassador Sanders on VOA Straight Talk Africa Program on Boko Haram Abduction of Girls (#BringBackOurGirls), May 7, 2014 http://www.voanews.com/media/video/straight-talk-africa/1899827.html?z=0&zp=1
• Ambassador Discusses Abduction of Young Nigerian Girls; US Assistance-Live from Abuja - The Takeaway Radio Show WNYC - New York City http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/us-joins-search-missing-nigerian-girls/
• Ambassador Sanders Highlights Issues Nigeria faces with Boko Haram April 2014 Attacks https://ajam.box.com/s/0k9apgs2n2z57if1v4zd