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Nigeria: Professor Ibrahim Gambari - Chief of Staff to the President
Premium Times, 15 May 2020
I always say that we should be careful for what we pray for. My prayer is that Professor Gambari would remain faithful to his core value of commitment to the nation of Nigeria and… Read more »
Buhari Taps Veteran Nigerian Diplomat As Top Presidential Aide
Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari, who spent two decades in senior positions at the United Nations, has been selected by President Muhammadu Buhari for the powerful post of Presidential Chief of Staff, succeeding Abba Kyari, who died last month from COVID-19 complications. After retiring from international service, Gambari founded a think tank in Nigeria, the Savannah Centre, and served in various diplomatic and academic posts. In an AllAfrica interview just after Buhari was inaugurated in 2015, Gambari shared reflections on his service as foreign minister when Buhari was military ruler in 1984-85. Below is the interview and other articles from and about the veteran diplomat in the AllAfrica archive.
Professor Ibrahim Gambari speaking with journalist outside the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Prof Ibrahim Gambari (left), the new Presidential Chief of Staff, at the Federal Executive Council meeting, with Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and President Buhari.
Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, founder of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), served as UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs and Joint Special Representative of the UN/AU Hybrid Mission in Darfur, Nigerian Permanent Representative to the UN and Nigerian foreign minister.
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Savannah Centre, 20 February 2019
AT its annual meeting held on the side-line of the 32nd Ordinary Summit of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 10-11 February, 2019, the African Peer Review Forum… Read more »
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Africa: To Combat Security Threats & Global Warming, Africa Must Be Included
Savannah Centre, 6 May 2017
Acceptance speech by Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, CFR, OCRT, at the University Of South Florida Commencement Ceremonies, on accepting the Global Leadership Award Read more »
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Nigeria: How to Hold a Fair Election and Why We Must - Gambari
allAfrica, 2 November 2014
Ibrahim Gambari, a veteran diplomat and scholar who retired from the United Nations in 2012, is now heading a Nigerian-based think tank 'with a difference'. The Savannah Centre for… Read more »
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Africa: New Angola Peace Talks Possible - UN Africa Chief
allAfrica, 5 February 2002
The MPLA government and Jonas Savimbi's armed movement, Unita appear ready for a new effort at peace talks to end Angola's almost 30-year civil war, United Nations… Read more »
