Jacob Zenn

Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

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Jacob Zenn is a research analyst of Eurasian and African affairs for The Jamestown Foundation and a non-resident research fellow of the Center of Shan

Biography

Jacob Zenn is a research analyst of Eurasian and African affairs for The Jamestown Foundation and a non-resident research fellow of the Center of Shanghai Cooperation Organizations Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

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Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
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Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
Graduate Student, Islamic Studies & African Religions, Rice University
Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
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Rally in Support of Chibok Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram, Lagos, Nigeria, May 5, 2014 (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images).
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Rally in Support of Chibok Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram, Lagos, Nigeria, May 5, 2014 (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images).
Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
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