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March 30, 2017

South Africa
An Independent Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Africa

Geoff Hill writes in a credible Daily Maverick (South Africa) op-ed that people across Africa want the rule of law, and they are demanding it more and more, often from their local judiciaries. But Af…

African Judges

February 17, 2015

Health
Podcast: What the Ebola Outbreak Says About Global Health Governance

This guest post is from my colleague, Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. As of January 18, 2015, Ebola has claimed more than 8,000 lives in Guin…

A health worker demonstrates putting on protective gear in a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone, December 2014 (Courtesy Baz Ratner/Reuters).

September 18, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Establishing a Sacred Trust

  This is a guest post by Colonel Clint Hinote. He is the 2014-2015 U.S. Air Force Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The opinions expressed here are his own.   Because what make…

Pres Obama CDC

September 18, 2014

China
How Much Can China Offer in Africa’s Ebola Crisis?

Since March, the Ebola virus—the most lethal viral disease known to humankind—has been spinning out of control in West Africa. Thus far, nearly 5,000 suspected and confirmed cases, including about 2,…

October 29, 2015

Human Rights
Women Around the World: This Week

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post,  from October 23 to October 28, was compiled by Va…

A girl plays with her father as he and fellow worshippers attend Friday prayers at Tehran University