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June 30, 2015

Mexico
Mexico’s Economic Divide

Mexico’s national GDP numbers remain lackluster. In 2014, the country grew 2.1 percent, and forecasts for 2015 predict a modest 3 percent increase. Yet these numbers mask the great diversity within a…

August 21, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Ebola “a Complete Disaster”

This is the conclusion of Dr. Joanne Liu, MD, president of Doctors Without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontieres-MSF). Her interview in the New York Times is a compelling must-read for those watching Ebo…

Ebola MSF

April 11, 2018

West Africa
China to Build New ECOWAS Headquarters in Abuja

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and China have signed a memorandum of understanding in which Beijing will fund and build a new ECOWAS headquarters building in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria-ECOWAS-Buhari-Headquarters-Abuja

May 23, 2023

Women and Foreign Policy Program
Reporting on Gender and Politics

Ann Norris, senior fellow for women and foreign policy at CFR, discusses the societal, economic, and security benefits of advancing gender parity. This webinar is moderated by Carla Anne Robbins, sen…

Play Equal Rights Amendment activists gather in protest outside of Virginia State Capitol building in Richmond.

November 8, 2011

Nigeria
Somalia: Is Collective Military Action the Answer?

Kenyan troop stand guard at the Garrisa airstrip near the Somali-Kenyan border October 18, 2011. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters) This is a guest post by Mohamed Jallow. He is an interdepartmental associ…

Somalia: Is Collective Military Action the Answer?