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April 30, 2024

Sustainable Development Goals (UN)
Renewed Efforts are Urgently Needed to Fight Increase in Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Without accelerated efforts, there is no chance of getting anywhere close to eliminating FGM/C by 2030. 

Women from the Samburu tribe who escaped from gender based violence play with their children outside a traditional mud dwelling known as Manyatta at the Umoja village where men are restricted, in Samburu near Archers Post in the northern Samburu County, Kenya.

February 27, 2013

Defense and Security
Leon Panetta’s Legacy

On August 4, 2011, six weeks into his tenure as secretary of defense, Leon Panetta gave his first press briefing at the Pentagon. After briefly commenting on the impressive civilian and military lead…

Panetta Goodbye

November 30, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone: Change You Can (Not) Believe In

http://youtu.be/DDisMlwlSgk This is a guest post by Mohamed Jallow. He is an interdepartmental associate at the Council on Foreign Relations and graduate of the CUNY Colin Powell Center for Policy S…

December 9, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
On-the-Ground Views of the Ebola Crisis in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Nancy A. Aossey, Laurie Garrett, and David Nabarro, join Richard E. Besser to discuss the panelists' recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and the international response to the crisis.

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December 9, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
On-the-Ground Views of The Ebola Crisis in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Nancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFR’s senior fellow for global health, and David Nabarro, the UN’s special envoy on Ebola, join …

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