Following anti-racism protests in Belgium, King Philippe, in a letter to Felix Tshisekedi, president of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), expressed his "regret" over his country’s exploitation of DRC.

This post is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ blog series on human trafficking, in which CFR fellows and other leading experts assess new approaches to improve U.S. and global efforts to cur…

The genital disappearance panic sweeping across Nigeria evokes nagging anxiety over masculinity and male power.   

Nigerian Christians must decide whether to cut or thrust

Presidential candidate faces a dilemma as religious factor threatens to undo campaign. 

The following is a guest post by my colleague Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, and his research associate Gabriella Meltzer. With the generous s…