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December 28, 2023

Ethiopia
Ethiopia in Troubled Waters

Ethiopia has struggled to recover from the fallout of the Tigray conflict, with few signs of improvement for 2024. 

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Army Chief of General Staff, Birhanu Jula, watch a military parade during the 116th celebration of the Ethiopian Defense Force in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 26, 2023.

August 1, 2022

Nigeria
Nigeria in Uncharted Waters

The contending scenarios as social order breaks down.

A woman holds a poster of President Muhammadu Buhari that reads "President Buhari Pls Help Us" alongside others in a protest.

March 22, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
Women’s Water Insecurity Is a Global Health Crisis

This post was authored by Victoria Parsons (Twitter, LinkedIn), a member of CFR’s Young Professionals Briefing Series and a Founding Partner of Palm Global Consulting, a boutique global affairs firm …

Women protest the lack of water in San Martin, El Salvador, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 19, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Shortages of Essential Goods for Women and Children in Gaza

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 covers April 13 to April 19.

Palestinian women and children react at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 17, 2024.

September 2, 2020

Global Governance
Navigating Rough Waters: The Limitations of International Watercourse Governance

Recent events are straining the global watercourse governance system. Countries need to articulate and abide by universal norms and standards on sustainable and equitable water resource use to secure…

A man in a sleeveless shirt holds a pipe pouring water from the Nile river onto a patch of mud to make bricks on Khartoum, Sudan

October 10, 2018

China
Who Controls the Tap? Addressing Water Security in Asia

The absence of a U.S. response to China’s encroachment on Asia’s rivers points to a failure to comprehend the regional implications of increased competition for water resources.

China water hydropower