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October 7, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Gambia Leaves the Commonwealth

Gambia’s dictator, Yahya Jammeh, announced that Gambia is leaving the Commonwealth of Nations, a “neo-colonialist” institution, in his view. He provided no official explanation for the departure. The…

Gambia's President Al Hadji Yahya Jammeh attends the plenary session of the Africa-South America Summit on Margarita Island September 27, 2009.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

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Preparing for Leadership Transitions in Africa

A number of African states have recently experienced watershed leadership transitions. The Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh, president for twenty-two years, unexpectedly lost the 2016 elections and, despite his…

October 25, 2018

Cybersecurity
New Entries in the CFR Cyber Operations Tracker: Q3 2018

An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between July and September 2018.

Cyber ops tracker
Blog Post by Adam Segal Net Politics

January 30, 2017

Development
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, covering from January 15 to January 28, was compil…

Pregnant women holding their prescription papers wait to be examined at a government-run hospital in the northeastern Indian city of Agartala March 17, 2015. India is betting on cheap mobile phones to cut some of the world's highest rates of maternal and child deaths, as it rolls out a campaign of voice messages delivering health advice to pregnant women and mothers. Amid a scarcity of doctors and public hospitals, India is relying on its mobile telephone network, the second largest in the world with 950 m
Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein Women Around the World

June 7, 2012

Pakistan
The Widening U.S.-Pakistan Rift

The U.S. drone attack that killed an al-Qaeda leader has further frayed ties and is feeding Pakistani anger, humiliation, and frustration over U.S. aims, says CFR’s Daniel Markey.

Interview by Daniel S. Markey and Bernard Gwertzman