In the News: “Reductive Seduction” in Creating Meaning from Others’ Lives
One of the issues that The CIHA Blog contends with is the problematic argument that people are just trying to “do good,” that their motives are genuine, that any problem […]
In the News
The CIHA Blog’s commentary on recent news pieces about events in Africa.
In the News: The Human-Rights Ideology and its Limits – The Urgency of African Agency
by Cilas Kemedjio
On January 10, 2011, a Cameroonian newspaper reported a grant of 300,000 euros (about US $350 million at the time) made by the European Union to three Cameroonian […]
In the News: The Humanitarian Promise of A Shared Memory / Actualités: la promesse humanitaire d’une mémoire partagée
In the News: Reassessing Madagascar’s “Donor Orphan” Problem / Réévaluer le problème de « orphelin de donateur » de Madagascar
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
In “Think Again: Sorry Madagascar, Your Problems Aren’t Hot Enough,” Simon Allison, writing for the Institute for Security Studies, underscores the paradox […]
In the News: A Deeper Understanding of African Migrants
by Kajsa Hallberg Adu
In the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis that is seeing thousands of families desperate to enter Europe, the issue of African migrants to Europe has also resurfaced. […]
In the News: Uncovering the Dynamics of Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Markets with Kristin Peterson
posted by Jolene McCall
On a recent trip to Lagos, Nigeria, Dr. Kristin Peterson spoke with Kunle Ajibade, executive editor of PM News regarding her book Speculative Markets: Drug Circuits and […]
In the News: Rethinking Food Aid Programs
posted by Jolene McCall
The detrimental effects of food aid programs are not a recent realization. In fact, a variety of reports highlight the necessity to rethink […]
In the News: MDGs to SDGs and Development Summits
posted by Jolene McCall
In our ongoing coverage of the move from the MDGs to SDGs, including our recent “In the News” piece, “MDGs to SDGs – New Goals, Similar […]
In the News: Serious Inequalities in the Humanitarian Industry
posted by Cecelia Lynch
The following report and articles detail how the big NGOs, both faith-based and non-faith-based, continue to rake in most humanitarian and development funding to the detriment of […]