Building the Rule of Law in Sudan
by Mark Fathi Massoud, Assistant Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Summer is an important time for the people of Sudan. It marks the country’s 1956 […]
Perspectives on Politics, Health, Food Security and Land Rights
Discussion of the often-intersecting issues of politics, health, access to food, agriculture, land rights, and climate change.
The President, the Army, and the Street / Le President, l’Armée, et la Rue
In the following post, Lamia Bazir, a Moroccan graduate student in International Affairs at Columbia University and Sciences Po, Paris, and a fellow of the American Association of University Women […]
Global Fund: “Where were you when we were fighting!”
Introductory note by CIHA Blog Editorial Assistant, Bangirana Albert Billy: The press release ‘Africa: GAVI Alliance significantly expands private sector involvement in saving lives’, published on AllAfrica.com, presents a […]
Turning a Blind Eye – Lessons from Egyptian refugee policy
Kelsey Norman
Egypt has traditionally been viewed as a transit country, through which refugees pass en route to Western states. While the Arab Spring and continuing conflicts in the region have […]
Experiences of a Former General of the Civil Defense Forces: Humanitarian Issues in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Then and Now
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dear Readers, the below is the second post of a three-part series on the moral economy of resource extraction, with its attendant violent commodification of people’s lives. In […]
Youth, Labor, and Violence: The Production of Humanitarian Crises in Sierra Leone and Liberia
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dear Readers, the below is the first post of a three-part series on the moral economy of resource extraction, with its attendant violent commodification of people’s lives. In […]
Dignity in Development
By Duncan McNicholl
Last year, I began the Perspectives of Poverty photography project to demonstrate how carefully constructed images can lead us to very different conclusions about someone living […]
Microbicides: Another “Silver Bullet” Needs Ongoing Socio-Cultural Analysis
Part I: Microbicide: a magic bullet in HIV prevention strategies for women?
By Veronica Noseda, Social sciences project officer, Sidaction, Paris
Every international Aids Conference needs a big announcement to go down […]
“When the Night Comes” film critique and discussion
By Cecelia Lynch
I sent the following email to the Directors of the UN Foundation (Timothy Wirth and Elizabeth Gore) after viewing a screening of the film, “When the Night Comes.” […]