In the News: Ethical Considerations for Ebola Care
Recent CIHA Blog posts about the Ebola epidemic in West Africa have focused on the ethics of the vaccine treatment and on the ethical considerations that governments and […]
Nigeria
In the News: Boko Haram at the intersection of history, religion and poverty
Several months have passed since Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 girls from Chibok, Nigeria, an act that briefly captivated Western news and social media. While attention to the group […]
In the News: Governments and NGOs in the Fight Against Ebola
Yesterday, The CIHA Blog assembled a number of articles about the ethics of treatment of the Ebola virus and the populations afflicted by it. Today, we are looking at […]
In the News: The Ethics of Ebola and Its Treatment
The CIHA Blog has had its eye on the ethical issues and questions around the treatment of the people who have been infected with Ebola and the efforts to fight […]
Nigeria’s Nonviolent Protest Movements Gathering Momentum
This week, The CIHA Blog is posting a series of articles about nonviolence movements across Africa. Read yesterday’s introductory post. Stay tuned throughout the week for more (Peace […]
Anti-Terrorist Rhetoric Won’t Stop Child Abduction and Trafficking
The CIHA Blog has been following the events in Nigeria related to the kidnapping of schoolgirls from Chibok by Boko Haram, including the storm of media around the world and […]
In the News: Troubling Questions of Representation
“The Real Story about the Wrong Photos in #BringBackOurGirls”
by James Estrin for The New York Times
This piece once again raises troubling issues of representation and generalization regarding Africa and […]
In the News: “Modern” Africa
“How Africa’s New Urban Centers are Shifting Its Old Colonial Boundaries”
In The Atlantic, Howard W. French explores the expansion of Lagos, Nigeria, toward Accra, Ghana, all the way to […]