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October 1, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Investigation Reveals WHO Staff Committed Sexual Abuse During 2018-2020 Ebola Mission

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 September 25 to October 1.

WHO Director speaks at a meeting alongside the opening of the 2021 World Health Assembly at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
Blog Post by Haydn Welch Women Around the World

August 15, 2013

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Somalia: Violence Against Staff Forces MSF Retreat

Doctors Without Borders announced that it is leaving Somalia. The French-founded, Nobel prize winning non-governmental organization, known by its French acronym MSF, provides medical care in war zone…

AMadina hospital staff help to wheel an injured Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) personnel on a stretcher south of capital Mogadishu December 29, 2011.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 20, 2004

Capital Flows
The IMF staff report on Iraq is a goldmine

I don’t expect many journalists will delve into it, but the IMF staff report on Iraq is a fountain of information. My favorite number: in 2004, the amount Iraq will spend importing (yes, importing) …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 14, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Standoff Between Nigeria’s New Defense Minister and the Chief of Defense Staff

Earlier in the week a guest blogger and I published separate posts on Nigeria’s new defense minister, Aliyu Mohammed Gusau. The two blog posts, while covering different aspects of the appointment, sa…

Air Marshal Badah
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 19, 2013

North Korea
Big Decisions Facing South Korea’s New Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman

South Korea’s National Assembly confirmed for the first time this week a naval officer, Admiral Choi Yun-hee, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Given the historic dominance of the army …

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Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound