Read more at www.crs.org By Lane Hartill Barou always knew what to do. And her daughter, Hawa--who followed her like a shadow--absorbed all her secr...
Incompetent State Department officials and poor enforcement of visa procedures that have been in place long before the personal computer, or even the jet airliner, are the problem here. And we aren't hearing a word about it.
With the recent terror plot foiled on the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, let's see if our government officials react sensibly or foolishly. If their past actions are an example, I'm not hopeful.
In times of terrorism, the first casualty is American values. The Obama administration must counter its impulse to overreact to this recent terrorist incident.
With a population of more than 150 million, the second largest economy on the continent, and millions of barrels of oil produced a day, Nigeria is lik...
As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.
Earlier this year, President Obama went to Africa and issued this simple statement: "Africa's future is up to Africans." He highlighted the power of Christians and Muslims in Nigeria working side-by-side to end malaria.
MIAMI--This is the story of a tree and what it means to the water supply and to the global environment. It is an ancient story but it is also a story ...
"Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a cr...
Several weeks ago Brian Williams profiled the children of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO) and its founder Andeisha Farid in ...
While Kanye West's admitted disdain for books is well known, I reflected on his recent comments while at the Eugene O'Neill Theater watching Fela!, the production based on the life Fela Kuti.
To dispel the rumors and to move Nigeria toward a greater respect for the rule of law, Olabode George's jailing must be followed by further credible prosecutions and convictions.
On Sunday, Chevron became the first oil company to come under a Yes Men Audience Attack. Chevron was chosen because it's different from other oil companies.
Prison conditions worldwide are worse than the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture could have imagined. Jails without air, toilets and food are not rare.
The Past Two Week's Top Stories in International Affairs: The Real Deal with Iran The 5+1 (UN Permanent Security Council Members plus Germany) were a...
The symptoms of catastrophe are unmistakable, and the diagnosis is clear: we are in a race against time with the forces of the natural world.
By now, we all know the environmental costs of oil. But in his book, Crude World, author Peter Maass offers a first hand account of the social costs: poverty, war and corruption.
Unbeknown to most Americans, the Departments of Defense and State maintain a wide web of military programs across Africa. Collectively, they fall under the jurisdiction of AFRICOM.
While the economy dominates all issues, African immigrants continue to hope that immigration reform does not fade into oblivion either.
A picture taken on film has advantages -- for viewer and subject alike -- that simply don't exist in the world of digital photography.
Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."
