Reports

Jacob Kurtzer, Hareem Fatima Abdullah, Sierra Ballard Introduction The greater Horn of Africa, stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, is experiencing its worst drought in four decades. A fourth consecutive failed rainy season caused by…

By Erol Yayboke The Issue Since gaining its independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has struggled to fulfill the promise of a new nation, eventually descending into civil war in late 2013. The country is now bearing…

New CSIS Report and Video: Family Planning and Linkages with U.S. Health and Development Goals Janet Fleischman, Senior Associate, and Alisha Kramer, Program Manager Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies “Investing in family planning is…

By Richard Downie The people of Kenya go to the polls on March 4th in the country’s first general elections since December 2007, when a disputed outcome led to serious violence that brought the country to the…

Less than 18 months into its life as an independent nation, South Sudan is facing a desperate struggle for survival. Because the terms of its separation from Sudan were not decided before independence, negotiations have dragged…

By David W. Throup Kenya’s national elections in March 2013 will signal the end of the coalition government that has been in power since April 2008 and will take place within a political structure fundamentally transformed by…

The dual global epidemics of HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence (GBV) exert a destructive and disproportionate impact on women and girls, especially in high HIV-prevalence countries in Africa. Yet despite bipartisan political consensus on the intersection between…

With Fewer Resources, an Uncertain GHI Strategy, and Vulnerabilities on the Ground By J. Stephen Morrison, Suzanne C. Brundage Over the last decade, the United States' health partnership with Ethiopia has contributed to significant health gains in a…

By Richard Downie APR 19, 2012 There are fears that Sudan and South Sudan are edging closer to all-out war. The latest crisis has been precipitated by a dispute over oil, which propels the economies of both countries.…

By William J. Garvelink, Farha Tahir Mounting tensions in the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya have escalated to explosive levels in recent weeks. Built over 20 years ago with a maximum capacity of 90,000 refugees, the complex…