Four months after Kenya was the pioneering partner in the America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS), the country faced severe flooding that increased the risk of cholera, malaria, and other endemic diseases. The bilateral agreement signed by President William Ruto in December has meant a reduction in U.S. support and aid compared to the U.S. […]
Tag: Rwanda
The Dark Stain of Ethnic “Unity”
In 1994, the world watched on in horror as Rwanda plunged into violence on a staggering scale. Today, over 30 years later, history is quietly repeating itself in Sudan. And the devastation is so immense that scars left on the landscape, the remnants of systemic slaughter, are captured clearly by satellite imagery. While these scenes […]
Might Makes Right: the DRC, Rwanda, and a Shifting World Order
The winding path of international politics has reached a fork of values: enduring liberalism versus an emergent imperialism. Our new path will be chosen in Central Africa, a war-ridden and oft-ignored part of the world, where the Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing a resurgence of violence inflicted by its neighbor Rwanda. In 2012, […]
Rwanda’s Path to Gender Equity
When Justine Uvuza returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, she was shocked by the state of her country. At the time, the little remaining infrastructure and shattered political systems that resulted from the Rwandan genocide comprised the leading narrative of the country. But when she returned, what stood out most to Uvuza was […]
Requiem for a Nascent Democracy: Burundi
From the ruins of a twelve-year civil war, Burundi openly embraced multi-party democracy in 2005 to a great deal of optimism and expectation. Today, the country is in crisis; subject of a United Nations resolution, there are legitimate fears of Burundi slipping into a Rwanda-like massacre. On April 25th this year, Pierre Nkurunziza, the incumbent […]