Education best hope against Ebola With no vaccine or effective treatments, teaching people to avoid infection is key. This spring, Craig Manning of the Centers for Disease Control was in the West African country of Guinea, responding to the...
Disputes heighten tension between China and neighbors The Second Thomas Shoal might not seem like much. A small reef about 125 nautical miles from the Philippines in the South China Sea, it is home to a rusting Filipino warship named the Sierra Madre that ran...
Sea treaty draws opposition from U.S. conservatives The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, came into effect in 1994. At present, 165 countries are party to the convention. The United States, despite being involved in the negotiations that...
International forces fail to stem killing in Central African Republic When Christian militias known as anti-balaka came to the village of Guen in the Central African Republic in February, the father of 10-year-old Oumarou Bouba knew it was time to run. “I took my son when...
Christian-Muslim fighting leads to ethnic cleansing in Central African Republic The conflict in the Central African Republic began as many conflicts do: with the overthrow of an unpopular leader. Since then, however, it has taken on a decidedly religious tone. First, it was Muslims...
