April 2011 - Foreign Policy Public Health Blog

Welcome to Azania/Jubaland: The world's newest pseudostate

In addition to Somaliland and Puntland, it appears Somalia may now be home to a brand new semiautonomous region , Azania -- confusingly also sometimes called Jubaland . Alex Thurston writes : Jubaland/Azania now has a president, former Somalia Defence...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 2:46 PM by FP Passport

ICC to investigate crimes in Ivory Coast

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, issued a statement today indicating that his team may request the authorization to open a full-fledged investigation into atrocities committed in recent months in the Ivory Coast. The...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 9:42 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Ivory Coast strongman surrounded

Ivory Coast strongman surrounded Top news: Representatives of embattled Ivory Coast strong man Laurent Gbagbo are reportedly negotiating the terms of his surrender , as forces loyal to internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara have reportedly...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Endgame in Abidjan

When French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe announced that outgoing Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was in negotiations to surrender, he hailed the resolution of the crisis as a success by the international community. "Today, France can be proud...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 12:58 PM by FP Passport

"He only wanted a better Bahrain"

At 3 .a.m on March 30, policemen entered the home of blogger Mohammed Al-Maskati, who had been covering recent events in Bahrain by Twitter ( @emoodz ) and video. The men were wearing masks, and didnt show ID; they didn't say where -- or for how long...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 11:52 AM by FP Passport

Who was behind the Russian LiveJournal attack?

The Cyrillic-alphabet segment of LiveJournal -- the most popular blogging software program in Russia, is recovering from a massive DDOS attack on Sunday and Monday. The Moscow Times reports that the sophistication of the attack has lead many bloggers...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 11:40 AM by FP Passport

Africa thinks twice about nuclear power

One of our 2010 "Stories You Missed" was the increasing number of African countries looking to go nuclear as the continent's energy needs grow. The most recent, as of the time of writing, was Senegal, which hoped to have its first plant...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 10:15 AM by FP Passport

President Sweet Micky

Preliminary results suggest that pop star Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly has crushed former First Lady Mirland Manigat in Haiti's presidential runoff -- a dramatic reversal of fortune after the first round of voting didn't even initially...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 9:19 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Fighting continues at Brega

Fighting continues at Brega Top news: Rebels and pro-Qaddafi forces continued to trade fire in the oil town of Brega as international airstrikes continued. A western airstrike destroyed two of Qaddafi's vehicles today. The rebels have reportedly put...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 5:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Ivory Coast: Massacre in the West, Siege in the East

War has returned to the Ivory Coast in the guise of massacres, mercenaries, a besieged capital, and a humanitarian nightmare. Over the last week, a political deadlock that was frozen by all accounts is today a heated contest on the battlefield. Make no...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2011 7:25 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. supports Yemeni president's exit

U.S. supports Yemeni president's exit Top story: President Barack Obama's administration reappraised its policy toward Yemen, and now supports an orderly transition of power that would remove Yemeni President Abdullah Ali Saleh from office. Yemen...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2011 6:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Friday Photos: Chernobyl at 25

Last Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Above, The fourth power block of Chernobyl's nuclear power plant, covered with a 'sarcophagus' is seen from the deserted city of Pripyat, on March 31, 2011. The project to...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2011 2:20 PM by FP Passport

Police disperse 2,000 anti-dam protesters in western China

"Now all the roads are cleared," a 30-year-old woman from the county of Suijiang, in China's southwest Yunnan province, told the Wall Street Journal . "There are military police patrolling the streets to avoid people gathering together...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2011 11:47 AM by FP Passport

Drug czar 'in the middle' on whether drugs fund terrorism in Africa

Last year, I wrote several posts on the theory, being advanced by a number of senior lawmakers , that the trafficking of cocaine through West Africa to Europe might be used to fund Al Qaeda activities in North Africa. While the potential for this taking...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2011 11:16 AM by FP Passport

Where is the F-22?

The cover of the March 18 issue of the Weekly Standard featured a dramatic image of F-22 Raptor fighters flying "unto the breach" to highlight coverage of the war in Libya. It's a great stock photo, but not actually a very apt one since...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2011 10:03 AM by FP Passport

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Welcome to Azania/Jubaland: The world's newest pseudostate

ICC to investigate crimes in Ivory Coast

Morning Brief: Ivory Coast strongman surrounded

Endgame in Abidjan

"He only wanted a better Bahrain"

Who was behind the Russian LiveJournal attack?

Africa thinks twice about nuclear power

President Sweet Micky

Morning Brief: Fighting continues at Brega

Ivory Coast: Massacre in the West, Siege in the East

Morning Brief: U.S. supports Yemeni president's exit

Friday Photos: Chernobyl at 25

Police disperse 2,000 anti-dam protesters in western China

Drug czar 'in the middle' on whether drugs fund terrorism in Africa

Where is the F-22?