How Big Data and Text Messaging Can Prevent Suicide Around the WorldAccording to the World Health Organization 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. My guest today, Bob Filbin is...
Libya is Lurching Towards a Full Blown Civil WarBattles are raging in Tripoli between forces aligned with the UN-backed government and a renegade general named Khalifa Haftar. Haftar...
Mozambique After Cyclone Idai, One Month OnIn mid-march, Cyclone Idai struck southern Africa, ravaging parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Of these countries, Mozambique was hardest...
A Revolution in Sudan. What Comes Next?Protesters in Sudan have secured the ouster of longtime ruler Omar al Bashir. The protests began in earnest in December...
A Revolution in Access to Medicine is Underway in Five African CountriesAmong the many barriers to quality healthcare in the developing world is the high cost of medicine. This is due,...
How to Prevent a Demographic “Youth Bulge” From Causing Widespread UnemploymentSouth Africa is experiencing what demographers call a “youth bulge” which occurs when young people make up a disproportionately large...
How Fear Distorts U.S. Foreign PolicyThe world has never been safer, wealthier or healthier. So why is it that our foreign policy is dominated by...
How a Social Entrepreneur is Fighting Counterfeit Medicines in the Developing WorldNot long ago, the social entrepreneur Bright Simons tried and failed to create a platform to pair organic farmers in...
Ahead of Trump Meeting, Egypt’s Abdel Fatah al-Sisi Seeks to Consolidate PowerThe White House confirmed that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is to meet President Trump at the White House on...