After Decades of Authoritarian Rule is Ethiopia Really on the Path Toward Democratic Renewal? Carol Jean Gallo November 21, 2018Ethiopia has been getting quite a bit of attention in the news lately for taking seemingly significant shifts towards becoming an open democracy.Earlier this year, intensifying protests led to the sudden resignation of the prime minister, who took office f...
PODCAST: Peace Breaks Out Between Ethiopia and Eritrea Mark Leon Goldberg June 28, 2018Something truly remarkable in African history and global affairs occurred on June 26 when Eritrean leaders flew to the capitol of Ethiopia for peace talks. This was the first a high level meeting between these erstwhile foes in nearly twenty years, and the...
Famine, Explained (VIDEO) Mark Leon Goldberg March 13, 2017What three conditions trigger the United Nations to declare a "famine?" What causes a famine? And how do you stop a famine? These questions are acute right now as the world faces an unprecedented number of people living in famine or near famine conditions. ...
6 million people are at risk of starving in East Africa, and climate change deserves part of the blame John Light March 9, 2017Secretary General António Guterres has spent the last few days in East Africa, visiting nations there that are slammed by drought and facing rising food prices. The drought, he said, looks to be the worst the area has seen in decades — worse even than a 20...
An American Ally…Where Listening to Voice of America Was Just Banned? Kimberly Curtis October 28, 2016Nearly a year of protests against land reform issues and heavy-handed government policies is starting to take its toll on Ethiopia, who earlier this month announced a six-month state of emergency. Often hailed as a rising star and economic stronghold of Africa...
Praying for Rain in Ethiopia (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg March 24, 2016This video, from the Thompson Reuters Foundation, is a powerful first person account of the epic drought currently being experienced in parts of Ethiopia. For older Ethiopians, it is bringing up unsettling memories of the massive famine of the 1980s.Fr...
Shocking Global Stat of the Day Mark Leon Goldberg January 27, 2016Yemen, as you know doubt know, is currently in the midst of an awful civil war. The conflict began in March last year. Thousands have been killed in the fighting and hundreds of thousands displaced. Humanitarian conditions are abysmal. Hospitals are being bomb...
Ethiopia Experiencing “Worst Drought in 30 Years” Mark Leon Goldberg October 27, 2015The latest bulletin released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, contains this very alarming sentence: "The level of acute need across virtually all humanitarian sectors has already exceeded levels seen in the Horn of Africa d...
Episode 78: Kenna Mark Leon Goldberg August 24, 2015Kenna Zemedkun is a critically acclaimed musician and producer who's collaborated with the likes of Pharrell Williams and Justin Timberlake. He's also a pathbreaking social entrepreneur who, as of now, is the world's first one-for-one artist. Kenna has a n...
