On A DAY LIKE TODAY

Pranav Baskar, Emily Kwong | May 15, 2020 | NPR Just over a century ago, a virulent flu outbreak was wreaking havoc on the world. We know it now as the 1918 influenza pandemic, and its tremors were felt far and wide. By the end of its spread, tens of millions were dead. The field of public health has taken a giant leap from the days of 1918, when virology was still … [Read more...] about What The 1918 Flu Can Teach Us About Handling Today’s Pandemic

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell | May 14, 202 | Council on Foreign Relations After years of negotiations, Egypt has written to the UN Security Council about what it considers to be Ethiopia’s failure to reach an agreement over the filling and operations of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The United States, Russia, and the World Bank, among others, … [Read more...] about AU Leadership Absent From Egypt and Ethiopia Dam Dispute

30.Dec.2019 | Harvard International Review Harvard International Review: What motivated you to move on from your first career in arms control to found Ecopia?Mitslal Kifleyesus-Matschie: Well, it was connected to my first career. In my first career, I became successful because I convinced a number of African and Latin American nations to ratify the Chemical Weapons … [Read more...] about On Sustainable Development in Rural Ethiopia: Interview with Mitslal Kifleyesus-Matschie

Antony Sguazzin | May 15, 2020 | Bloomberg African nations rallied to the defense of World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after the body and its leader were rebuked by the U.S. for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement issued by the African Group of Ambassadors in Geneva, the nations also echoed calls by German … [Read more...] about African Nations Back WHO’s Tedros After Attacks by Trump, U.S.

Water shortages are causing increased hardships for many, on top of coronavirus restrictions, unemployment and the crippling economic crisis. Al Jazeera's Raheela Mahomed reports. Water shortages are causing increased hardships for many, on top of coronavirus restrictions, unemployment and the crippling economic crisis. That is on top of coronavirus restrictions, … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe water shortages add plight to multiple crises