When a COVID-19 Vaccine is Ready, The “COVAX Facility” Will Bring it to the World’s PopulationWhen a COVID-19 Vaccine is available, most of the world will have access to it thanks to a unique platform...
The Coup in Mali is Pushing a Humanitarian Crisis to the BrinkBy Alexandra Lamarche, senior advocate for West and Central Africa at Refugees International. This week, images of Malians celebrating the ousting of...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is a Major Hydroelectric Project — and Sparking a Conflict Over WaterThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or as it’s better known The GERD, is a major hydroelectric project that is being...
Better Know CEPI — The International Partnership That’s Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine for the WorldWhen a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, chances are that my guest today will have had a hand...
Why COVID-19 is *Not* Ravaging One of the Most Fragile Country’s On the Planet, The Central African RepublicThe Central African Republic is near the bottom of every major economic or development indicator. For example, out of 189...
Better Know Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Views — Is there a “Biden Doctrine?”Joe Biden formally accepts the Democratic party’s nomination for US President this week at the Democratic National Convention — which...
Polio vaccination campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the last two countries where the crippling disease has a foothold – after a reported “surge” in cases.Child vaccination drives, including against polio, were stopped in March due to concerns that they might increase the risk of...
Belarus Protests Threaten to Take Down Europe’s Last DictatorBelarus is sometimes referred to as Europe’s last dictatorship. Since 1994 it has been ruled by just one man —...
Stranded by Civil War, A Leaky Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Threatens to Unleash the World’s Worst-Ever Oil SpillThe story of a leaky oil tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen is, in part, the story of the...
