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From anti-corruption probes to a disgruntled ex-minister calling for elections to disrupted grain shipments, headaches are mounting for Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. China has until now coped with a patchy, pricey system for mental-health treatment. The government is no ...  Show more

More than a year after a rebellion Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised to put down in weeks, the balance of power <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/ethiopian-forces-have-recaptured-key-towns-on-the-road-to-tigray21806825?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audi ...

After a five-month hiatus, violence has returned to the northern region of Tigray—but that is just one of the <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/08/25/two-ethnic-revolts-rack-ethiopia-at-the-same-time?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&ut ...

“We will repel, destroy and eliminate the enemy.” Those are the stark words today from Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Senator Chris Coons, President Biden’s foreign policy man in Congress, sheds light on the grim situation … A new documentary unco ...  Show more

It is becoming more certain that war crimes are being committed in the northern region of Tigray. Yet, despite increasing international pressure, there is little hope the suffering will soon end. In China anti-capitalist sentiment is growing online; overworked youth have a dec ...