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Potential crisis in Ethiopia
PRI's The World
September 05, 2007
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Africa Editor Martin Paut about warnings of a potential humanitarian crises in Ethiopia. The aid agency Doctors without Borders says it's been denied access to areas where government and rebel forces have been locked in conflict.
Arts, Culture & Media
Treating fistula in Ethiopia
PRI's The World
February 13, 2008
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Mary Olive Smith, the producer of the new film, "A Walk to Beautiful,� a film which documents the work being done at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia's capital city
Conflict & Justice
Humanitarian crisis in Mogadishu
PRI's The World
February 14, 2008
Aid groups say Somalia is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, due to renewed fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopia-backed government forces, and Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from Christian Balslev-Olesen
Global Politics
President goes to Africa
PRI's The World
February 15, 2008
President Bush embarks today on a 5-country tour of Africa, and for the most part, he's expecting a warm welcome but that won't be the case everywhere;
Business, Economics and Jobs
Ethiopia's looming famine
PRI's The World
May 20, 2008
The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, warned today that 6 million children are at risk from hunger in Ethiopia and more than 120,000 kids are in need of immediate medical care
Science, Tech & Environment
Developing countries and weather forecasts
PRI's The World
June 02, 2008
In many developing countries, people can't turn on CNN or the BBC for a weather report, and with climate change in the forecast, that's a problem, as Julia Kumari Drapkin reports.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Ethiopian food crisis
PRI's The World
August 18, 2008
International aid agencies are raising the alarm in Ethiopia. Officials say the country is facing its worst hunger crisis since the famine in 1984. David McGuffin reports from one of the worst hit areas in Ethiopia.
Conflict & Justice
Human rights report reveals illegal rendition
PRI's The World
October 01, 2008
Jennifer Daskal of Human Rights Watch speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins about a report on the practice of rendition in the Horn of Africa. That's the practice of secretly deporting people outside of their country to avoid the legal process.
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit
PRI's The World
January 26, 2009
The CD "Dub Colossus in a Town Called Addis" seems to indicate a return to Ethiopia's musical greatness. The World's Marco Werman explains.
Global Politics
Ethiopia runs out of Coca-Cola
PRI's The World
March 24, 2009
One impact of the global economic crisis in Ethiopia is a shortage of Coca Cola. Though it may not seem like a serious concern, the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt tells anchor Katy Clark why the Ethiopian government is treating it as a national emergency.