The health outreach workers who drove past Lama Mballow’s village with a megaphone handed out T-shirts emblazoned with the words: “I GOT MY COVID-19 VACCINE!”By then, the women in Sare Gibel already had heard the rumors on social media: The vaccines co…
Day: October 17, 2021
Volunteers in the Sky Watch Over Migrant Rescues by Sea
As dozens of African migrants traversed the Mediterranean Sea on a flimsy white rubber boat, a small aircraft circling 1,000 feet above closely monitored their attempt to reach Europe.The twin-engine Seabird, owned by the German non-governmental organi…
How Social Media Became a Battleground in the Tigray Conflict
When Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) started fighting in November 2020, a second front quickly opened online, where both sides seek to control the narrative.Social media became a battleground, with the Ethiopian…