There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

Abebe Gelaw Agust 4, 2021 The current Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is on a messianic mission to Ethiopia, a country where food aid is a permanent fixture in the political-economic lexicon. Samantha Power hasn’t gone to Ethiopia to listen or talk to government officials. She is there to deliver a strong message from the Biden administration. Ms. Power is not just focused on ways to help those facing starvation as a devastating war rages in northern Ethiopia. She is also playing political games. Aid from the U.S. or other Western countries does not come … Continue reading There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch