Internet Freedom in Africa

 Freedom House recently published its annual "Freedom on the Net 2021."  It evaluated how governments censor and control the digital sphere in 63 countries, including 17 in Africa.

Of the 17 African countries, the only one ranked "free" was South Africa.  Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Sudan ranked "not free" and the others ranked "partially free."  

ESAT Television Program on Democracy

The Washington-based TV station ESAT asked me to join a program focused on democracy.  Assegid Habtewold was the moderator and Getachew Metaferia, political science professor at Morgan State University, was the other participant. 

The wide ranging hour long program covered democracy, freedom, prosperity, Francis Fukuyama and the end of history, Hegel, Marx, globalization, technology, the Arab Spring, revolutionary democracy and developmental democracy in Ethiopia.