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Eritrea and Ethiopia: A Response to Herman Cohen

Post by Samuel Mahaffy, PhD. Herman Cohen’s post on Eritrea – Ethiopia (“The Red Sea Is Slipping into Total Arab Control” December 28, 2015 ) deserves a thoughtful response. In the face of deliberate mis-information campaigns against Eritrea,… Read More

Story Robbers: The Distorters of the Eritrea Narrative

Guest Post by Samuel Mahaffy., PhD. Story robbers are worse than grave robbers. Grave robbers disrespect the remains of those who have passed. Story robbers desecrate the living narrative of a people. Every person, every tribe, every nation… Read More

The Future of Burkina Faso

Opinion of Dr. Samuel Mahaffy.  It is time for the African country, Burkina Faso to be able to live into its name of the “land of the honest people” instead of being the land of drone bases and… Read More

Joining Africa: From Anthills to Asmara –A Review

Dr. Samuel Mahaffy, Senior Advisor to Salaam Urban Village Association reviews the book Joining Africa: From Anthills to Asmara.  This review was originally published on his website in a longer form at http://samuelmahaffy.com/2014/10/joining-africa-anthills-asmara/ . From a Western world… Read More

South Sudan: Tragedy and Tentative Hope: Learning from the Story of One of the ‘Lost Boys’ of Sudan

Dr. Samuel Mahaffy, Senior Advisor to Salaam Urban Village interviews Madut–one of the ‘Lost Boys of Sudan’.  Madut’s journey and story teach us much about the conflict in Sudan and South Sudan.  It is a story of great… Read More