This article was written by Jacob Mardell, a freelance writer currently traveling through Belt and Road countries and originally published on the Foreign Policy website. Bojan is three months unemployed, and his wife earns just 120 euros a month—not nearly enough to feed a family of four. He blames Serbia’s increasingly authoritarian president, Aleksandar Vucic, for his troubles. He also blames the European Union, which he says is Vucic’s ultimate master. He describes Brussel

The government of Somalia and Ethiopia have launched a US $400m road project that will link Ethiopia’s border town of Togochale to Berbera Port in Somalia. The President, Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland, confirmed “the road will provide access for landlocked Ethiopia to an additional seaport and significantly boost trade between the two countries”. The strategic road is an ambitious project that will greatly look to improve the economic outlook for Somaliland. It is understood t