BREATH TAKING RACIAL INJUSTICE AT THE WORLD BANK AGAINST BLACKS
Few days ago, I stumbled upon a publication talking about racial injustice at the World Bank and I thought it wise to dig a little deeper to understand the crux of the matter. However, what I found was beyond believe. It was heart breaking and out rightly demoralizing and i am forced to ask, is this how endemic racial injustice takes place at the World Bank? President of Hosea Initiative, Terry Beatley wrote an open letter to the new Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, calling on the youngest African leader to use his good office to seek African Union (AU) intervention in the case of one Dr. Yonas Biru an Ethiopian citizen, racially violated beyond human comprehension at the World Bank. In the letter, Terry brought together all relevant facts and evidences to back up the need for action at Africa’s continental highest body. ABOUT THE VICTIM Dr. Biru was the former Deputy Global Manager of the World Bank’s International Comparison Programme (ICP). According to the World Ban...