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Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Ethiopia erupted into violence last week when a popular singer was assassinated.

The killing has exposed the ethnic tensions and the mistrust of government that are threatening the country's delicate transition from autocratic rule to democracy.

And a rollicking cloaking dagger tail is playing out in Fiji.

A self-described spy offered his services to the state broadcaster promising to get dirt on the opposition.

What followed was a story of spy pens, police raids, and not just a little embarrassment.

But first...

No sooner had the pandemic taken hold than talk turned to a vaccine, a cure-all, a one-shot fix that could vanquish the virus.

As recently as last week, President Donald Trump repeated his pledge that a vaccine would be available this year.

We'll likely have a therapeutic and-or vaccine solution long before the end of the year.

That isn't a promise he can make, and two days later, the head of America's Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, wouldn't make it.

I can't predict when a vaccine will be available.

The measures have two core concerns. A vaccine candidate must be proven both safe and effective.

Yesterday, Anthony Fauci, head of America's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the Trump Administration's Go To Health Expert, cautiously suggested that by early next year, those two concerns would be addressed.

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