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.

Until recently, the Ethiopian state of Somali was ruled by a vicious tyrant, its central

prison the site of untold repression.

Our correspondent returned to the state after its leadership changed and found a dramatic

turnaround underway.

And China's leader would dearly like to see his country win a World Cup, but the national football team has been underperforming.

The solution?

Bring in some international talents and naturalize them as Chinese citizens.

But first...

Tomorrow marks 30 years since the Berlin wall fell.

With it, the iron curtain separating east and west.

Young East Germans dashed the last 100 meters to the wall and were hauled into the West by West Germans who'd climbed on top.

Come on, come on.

The wall was built overnight in 1961, dividing a city and a country and symbolizing a divided continent.

But three decades ago, there was a change in the air in East Germany.

Revolutions had begun to sweep through central and eastern Europe.

Communist rule was beginning to come to an end.

There was a sense of having lived in a pressure cooker, not just that year,

but for a number of years preceding it.

And I think we all had a sense that it cannot go on like this.

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