In 2023, Mitiku Nemera, an Ethiopian journalist, moved to the United States from Ethiopia to work as an international broadcaster for Voice of America (VOA)’s Horn of Africa Service. Less than two years later, his career was abruptly interrupted. In March 2025, an executive order dismantled the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the government-funded…
The silent wounds of exile: Inside the mental health crisis facing exiled journalists
