OEF in the Media

“According to Planet imagery, I can definitely say the train has left the station,” says Melissa Hanham, a North Korea expert with the One Earth Future Foundation. “But I can't unfortunately use X-ray vision to see what's on the train and tell whether it's a civilian space launch vehicle or a milita...

“I’m definitely interested in constructive action that limits or stops the amount of fissile material that North Korea can produce,” said Melissa Hanham, a director at the One Earth Future Foundation. “But this will just be a piece of paper unless it’s implemented, and I don’t think a handshake will...

Melissa Hanham speaks to TIME about the Daunting Challenge of Shutting Down North Korea's Nuclear Complex

“It takes time to build trust and relationships in order to do business in fragile states like Somalia,” said Mahad Awale, country director of One Earth Future which has raised $11 million from investors to fund 130 social start-ups in Somalia.

But new research we’ve conducted, which focuses on several African states – among them Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia – suggests there may be an alternative funding source that nations could harness during times of crisis: diaspora investment

Secure Fisheries’ Sarah Glaser was interviewed and quoted by the Economist Intelligence Unit in a report on the importance of considering gender in fisheries development: “When big industry comes in, often women take the hit, as women who work in small-scale fisheries sub-sectors such as processing ...

Two weeks after Maduro’s re-inauguration, opposition leader Juan Gauido has declared himself the country's rightful president. The power struggle follows a failed military mutiny against Maduro, whose easy re-election in May 2018 during an economic, political, and humanitarian crisis has lead many t...

Melissa Hanham of the One Earth Future foundation pointed out that adversaries would have no way of knowing if a full-force Trident was being fired at them, or its low-yield cousin.

Melissa Hanham, an expert on weapons of mass destruction at the One Earth Future foundation, said that any idea that missile defence could limit the damage of a nuclear war was “fantasy”. “If we invest as much money in lowering tensions and de-alerting missile systems, we would be safer by far,” H...

“There is no indication that their nuclear and missile programmes have slowed or paused,” said Melissa Hanham, the director of the One Earth Future Foundation's Datayo Project and an expert in using satellite imagery and other publicly available data to analyse weapons proliferation. “Rather it has ...

It is the program of a North American foundation called One Earth Future, which three years ago wanted to be part of the Peace Agreement through programs of economic reintegration of ex-combatants.

There have been 463 coup attempts worldwide since 1950, 233 of which were successful. These undemocratic power transfers have sparked civil wars, triggered authoritarian crackdowns, and stunted economic growth.

Africans are 10 percent more likely to live through a coup than people in other parts of the globe, CoupCast data shows.

The fund has been launched by investment firm Norfund, One Earth Future’s Shuraako initiative and Danish development finance institution IFU, and aims to help Somali entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses, contribute to their country’s economy and tax base, and create a significant number of job...

Somali Pirates Return as Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported Fishing Continues in the Gulf of Aden By Jean-Pierre Larroque