Ethiopia has been in the headlines in recent months as the TPLF, a Tigrayan rebel group that ruled the country for three decades, violently seized the northern Ethiopian state of Tigray from the government. As of this recording, the Ethiopian government had declared a ceasefire. However, the TPLF has continued fighting to expand its control over Tigray’s border areas and threatening to push the war into neighboring countries.
The Western media has largely cheered on the TPLF and demonized the Ethiopian government and its allies, with allegations of ethnic cleansing, intentional famine and even genocide. The US has gone so far as to place sanctions on the Ethiopian government, a longtime US ally. But, as is usually the case with most wars in geostrategic areas of the world, there’s far more to the story than is being told and a whole lot of misleading information from the mainstream press.
To help us make sense of what’s happening and how we got here, Rania Khalek was joined by Eugene Puryear, a journalist for Breakthrough News and host of The Punch Out.
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Listened to this yesterday and learned so much! While listening, as Rania and Eugene discussed/wondered at the potential motive behind the imperial backing of the TPFL and apparent push to wreak chaos throughout the Horn, it occurred to me that Djibouti is home to China’s only extra-territorial military base. Considering this, China’s heavy BRI investments and progress in the Horn of Africa, and the Empire’s recent penchant for trying to create new quagmires and Vietnam-type situationd for Russia and China (think Syria and the hasty uncooperative withdrawal from Afghanistan), I wonder if the US is just trying to bury African BRI advancement by stoking regional conflicts?
July 26, 2021 at 10:56 pmGuys I wish you long live for both of you. Because this period is very challenging time as you discussed deeply. But we don’t know why the international community prefer quit. And it is not clear that the US side to Junta TPLF even we see in relation to national interest as well. But the truth is they don’t need to see strong and selfreliance nation. I hope this discussion will help to understand what is really going in Ethiopia. Within the past two-three days more than 200 people of Afar region have been killed and destroyed aid material and food.
August 11, 2021 at 5:28 pm