THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: Domino (AUDIO)

N.B.: A listener pointed out that I say that the group who captured Addis Ababa in 1991 was the Eritrean People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). I meant to say Ethiopian. Keeping track of acronyms and organisations got a bit confusing in the writing. Apologies for the error. G

Hello, and welcome to Blood Work. Things can always get worse.

Very nice explainer, I’ve been trying to figure out the context and sides in this area for a while and i was able to follow your narrative really well! The absolutely diabolical move of tying a large landlocked country to a small beachfront neighbor is peak colonialism.