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How to lose friends and alienate people: Ethiopia’s civil war

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Tom, Is This the Result of a Tpa Life Incursion Into the Amhara Region?

i think tgre is under siege. Barely any food has been allowed in. People are starving. There need to be talks. Does this justify the tepeles military decision to invade neighbouring regions? That's contentious point. I think what's really important to understand is the absolute lack of trust between the two sides. Neither side is willing to risk compromise, laying down their arms and scaling back the war for fear the other will use the window to rearm, regroup and fight some more. So it's an exexistential struggle. That's the way it's seen by both sides. And what about the rest of the world? What's being done diplomatically to try

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