Radio War Nerd EP 256 — Ethiopia-Tigray Fighting + Western Sahara

Recorded: November 24, 2020 First: the War Nerd survives snorkeling in the Irish Sea in search of his octopus teacher... At 11:22 - we look at the rapidly-developing war in Ethiopia between federal forces led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed, and the powerful Tigrayan TPLF forces in the north... At 50:30 - we discuss Western Sahara, where the Polisario Front ended its 30-year ceasefire with Morocco... More RWN episodes on Ethiopia: RWN EP #225, EP #40. Interlude music by Brendon Anderegg. Check out his group Mountains here. Buy John Dolan's "The War Nerd Iliad" and his audiobook "Pleasant Hell". Total time: 1:25:03 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here