Radio War Nerd EP225 — Ethiopia-Eritrea Wars + Rakhine State Rebellion + Annibale on Italy Pandemic, Pt. 4

Guests: Kayleigh Long, journalist + Annibale Recorded: April 13, 2020 First - the War Nerd & Ames discuss life in quarantine on opposite coasts—Portland, and now Rochester for Ames... At 20:09 - War Nerd tells the incredible story of the Ethiopian wars from the Derg revolution in 1974 through the Eritrean and Tigrayan wars of the 1980s and 90s... At 1:36:00 - We're joined by journalist Kayleigh Long (RWN EP#101) to discuss surprising new twists in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where the military, fresh off ethnically cleansing Rohingya Muslims, now waging a brutal counterinsurgency against Buddhist Rakhine separatists... At 2:08:00 - Annibale tells us about the latest Coronavirus developments in Italy—and how Lombardy's big experiment with privatized health care may be the reason why Lombardy is suffering worse than any other province in Italy... Music by Brendon Anderegg. Total time: 2:40:28 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here