A vote with no confidence: Ethiopia’s untimely election
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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The northern region of Tigray, consumed by war and facing famine, will not vote today. It is all a far cry from what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed once promised. Italy has piles of cash and a new ministry to guide it through a green revolution; we examine its plans and its challenges. And a rare conservation success off Australia’s coast.
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| 1:14.8 | With Italy's new government in February came a new department, the Ministry for Ecological Transition. |
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