Abiy damned: Ethiopia’s looming civil war
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The Economist
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🗓️ 6 November 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has taken drastic steps to quieten a state stacked with trained militias. The conflict could draw in more states—or the whole of the Horn of Africa. China’s increasing push for self-reliance in a globalised economy has its complications—made clear by a vast influx of precision-bred super-chickens. And the macabre tale of books bound with human skin.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:10.5 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:18.2 | There's much to learn about China's place in the global economy from arriving boxes full |
| 0:23.0 | of fluffy little chicks. |
| 0:25.3 | After decades of breeding they grow huge and fast, and as much as China wants self-sufficiency |
| 0:31.5 | it lacks its own super chickens at home. |
| 0:35.9 | And we speak with an author who's looked into the macabre practice of binding books with |
| 0:40.5 | human skin. |
| 0:42.3 | They trace back to the 19th century, quite some time before the concept of informed consent |
| 0:47.6 | took hold in the medical community. |
| 0:56.1 | But first... |
| 1:00.4 | It's three days since Americans went to the polls and the votes are still being counted. |
| 1:05.6 | The latest tallies show Joe Biden inching ever closer to the 270 electoral college votes |
| 1:11.5 | he needs to become president-elect. |
| 1:14.7 | This morning he took the lead in Georgia for the first time. |
| 1:18.1 | He's up in Arizona and Nevada and is chipping away at President Trump's advantage in Pennsylvania. |
| 1:24.5 | Mr. Biden called for patience as the last votes are tallied. |
| 1:28.0 | We have no doubt that when the count is finished Senator Harris and I will be declared the winners. |
| 1:33.6 | So I ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm. |
| 1:38.0 | The process is working. |
| 1:40.2 | The count is being completed and we'll know very soon. |
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