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1 big thing

Escalating war in Ethiopia

1 big thing

Axios

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4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed - a Nobel Peace Prize winning politician - has said he’ll lead troops who are fighting rebels in the Tigray region of the country in what he’s calling "the final fight" to save Ethopia. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is warning of a potential humanitarian crisis there that could destabilize the entire region. Plus, the rise of vegan Thanksgiving. And, the story of the first Thanksgiving - 1200 miles south of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Guests: Axios' Zach Basu, Ben Montgomery and Russell Contreras. Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, David Toledo and Jayk Cherry. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Axios today.

0:36.6

It's Wednesday, November 24th.

0:38.9

I'm Nyla Boudou.

0:40.4

Here's what you need to know today.

0:41.8

The rise of vegan Thanksgiving.

0:44.2

And there's a theme here, the story of the first Thanksgiving, 1,200 miles south of

0:49.0

Plymouth, Massachusetts.

0:50.9

The first, today's one big thing, escalating war in Ethiopia.

0:57.9

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abe, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician, has said he'll

1:04.8

lead troops who are fighting rebels in the Tigray region of the country and what he's

1:09.3

calling the final fight to save Ethiopia.

1:12.8

And the Biden administration is warning of a potential humanitarian crisis that could

1:16.8

destabilize the entire region.

1:19.5

Zach Basu covers national security for Axios and is here to catch us up.

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