https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e546d69d-f4d4-4779-aef0-bf2d3ceb183a **Show your support for BreakThrough — donate at https://PayPal.me/btnewsroom The U.S. and EU have accused Ethiopia of every atrocity imaginable and now they’re preparing sanctions. The Ethiopian government insists that it’s legitimately fighting a separatist group, the formerly ruling TPLF, which is attempting to regain power through violence and terrorism. Who’s telling the truth? What explains the one-sided media coverage? How do Eritrea and Sudan fit into it all? What’s driving Washington’s destabilizing policies in the Horn of Africa, which have alienated a longtime U.S. ally? To help cut through the fog of war, Rania Khalek was joined by Eugene Puryear, a journalist for Breakthrough News and host of The Punch Out podcast. You can watch an earlier interview with Eugene Puryear on the war in Ethiopia here: https://youtu.be/EDTmNZFaoLU Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW TIME CODES 0:00 Intro 2:19 Eugene gives a general summary of the conflict, with maps! 9:10 Who’s blocking humanitarian aid? 16:19 TPLF using humanitarian crisis as a weapon of war 30:19 Stealing humanitarian aid trucks and hoarding fuel 36:40 Ignored TPLF human rights abuses and child soldiers 42:12 How the TPLF vs Ethiopian govt responds to abuse accusations 45:13 How the international media is manufacturing consent for sanctions on Ethiopia 51:18 The new Ethiopian government vs how the TPLF ruled the country 1:05:00 Is Abiy Ahmed a neoliberal 1:14:37 Why is the US alienating and destabilizing Ethiopia? 1:19:05 The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam 1:25:25 US imperialism’s antagonism towards independence 1:30:45 The Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal 1:33:00 A bad liberal argument 1:36:43 Why Eritrea is demonized 1:42:13 How Eritrea compares to its regional counterparts 1:48:20 Predictions for where the war is headed 1:56:03 Rania’s electricity goes out Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:14:22 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e546d69d-f4d4-4779-aef0-bf2d3ceb183a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.