: Why can’t Ethiopia and Eritrea be mates? | Mapped Out

Tensions are running high in Tigray, Ethiopia’s northernmost state, which is still reeling from a recent civil war. Different interests within the region have led neighbors Ethiopia and Eritrea into new strife. But there are other sources of friction between them – including a lot of history and Ethiopia’s renewed insistence on its need for sea access

Chapters:
00:00 Abiymania
00:59 The power struggle for Tigray
05:29 Ethiopia and Eritrea: A long history
08:43 Access to the sea
13:22 How to avoid a new war

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