Chinese expansion meets a civil conflict in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has profited from Chinese investment, which is credited with restarting the African nation’s economy. But an internal struggle between Ethiopia’s central government and the opposition party that runs the northern region, Tigray, poses new challenges. Journalists Mary Kay Magistad and Tesfalem Waldyes reported from Ethiopia, and now update the story with host Marco Werman.

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