Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Finian Cunningham, Sam Husseini November 12, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded November 12th, 2022. Ten days ago, delegates from both sides of the two years-long war in Ethiopia convened in South Africa to sign a truce ending hostilities. The western press is declaring it a victory for the federal government of Abiy Ahmed, but is an end to the bloodshed without a reckoning for the crimes committed really peace - or merely a sowing of dragon's teeth for future conflict? Finian Cunningham is a prolific journalist and two-time Serena Shim Award for Uncompromising Integrity in Journalism recipient. He spent the better part of a decade living in and reporting from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, and his recent article, 'Ethiopia Peace Deal is Cover for Western Destruction of a Strong, Independent African State' questions the underlying motives behind both the war and its recently declared cessation. Finian Cunningham in the first half. And; you've likely heard America held its mid-term elections last week. Of the many issues not made issue of by Democrat campaigners for office was the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid, you may recall, has been a big issue in the lives of millions in America, (and elsewhere) for about the last two and half years; but, you wouldn't know it to hear the stump speeches. Sam Husseini is an independent journalist, writing at Husseini.Substack.com, where his recent article, 'This Election "Is a Farce"...Was Covid Origins a Hidden Winning Campaign Issue?' appears. Sam Husseini and the political left's other perceived political "third rail": Covid in the second half. But first, Finian Cunningham and Ethiopia's Civil War aftermath. Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at Gorilla-Radio.com, GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/