{"id":1545,"date":"2011-04-06T10:44:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T17:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2011-04-06T10:44:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T17:44:38","slug":"looking-at-bahrain-from-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=1545","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Bahrain from Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/Middle_East\/MD07Ak01.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1546\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-06 at 7.49.13 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-06-at-7.49.13-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a>Addis Ababa-<\/strong> I&#8217;ve got a new article out on ATol today about political and sectarian repression in little Bahrain. Going to try and do a major road trip here to look into a Horn of Africa trans-border story and I have no clue whether it&#8217;ll even work but going to go for it anyway. According to the wikitravel entry for Addis, Ethiopia supposedly has the 4th worst internet connectivity in the world. Glad I read that AFTER arriving here! Loving this city though. Vive Jeune Afrique! Oh, and the coin that my editor Tony used in the graphic to the left, I am bidding on on Ebay! Funny&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa- I&#8217;ve got a new article out on ATol today about political and sectarian repression in little Bahrain. 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