Briefing Room 06.03.26 Niger Declares War on France (and more).
Simon Whistler · March 7, 2026 · 19 min video · Africa

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What this episode covers
Niamey's threat against Paris is theater, not strategy: the junta is redirecting public anger over deepening poverty and jihadist attacks — while Moscow quietly reaps the rewards.
Chapters
- Niger Declares War on FranceIn the free preview
- Myanmar Rebels Lay Siege to SittweInsiders
- M23 Drone Strikes Escalate Congo ConflictInsiders
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Welcome back to the breach of room where for perhaps the first time this week myself and the writers here have run so Not going to be talking about Iran. How about that? I mean unless you include that Right there.
So I guess technically we are going to talk about Iran just a little bit But just that tiny bit, but then I just said Iran again, so Let's move on and that's because while the crisis engulfing the Middle East has been dominating the headlines Surprisingly, it hasn't been the only thing happening in the world.
We here at the briefing ring have long advocated following the lesser known conflict stories And that seems even more important when the rest of the media is focused on just a single war There are other wars many of them So today we're not going to call the Middle East at all instead We're gonna travel to distant Myanmar where one of the biggest rebel
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