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Briefing Room 25.04.26: Trouble Brews in Tigray, and Madagascar's Growing Military Crackdown

Simon Whistler · April 25, 2026 · 18 min video · Africa

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What this episode covers

The situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, and Madagascar's growing military crackdown are causing concern. The Tigray People's Liberation Front has taken back control

Chapters

  1. Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis Threatens Return to WarIn the free preview
  2. Japan Restarts Arms Exports After 80 YearsInsiders
  3. Madagascar Revolution Curdles Into Military DictatorshipInsiders

From the transcript

Welcome back to Briefing Room, our subscriber only show The Doubles is your weekly reminder that there are other major events happening in the realms of conflict and geop olitics.

Outside of the Middle East, on Simon and this week, those major events are taking us first in Northern Ethiopia, where the ghosts of the Tigray War threaten to once again turn this unquiet region into a side of horrors.

Next, we're taking a short detour to Japan to check out the impact of Tokyo's decision to restart Hans exports, then we'll finally travel to Madagascar, where a people power revolution is, surprise surprise, slowly curdling into what appears to be a burgeoning military dictatorship.

This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.

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