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Briefing Room 28.02.26

Simon Whistler · February 28, 2026 · 17 min video · Global

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What this episode covers

Congolese drone strikes kill M23's spokesman as Kinshasa closes in on the coltan town of Rubaya; plus Madagascar's tilt toward Moscow and China's dual-use export bans on Japan.

Chapters

  1. DRC Fights M23 for Critical MineralsIn the free preview
  2. Madagascar's President Balances East and WestInsiders
  3. Japan and China Exchange Trade RestrictionsInsiders

From the transcript

Welcome back to the Briefing Room, the subscriber-only show for people bored at the regular headlines and excited at the idea of diving into obscure stories that everybody else is missing.

I'm Simon, and this week, what the rest of the world is ignoring is a growing military offensive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whereas supposed peace is fast-unraveling.

Sticking with Africa, there were also signs that Madagascar's new post-cute president is attempting a tricky balancing act between France on the one hand and America and Russia on the other.

This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.

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