How Ethiopia Turns Into a Regional Mega-War.
Simon Whistler • October 8, 2026
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Hello this is simon from the future recording on the day this episode is released because well we got a bit of a major update that we need to account for according to a range of local sources and regional analysts and confirmed with geolocated video eritrean forces have crossed into ethiopia's tigri region in at least one location those aerotrain forces are
Reported to be massing in a tigrayan city called adagrat roughly 40 kilometers from the eritrean border there a local official told jean's france press that eritrean troops have been gathering their strength for around four days now to be clear ethiopian sources on both sides of the conflict have alleged for around a week now that eritrean troops are present
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Eritrean troops are already inside Tigray, and the same fault lines run through Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia — fragile states a wider war could shatter while rival powers pour in arms.