Skip to content
Fronts.co
AccountJoin Insider
Fronts.co
WarFrontsSponsor-free

The 21st Century's Deadliest War Has Restarted. Here's What You Need to Know.

Simon Whistler · August 3, 2026 · 20 min video · Africa

Duration 20:17
Watch sponsor-free with InsiderWatch with sponsors on YouTube

Already an Insider? Sign in and it plays here.

Also on YouTube. WarFronts published this video on its YouTube channel on August 3, 2026. Here it is with the sponsor segment cut out. Insiders watch all 878 WarFronts and HomeFronts videos this way.

From the transcript

Over a year now, this very channel has been warning that one of the world's biggest geopolitical dangers is an imminent return to war in Tigray. But what was likely the deadliest conflict so far seen this century could rear up to any moment? Well, it seems like that moment has finally come.

On Saturday 1st August, the world woke up to the news that fighting had broken out in the Tigray region. A volatile area in the north of Ethiopia, whose relationship with the federal government in Addis Ababa could best be described as contentious.

The clashes pitted soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, or ENDF, against those of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, an ethno- nationalist paramilitary group which at one point was the ruling party in Ethiopia.

This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.

No sponsor reads, on every episode

This video is free on YouTube with a sponsor segment. Insiders get the clean cut of every WarFronts and HomeFronts video, plus 128 exclusives that are only on Fronts.

Join Insider, $5 a monthSee what's included

About this briefing

Africa’s deadliest modern conflict may be returning. Discover why fighting has reignited in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the fragile alliances involved, and how this crisis could ignite a devastating regional war. Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@celestium1234 HomeFronts: https://www.youtube.com/@homefronts

Sources

  1. 01Hornreview Northern Ethiopia Fault Line And The Tplfs Renewed Military Push
  2. 02Ethiopiaobserver Heavy Fighting Erupts Near Sudan Border As Army And Tplf Exchange
  3. 03Sudantribune
  4. 04Freemalaysiatoday Hundreds Flee Ethiopia S Tigray Into Sudan After Border Fighting
  5. 05Arabnews World
  6. 06Eastleighvoice Fighting Between Ethiopian Forces And Tigray Fighters Ends After Nearly A Day Of Clashes
  7. 07X @AmharaWarUpdate
  8. 08Voanews
  9. 09Riftvalley RVI 20260326 Tigray CTA PRF Final
  10. 10Criticalthreats Ethiopia Fano Tplf Abiy Somalia Isis Puntland Drc M23 Rwanda Rubaya Africa File May 28 2026
  11. 11Crisisgroup B210 Ethiopia Eritrea And Tigray Powder Keg Horn Africa
  12. 12Moderndiplomacy Ethiopia Secretly Training Sudans Rsf Fighters Sources Say
  13. 13Aljazeera Sudan Blames Ethiopia Uae For Recent Drone Attacks What We Know
  14. 14X @SudaneseEcho
  15. 15X @BashirHashiysf
  16. 16Theelephant Ethiopia Return Of The Revanchist Tplf
  17. 17Bbc C778kp7k14ko
  18. 18Crisisgroup Power Struggle Ethiopias Tigray Averting Return War
  19. 19Acleddata Tplfs Move Fully Control Tigray Poses Growing And Expanding Threat Horn Africa

More like this

Go deeper than the YouTube video