About this episode
The episode discusses the rising tensions and potential conflict in Ethiopia and Eritrea, focusing on the situation in the Tigray region.
Ethiopia and Eritrea are deploying troops and military equipment to the northern Tigray region, according to regional diplomats, raising the risk of renewed conflict in the Horn of Africa. On this week’s episode of the Next Africa podcast, Jennifer Zabasajja is joined by Bloomberg’s Simon Marks and Professor Kjetil Tronvoll from Oslo New University College to discuss how tensions have been rising over recent weeks, how likely a conflict could now be, and what repercussions of wider war in the Horn of Africa could look like. You can read Simon’s latest report here , and for more stories from the region, subscribe to the Next Africa newsletter here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Jennifer Zabasajja
Guests: Simon Marks, Kjetil Tronvoll
Topics covered
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Tigray
- conflict
- Horn of Africa
- military
- diplomacy
Keywords
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Tigray
- conflict
- military deployment
- Horn of Africa
- diplomacy
- Simon Marks
- Kjetil Tronvoll
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bloomberg, Oslo New University College
Places: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tigray, Horn of Africa
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