October 19, 2026
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Derek welcomes back to the program Horn of Africa political analyst Mohamed Kheir Omer for a conversation about renewed fighting in Ethiopia and the risk of a wider regional war. They talk about the collapse of the Pretoria Agreement, the TPLF's new rebel alliance, the Ethiopian military's advance in Tigray, Eritrea's involvement in the conflict, Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed's pursuit of access to the Red Sea, Ethiopia's role in Sudan's war, and the influence of Egypt, the UAE, and the United States.
Read Mohamed’s piece for Al Jazeera, “Ethiopia’s new rebel alliance faces an old problem.”
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