George Omuga

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219 appearances 12 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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Global News Podcast · Philippine ferry erupts in flames · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

And what has happened is that government forces have reportedly withdrawn from the city together with their allied fighters and they're heading south to a town called Duhab. matched

So this is a very strategic town on the Red Sea coast in Yemen. matched

Yeah, there's been fighting actually and this was reignited last week on Thursday between the government forces and the Houthi fighters. matched

What has happened is that the militants have been targeting to gain more control of strategic towns along the Red Sea coast. matched

So the endgame basically is to gain control of the Bad El Madeba Strait, which is on the Red Sea coast. matched

And it's a very key passage that links the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. matched

So it's an important shipping lane where, you know, ships are transiting from the Gulf. matched

with the goods and also heading to Europe and also heading to Asia are normally passed through. matched

And so this has been a spillover of the conflict that we've been seeing in the other strait. matched

That's the strait of Hormuz where we've been seeing the fighting between US forces and Iran. matched

So it's been a strategy for them to push and to gain control over this strategic pathway matched

And it's because also they've intensified attacks across the border in Saudi Arabia within the southwestern regions. matched

Absolutely. matched

You know, the price of oil has risen sharply in the past couple of days and are now slightly over $100 per barrel. matched

What this really means is that we're going to see global inflation rise. matched

also the delivery of this critical supply. matched

Because what has happened is because of the fighting in the Strait of Hormuz, what has happened is that the Saudi Arabian authorities have been shipping out the precious commodity now through the Red Sea. matched

But now with these sort of disruptions, you're likely to see the rise in global inflation. matched

We're expecting to hear from the European Union central bank if they're going to be announcing matched

new interest rates. matched

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