the vessel was taking passengers across the tekeze river, which runs along ethiopia's northern borders heavily restricted by authorities. the region has seen recent clashes between the military and an ethnic amhara militia known as the fano. now let's cross live to the ethiopian capital — addis ababa — to speak to our reporter kalkidan yibeltal. good to talk to you. bring us up—to—date on what more we know about this drowning. up-to-date on what more we know about this drowning.— about this drowning. yes, here is what we know — about this drowning. yes, here is what we know so _ about this drowning. yes, here is what we know so far. _ about this drowning. yes, here is what we know so far. as - about this drowning. yes, here is what we know so far. as you - about this drowning. yes, here is| what we know so far. as you said, there is little access to media organisations that information is coming up slowly, but what we managed to find from local authority so far is at least 26 people were travelling using a wooden boat and they were travelling from one village to another and they were