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ah hello there and welcome to the program. i'm laura kyle. it's been called the worst disaster on earth, and now the situation and ethiopia as t cry region is expected to worse than the un says the nearly 2 year conflict has left almost half the population and severe need of food aid after spies, a unilateral cease far in march, which allowed the delivery of aid to resume humanitarian groups say they are still struggling to reach millions of people in need because of your soldiers. as a result, my nutrition rates have skyrocketed. un has called for urgent action to avert further disaster in the war tone region where funding is running out fast conflict extremist groups coupled with the dryer season we have seen in decades

for 5 rainy seasons, have just disappeared in the past 4 decades. the driest we've ever seen it in a long, long time. people are losing hope, but the whirlpool program, we get the support, the money we need. we can save lives and we can bring home on. meanwhile, the head of the world health organization has described the humanitarian crisis in t grey as the worst in the world. tell us at adam gabrielle says, who is from the region implied that the international communities silence may be racially motivated to in terms of humanitarian crisis. i can tell you that the humanitarian crisis integrates more than you. cree without in exaggeration. and i say it is many months ago may be the reason is the color of the skin of the people into gray. i haven't heard of been the

last 5 few months, several months is no human ahead of state talking about the 2 condition anywhere in the developing world, especially why i think we know are easy appears. government reacted to these comments, calling them unethical and one sided. the comment as a one among many unethical ones that has been made by the w. h o, a director general and is not surprising. i'm using the race card and one's multilateral position to gardener the sympathy of the global north for personal rights as a nurse. politics is quite unbecoming of such a high profile, low position, or we have no doubt that the united nations willer review, the continued breach of the you, ends are off off office by their w h o director general, or where in the author of office itself. a clearly requires you and staff to act with impartiality and independence. well, let's take a closer look at the latest

w f pete report. t grey is in northern ethiopia and home to around 5 and a half 1000000 people. u. n says 90 percent of the population offered insecure and nearly half severely in need of food and says half of all pregnant or breastfeeding women are malnourished. 33 percent of children under 5 also fall into this category . and it's not just t grind, neighboring afar and i'm horror regions are also affected and estimated 30000000 people need food assistance, an increase of 44 percent since january. ah, let's bring in our guests now and in ankara, we have sued her son and to cry and activists in cambridge, william davidson, senior analyst for international crisis group. and in canterbury is busy there. guess if you yemen, you, if you're here researcher electra at the university of kent,

a very welcome to all of you. let's start by saying and pointing out that t gray is a very difficult beach and access has been mostly close to genesis the thought of the conflict around nearly 2 years ago. sued was communication. do you have with people in the region and what can you tell us about the situation? well, the situation is really dire and we know both communications are completely out of service and each deliberately done. busy because we, we sold us some media outlets. one to the end is extremely clean inmate what is happening in the sites. but currently we don't have to be honest, a clear communication with our families don't of what is happening except the

fact that many people are because of the drug court in each implemented by the government. so basically what we know so far is that people are ignoring what's happening in the doctor says this is clear, many people doesn't want to discuss, but it is that you can go to but not the fact that the guy is going over at this point. but it really is it is also ignored in. ready of course, in mind as i do want to come in just a little later in the discussion for the moment. let's just stick with the situation and get a clear picture for our view as much as we can to what's happening in the region. well, in the faith in government declared

a unilateral but humanitarian sci fi in march. so why is enough aid still not getting through? i think that's primarily for 2 reasons. one is that that has been a very heavy restrictions on normal trading relations. so access to the region, the normal you monetary operations and also these critically the public services including banking. so they have been restricted during this conflict. and although there has been some improvement this year and including since that truce and march because there is only a sort of limited opening of this blockade, it hasn't been able to meet the needs inside the grades. primarily we've seen a significant increase in food aid, but through quite in direct route. and also that has not been accompanied by sufficient fuel to be able to deliver the food aid around the region. then we still

have the federal government blocking complex services region. and this comes on top of a devastating conflict on a conflict where there was systematic a destruction of agricultural equipment, the fertilizer being stolen, also destruction to other vital infrastructure and services, including health and education. and then we have the banking outage as well. so you can imagine this all adds up to a very dire situation and just because there's been some improvement over the last few months, that means you cannot alleviate all these problems that have accumulated over 2 years for those multiple reasons. so how people been survive? think they've essentially been people calling it been under fi. how have they coped with this situation during this conflict? how of a managed to survive so far? to be honest, they cannot give you a clean image on the speak up because we don't know what is the complete picture in the prom because we have no communication to see what's happening. but the

information we got so far is that if you see the data and onwards of people, in fact, thousands of people are bank each day. the biggest integral is completely closed because they cannot get in service because that is not a month. that is not a, we are not even people who actually have shaving in their account. they cannot access the account so. so this is a deliberate action by the government so that they can implement site. ready for the fucks, the they don't need to fire any to accomplish their actions. so they said, this is a company we are in the company is this moment.

and honestly speaking, we don't know what is clearly have progress so far. we know the problems of suspicion children in room on each. ok. a business bring you in here because so just use a very strong the strongest term genocide. he said the government is committing genocide in the region. first of all, do you do agree with that? it is difficult to, to accept such conclusion because an independent body which is impartial, should investigate this incident throughout from the very beginning up to the moment by going to the field and then to getting did a lot because i throw cities have been committed by both sides and different reports of including international organization and human rights commission also mentioned that both parties or all the parties to the conflict of committed

atrocities. so it's, you know, naming or mentioning or stating the extent of the crime is difficult unless it is investigated by an independent body regarding all nations going on. then. then let's get back to the siege situation. why our basic services still cause of why is not enough fuel reaching the region? is it because of suits that it allows the pressure to be kept on the t p l. f without firing a single bullet in the re got the federal government repeatedly mentioned, that it is working. it is best in order to deliver humanitarian services to the region, including people and or they sent out a need or the central need for a region, or for more than 6000000 population. you know, trucks who might not be sufficient then this long that it will have been not

accessing any service from the neighboring region or any other country. so it is difficult to say that it assumptions. obviously there's no sumption, but doesn't mention that the region is trying to use the opportunity in order to, you know, transfer or get access to foreign and local currencies and to build up the military capacity required to launch on other old friends against the federal government. so the problem is both sides accusing each other rather than you know, walking through our common workplace, especially saving the lives of julian. so people into great specially woman and children and whole victim of this war. so the issue is not only integrate in the neighboring regions so far, i'm switch and other parts of the country, including romeo, where there are some issues going on because of the conflict between desperate or government and the insurgencies. so this brought issue shouldn't be considered. and it shouldn't be resolved cation, so that it can get access in lives can be saved. ok, william, do you see the,

if you a pin, government, prioritizing the humanitarian situation, or is it prioritizing ending the t p fighting the threat that it poses you? i think, as you can see from the visit a to that of course, your massive political considerations here this year terrible about his parents situation side to grow and elsewhere is largely the product of conflicts and everything that comes with it. and that complex result of political disagreement. now without passing judgment, and i think it suffice to say parts of the federal stress g here has been to try and subjugate the t p as to great leadership by weakening to cry overall. and that as involved collective punishment of the to grow and people at times. and it certainly does seem that these continued restrictions on, for example, banking services. not allowing the restoration of telecommunication, even. this is

a continuation of a political military strategy that the federal government has pursued essentially throughout this war. now, are the some justification for that, of course, people make arguments that because the grey region, the electors in open rebellion, the federal government, has no obligation to deliver these federal service. in fact, the result is hom collect and suffering for the grand people and the federal government does have an obligation to provide you, but it's area services allow humanitarian services and even into complex affected areas. so i think there's no doubt, hey, really the political military considerations being prioritized by the federal government, also by other actors, including the secret leadership at the expense and civilian soccer. yeah, that's a good point. so you don't, why won't let you go? i need to ship comes with negotiated table actually this month is often for the the

reason why we. busy needed to be easily done, not from scratch off because of the should chance. but that was the vision that from our side that there will be a month and then it will be open for redemption of basic services. these didn't happen. the other thing was for a new position to start, i think the biggest thing we have to thing is that every course you have to maintain the stuff to sponsor which means all the forces from overland or figured i should have to return to the shooting before november so i think negotiation on the can work if. busy busy at 1st is between 2. busy and nothing from the government that's ish,

that is going to be a 1st floor sheet. so the position of the government is be sure to be private. but i don't think the government is willing to take any stand up from what we looked on when the movers are actually in. we go to the bunks, which is not the reason why the government of the world. the reason wants that the government didn't right. is unwilling to give us security for. busy fixed problem, but even now when the government of the great provide a little that interested because sean shouldn't be she q people are much one to the the goal is change is not the government of you know stated

that the basic sentence only will be open if negotiated ceasefire. it fine. ok, so every time we visit i do feel better because do you agree with that? do you agree that the shaping government is changing the goal posts and asking more and more and more of the grinds to come to the negotiation table? i think the federal government already announced, especially last week about the government, went to start the piece talk as quickly as possible. and it made a call for the regional government to try to start the school without without any precondition. but i've already mentioned that the government mentioned that there wasn't the waste grade to be incorporated and come under that instruction region. the services should be started before negotiation and i assumed that the federal government went to make the, with the grandkids. part of the negotiation done making the precondition of

negotiation. so in the case, it is difficult that the country looks like in a deadlock where the cigarette is not giving up the claim over over the land not to give up, but making it a separate condition for the negotiation. western major sticking point isn't it? but the point that su just made then was that needs to be some trust installed in the process. and even tedra w h o director general said that the ball is in the government hands. yeah, the building trust is very important for, for negotiation to be successful. but the problem is these 2 parties have been invested in conflict, and i don't think trust can happen overnight unless both parties try to compromise and at least minimize their demon distance dialogue to the minimum and prioritize the people. rather than only considering the power or conflict us when, what am, let's look at the international attention or lack of it on this conflict and

statement that we heard from the w h. i direct general tedra saying that was suggesting that racism was behind the lack of attention when you consider how much focuses on ukraine compared to t grey. do you think that's a fair comment? i think i'm not going to respond directly to that. i think you should reach out to the w h r. and ted ross, the recommendation that i think with dealing with a very complex political humanitarian, military situation inside ethiopia. and to great, i think there is a number of factors that play, i think with the best will in the world, which we don't have. you know, the external actors would struggle to influence positively some of the positions of ethiopian protagonist hair because this is n, e t, p, and civil war. and the rod very deeply felt reasons for it may be just to say, i think, understandably tedra says, pointing to what he perceives as

a double standard in terms of the level of media attention government's attention to the respective crises. and i think those are sorts of inconsistencies, double standards, we can unfortunately identify it all over the place if it just will broadly then if there is the access available to to grow, will there be enough international aid to help those people in the region to get out of this state of hunger was a little bit difficult for me to add to that sort of again, just a question. i think, you know, the aid supply has been scaled up reasonably impressively as the access to become more available. of course, you know, as we've been discussing that your massive boost to the, to gray, an economy here. and therefore, you know, that would really sustainably alleviate humanitarian situation. that would be the

reconnection of pig right to the national economy, both in terms of transport and trade, as well as those services, a normal banking operation, power and telecommunications. all these things would be massive shots in the arm for the situation inside pick, right? and presumably, yes, you know, that would be the ability to scale up the operation further as access, improve, busy, busy, and i would, would you feel, would you feel about the extent of the international attention of the international involvement in the negotiating process? do you feel that if there was more that would have been further down the road already now or as williams says, this, the highly complicated into, if you pin situation. yeah, the dynamics is changing. it is very dynamic and complex situation for countries in and has been through since specially november 2020 international pressure might

play a role, but the operator should be balance that the government took the quote, continuously complained that the pressure has been on government. the government only, and that t p for the degree region and operator from, from the international community. in this case they put example, they mentioned that we have, we are ready to start. and that was issue with our precondition. but the t p lip is at least english preconditions to be a lender. international community is not putting any pressure and imbalance in terms of reporting, even the why so case this problem should be entirely sorted by, by europe in internally. but this does not mean that international community and i think to contribute they can play in terms of possibly getting the negotiation and putting pressure on both sides. and possibly they think even even terry and access as much as possible by close working with with both government and african union is

in this case has been playing some role. but i shouldn't be, you know, more qualitative than it sometimes lose momentum. now that they should be arriving between the 2 groups and each part of the are accusing each other, especially over the past few days. it looks like another on the wire is in the making. so it is very complicated. it should that should deserve as much attention chromeboys income and expend. but internal, i prefer more important. i assume you, do you believe that this is a conflict that can be solved internally or are you also pessimistic that there will be another round of war coming before i went to the discussion? i think once before and by the finances. i think the dynamics of the current was exceedingly complex. i can. busy about the

project is. ready ringback i disagree with the previous in the hormone. the reason why from me just by our some in government becomes that even human being active seats took up the ground. the government, it shouldn't have to be level such and should be present even about 2 hour on the project. not because it i'm gonna have to jump in and add one more. we have come to the end of the program. do appreciate your time. all of you very much. thank you for joining us. sued her son william davidson, and busy and i get at you yemen. him and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website. the sound is there at dot com and

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