of ethiopia, such as in oromo in the west, and the amhara community are also restless. my guest is meaza ashenafi, the first woman to be appointed chiefjustice of the federal supreme court of ethiopia. now there is hope of making progress in the peace talks taking place, but will there be justice for the victims of war? chiefjustice meaza ashenafi in abbas ababa, welcome to hardtalk. look, you've got violence across many parts of ethiopia, you've got an acute food crisis as well, which means that 30 million of the country's 100 million population are in urgent need of help. this is a tough time for you to be a senior official in ethiopia. you are absolutely correct, zeinab, and this government and the people of this country have embarked on a very promising transition. but unfortunately we're facing the harsh realities that you havejust mentioned, and this has been a combination of conflict, drought, and other gross violations of human rights. and, yeah, it is a reality, but i am hopeful that we will come out of this difficult situation. what gives you cause to be hopeful? i should just remind everybody about what's going on in ethiopia. it's notjust in the northern par

of ethiopia such as in the west and the communities are restless. my guest is meaza ashenafi, the first woman to be appointed chiefjustice of the federal supreme courtethiopia. now there is hope of making progress in the peace talks taking place but will there be justice for the victims of war? chiefjustice meaza chief justice meaza ashenafi chiefjustice meaza ashenafi in addis ababa, welcome to hardtalk. you have violence in many parts of ethiopia. you have an acute food crisis as well, which means that 30 million of the country's 110 million of the country's 110 million population million of the country's110 million population are in urgent need of help. this is a tough hole for you to be a senior official in ethiopia? you are absolutely correct. this government and the people of the country have embarked on a promising transition but, unfortunately, we are facing the harsh reality and this has been a combination of conflicts, drought and other gross violations of human rights. yeah, it is a reality but i am hopeful that we will come through this difficult situation.— situation. what gives you because _ situation. what gives you because to _ situa