host: andualem, your response to that? >> our friend is very far.ems to sympathize with the tplf, and i just want to talk as an independent and any debuting, which can feel the suffering of most anyone. in the end, if there is no reason why the federal government will not deliver is there -- if there is available aid as long as they have freed those areas. because the area was controlled by tplf, they have challenges to deliver that aid. the aid is available, why did they not deliver? it does not make sense. host: before i bring back william into the conversation. >> my mother and my partner live in an area supposedly freed by the ethiopian government, and i have not been able to speak to them for 2 years. what he is saying is a complete lie. host: william, i will bring you back into the conversation to help expand this and try to understand how the warring parties in ethiopia today can reach a settlement. we are not just talking about tplf and the ethiopian government. there are other actors, eritrea has an forces into help fight alongside ethiopia