tension is running high in ethiopia prime minister abbay ahmed is stepping up a military offensive in the northern region of ukraine and he sacked a number of top officials but how far will he go and is there a risk of escalation this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. if the o.p.'s prime minister ahmed has reshuffled his cabinet and top military leadership he sacked the army chief head of intelligence and the foreign minister the central government in addis ababa has launched a military operation in the northern region of the gray the offensive comes after months of growing tensions between the federal government and to graze governing tea p.l.f. party of a ahmed has accused the t.p. l.f. of attempting to undermine his leadership and move to dissolve its regional government but those integrate say obey him it is not a legitimate leader since he postponed elections this year due to cope with 19 and they say they're being targeted unfairly to graze leaders have called on the african union to intervene to prevent an all out civil war amid says the offensive will in soon

abbay ahmed has been meeting envoys from the african union to discuss the fighting, but so far he has refused dialogue with leaders from the region. 3 weeks of fighting have driven tens of thousands from their homes, many flint. so don, where they end up in camps, like in even the most basic facilities. mariel muller reports now from the sudan, ethiopia border. we are at the year end camp called village, ate up to $12000.00. refugees live here and the harsh conditions, running water and food is scarce toilet facilities have yet to be built. here, there are many refugees who fled from the town of my car that i crossed the border in ethiopia, according to records by rights group, amnesty international. a massacre took place there. early november, 600 people were slaughtered with machetes and knives. it says, according to witnesses, forces loyal to her to feel f. were responsible for killing ethnic and her residence. but reportedly the m. herrick army and its european forces retaliated and also kill civilians. it's very hard to very fight either side of the earth. your government doesn't