abhi ahmed says his forces have, quote, liberated the western part of tikrit. the brutal air and land campaign has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis with hundreds killed aid agencies warn that they can't bring much needed supplies into t. gray because of the fighting. thousands have been displaced across the border into sudan. hiper morgan has more, the say, hundreds of thousands more, are waiting asper their estimation across the border, of course, with european border, waiting for 4, weans to be able to come into sudan seeking refuge. this the most of them are women and children, but they're also include former combatants, people who've laid down their arms to seek refuge here in cities, there are 3. so what happens upon arrival? they say is that those refugees are then screened for health reasons, but they also screen to make sure that they're not armed so that this conflict does not spill over the border. the u.k. has reported its highest number of daily corona virus infection. since the pandemic began with 33000 new cases, confirmed, record rises are b

in 2019, abhi one unknowable peace prize for his sweeping political reforms. and his role in brokering peace with eritrea after a bloody border war. but so far he has failed to heed the calls of the united nations and the african union for a cease fire in this dispute. are for more now we want to go davis, and he's a senior european analyst at the international crisis group that is an independent nonprofit organization with the goal of preventing and resolving conflicts. it's good to have you on the program. what is going on here? are we looking at ethnic tensions erupting, or are we looking at one side trying to solidify its power in ethiopia? well, we're looking at some combination of that and also some other elements. yes, you heard in your reports. the federal intervention in ukraine is to remove the leadership and a specific or immediate reason for that. it would just patients that was the alleged attack by the grand forces on the military or your t. . great taking command of aspects of the elements of the federal military station integrated in west gray,

yet abhi outlet has refused offers of mediations. he says, this is an internal affair and it, and assuring the rule of law, why won't the prime minister allow mediators for one thing, we have to be part of this initiative. them to be forces of change for the past 3 years, to believe choice to be here. and i don't know that better let, well, let me out in that many of the families of the, just a moment in the day. you know, that was all of us just a moment though, why, why won't the prime minister allow mediators well, you know, who will, who, which government would see in the, which is we see don't in which it was a terrorist group that chose to kill our school. because we had to do it to defend it against people from any force for you know, the mission, is this government when it comes to peace cannot be questioned. we are the ones that are suited to get a loan, to maybe to eat it too good. it is the potential so to do this piece today of how this is normal and to question, oh, i'm going to go into a wedding, just a momentous madiso

ferocious fighting, marik, but you will be a bit much in the wake of these developments if your peers pm abhi, a declared war against city p.l.f. on the ember force, saying that their assault on the base crossed the red line, the end of the deal was that her son was a northern military base. great province. as you just said, continuing to cross into neighboring saddam. so new state media say the number of people fleeing the violence has risen to nearly 25000. have a morgan has more from sudan, ethiopian border after walking for 5 days in my matthew has finally reached he escaped fighting in his hometown of home in ethiopia, the great region. he's exhausted and hungry. when the fighting started and people were being killed, i left everything behind in flight. i walked for days and became weak, but i had to continue. now i'm suffering from fatigue and i've been diagnosed with malaria. get in my is one of more than 20000, people who fled to sudan seeking safety. some have chest infections, raising concerns that they may be infected with the coronavirus. the refugees include pregnant women like i

yet abhi outlet has refused offers of mediations. he says, this is an internal affair and it, and assuring the rule of law, why won't the prime minister allow mediators with for one thing, we have to be part of this initiative. them to be forces of change for the past 3 years to believe chose to be here. and i don't know that betty let well, let me out in the middle of the just a moment in the day. don't know sort of your system with the why. why won't the prime minister allow mediators well, you know, who will, who, which government would see in their wishes we see don't in which it was a terrorist group that chose to kill our citizens. we had to do it to defend it. again, people from any force of it for you know, the mission, this government, when it comes to peace, cannot be questioned. we are the ones that are suited to do good loaned to me to eat it. did it? is the party that was so to do this piece today of how this is normal and to question, oh, i'm going to go into the waiting just a moment. this madness or any you call them

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