basic question — do you trust abiy ahmed and the federal government of ethiopia?trust in their good faith to make this agreement work? i don't have to trust them, but i have to assume good faith. and of course, as i say, i would hope for the best and prepare for the worst. but at this point in time, i would rather focus on making this arrangement work so that my people will have the kind of respect they so richly deserve. and we are, as a as government, willing to do everything to make sure that our people's suffering ends and soon. finally, one of the mediators who brokered this deal, former president 0basanjo of nigeria, he said he hoped it would be a new dawn for ethiopia. when we last spoke, you had real doubts about whether tigray�*s future lay within ethiopia. you said that there may be a different future for tigray. are you prepared now to say to me that you are committed to a tigray future within a federal ethiopia? that is your future and you are happy to exist within the federal constitution of ethiopia? one has to be sure about the arrangements. what we

the ethiopian prime minister, abiy ahmed, says the ceasefire agreement between the government and officialsntry. the african union mediator, olusegun obasanjo, said it was just the beginning of the peace process. we can now speak to charles emptaz, who�*s a film maker and journalist for french broadcaster arte. charles is one of the few journalists to gain access to tigray, as most have been barred from entering the region. for we talk about the significance of the agreement hopefully ending the civil war, talk us through what it has been like that, you have been there recently and filming. with my colleague, we have been in tigray at the end of may and beginning ofjune and what we saw was horrific, especially due to the blockade. the lack of food, electricity, fuel, made the situation in the heart for the tigrayans, they were not able to move from any part of the country so the people were in desperate need of medical care, couldn�*t move, we had seen people dying in front of us of famine, also saw a military situation very tense, the people at that time were really ready to fight in order

the ethiopian prime minister, abiy ahmed, says the ceasefire agreement between the government and officialsas breached in august. this footage is the first gathered by international media since then. a children's playground, bombed. the ethiopian government has always insisted that they are not targeting civilians. this granny fled some of the most recent fighting. "i left my kids and grandkids," she says. she doesn't know if they survived. the displaced have harrowing stories to tell. translation: we saw elders being slaughtered, women i raped and kids killed. we've seen many things. we saw these things, that's why we were frightened and came here. there are many atrocities in this war. people are dying because of the blockade and famine. kids are dying due to a lack of medicine. we are losing people. the region has been cut off from the rest of the country and world for nearly two years now. the people here have been without banking, means of communication and power. aid agencies say almost everyone in northern tigray is in need of food aid. they're desperate for a return to normal life.