look at the state of the amhara region.would be in rebellion to any government formed of the tigray leadership and the oromo liberation army. with regards to genocide, we have already import area we have seen media reports. we know severe abuses have been committed by the eritrean forces, the by the government, by the amhara. the report talks about abuses by tigrayan militia as well. clearly there has been very severe restrictions placed upon the region in terms of those services, trade, and aid. that seems to be a deliberate policy by the federal government. i and my organization are not in a position to call it genocide. that is up to human rights investigators and international lawyers. >> what is it going to take the end -- to end the suffering of people in ethiopia? >> i would like to say a little bit on the report, they call it a joint investigation by the ethiopian human rights commission. i think from the tigrayan position, i find this to be an insult. you do not allow the perpetrator of the crimes to be part of the

amhara activists say this is the gruesome aftermath of an attack injuly. cleanse the non—0romos, especially amhara, from the 0romia region. they proposed the prime minister establish 0romia state under their leadership. the rebels showed us their training manoeuvres. their commander says they are disciplined and denied killing unarmed civilians. the government told the bbc the 0la is a terrorist organisation determined to take up arms. it comes as the group announced a deal with the tigray defence forces in the north. their shared goal is to bring down the government. translation: abiy ahmed's prosperity i party which is governing this empire l is killing people wherever they live, banning their homes, looting their properties. they are doing the same in tigray, so there are similar experiences between our peoples. the government denies targeting civilians, but international partners are pushing authorities to negotiate with their opponents like the 0la as a way to hold the country together. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, on the border between ethiopia an

federal forces and their allies from neighboring eritrea, and the amhara region, waged a scorched earth campaign and occupied parts of tigray. but in late june, tigrayan forces pushed federal ethiopian soldiers out, and kept going, from tigray into neighboring amharra and afar. and now, toward the capital addis ababa. they captured two key towns and allied themselves with a small militia from the oromo ethnic group, to which abiy also belongs. throughout, it's been a year of what the u.n. calls“ unprecedented brutality.” >> there are reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed-- by all parties to the conflict. >> schifrin: maarit kohonen sheriff is the africa director for the united nations high commissioner on human rights, which yesterday released the first official account of the war's horrors-- a joint investigation with the ethiopian government. >> the joint invesgative team was looking into executions, summary arbitrary killings, into arbitrary detentions, into violence against women and gang rape, multiple sexual violence against

a week ago, the tigrayan rebels captured two strategic cities in the amhara region.le the government has urged people to get ready to defend addis ababa, the tigray people's liberation front has played down talk of a fight for the capital and said that its main aim is to oust the prime minister. addis is the capital of ethiopia. it has always been important. and people will inaudible the claim that addis will turn to and what martha if we are in addis is absolutely ridiculous. but, for us, our objective is not addis ababa. we are not particularly interested in addis at all. we are interested in making sure that abiy, the president, does not present a threat to our people any more. a year of war has displaced more than two million people in ethiopia. despite growing international pressure, there is no sign that efforts to mediate an end to the fighting are making any progress. will ross, bbc news. an italian court has sentenced 70 criminals linked to the powerful �*ndrangheta gang in the first phase of the country's largest mafia trial in more than 30 years. the bbc�*

reporter: the rebels from the northern states have seized towns in the neighboring amhara state, the two are an image of highway -- the two are on a major highway leading to the capital. the group disputed the claims. >> we have to make sure children are not dying from hunger and starvation. that they have access to food. we will do what it takes to mature the city is working -- make sure the city is working. reporter: the united states has warned the people's front against any such move. >> let me be clear, we oppose any attempt to besiege addis. reporter: there are concerns violence could escalate with tigray rebels joining forces with the liberation army, an armed group in the region surrounding the capital, addis. >> there's a new marriage of convenience, between at least a fraction of the liberation front and the tplf. they have managed to alienate -- increasing the isolated and the tplf is try to take advantage of the situation. reporter: it is families like these who are paying the highest price for the shifting battle lines of ethiopia's war that has dragged on for nearly a y

federal forces, and their allies from neighboring eritrea, and the amhara region, waged a scorched earth occupied parts of tigray. but in late june, tigrayan forces pushed federal ethiopian soldiers out, and kept going, from tigray into neighboring amharra and afar, and now, toward the capital. they allied with the small oromo liberation army, seized two key towns, and are within 200 miles of addis ababa. >> the threat to addis is an existential threat to the country. an attack on addis is-- is not that unlikely. and it's a very, very, very dire prospect. >> schifrin: martin griffiths is the u.n.'s top humanitarian official, who just returned from a trip to ethiopia. he visited during furious diplomatic efforts between the two sides, led by u.s. special envoy jeff feltman, and african union envoy and former nigerian president, olusegun obasanjo, who this week addressed the u.n. security council. >> the window of opportunity we have is very little, and that the time is short. >> he's trying to get an agreement of the simplest and most immediate kind. that's why he talks about a halt to th

the group has reportedly captured two cities in amhara about 400 kilometres from addis ababa — you canment, wisest? they�*ve been able to get in the conflict that started in the tigray region in november last year, and it�*s quite some progress. there have been escalated threats. the rebel forces have not been deterred by the air strikes taking place, it and they continued progressing forward. this is armed... the somali region is beefing up security, and as a whole they are calling in special forces to fight against the rebels. given these two groups wanting greater autonomy for their respective parts of ethiopia, where they marching on the capital which is outside those areas —— why are they marching? it is outside those areas -- why are they marching?— they marching? it is interesting because at _ they marching? it is interesting because at the _ they marching? it is interesting because at the start _ they marching? it is interesting because at the start of - they marching? it is interesting because at the start of the - because at the start of the conflict, it did not feel like it

the rights group says that during the first nine months of the conflict ethiopian, eritrean, and amharaunza this marks another low between the un and the ethopian government. 0n un and the ethopian government. on tuesday, round 16 staff were detained by the ethopian authorities, so far, there has not been any reason given by the authorities why they were detained, they want to say that six of them were released, but they are still trying to get access to some of those who are still being detained and a few months ago, several un staff were told to be get out of the country, and this has caused much concern, because currently, as the conflict continues in the north of the country, millions of people are in need of food, medicine and water, and with this stuff now, with the relations between the united nations, and the government being at a very low, it means that these people will go without food that is needed. since october, since mid—october, only a0 trucks of food and medicine have been allowed to enter into the tigray area and this is quite a small number, considering that the un sa