our deputy africa editor anne soy has been giving us the latest from neighbouring kenya.announced that they had taken towns that are about 250 miles north of the capital. that's the closest they have been to the capital. and that's really brought to fall the fears that they could march to the capital. the humanitarian situation further north in tigray where this conflict started is quite dire. the united nations says about seven million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. there hasn't been any aid flowing there since mid—october. 400,000 people are facing famine—like conditions, so they need that help urgently. and therefore, the tigre people's liberation front, which is from that region, from tigray, has been saying that they're keen to come and control the routes and reopen them. they are accusing the government of putting in place a blockade that has blocked that aid from going up north. however, over the weekend, there were huge rallies organised by the government, people who are in support of the government, who came out to say, you know, accusing internat