population to raise governed by the tiebreak people's liberation front from the region's capital mccalla, a city of nearly 170000 people. the t.l.'s has dominated the country's military and central government before it took office in 2018. it's estimated the t.p.a. life has a quarter of a 1000000 fighters and a large amount of military equipment, but it is up against ethiopia's military, which says it's already made gains in the west of t. gray in response to an attack on one of its federal military bases, well let's dig into this with matt bryden. he's a strategic advisor of some one research, a think tank covering the region, the horn of africa, and he joins us now from nairobi. i do want to start by taking a bit of a step back here for some context of how to write ethiopia's constitution built on the idea of federalism. so shared power between a number of ethnic groups in various regions but has been pushing this broader nationalist agenda and i know a number of the smaller ethnic groups feel that their self rule is potentially threatened. so is what we're seeing into gray. just the beginning of potentially many conflicts for autonomy. yes, indeed, although it's not, in fact,

s, central government and forces of the teeth, people's liberation front, as having a devastating impact on civilians. while prime minister, i'll be off meds refuses dialogue with leaders from the region. 3 weeks of fighting . there have displaced tens of thousands, many have fled to neighboring sudan where they end up in camps lacking even the most basic facilities. reports from the sudanese. if you open border, we are at to you and camp called village, 8 up 212000 refugees living under harsh conditions, running water and food toilet facilities have yet to be built. here, there are many refugees who fled from the town of my cupboard across 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, says, according to witnesses, forces loyal to the t p o f were responsible for killing ethnic, i'm 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 as if your government

government. around a 100 people are missing and feared dead in guatemala after the tropical storm s. it triggered mudslides in a remote mountainous region dozens of people were killed across central america since estimated landfall on cheese day. what a 1000000 troops rescued the survivors stranded on roofs some friday in a remote mountain area of. heavy rains from the remnants of hurricane heda have caused a massive mudslide say might have killed 100 people. in a news conference president. said it will be days before the true toll of the storm is known. this morning we had 4 dead but unfortunately that figure went up to 50 after mudslides took place and who are 10 ngo and san cristobal we're trying to reach those areas by foot because we can't get there any other way roads have been cut off. it's thought many of the dead were buried in their homes in the village of about 150 houses have been swallowed by mudslides there. in western high winds and heavy rain of also damaged thousands of homes killing dozens and fry the residents gather to retrieve their belongings from the degrees. they believe i'm in pain because of lost everything i've been struggling for years to have my house