ls that the government troops have struggled to hold back the rebels despite help from neighboring eritrea. thousands of government supporters rallied earlier this week to denounce the t p. left and reject foreign criticism of the conflict. much melinda. hundreds of millions of people have the right to be heard. you cannot install a puppet government on as the leader is the leader chosen by european and not a government that's forced on on our soil. no public governments will be established. if your opinions have chosen a leader who prioritize is what it means to be e c o, here, and ensures ethiopians development, a governments that will elevate africa and make e c o p, a model will be formed in early september of a t p, a left dominated national ethiopian politics for 30 years until the aftermath became prime minister in 2018. the violence is partly a result of a power struggle. that the end of november, the government announced its forces had taken control of t guys regional capital mckelly. but the conflict took us funding turn in june, went to grind, forces took back mckelly and govern

what is eritrea is interest? here? they are try a military has actually significantly withdrawn from the complex integrate another around the same time as it is. federal government withdrew that was launched due to the surgeons of the 2 grand forces. and now eritrea is and thought to be largely protecting areas of northern take, right, nor beneath that it claims as, as its own, but are disputed. i think i traced motivation was similar to the federal government and wanting to see the back of the t t l. s. as a political force, that's why they joined the federal intervention. but really the significant thing here is we see these paris designation by the government. we see the calls for every able bodied citizen, to join the fight against a t p. last and against the away, we see the call for militias and extra federal troops and regional. but this is in the context of this war, where we have seen these many reports of human rights abuses and essentially integral and essentially to, to grant people have stood by their lead

he won the nobel peace prize for brokering peace with eritrea, after two decades of hostilities. their mutual enemy is tigray, and abiy refers to the tplf as “weeds” and “ethiopia's cancer.” the biden administration has tried to pressure abiy's government to stand down, including during this week's visit to the region by usaid director samantha power. but humanitarian groups say the pressure needs to increase. >> we really need to turn up the pressure to say this is not only very dangerous and but it's also putting millions of lives at risk. >> and without a political solution, that risk to lives and the country, will become more dire. for the pbs newshour i'm nick schifrin. judy: an 'alternative perspective' is what artist mel kendrick has offered for 40 years. special correspondent jared bowen of gbh boston takes us to the addison gallery of american art in andover, massachusetts, to see why kendrick's art has such staying power. it's part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> the name of this show is seeing things in things. which is essentially what artist mel kendrick h

indicates that this strategy has been tolerated at the highest level of government in both ethiopia and eritrea have in effect is a strategy of sexual violence perpetrated on the people by the prime minister and president. this did not just happen. it is not just something that is done by bad troops or commanders. this is a strategy and that is why it is so dangerous. >> what does the government actually want here and what do the rebels want, and is there any overlap? anywhere where the two sides can find common ground? >> there was hope that there would be some kind of compromise . the ethiopian government has declared the terrorist group earlier this year. it is insisting or presenting all kinds of conditions including the recognition of their government, the transfer of funds and the release of all the political prisoners, but with these kind of requests from both sides, i don't think there will be an end in sight. i was able to travel to the region and interview some of victims in person. this meant that this conflict will go on and it will produce more victims, more sexual violence to go o

i went to eritrea. that's in africa. we have total food security. there was no private sector involvement whatsoever. we know about the success in cuba, se since the revolution in food security. why is it countries that don't involve the private sector, achieve 100 percent food security and all the countries you are involved in, in the grid lines for green revolution in africa. miss, they yield targets and the 2 massive profit and shareholder value for private multinational corporations. so 1st of all, that's a discussion of the but let's go with what you think. anyway. number one, the coach of you called out how the systems will. how can i vision the to low communities to be able to box if the input to the top talking about the bottom line there every, for my based on the system the put in place ever from this? no, not all countries can be your typical queue, but we'll cover political system that is similar to that different countries of to the different posts in those different pub, this private sector, and strengthen the capability, present sick

eritrea. [inaudible] that's correct, thank you. though there are probably very long distances to find refuge in europe. and this map gives you an idea of the routes and the distances they aretraveling in order to reach safety . some are traveling alone. others are traveling as part of family units. some are traveling in search of economic opportunity, others are literally fleeing for their lives to escape the war, devastation, rate and forced conscription into armies. the vast majority of the refugees are syrians. can anyone tell me why the syrians are fleeing? okay, thank you. civil war, absolutely. >>. [inaudible] >> absolutely correct, all of you. this country has been locked in a blood he civil war for the past five years that has internally displaced one third of its population. that's 7 million and a 21 million people. some 4 million people have been forced across international borders hopefully to neighboring countries likejordan and lebanon . they are fleeing an honest devastation. plus last month the obama administration a

stephen eritrea that's correct, patricio. jonathan korean that's correct. thank you. so they are traveling very long distances. to find refuge in europe and this map gives you an idea of the routes and the distances that they are traveling in order to reach safety. some are traveling. alone others are traveling as part of family units. some are traveling in search of economic opportunity. others are literally fleeing for their lives. to escape war devastation rape and force conscription into armies the vast majority of the refugees are syrian can anyone tell me why the syrians are fleeing? okay. thank you albert. civil war absolutely, would anyone else like to then talk. okay. thank you meredith. was very violent and like people just need to kill the publicly and like and also the infrastructure who's having classes educ ation supporters that's like really know and that there's no sign. of men absolutely, correct all of you. thank you. so this country has been locked in a bloody civil war for the past four years that has internally displaced one-third of its populatio