. ♪ >> are allegations of ethnic cleansing and war crimes in ethiopia being ignoreed?hts groups acues of astros cities. the allegations could fuel racial hatred, their leaders say. so what should the response be? this is "inside story." ♪ hello and welcome to the program. mass killings, rape, torture, people depreviewed of food and forcibly transferred are some of the more serious allegations from almost 18 months of war in northern ethiopia. officials say evidence of ethnic cleansing and war crimes is being ignored internationally. the report focusing on the northern zone and accuses of a coordinated caaign against the fighting since late 2020 has so far killed thousands and forced many more to seek refuge in nearby areas. am nestity and others are calling for peace keepers led by the africanine. and accusing them of blocking aid workers and investigators from the war zone. >> ill treatment. [indiscernible] destruction and looting of property and mass -- [indiscernible] that amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes. >> ethiopia's government is pledging to make

the ball silly school of international affairs in canada and has worked in ethiopia for more than 20 years on issues concerning conflict, security and governance. in kenny as capital nairobi, leticia bater horn of africa, director with human rights watch and a contributor to the report in amsterdam, in the netherlands. deborah kiersten us governor, selassie a writer and researcher and the founder and editor of t got dot com. that's a website documenting the war, integrate a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today. leticia, let me start with you today. these are very disturbing allegations that are outlined in this report from your group human rights watch. and amnesty international, could you please detail some of the other major findings in this report for our audience? well basically this is based on over a year of research which. 7 started at the outbreak of the conflict and speaking to refugees who were fleeing from west and t go in in november and december, 2020. and what we find and we document in this report, all waves of very serious crime against the

and in the war in ethiopia, is there a slight - war in ethiopia, is there a slight glimmer of hope now, is there a slight glimmer of hope now? when the government _ glimmer of hope now? when the government said _ glimmer of hope now? when the government said they _ glimmer of hope now? when the government said they were - glimmer of hope now? when the - government said they were declaring a truce on all humanitarian grounds, that was an encouraging sign that their work would be heading toward some sort of resolution. ida their work would be heading toward some sort of resolution. no knockout blow by russia _ some sort of resolution. no knockout blow by russia and _ some sort of resolution. no knockout blow by russia and no _ some sort of resolution. no knockout blow by russia and no sign _ some sort of resolution. no knockout blow by russia and no sign that - blow by russia and no sign that ukraine can throw out the invaders. it is a bleak picture. no side can give up to be seen to be defeated and at some point, vladimir putin might lose patience and reach for his nuclear weapons. 0nce

christianity was adopted in ethiopia, or rather in aksum, in the 4th century.ew decades later. after it became the state religion of the roman empire, they talk a lot about it, but the fact that the duet of this for many centuries, dominant religion. ethiopia was judaism. they say much less. but he, as these experiments believe, came here. with those jews who accompanied the mini-face during the return from jerusalem, since then judaism has become the main religion of aksum and since then in ethiopian christianity there are a lot of external signs characteristic of judaism. ethiopians believe that they are the true heirs of israel, they honor the old testament along with the new, they circumcise boys on the eighth day of birth, do not eat pork and can marry to the widow of her brother, the axonian kingdom reached its peak under the king and zan in the 4th century . he immortalized on massive stones and did it. this is it in the three languages ​​that were spoken, at that time sabaean greek and hes one of these stones and joan are here on these monoliths. the mo

in one of the world's other largely unreported wars, the one in ethiopia, is there a slight glimmer ofe now? when the government said that they were declaring a truce on humanitarian grounds, that was an encouraging sign that the war could be heading toward some sort of resolution. so, no knockout blow by russia and no sign that ukraine can throughout the invaders. it's a pretty bleak picture. neither side can give up, for fear of seeming to be defeated and there is growing anxiety that at some point vladimir putin might lose patience and reach for his nuclear weapons. once ukraine showed its remarkable courage in resisting the russian attack, people in the west who wanted ukraine to win found themselves lapping up the bits of news that favoured the ukrainians. the russians have now offered to pull back their forces around kyiv and chernihiv, though the ukrainians and their western supporters are sceptical. as ever in wartime, the first casualty is truth. frank gardner, the bbc�*s security correspondent. there is no getting around it, russia is losing a very high number of people. that

the most acute situation includes ethiopia, nigeria, south sudan, and yemen. all of which are expensive armed -- experiencing armed conflict. it is a main driver in eight out of 10 of the worst hunger crisis in the world today. this was the case before russia launched the war against ukraine. a main supplier of wheat to africa in the middle east. i would emphasize we are not talking about collateral damage. we are talking about intentional decisions to wage war in ways that directly or indirectly undermine people's access to food and put them at risk for starvation. this happened in syria when civilians were trapped in besieged cities, it is happening in ethiopia as people are subject to humanitarian relief. it happened in burma where the distortion of farmland were used against the rohingya. the link is well-known. four years ago the un security council adopted resolution 2417 that explicitly recognized the link between armed conflict, food insecurity, and famine and recalled that international humanitarian law, the use of international humanitarian law prohi

i am being missed at the security council as ethiopia is being discussed. i do try to be in two places at one time because i know how important our presence is on the multilateral stage and how strong our voice is when we speak in multilateral forums. >> definitely no one could have predicted the you can crisis. -- the ukraine crisis. achieving 117 is impressive in this context. in terms of u.s. leadership, you would agree it is about traditional partners but also about nontraditional partners. if the u.s. will lead effectively on a global stage then how do we engage with the nontraditional partners? especially the ones that are influential in their own right on the global stage? among the nontraditional partners, none is perhaps more influential than china. some observers are concerned we could end up in a bipolar world order with the u.s. and china leading two distinct blocks, similar to the cold war era. competition is inevitable but cooperation is necessary to address global challenges. how are you navigating this complex relationship with china? where

as we imagine this ancient soviet temple, built naturally with obeisits that arrived in ethiopia froma between the ninth and eighth centuries bc, this temple is quite comparable with the soviet temples on the arabian peninsula, which were built in the middle of the seventh century bc, most likely, worshiped here, alma-ata with the biysk god of the moon throughout its history. this place was considered sacred. and now there is a christian church nearby. large excavations would cause rejection by the local population. and as such , the french were never produced by the italians a bit explored the area in front of the entrance. and now the ministerial geologists are trying to clear the territory and strengthen the walls, which are gradually weakening under the onslaught of fantastic centuries . and without using any connection. the mortar is dry masonry, but in some places it collapsed and suffered, and the inner space and parts of the walls begin to diverge, especially at the top, this remains our main task. find a solution. as save this structure from further destruction, because gradu

_ years ago, there was a war between ethiopia and eritrea and during that time there — ethiopia andlion people _ that millions of people, 6 million people in— that millions of people, 6 million people in tigray alone or in desperate need of aid. for them to be desperate need of aid. for them to he reached — desperate need of aid. for them to be reached by aid agencies, at least the first— be reached by aid agencies, at least the first step is this course. the russian invasion _ the first step is this course. iia: russian invasion of ukraine is different from most wars in several respects. in particular, both sides were surprisingly quick to agree to peace talks, not that those necessarily mean anything, but peace talks to produce a result, one side or the other has to realise it is on the ropes. so far, that is simply not happening. i hope you will be able tojoin me not happening. i hope you will be able to join me again. until then, goodbye. it is going to be a cold and frosty night tonight and it felt quite chilly out there today, even though we had lighter winds and some sunshine

ethiopia is a huge landlocked east african country with population of 85 million people.vided according to ethnic principle into nine regions of the capital. addis ababa in ethiopia has a very strong tradition of christianity; more than 60% of the jews profess it. our correspondent dmitry vozdvizhensky visited one of the oldest functioning dam monasteries. thanks to the high mountains, these places from time immemorial attracted monks and hermits to find a cave or a rock here, where no one will ever bother you, very simply a narrow road winds for a long time among the picturesque mountains. until suddenly before my eyes a huge table mountain debredamo grows. a table mountain with an absolutely flat top is called amba on one of these three-kilometer -long amba in the sixth century and the debredam monastery was built, it still remains a mystery how the monk managed to raise stones to such a height. as you get closer to the mountain, everything becomes with it, how huge it is. the road ends suddenly, the car has to be left and continue on foot. the ascent, along the dusty s

the most acute situation includes ethiopia, nigeria, south sudan, and yemen. all of which are expensive armed conflict. it is a main driver in eight out of 10 of the worst hunger crisis in the world today. this was the case before russia launched the war against ukraine. link between armed conflict, food insecurity, and famine and recalled that international humanitarian law, the use of international humanitarian law prohibits the use of hunger as a weapon. to intentionally cause starvation of civilians is a war crime. a violation of the geneva conventions and the rome statute. when people hear the words were crime, storming civilians is not the first thing that comes to mind. -- starving civilians is not the first thing that comes to mind. killing civilians in cold blood, the kind of images we see come out of ukraine as we speak. that is why i wanted to hold his hearing today. these are linked to armed conflict. we should not assume that hunger is somehow a natural consequence of war. we should be asking whether it is the result of intentional decisions that

syria, yet in that yemen, ethiopia among others. in the face of numerous challenges and new ones that you stood up to, how do you prioritize? ms. thomas-greenfield: i think i heard you use a phrase, the party within the parties. and that is really basically what we have had to do. i used to hear them talk about the priorities of the priorities and you don't always get to define what your parties are. but if i could define a party, it is -- a priority, it is always to be ready and flexible to address whatever party we have in front of us. to do that, you have to do what we have done over the course of this year. we built our alliances, engage with everyone in the u.n., so that you understand their priorities and they understand our priorities, so that we are not calling on them the data we need them. -- the day that we need them. we develop those relationships and discuss policies needed to engage with people, so that when we needed their support, they are there for us. and when they need our support, we are there for them as well. i

in this you play in the neighboring regions of ethiopia.aped women and murdered children came to recoup, and for some reason we don’t see any large-scale sanctions, we don’t see anything more, indeed, i communicate with ukrainians who left for europe now it so happened that i mostly communicate with those who left for germany, and they say that they are complaining, syrian afghan refugees say, why do we treat you like that that people are second class. we have been living here for three or four years. no one offers us such help as you, and so on. so, this is outrage. indeed, it rises among those, well, to whom, for obvious reasons, we pay less attention, because after all, we follow those who are moving, but it’s the right topic that it was raised, and in africa, asia, latin america and this the conflict is perceived differently than in europe in the states in fact. it's not this here. at this level. yes, after all, he is so on almost in the very the beginning of the conflict, when we just went. the first refugees from ukraine i saw a repor

and so between the interaction between egypt and ethiopia, this is now one of the tense tangles, which, by the way, uh, resolution, which ours are also involved in. the foreign ministries are also interested in such hydrological foundations for solving this problem. that is, in principle, of course , there are such hot spots, but uh, after all, people learn to negotiate. i always knew. naturally. i thought that there are oil warriors or there is all the politics around it so, in fact, they will all end up in water warriors, more about that soon and let's talk, but for now advertising advertising on ntv welcome to the country of talent in the year of the cultural heritage of the peoples of russia on ntv, this is what you need to understand, we don’t have enough attention today. what city did you come from? we came from the city of kurgan, this is beyond the urals, in fact, amazing. yes, our people live in russia magic on the finger, as they got up, and drove on and well done. oh, where were you, my not a stranger at the level, there is my country, a new show, a country of talents, lyokh

take her i rebel forces in ethiopia. say there withdrawing from the neighboring region of a fall. landmark writes trial in germany, a damn b, and man accused of belonging to a death scored for formerly the jojo, jamie faces court. adam gemini, ash with sports western conference top seats. the phoenix suns slip off again as the new orleans elegans make it to tea in the n b a player. so russia is failing in ukraine bats according to the u. s. secretary of state who's wrapped up a visit to keith and tape lincoln and defense secretary lloyd austin pledge to step up us military aid, including more advanced weapons. alexia brian begins, are coverage a show of support in a time of war. the u. s. secretaries of state and defense in the ukrainian capital to meet president of a lot of me as a landscape. this was the 1st high level visit by us officials since russian forces invaded what you've done um. in repulsing the rush engine, the battle keys it was for an inch and farm quite widely to rustle wall. we've got used to see you on

in northern ethiopia during some i deliver some humanitarian assistance in northern ethiopia duringwar. the un has the _ the terrible aspects of that war. the un has the facilities, - the un has the facilities, experiehce. _ the un has the facilities, experience, and - the un has the facilities, . experience, and authorities the un has the facilities, - experience, and authorities to do so, but _ experience, and authorities to do so, but you — experience, and authorities to do so, but you also _ experience, and authorities to do so, but you also have _ experience, and authorities to do so, but you also have to - experience, and authorities to do so, but you also have to have - experience, and authorities to doi so, but you also have to have the willingness — so, but you also have to have the willingness of— so, but you also have to have the willingness of the _ so, but you also have to have the willingness of the parties, - so, but you also have to have the willingness of the parties, and i so, but you also have to have the willingness of the parties, and in| willingness of the part

there's a clear good guy, bad guy, ethiopia, i have been reading about it.both sides, you know, you have the soldiers and tea grade faction, is it that simple or is it a little more nuanced when it comes to the civil war in ethiopia. >> simple wars are not simple. you think about the history of this country, the united states, the civil war, we're still debating which side was right. civil wars are complicated and there are additional dimensions, ethnic war, slightly different ethnicity from the others who are behind the government. it is very complicated and to add to it, more complications still, the government is run by a guy who won the nobel peace prize two years ago, so you get the sense attached to the nobel peace prize, but yes, the human rights agencies are saying there's atrocities on both sides but clearly a lot of them, the majority of them are sort of happening on the side of the government, government forces have overwhelming superiority and power. they have overwhelming superiority and control in access. the fact that the government is denying

but being a female bartender in ethiopia is considered highly unusual. it can also be frowned upon because it involves working at night. now even cigarette as husband wants her to find another job. and look with it. i think the main problem is the fact of being a woman. many people don't believe women should work. when you're a woman and you come out in the evening in our culture, people will usually assume you're doing some other kind of work. not a normal job approval on this, but it's becoming more common to see women behind the bar, some bar owners or even encouraging their female staff to take part in bartender competitions. we focus on put emphasis on and hiring women white fingers because i personally feel women give better service in this industry to give them the opportunity to work in the service industry is very, very important because they, they, they don't get the opportunity to do that. the night is young at this popular bar in addis ababa. and tonight, a big, i'm willow is the manager. but being a woman in charge can be challenging in a ma

s. senate has passed the ethiopia piece and stabilization act that controversial bill aimed at punishing those responsible for alleged atrocities in the east african country. we not only shine a light on the extra judicial killings, mass, sexual, engender based violence, force displacement and civilian humanitarian aid blockades. as being used as weapons of this war. but we also take a big step and these atrocities by setting up a policy framework that calls for a determination by the secretary of state related to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. a critical element in holding perpetrators accountable. the legislation introduced last november on orders by joe biden, foresees sanctions against individuals that the u. s. alleges are fueling the conflict. the bill has sparked controversy with claims. the u. s. is overstepping its bounds and meddling in the affairs of a country beyond its traditional sphere of influence. an expert on african politics and economy at lawrence freeman accuses the us of attempting to undermine ethiopia as independence. they have nothing to do wit

i'm going to do this from south africa, ethiopia. and nigeria, we've been robust from stuff in this class. she saw this as my and my role africa direct on al jazeera in 1971. a military analyst by the name of daniel ellsberg leaked to the press, a 7000 page top secret pentagon study on covering years of official lies about u. s. military involvement in the vietnam war. the leak documents, known as the pentagon papers were instrumental in exposing the scope and strategy behind the u. s. is war in the region, in many, at the time, believe that they could change how the world viewed war decades later as conflicts rage on and ukraine, yemen in ethiopia, just the name a few. the decision making process behind wars remains as murky. is that what we do know is that billions of dollars is spent on weapons and defense contracts every year, making conflict incredibly profitable result. so will benefit from war. and who are the biggest players behind the war machine and up front special that daniel ellsberg. daniel ellsberg. thank you so much f

he'll be, i'm going to do this from south africa, ethiopia, and nice to send heavy weapons to ukraine. ah, evicting of corruption. and some of them didn't just die in new. you have nothing to just, she did them. and i mean, mom's all day, millions of people in the horn of africa, or at risk of salvation due to the worst drought should stay tuned. gas company in rubles, instead of dollars and euro's both countries refused to accept the do terms. bulgaria says that it's made alternative arrangements of this got insights, a political magazine, he joins us now live via skype from also good to have you with us. so what are the implication? hello, this move by russia for both poland and bulgaria gas prices, but poland has invested over decades now in gas diversification. it can acquire gastro, allen, g ports. it is completing its baltic pipe together with denmark to provide a provide gas supplies from the nordic c. there is a prices for bulgaria, it's much more difficult situation because bulgaria is depend, see on one source is much higher. it's close 90 percent. and for bulgaria, a mean i

in europe to top quarter, called a sentence, a disappointment in ethiopia, ti gray people's liberation front says it's completely withdrawn its forces from that far region. they hope they withdraw without a to reach to gray. more than 90 percent of the regions population needs food aid. there's a headline. news continues here now does there after counting the cost? in the 1st i lands oma mesopotamia, where the 1st settlements formed the cradle of civilization. iraqi people who depended on the tigris and euphrates for centuries can no longer make a living on rivers blighted by will and pollution. out of their world reveals how the man may decline. one of history's most famed ancient environments, leaving its people struggling to survive iraq's dying rivers. ah, i hello, i'm fully back to bo, this is counting the cost on al jazeera, your weekly look at the world of business and economics. this week is to longest worst economic crisis in decades and is to pushing people to the brink. so what's gone wrong for the islands nation, and can it secure the cache? it means to buy basic supplies.

you can see that ukraine, you, that yemen, you got some malia, you got the ethiopia list goes on. but behind wars like that are a weapons industry that you just alluded to that was worth $531000000000.00 worldwide in 2020. and as of this recording, while the basin of ukraine intensifies the stock prices, general dynamics like he martin, as you mentioned, northrop grumman, arethia, and they recently hit their 5 year hive. so as we talk about war, we also have who benefits from war? can you help me unpack that a little bit? who's really benefited? is the old earth, latin silken coolly bono, who benefits are going all the way back when you can name? let's just go in the last century world war one. the loans by j. p. morgan to the british for arms, for the british, it had to deal or even had lost the war to some extent, j. p. morgan would have gone bankrupt and wilson, our president, could not allow that to happen. that would have been a financial disaster. and that goes on from there on, in particular whoa, whoa, who benefited from vietnam? going on as long as it did? or if kind of s

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i mean what's going on in ethiopia right now, uh . uh, well, civil war.oes there more. yes, if it's already been a year, probably a year and a half yes, there are each other's people from the bottom of my heart, so to speak, uh, cut, kill, shoot , etc. victims, if i'm not confusing anything, about half a million, stunned about half a million. if you do you think, so to speak, that the most important thing, so to speak, is bloodshed happening in ukraine or not? you are deeply mistaken, not even close, and now attention, and someone at least somewhere at least said something about this, and why oh united states of america and over the past 150 years, probably, and maybe more they were, armed well, they didn’t see there was once a civil war, by the way, a very cruel civil war. and such terms as he camp. it was invented, and then what was the name of the americans at that time in the conditions when the british came up with the confrontation. okay, that's not the point. no, well, they were the first ones to lay down the rope. that's what they said, if for thi

to great rebel forces in ethiopia say there, withdrawing from the neighboring region of russian forces had attach critical infrastructure including railways, which ukraine says is to stop it from re supplying its troops on the front lines in the east. the cars, the train station and the vive was one of 5, struck by miss 1000 central western ukraine authorities to say at least 5 people were killed and the damage will take months to be pat. this comes as russia pushes on with eastern offensive, charles dropped the reports from sylvia and skins on the ask. a ukrainian military ambulance speeds south towards sylvia sc. evacuated civilians arrive in a van. it's a ukrainian army checkpoint north east of the city. the military won't allow us to fill inside the vehicle, our spit, lada, delia, as nearly as 86 year old. bother. until anita. my husband is still in there at home . i bury. afraid for him, sit on a breaking down person in ukraine. what's this water end says melia, and we can say that's imputed. stop this dreadful war and put it to the we're hearing a lot of shelling. as you can hear

others in ethiopia to continue to make progress. we have set out very clear benchmarks for ethiopia that will create a pathway back. we are not just working as ustr, but also with administration to the horn of africa to support that pathway back. senator: i would like to continue that conversation. i think the government has made significant strides forward. i want to make the humanitarian relationship, the lifting of stage and out -- state of emergency is important. two more questions, one i want to raise the status of negotiations with kenya. another opportunity in virginia, it is a -- is the fastest growing population in the commonwealth is the african the astra -- diaspora. increasing trade with everywhere in africa is a great opportunity, u.s. kenya trade conversations have been on your agenda and if you can give me an update it would be great. ambassator tai: i would be happy to provide you an update. i believe it is this week, if not this week then next week. the head of my african affairs office is leading a delegation to na

what i'm saying is that there's uh going on in ethiopia right now, uh, a civil war, what else can youshe's been there for over a year. if it's been a year, probably a year and a half. yes, there are each other's people from the bottom of my heart, so to speak, e cut kill shoot and so on victims, if i'm not confusing anything, about half a million. stunned about half a million. if you think so say what's most important, say so shed happening. no, no, you are deeply mistaken, not even close, and now attention, and someone, at least somewhere, at least said something about this. and why the united states of america and over the past 150 years, probably, and maybe more. they conducted armed military operations on their territory. well, not willy was once a civil war, by the way, a very cruel civil war. and here are such terms as a concentration camp. it was then invented by the car at that time and the name by the americans in conditions when the british came up with a confrontation. okay, that's it. no, they were the first ones to put down the rope. that's what they said, if you transfer

w of t is feeding 138 million people in more than 80 countries including ethiopia, south sudan, and nigeria. the food and agriculture organization estimates of that as many as 13 million people worldwide may not get enough to eat as a result of this invasion. it is forcing us to take from the hungry to feed the starving. rising prices for hard decisions to cut rations to some of the most desperate humanitarian crises in the world including afghanistan and yemen. the global community response will have lasting and far-reaching effects on generations to come. as you know, this is a situation that is untenable in every part of the world, there are people who will go to bed without any food tonight and probably for a week or so. what we are facing now in my organization is figuring out how we can feed more with less and how we can progress through this and how we can also make sure that we can supply the most nutritious elements. the supplements that we do feed our children in really desperate areas down the road. i will answer questions and do whatever you want to do. >> when we look at the ov

we're talking about the conflict in ethiopia, the conflict in somalia. what do you think it tells us about where the world is right now? well, it was really interesting is our generation from north africa in the middle east, the logos of twitter, facebook. and i think google and that was a time when the from, in regimes across the middle east, in north africa. i still can't believe it happened for the 5 minutes that it did. and, but what then happened after they had been with architecture 2 point. oh, but in that lesson, what these new leaders learned sort of the ccs and there are and the cheryl acids than a street. but if you post anything on social media or in many countries across our world in north africa, the government has such a sophisticated understanding as it is. and so the, the tech space, the digital media space over the past 2 years because we've all been in our homes, has 30 years. and then the lesson was learned very quickly. and when a counter qu happened in the 2nd revolution took place in this taking place. at the moment, lots people on

cultures -- i have students this semester from all over the globe like ukraine and honduras and ethiopia. i think i learned more from them than they probably learn from me , because they write about their lives and stories. they just add so much more richness to the classroom. but when i started teaching at the community college, i realized a lot of my students, especially women returning back to school, did not have a lot of the support i had. i thought, we have to have a women's mentoring group on campus. i found that many of the women who came back may be did not have some of the skills in technology. so many of them had anxiety. they were trying to juggle it all. when i mentored these students, i felt like i was making a difference. i don't know whether you know this, but some of these -- i especially taught this one woman who left her husband, she was abused, she was living in her car with her children. she got into a shelter and they saw how smart she was and they got her into community college. it changed her whole life. i meant toward her and helped her write an essay, and she go

and yet in ethiopia there are war crimes occurring. there's genocidal activity occurring. it may not be an invasion of sovereignty by a neighbor, but there are neighbors in other nations that are inciting violence and supporting violence and, you know, i hope that we may all strive to be even handed in the attention that we pay to humanitarian crises all over the world. with that, mr. chair, i yield back. >> thank you very much senator kaine. now recognize senator tuberville, please. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you, guys for your service. i know you're looking forward to doing something else possibly for the next few years. general townsend, as you've mentioned in your testimony, russia has continued to encourage chaos in the africom aor via the wagner group. what has been done to counter their efforts, and and what do you think needs to continue to be done? >> so the russian efforts, as i mentioned earlier, predominantly done through these private military companies like vodner, they're quite -- they're present in libya in number to a lesser extent in suda

the government is giving people some water pots of king, ethiopia, and somalia are suffering the dry conditions in more than 40 years. ha, i only have 3 left. it's hot breaking. a 4th failed rainy season in the region is now a growing probability. so if the threshold is, people's livelihoods are completely destroyed, assistance from 8 agencies and king us government is coming. but it's not enough to spoke dixon about a 100 kilometers away. but when they got there, they found nothing, neither heading towards the mountains, another 100 kilometers away, where some of the farmers are gathering. it's a long journey. and when they eventually get the, it was no guarantee they will find what they are looking for. how to matessa al jazeera northern king and i so fight are responsible for the beheadings of several hostages has been sentenced to life in jail in the united states unborn. alexander coyote pleaded pascal hate is outside the court house in alexandria, virginia alexandra cody, and basically showed really no emotion as the judge handed down life in prison sentence. now if you meet ce

and yet, in ethiopia there are war crimes, genocidal activity occurring.not be an invasion of sovereignty by a neighbor, but there are neighbors and other nations that are inciting silence and supporting violence. i hope that we may be even-handed in the attention we pay to humanitarian crises all over the world. >> thank you very much. let me recognize senator tuberville. >> thank you for your service. i know you are looking forward to do something else possibly for the next few years. general townsend, russia has continued to encourage chaos via the wagner group. what has been done to counter their efforts. what do you think needs to continued to be done? >> the russian efforts done through the primary military companies like wagner, they are quite -- they are present in libya in number, to a lesser extent in sudan. they essentially run the central african republic. they are now in mali and gathering strength. over 1,000 there now. what we have been doing is shining a spotlight on that with information operations and some public diplomacy and advising ou

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whether it is ethiopia, yemen, or syria. this is as bad as it gets.orrespondent: we have talked about the millions of people that have fled ukraine andre able to get out. are you able to reach them and provide support? david: the 4.5 million people that have left ukraine are the lucky ones becau they are being brought in by the loving arms of strangers that are giving them food. we are helping as much as we need to help with that particular refugee crisis. but inside, you have 7 million peop that are internally displaced. you've got people that are stuck, for example, it on the eastern side of ukraine, in the midst of the battle of war. we are trying to reach the most vulnerable because that is what we can do and that is what we do best. but it is very commonplace. putting the food supplies, getting the trucks. it took most of the truck drivers on the battlefront. but then you run into blockades. and then you think it's bad enough, what's taking place inside ukraine, but you realize ukraine grows enough food to feed 400 million people around the world