convoy of trucks from the red cross will distribute medicines and other supplies the hospitals and mccully if yoko's army has captured the city and declared victory while rival fighters in the 2 great people's liberation front very still fighting back let's find out more and speak to germany and england. he's the head of operations in ethiopia at the international committee of the red cross he's joining us from the cath this hour about thanks very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera so as are saying this is the 1st international aid convoy to reach that particular region in ethiopia what sort of supplies are being provided and what's the most needed right now. thank you so we managed to get 7 trucks in with their convoy today after. on the road those trucks are containing and medical supplies primarily to support the regional hospital their regional hospital and several other hospitals in the regions and pharmacies. we also carry some fuel and non-food items housewives and some of supplies and communication equipment for the operation there but the main priority is to carry medicines sur

pot of $260000.00 regions leaders went into hiding since federal troops captured the local capital mccully nearly 2 weeks ago when paul ethiopia summoned the sudanese ambassador in a suburb or to protest what it described as trespassing and raids on his territory morgan has more now from khartoum it's been more than 2 weeks since they fear pm government announced that it has taken over the take capital mecca lay and basically it has resulted in more than 50000 to 15 refugees flowing into sudan but it still has not announced that it was able to get. its hands on the rebels or as i describe rebels or the leaders of the p.l.o. the tegra people's liberation movement which the government is fighting and the degree of people's liberation movement have repeatedly stated that they are still continuing the battle despite the government think that it is largely over and restoring for networks the parts of the region while many other parts of them remain inaccessible so it's not clear yet what exactly is happening in the tigra and where the leaders are but the fact that if you look at is offering fin

offensive after accusing to grand forces of attacking and seizing a military base in the regional capital mccully charge they deny the recent violence forced thousands of ethiopians to escape into neighboring sudan. alright let's bring in our guests in pretoria we have so much any honorary visiting professor at the university of south africa agnes gitau is managing partner at advisory firm stay. where she focuses on political and economic risks associated with sub-saharan africa she joins us from london. and also from the u.k. and luton is quesne an ng director of the faculty of academic affairs and research at the coffee and an international peacekeeping training center he specializes in west african states and the sahara region welcome to each of you some of don't let me start with you today from your vantage point what is the state of democracy on the continent on that condon and out simply say you do have a mixed picture some countries are showing stuff village see it regulate less since but some countries are beginning to have even 10 out of the civil strives and at times the kind of tension

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from the red cross will distribute desperately needed medicines and other supplies to hospitals and mccully if you're because army has captured the city and declared victory while rival fighters in the people's liberation front have vowed to fight on. they were us government has adopted a new map of morocco which includes 2 disputed territory of western sahara the decision to recognize robot sovereignty over the region came as part of a washington brokered deal for morocco to normalize relations with israel the pro independence policies are your front and algeria's prime minister have both condemned the. bhutan has established diplomatic relations with israel the himalayan kingdom only maintains ties with about 50 countries due to its isolationist policies the deal did not appear a link to recent u.s. brokered deals with arab nations israel and bhutan say they hope to cooperate further in agriculture and in health. but as well as offers a sense has millions of people participated in a non-binding poll called by opposition leader 1.0 voters were asked to support calls for president nicolas m

convoy of trucks from the red cross is distributing medicines and other supplies to hospitals and mccully in the northern tier a region reports. precious cargo carefully packed and headed for may calais a city that's been cut off from international help for weeks inside these boxes is aid made since surgical supplies and disinfectants reference was. has been unable to function of the. drugs and supplies for over a month now dealing with a large number of trauma patients but also the. chronic care patients delivering babies mechelle is the capital of ethiopia's northern to cry region that became the frontline and a power struggle between the central government and regional authorities. ethiopia's army says it's captured nicolay and declared victory forces from the to cry people's liberation front say they're still fighting back each regards the other as illegal and the conflict has threatened to destabilize the country and its neighbors was real and 50000 refugees have sought shelter across the border and sit down many terrified and traumatized. and more evidence is emerging of mess killin

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in the last 24 arse we are able to speak to our friends our colleagues and mccully and been surrounding area us they're telling us the difficulties they have been having for the last. just over 40 days including not having the privilege of a phone call that we all take for granted and their families and i do so are telling us they weren't sure if their loved ones were dead or and they were. certainly very sadly some some of them are finding out. their family are either being killed or are still missing in action so it's been a difficult time with someone was no connection to their i'm feeling the pain you just have to imagine what a real family is filling up the moment the discoverer of the well being of their family members but for the picture that is emerging as the scale of violence that you know people are now talking about match up with what the government has been saying happened over the past few weeks. well it depends on which deal which we of further conflict you've been listening to either side. but you know they've been telling us. you know or less people are dying and some a

$260000.00 the region's leaders went into hiding since federal troops captured the local capital mccully nearly 2 weeks ago meanwhile ethiopia has summoned the sudanese ambassador in. to protest over what it described as trespassing and raids on its territory. here's him orgon. it's been more than 2 weeks since they fear pm government announced that it has taken over the take grain capital mecca lay and basically it has resulted in more than 50000 to 15 refugees flowing into sudan but it still has not announced that it was able to get . its hands on the rebels or as a described rebels or the leaders of the p.l.o. the tegra people's liberation movement which the government is fighting and the people's liberation movement have repeatedly stated that they are still continuing the battle despite the government saying that it is largely over and restoring for networks to parts of the region while many other parts in remain inaccessible so it's not clear yet what exactly is happening in the tigre and where the leaders are but the fact that if you is offering financial compensation and shows ho