to this conflict, the african unions envoy ownership own obasanjo was in the country last mother this month. in fact, with canyon president rural kenyatta, do you agree with them that the only way forward is to dialogue in that's how we'll get into these hostilities? well, the, basically the t p i left is designated a terrorist group by the household people, switches and pat tips that speak to the whole country on behalf of the tippin people. so any such move, 1st of all, will have to be dependent on the will and the voice of the people through the house of people representatives that's taking that into consideration, that open government has been supporting dr. if it is of the special envoy, president obasanjo, and it's a quest for the truth and in its quest, then his quest to find what is going on on the ground, the from old sex. all said the conflict and the pin government will basically continue supporting this piece, processed by the this especially emvoy glenwood carson. thank you so much for joining me on upfront. ah, barry the enemy, that's what you'll be in prime minister abb

the special envoy to the home of africa, former president of not judy alderson. obasanjo has been to that to guy origin and on monday and he visited and then also us off. the guys reported to brush on front malicious leadership headquarters and there he seems to have gotten some headway he's also visiting at today the i'm a harder on the upper regions where the conflict are spilled over to in the past months. and he is saying that both sides understand that the differences between them are political and made political resolution by saying that the window of opportunity is very small and is fust closing. and are they the need to act with some agency? of course out obasanjo also pointing out that the 1st thing they want to achieve is assist wire in which a humanitarian quoted or could be as published to try and take in much needed aid to up to 400 them 400000 people who are living in family conditions integrate also, there are millions others who are 40 to secure following a siege on the region by if you can defense forces rebels themselves in having a towards that the bill of us that

in the past a few weeks, the president obasanjo has already visited to guy he has been to mckellen, but with the top leadership of the to greg people's into brush on front slides as and this morning, his trouble to them a hot region and also that i'll for a region and he seems to have also the support of the united states with the state department saying that if he's walk in with alfred communion and realizing and negotiations between the patches in the conflict here in ethiopia, definitely feltman who is that you and the you a special envoy to the home, well figure it turned back to it is today the days of the living full neighboring kenya. so we're seeing a lot of movement of the prime minister just a few years ago to tell that his government was ready to walk with a few of his friends at 2 as he said, address the challenge is the temporary challenges, as he said, that are facing a few of you, as we said earlier, my mom and to grind forces have been moving south. give us the latest on the ground and tens of the fighting. well, the fighting husband intensifying eddie is to the more ful

mr. obasanjo is also is said to be an id, some of our trying to speak to different doctors trying to see if this conflict not be got a year ago would. and prominent journalist and somalia has been killed and a suicide bomb attack in the capital market issue. and the, as is mom and dad was the director of the government owned radio. mobility issue and well known critic of the group says it is behind the attack for others were injured that including the director of somali, national television and a private funeral has been held at 1st south africa, the last apartheid era. president f, computer clark, the 85 year old, died earlier this month from london. these 993 declared shed the nobel peace prize with nelson mandela for their work on reconciliation in south africa. to meet mila is in cape town, where the funeral home of president, if w declared, has been committed in a private ceremony just outside the cape town, attended by just close friends and family at their request. declining a state funeral usually held to commemorate the death of a former head of state. at the time of his pas

held meetings with the prime minister and to grind leaders, both jeffrey feltman and all his sagen obasanjo se, there's a small window of opportunity to deescalate tensions or easily dose. yeah, in just a barber, i'm in the north, a glee individually. different dreams m. r political, adequate political solution. through dialog. all calls to to say, window of opportunity. give out if you don't, my window of opportunity is very little and that the time is short. for any indifferent, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in ethiopia, in support of prime minister abbey and the armed forces. the rallies were held off to the government, declare the state of emergency. abby says he wants to protect civilians from the rebels. the t p life and its allies have made major gains on the ground in recent days. regional fighters have taken control of cities along the main road leading to the capitol, and the u. n. as accused all sides in the conflict of committing atrocities. at least 16 un local employees and 72 drivers for the world. busy food program were detained and added sabbath on t

mister obasanjo funner a year who has said there is a small window of opportunity to work in this out. and sort of this conflict in a more peaceful way. he has said this is a political decision that should be signed. so that's where we are at the moment. very interesting. well, as you've been saying, i've been calling on people to take up arms to defend at us, and we're seeing that recruitment drive that over the last few weeks. months various other factions have already joined the to grind side to including the aroma liberation army from his own ethnic group. so how strong are the forces heading towards the capital at the moment? to begin with, the difference between the oral more lewis and font and the t p level are day and night. the already left for the, for the 27 years when the t p life was dominant and it's your bank politics, military business against them. and it's a surprise, but they seem to have found a common enemy in this prime minister, the at the house and been looking for a region change. the owen larry has said in the last few weeks there and mirror d'silva, they're

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mr. obasanjo is also is said to be an id, some of our trying to speak to different doctors trying to see if this conflict not be got a year ago would. and meanwhile, floods in south sudan of displaced hundreds of thousands of people, flood waters of destroyed crops, blocked access to feel significantly reduced grazing land for heard in communities and at damaging food stores. half of south it on the 11000000 people depend on food assistance, harm. latasha reports now from fungus and jungle estates. this used to be a road until it disappeared under water mid last year. now the only way to get around in this part of south to dawn is my boats, and canoes is the worst flood this region is seen in 60 years. in this area, every home is abandoned. families had no choice, but to leave people like no l. mccray, who arrived here in july, her children an extended family, now sleep in this makeshift house, not sure if and when they will be able to go back home fuel man, carla. my house is still under water, though. there are a lot of his next on ripped i one another place is a steel river. it's

who is now a representative of the tie gray people's liberation front. abbey is not listening . obasanjo has not been extraordinary helpful, very active. and so are there any other opportunities that you can see? the former e u ambassador to ethiopia and attendance also made it clear that even though they might be retired, their political influence is still in service. all of the attendance maintain contacts with our former employees. just the other day i was talking to the existing e, you, ambassador to ethiopia, with a rebels not far away from the capital and a possible coo on the horizon. it makes you wonder, just how much western cloak and dagger diplomacy we just aren't hearing about. so this is not a one a single effort. this is a combined a propaganda because psychological warfare plus the military campaign on the ground are all in play right now. and i think their goal is regime change. now, whether that happens or not, depends on what the european government does, what the dashboard does in the united states. joe biden himself believes this, and i don't know, i don't really thin

well yes, that is the intention to bring this conflict to a quick stop alicia, going obasanjo. the a you special envoy to the horn of africa has expressed some hope that big couldn't be talks between the panties bases. that is a window that is quickly closing. and that and it talks will not succeed unless they is us. his fire and present looking at his visit to add to sub a by is part of this international effort to which is growing by the day based const son among the international community. that these conflict could ton into a civil war in a country of 110000000 people. and in that region, which is engulfed in crisis, south sudan is already facing it's on conflict. so donna has its own problems and instability. somalia is recovering from conflict and it's there leg. yeah, but i have states of the rest of the world but has its own problems. now, when you see up yet many people think about the possibility of this conflict and he'll be a tiny into a civil war. and then the refugee crisis that the results from it will be very difficult for countries that are neighboring, if he a

the african union envoy, alicia gon obasanjo, traveled to the am horror and afar regions trying to mediate and the a you is discussing humanitarian access into to cry, where there is a severe shortage of food and fuel. the u. n says nearly 400000 people are living in famine like conditions al jazeera muhammad at o joins us from addis ababa. this our mo, there are frantic diplomatic efforts to try and bring the 2 sides to a state of dialogue. are those efforts producing any fruit? while they seemed to me, they seemed to be if the word of all the signal assign job, former president of nigeria, who is the african union, special envoy to the home of uppercase anything to go by. he says there is a very small window of opportunity to try and bring the 2 sides to them. it was shifting table, but he says window is closing very fast. and he says he will have a plan by the end of the week for negotiations between the 2 parties. he met his statement of the meeting. that is the of him government led by prime minister, be much i'm also trouble to michaela. to mit the high command of the t p l f flights

now there have been strong words from the un, from felton's visits to the a years obasanjo on the ground that feels like very little is change. so diplomacy is kelly not working. so what's next then, do you foresee potential military intervention? no that i see no, no possibility of western military guy, inter ranch it in and now you know, yeah, i mean, if we had to get away from trying to compare it with afghanistan, where our forces were because of an attack on united states. and because we had obligations to that government, now we would like to see peace in ethiopia. we would like to do what we could for ethiopia, by intervening on one side or the other is not in the cards, but one of the things that's really critical and i think could help the situation is the of the prime minister who is responsible for all the citizens of ethiopia would begin to allow humanitarian aid in to the zones that are in conflict to include t gray. obviously, there are a number of different groups now who are involved in this conflict. not only the to ryan forces, but the aroma forces and, and it's spreadi

in the past a few weeks, a president obasanjo has already visited to gravity. he has been to mckellen, met with the top leadership of the to guy people's in the british, i'm from fighters. and this morning he traveled to the i'm hot region and also that i'll foot region. and he seems to have also the support of at the united states with the state department saying that it is walking with african union and realizing a negotiation between the purchase. in the conflict here in ethiopia, definitely feltman who is the you and the u. s. special envoy to the home of africa returned back to i'd is today the days of the living full neighboring kenya. so we're seeing a lot of woman of the prime minister just a few hours ago to tell that his government was ready to walk with a few of his friends. a court incident has ordered that internet services be restored more than 2 weeks after most with locks, the national consumer protection council, sued telecommunications companies over the shot town. a face arrest if the court's decision isn't implemented. the outage was imposed

mr. obasanjo is also is said to be $97.00. we're trying to speak to different doctors trying to see if this conflict not be gone a year ago would. and because again, there are rumors that the conflict is ongoing, and there might be a conflict bay nearby, but we just can't verify the information. i would imagine that particularly if people and i decide about where you are, must be feeling a particularly concerned at the moment. because if they articulated others appear to be moving in that direction. but the ethiopian government is under a lot of pressure to try to bring this to some sort of conclusion without violence . is there any sense there? do you think that the government is actually concerned about that? that it is making those efforts when we just, again, we just don't know how close they are, but the to open government is insisting through the local government that if your parents need to raise their arms and defend their neighborhoods, should the t p live, which the kilbourne site has claimed as a terrorist organizat

. african unions, special envoy to the whole north rica, former president of not. judy alderson. obasanjo has been to the to guy origin on monday and he visited the ot us off. the guy reported a brush on front malicious lead leadership headquarters. and there he seems to have gotten some headway he's also visiting today the i'm a harder on the upper regions where the conflict are spilled over to in the past months. and he is saying that both sides understand that the differences between them are political and made political resolution. a court incident has ordered that internet services to be restored wasn't 2 weeks after most were blocked, the national consumer protection, kansas foods, telecommunication companies. over the shot down the directors of the companies face, the rest of the court decision isn't implemented yet great was imposed to prevent protests on the campaign of civil disobedience after the military takeover. on october 25th, thousands of migrants and belarus remained gathered at the border with poland in an escalating crisis. the polish governments is called a crisis mee

the african union envoy on a shaken obasanjo traveled to the am, hara and afar regions trying to mediate. and the a you is discussing humanitarian access into to cry, where there is a severe shortage of food and fuel. the un says nearly 400000 people are living in famine like conditions. madeau has more now from addis ababa. all these peace efforts, the 1st priority they want to achieve is to get aid to those who need it most. more than 400000 people in the to gray region who are living in famine like situations according to the you and no aid has entered the to grey ridge and says mid last month. and many people are trying very much to get this aide as quickly as possible. osa going about san jose. the african unions, m boy to the horn of africa, said that he will have a plan by the end of the week for negotiations. and the 1st thing he wants to see is a humanitarian corridor opened towards a to grey. and also for an armed emily's, she is under defense, false as thick and as far away as possible from the main roads leading to to grey. so it is still a walk in progress. amnesty internati

mr. obasanjo is also is said to be an id, some of our trying to speak to different doctors trying to see if this conflict not be got a year ago would end up on a permanent journalist. and for malia has been count and a suicide bomb attack in the capital, mogadishu, and he, as his mom and glad was the director of the government, turned a radio i'm of the day, she will say, well known critic of al chabad downgrade, says it is behind the attack for others were injured including the director of somali, national television or venezuela, on our voting and regional elections to choose governors nunez and city council members. there are $21000000.00 people eligible to cost their balance. opposition parties are taking pos also. they boycotted previous presidential and parliamentary elections. they to choose president nicholas, mature of electoral fraud pose though will be monitored by more than a 150 international observers. well, let's bring in teresa burress correspondent. she's in the capital correct us for us . drew the even taking parson, these elections as quite the statement by the opp

mr. obasanjo is also said to be an id. so by looking at speaking to different doctors within and outside the government trying to end this. but again, this conflict is still continuing. the allegations are back in force. the prime minister tweeted earlier today saying notary hook glazing the, what that what the other side is saying about the drones. saying that he, he is thankful to that he killed bad dice for us for telling the truth. he said, but he wasn't specific enough. again, no comments from the if you're been citing were, are waiting it as of now. a prominent journalist in somalia has been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the capital. mogadishu of diaz is mohammed glad was the director of the government owned radio. mogadishu, at a well known critic of our ship, bob, the on the group says that it is behind the attack for others were injured, including the director of somali, national television, the editor of a chinese state newspaper as posted more video and posters, photos of tennis style peng sway in beijing,

and we are working very closely to our support the efforts of the former nigerian president obasanjo to mediate a way forward with all the ethiopian parties were in extremely regular and close contact with him. we have a special envoy in bastrop, feltman who is deeply engaged in this other key players in the region are very much engaged and i think is each of the different groups is looking at this and there are, there are 2 paths for one path forward is ah, out and out conflicts which could lead to the implosion of ethiopian spill over into other countries in the region. and that would be disastrous for the ethiopian people. and also for, for countries in the region, the other path is ah, to halt all of the um, military actions that are, that are currently under way to sit down to negotiate a real ceasefire. to make sure that you monitoring assistance can get in to all of the regions where people are in need. ah t gray of course, but also people in a mara, a moros, others. ah. and ultimately, to negotiate a durable political resolution to the differences that, that have emerged over

and again, the african invoice, as the former president ofa nigeria, mr. obasanjo is also is said to be an id, some of our trying to speak to different doctors trying to see if this conflict not be got a year ago would end up permanent analyst. and for malia has been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the capital on that issue. and the as is mm hm. and good address, the director of the government owned radio. mogadishu and a well known critic of al chabad beyond group says it is behind the attack for others were injured, including the right to have somebody national television. how floods in south you dont have forced hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes, crops they have been destroyed and grazing land for hiding communities has been reduced. half of south dawns. 11000000 people depend already on food assistance. hiring matessa reports now from fungus in jungle state. this used to be a road until it disappeared under water mid last year. now the only way to get around in this part of south to dawn is my boats, and canoes is the worst flood this region is seen in 60 year

special envoy jeff feltman, and african union envoy and former nigerian president, olusegun obasanjo, addressed the u.n. security council. >> the window of opportunity we have is very little, and that the time is short. >> he's trying to get an agreement of the simplest and most immediate kind. that's why he talks about a halt to the fighting. he's not talking about a cease- fire, he's talking about a halt, a stop, knock it off now, a pause, so that humanitarian assistance can be delivered. >> schifrin: that humanitarian assistance is needed desperately. the u.s. says as many as 900,000 tigrayans face famine, hospitals are running out of medicine, and there are hundreds of victims of rape. >> the women are still, after these many, many months, so traumatized that it's difficult for them to speak. we said to the women, "what do you want for your children?" the answer that they gave us was, "we want food." they have no horizon, beyond survival, beyond tomorrow. they weren't even thinking about a future. they were thinking about today. and i think that was perhaps the most shocking examp