they were part of a i70 vehicle convoy stuck for weeks in the neighbouring afar region because of insecurity. some of the other trucks are also making their way to tigray. about 5 million people in the region rely on emergency assistance, with 400,000 living in famine conditions. vanessa tsehaye is a human rights activist and a horn of africa campaigner at amnesty international. she told me more about the situation on the ground. the situation is absolutely catastrophic. it s been like this since the conflict started, but as the conflict is entering its ninth month, it sjust becoming worse and worse. this convoy that has reached, or part of the convoy that has reached is only a fraction of what is needed. yeah, this is the first convoy to reach the region in over two weeks, and it has, you know, hundreds of trucks, but right now the need 100 trucks a day to meet the need on the ground, which is not happening due to the restrictions to the region. and why exactly is it so tough
engineers in florida are preparing to demolish a partially collapsed apartment block near miami the operation is being carried out because of fears that an approaching tropical storm could bring down debris onto rescuers. more than 120 people are still unaccounted for following the disaster. south africa s former president, jacob zuma, has fiercely criticised the judges who sentenced him to 15 months injail, insisting that he won t turn himself in. he said the country was sliding back to apartheid rule. the term was imposed after he failed to appear before a corruption inquiry. afghanistan s troops have raised concerns about patrolling their country alone as the final nato forces pull out, after nearly 20 years. resurgent taliban forces have already seized hundreds of trucks, armoured vehicles and artillery left by departing american forces.
this is bbc news, the headlines: engineers in florida are preparing to demolish a partially collapsed apartment block near miami the operation is being carried out because of fears that an approaching tropical storm could bring down debris onto rescuers. more than 120 people are still unaccounted for following the disaster. south africa s former president, jacob zuma, has fiercely criticised the judges who sentenced him to 15 months injail, insisting that he won t turn himself in. he said the country was sliding back to apartheid rule. the term was imposed after he failed to appear before a corruption inquiry. afghanistan s troops have raised concerns about patrolling their country alone as the final nato forces pull out, after nearly 20 years. resurgent taliban forces have already seized hundreds of trucks, armoured vehicles and artillery left by departing american forces.
south africa s former president jacob zuma says he ll defy a court order to hand himself in to start a 15 month jail sentence. he said the country were sliding back to apartheid rule. the term was imposed after he failed to appear before a corruption inquiry. british prime minister boris johnson is preparing to outline the final step on england s roadmap out of lockdown. all covid restrictions could be lifted, including the use of face coverings. the final step of the roadmap was delayed last month to no earlier than the 19th ofjuly. afghanistan s troops patrol their country alone as the final nato forces pull out after nearly 20 years. resurgent taliban forces have seized hundreds of trucks, armoured vehicles and artillery left by departing american forces. now on bbc news it s hardtalk.
and, mesmerising aerialfootage of sheep on the move, goes viral we ll have more on that. the former president of south africa, jacob zuma, has fiercely criticised the judges who sentenced him to fifteen months injail, insisting that he won t turn himself in. he was handed the prison term on tuesday for failing to appear before a corruption inquiry. hundreds of his supporters have been camping outside his home in kwazulu natal saying they were protecting him from being arrested. our southern africa correspondent nomsa maseko is there. it has been an eventful day with the spotlight firmly on the former presidentjacob, the former president jacob, hundreds the former presidentjacob, hundreds of his supporters lined the streets and are also