Manuel merino squares in his cabinet will get the latest from our correspondent in lane one plus underpaid and underappreciated nurses, especially those working in intensive care units and carrying out a great burden as the pandemic pushes hospitals around the globe today. And im rebecca. It is welcome to the program. Amnesty international is calling it a horrific tragedy. Schools and possibly hundreds of civilians have been stabbed and hacked to death in the northern ethiopia and region of t. Grey witnesses say local forces fighting Government Troops in the region are to blame for the killings. But theres so fog denying, carrying out the attacks the victims are thought to be day laborers not involved in the conflicts. Hostilities flared last week after the government accused the take rate Peoples Liberation front of attacking a Government Military camp. A un is warning of a humanitarian crisis as thousands flee to neighboring sudan. And as we report, the stability of the whole region
Boiling point. The t p l f. Defied obvious decision to postpone national polls. Juta the coronavirus pandemic. In september they went ahead with elections and to grow, which they control. Not only the stability of ethiopia is a stake in this conflict. The country with its population of 110000000 is pivotal to the stability of the horn of africa as a whole. In 2019 he won a Nobel Peace Prize for his sweeping political reforms. And his role in brokering peace with eritrea after a bloody border war. But so far hes failed to heed the calls of the un and the African Union for a cease fire in the conflict. Lets go live to the european capital, addis ababa, where journalist summer is standing by. The un is now calling for a full inquiry into possible war crimes. What has been confirmed so far, what has been confirmed is that people are indeed dying in to great with little attention given by us. Because we cant even go and report from the site and ethiopians are happy that the un and Even Amne
They have been unfairly targeted. A constitutional dispute raised tensions to boiling point. The t p l f defied obvious decision to postpone national polls. Juta the coronavirus pandemic. In september they went ahead with elections and to grow, which they control. Not only the stability of ethiopia is at stake in this conflict. The country with its population of 110000000 is pivotal to the stability of the horn of africa as a whole in 2019. Abbie won a Nobel Peace Prize for his sweeping political reforms. And his role in brokering peace with eritrea after a bloody border war. But so far hes failed to heed the calls of the un and the African Union for a cease fire in the conflict. Earlier i spoke to send from Amnesty International their report for this massacre to light. How they very saw their information. And when they 1st learned of the killings, we 1st became aware of this massacre in south in the south west zone of to grow region 2 days ago. We started looking into images and event
Look at hand. Those simply get in must equal russian and grows human rights violation relations between the ethiopian Prime Minister and the te, great Peoples Liberation front. Have long been tense for nearly 30 years, the t p l f was dominant in ethiopia, politics, but abi curbed the partys influence after coming to power in 28. Its leaders say they have been unfairly targeted. A constitutional dispute raised tensions to boiling point. The t p l f defied obvious decision to postpone national polls. Juta the coronavirus pandemic. In september they went ahead with elections and to grow, which they control. Not only the stability of ethiopia is at stake in this conflict. The country with its population of 110000000 is pivotal to the stability of the horn of africa as a whole. For more on this, lets bring in dana hughes. She works for the u. N. Refugee agency and joins us from nairobi. Dana appreciate your joining d w. What reports have you been getting from t gray . Thanks michael, and y
Civil war virtual symposium, im chris mackowski, editorinchief. Thank you so much for joining us today. Our next speaker i fondly call professor at henry hill, because by day he is a music teacher. No relationship to Daniel Harvey or ambrose powell, dan welch is the secretary of our organization. Hes the coauthor of the book the last road north, i get god to the gettysburg campaign. He works as a historian at Gettysburg National military park. Hes here to talk to us about one of the lesser known but absolutely vital actions of the battle on cops hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. I want to begin by thanking all my friends and colleagues in emerging civil war. Our symposium cochair, chris mackowski, for having me here today to present to you this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of Joshua Chamberlain and little round top, pickets charge, cemetery seminary ridge. What is often lost or some of the s