of a new dawn for ethiopia. it s almost two years since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then, a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead, almost 5 million displaced and a population on the brink of starvation. the bbc is the first international broadcaster to obtain footage from inside the area since august. our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. it s a major breakthrough, ethiopia s government has called it monumental. rebels have agreed to disarm. but there is some level of caution. this moment is not the end of the peace process, but the beginning of it. a previous ceasefire was breached in august. this footage is the first gathered by international media since then. a children s playground, bombed. the ethiopian government has always insisted that they are not targeting civilians.
since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead, almost five million displaced, and a population on the brink of starvation. the bbc is the first international broadcaster to obtain footage from inside the area since august. our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. it s a major breakthrough, ethiopia s government has called it monumental. rebels have agreed to disarm. but there is some level of caution. this moment is not the end of the peace process, but the beginning of it. a previous ceasefire was breached in august. this footage is the first gathered by international media since then. a children s playground, bombed. the ethiopian government has always insisted that they are not targeting civilians.
the north korean economy is thought to be in very bad shape and even possibly going back to famine conditions, and in those circumstances, this may all be about him putting on a distracting show of strength, but there is also the possibility that, and he is talking about this, that he is trying to move his forces towards the ability to mount a nuclear strike or a very severe strike against south korea and that is very alarming, even if he doesn t intend to do it, it makes the situation far more dangerous. jonathan head. after ten days of peace talks a surprise deal has been reached between the government of ethiopia and rebel forces in tigray for a permanent cessation of hostilities. the african union s chief mediator the former nigerian president, olusegun obasanjo has called it the beginning of a new dawn for ethiopia. it s almost two years since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead,
worry about those kinds of provocations, as they north koreans seem to be tolerating more risk, as we have seen with the mr abbott landed 50 kilometres of the south korean coast service is heading in a very dangerous direction, in my assessment. thanks forjoining us with your thoughts. after ten days of peace talks a surprise deal has been reached between the government of ethiopia and rebel forces in tigray for a permanent cessation of hostilities. the african union s chief mediator the former nigerian president, 0lusegun 0basanjo has called it the beginning of a new dawn for ethiopia. it s almost two years since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead, almost five million displaced, and a population on the brink of starvation. the bbc is the first international broadcaster
and that is very alarming, even if he doesn t intend to do it, it makes the situation far more dangerous. jonathan head keeping an eye on developments. after ten days of peace talks a surprise deal has been reached between the government of ethiopia and rebel forces in tigray for a permanent cessation of hostilities. it s almost two years since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead, almost five million displaced, and a population on the brink of starvation. the two parties in the ethiopian conflict have