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live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 1am in south africa, where 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 to the day 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 i
translation: we saw elders being slaughtered, women raped and kids killed. we ve seen many things. we saw these things, that s why we were frightened and came here. there are many atrocities in this war. people are dying because of the blockade and famine. kids are dying due to a lack of medicine. we are losing people. the region has been cut off from the rest of the country and world for nearly two years now. the people here have been without banking, means of communication and power. aid agencies say almost everyone in northern tigray is in need of food aid. they re desperate for a return to normal life. at mek ele s largest internally displaced people s camp, this man struggles to grow food for his family. every harvest is a disappointment. he s desperate to go back to his large farm. translation: we were working
this granny fled some of the most recent fighting. i left my kids and grandkids, she says. she doesn t know if they survived. the displaced have harrowing stories to tell. translation: we saw elders being slaughtered, women i raped and kids killed. we ve seen many things. we saw these things, that s why we were frightened and came here. there are many atrocities in this war. people are dying because of the blockade and famine. kids are dying due to a lack of medicine. we are losing people. the region has been cut off from the rest of the country and world for nearly two years now. the people here have been without banking, means of communication and power. aid agencies say almost everyone in northern tigray is in need of food aid. they re desperate for a return to normal life.
this granny fled some of the most recent fighting. i left my kids and grandkids, she says. she doesn t know if they survived. the displaced have harrowing stories to tell. translation: we saw elders being slaughtered, women raped and kids killed. we ve seen many things. we saw these things, that s why we were frightened and came here. there are many atrocities in this war. people are dying because of the blockade and famine. kids are dying due to a lack of medicine. we are losing people. the region has been cut off from the rest of the country and world for nearly two years now. the people here have been without banking, means of communication and power. aid agencies say almost everyone in northern tigray is in need of food aid. they re desperate for a return to normal life. at mek ele s largest internally displaced people s camp, this man struggles to grow food