Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia is worsening as conflict continues on multiple fronts. Tigrayan rebel forces have won a string of victories over the ethiopian military. Ethiopias Prime Minister now says all of the states Military Resources will be deployed to halt the rebels. My guest is getachew reda, spokesman for the tigray Peoples Liberation Front. With the Death Toll rising and man made famine taking hold, what is the endgame for tigray s rebels . Getachew reda in mekelle, tigray, welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure. Let me ask you this we see the terrible suffering that millions of people are experiencing in your region as a result of, what, 8 9 months of conflict . Why is it that your side, the tigray Peoples Liberation Front, appears intent on intensifying the fighting rather than ending it . Well, its exactly the same reason why we took up arms and tried to liberate our people from the Suffering Youve alluded to. In fact, we do
Getachew reda in mekelle, tigray, welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure. Let me ask you this we see the terrible suffering that millions of people are experiencing in your region as a result of what, 8 9 months of conflict . Why is it that your side, the tigray Peoples Liberation Front, appears intent on intensifying the fighting rather than ending it . Well, its exactly the same reason why we took up arms and tried to liberate our people from the Suffering Youve alluded to. In fact, we do not consider ourselves rebels. We are a legitimately elected government who was removed from the capital by abiy and his Partners In Crime, the Amhara Expansionist Forces and the eritrean regime. So these people, these Partners In Crime, have brought all kinds of untold miseries on our people. And we did everything in our power to bring together all our efforts to liberate every square inch of tigrayan territory from the invaders. Of course, this crisis, the humanitarian crisis you have been alluding to,
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