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The Real Story: War and starvation - Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

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War and hunger - Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

18/11/2022 GMT

War and starvation - Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

BBC World Service - The Real Story, War and starvation - Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Can a recently signed truce between Ethiopia and Tigray lead to lasting peace?

Can a recently signed truce between Ethiopia and Tigray lead to lasting peace in the region?

After two years of civil war, Ethiopia and Tigray have agreed to terms for a peace deal which stipulates that both parties will begin to lay down their arms The plan is to create a humanitarian corridor to Tigray which will offer food relief to more than 6million civilians in Tigray who have been under blockade by government forces for most of the conflict. The war in Africa's second-most populous country has seen abuses documented on both sides, with millions of people displaced and many near famine. Several sticking points remain. Will the Eritrean forces - who have fought alongside Ethiopian troops and have their own territorial claims -  also lay down their arms? Without sustained attention from US, African and other donor nations, could the cease-fire quickly fall apart again? Can famine in Tigray be avoided?

Chris Morris is joined by a panel of expert guests.

Alex Rondos -  Former European Union’s Special Representative to the Horn of Africa. 

Tsedale Lemma - Ethiopian journalist and founder of the Addis Standard publications.

Alex De Waal -  Author and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation.

Also featuring:

Getachew Reda - Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front

Producers: Ellen Otzen and Rumella Dasgupta

(Photo: Internally displaced women and children in Ethiopia; Credit: Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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