New offensive begins in Tigray

Ethiopia’s national army has begun a ground offensive against fighters in Tigray, according to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. The new fighting will mean a worsening situation for hundreds of thousands of civilians in the north. Many face starvation as a result of the nearly year-long civil war. The World’s Carol Hill speaks to Awol Allo, an Ethiopian political analyst and a professor of law at Keele University in England.

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