Ethiopia’s government under prime minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military offensive to dislodge the Tigray region’s dissident leadership, he promised a rapid surgical operation. The war, which began on 3 November as the world was focused on the US election, has instead come at a staggering cost. There is no end in sight. Millions of Tigrayans are now in dire need of assistance. In the next half hour, Lukhona Mnguni speaks to Senior Fellow at the Africa Asia Dialogues Thembisa Fakude and looks at the situation in the country together with the contestations around the Nile Dam.