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Paul, what is your question, please. thank you so much. my question is, what is the role of the international communityl in the ongoing conflict in ethiopia? and must the west intervene, or can ethiopias conflict be i resolved using african - agencies and institutions? thank you. gabriel, i will come to you, because you are ethiopian—born and obviously you have got a good sense of this, so... what is your answer? yeah, this is... it is a loaded question. what can the external partners do? agai...

Of west africa and this is desperation and these are people that are probably, you know, responding to the public demand for change. i think mali gives a very good example, because it is lieutenent colonel goita there, who originally said he was handing over power and then extended that to 2025. yes, and that is one weakness. you know, power can be addictive, power is very seductive, and that is the question. the problem with military coups is that, how do you then terminate them? how do you mov...

I think they need to be held to their word, they need to, you know, a coup is less than ideal, but they need to make sure its temporary, if they can restore security, they need to hand back to elected institutions, but again, i would call for nuance in the case of west africa and this is desperation and these are people that are probably, you know, responding to the public demand for change. i think mali gives a very good example, because it is lieutenent colonel goita there, who originally said...

Now, where i think the external partners could help, the international community could, you know, economic issues are largely drivers of coups. lets help kick—start those economies. lets make sure that people are eating two meals, three meals a day, can go to school, blah blah blah. lets build the local institutions that modulate between conflicting sides, so that you dont end up taking arms, rather than selling arms to this side and selling the anti—arms equipment to the other side and bene...

Between conflicting sides, so that you dont end up taking arms, rather than selling arms to this side and selling the anti—arms equipment to the other side and benefiting from both. applause. i mean, ijust, you know, the un secretary general antonio guterres said this year that military coups are back in africa, and he has blamed a lack of unity in the international community in their response. for not doing something about them. so clearly, he is quite sceptical. 0k, ourfinal question is from...

But the externals can also help by giving countries the policy space they need to sort their own issues. to make their own mistakes. god knows mistakes will be made. no question about it. but you know, it is like saying, "this is our mistakes, give us a chance to own them, before you tell us what to do and what not." 0k, let me ask adan keynan this, because kenya is a country that has a bilateral defence and security pact with ethiopia, which gives you a pretty good platform to try and stop the ...

Caroline, do you want to come back? i think what i would say is, . whether the leadership comes in through the ballot, | or through the bullet, without a proper plan, either would fail. - and that is why, when the military comes in, they will sing, - they will dance, we are happy, i but after that, there is this daily life that needs to go on. without a plan... it doesnt work. thank you, thank you, caroline. applause. lets go to our next question. what do you want to ask our panel? what is the r...

In the international community in their response. for not doing something about them. so clearly, he is quite sceptical. 0k, ourfinal question is from paul. paul, what is your question, please. thank you so much. my question is, what is- the role of the international community in the ongoing conflict in ethiopia? - and must the west intervene, or can ethiopias conflict be i resolved using african - agencies and institutions? thank you. gabriel, i will come to you, because you are ethiopian—bor...

To make their own mistakes. god knows mistakes will be made. no question about it. but you know, it is like saying "this is our mistakes, give us a chance to own them, before you tell us what to do and what not." 0k, let me ask adan keynan this, because kenya is a country that has a bilateral defence and security pact with ethiopia, which gives you a pretty good platform to try and stop the awful violence and killings that are going on there, so what is your answer to the question? the defence p...

Question from our audience, i thought it would be a good idea to just give you a brief overview of the topic in hand, just to provide you with a bit of background about army coups and conflict in africa. so lets just watch this short film. what should happen when a coup is welcomed by the people? there was jubilation on the streets of conakry, the capital of guinea, six months ago, when the army ousted president alpha conde. there had been anger when he changed the rules to run for a third term,...