Blinken氏は希望ありと説くものの

　お勤め上、当然、交渉による妥協に希望を持つと言わざるを得ないものとも思いますが。ともあれBlinken氏としてはhopefulという。

BBC US 'hopeful' diplomacy will end Ethiopia war 11 Nov 2021

「US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he is hopeful that diplomacy will work to end the war in Ethiopia.

He said he had been in contact with the African Union’s special envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as the US regional envoy, Jeffrey Feltman.

"We are hopeful that, given the important work that president Obasanjo is engaged in - the efforts that we're making and others are engaged in - that there is still a window to pull back and to move this to a better place," he said on Wednesday.」

　現状、会える限りのプレイヤーとあってお話をし、平和的交渉の必要を説いた段階、か。とはいえ三次元世界ではなかなかに厳しいようで―

BBC Ethiopia conflict: Tigray aid lorry drivers arrested, UN says 11 Nov 2021

　Tigray方面へむかう援助食糧を積んだトラックの運転手72名ほどが拘束されているとかなんとか。

「The United Nations says that 72 drivers contracted to deliver humanitarian aid have been arrested in the war-torn north of Ethiopia.

It said that the drivers, who were working for the World Food Programme (WFP), were detained in Semera, capital of the Afar region.

The UN is speaking to the government to establish why they were stopped.」

「Lawyers and rights groups say the authorities targeted ethnic Tigrayan employees. The government denies arbitrarily arresting Tigrayans.」

　Tigray人を狙って逮捕しただろう！と疑われている様子。政府は否定するも、まあ、常識的には「Tigray人の『援助食糧トラック運転手』であれば―食糧を持っていく先は…！」と疑いたくなるのも尤もで、実際に行動を起こすのも理解可能ではある。