00:05Days after federal force retook Mekele, the streets tell a story of cautious normalcy.
00:12Shops are reopening, people are moving again, but behind the calm, the scars of conflict
00:20and the way of uncertainty remain.
00:25We want sustainable peace, not peace that lasts a week or a month, real peace.
00:30We want goods back in the market, we want civil servants paid.
00:34People have gone for months without salaries, how can a family survive?
00:39Banks have reopened now, but basic goods remain scarce.
00:44Prices have soared and government employees, from teachers to health workers, say they
00:50have not been paid for months.
00:53For many families, survival has become a daily struggle.
00:57As you can see, all banks are now open and are giving service to the public.
01:02But what is really becoming a huge challenge is the shortage of cash.
01:06You know there are many pensioners here and they expect to be paid in cash as most of them
01:11either do not have access or do not have the right device for online banking.
01:15Makali city is now under the control of the federal force, alongside a military group known
01:21as the Tigray Peace Force.
01:24The TPLF leadership has left, but for residents here, the change in power is not the point.
01:34Those who left, the TPLF leadership and those who took over now, the federal government and
01:39the Tigray Peace Force, they're all our people.
01:42What matters is not who rules.
01:44What matters is who brings true peace and sustainable development.
01:49For the people of Makali, the leadership has changed, but the expectation remains the same.
01:55Now more particularly, however, they bank on the federal government for the delivery of peace,
02:01for salaries to be paid, for markets to be stocked, and for the rebuilding of what was broken.
02:08For now, this city waits and watch.
02:12Who rules.
02:12Why rules.
02:15You
