Ethiopian Olympic icon: ‘No choice’ but to join frontline

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Olympic gold medal winner Haile Gebrselassie tells Sky’s John Sparks that he has “no choice” but to join the frontline of the conflict which is spreading through large parts of Ethiopia.

As he prepares to fight the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, Gebrselassie – a national hero in his homeland – says he feel betrayed by foreign governments who have told their citizens to leave the country.

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