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The Mekelle offensive was a military campaign fought at the start of the Tigray War between the national armed forces of Ethiopia and the Tigray Region.The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) launched an offensive aimed at seizing the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) controlled regional capital of Mekelle starting on 17 November 2020.
On 3–4 November 2020, [a] forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks on the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command headquarters in Mekelle [5] and bases in Adigrat, [3] Agula, [3] Dansha, [4] and Sero [1] in the Tigray Region, marking the beginning of the Tigray War. [5]
The [Joint Investigation Team] found that, following the shelling that was launched in the early hours, continuing into the evening of 28 November 2020, more than 15 civilian facilities, including public institutions located in Mekelle, were struck by artillery shells, resulting in at least 29 civilian deaths, including three (3) children.
A map showing the Ethiopian-allied forces' Tigray offensive, 4–28 November 2020. Just before midnight on 3 November 2020, Tigray Special Forces and allied local militia attacked the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command headquarters in Mekelle, the Fifth Battalion barracks in Dansha, and other Northern Command bases.
On 29 October 2020, the TPLF rejected the federal government's appointment of new leadership for the ENDF's Northern Command. Three officers, Brig. Gen Belay Seyoum Akele, the new Commander of the Northern Command, and one of his deputies Brig. Gen. Seid Tekuye, as well as Lt. Gen. Molla Haile Mariam, were told by TPLF to cancel their flights to Mekelle.
Ataklti Haile Selassie (also Atakilty, Haileselassie, Haileselasie, Hailesellassie) is an Ethiopian who was appointed mayor of Mekelle following the Mekelle offensive of the November 2020 Tigray War. [1] He resigned from the mayorship on 30 March 2021. [2]
Mekelle offensive Federal forces say that they have seized the town of Wukro in Ethiopia 's Tigray Region as they advance on the region 's capital Mekelle . Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) leader Debretsion Gebremichael confirms that government forces had started an operation to capture Mekelle, saying his forces are "ready to die in ...
30 July 2008 – the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters was established in Mekelle in 2000 and continued to the date. [24] 17–28 November 2020 – Mekelle offensive took place by joint Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces during the Tigray War, including aerial bombardment. [25] [26] [27]