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Tigrayan push in Afar and Amhara A map showing the TDF's Gondar-Bahir Dar offensive, 6 July – 20 August 2021. On 6 July 2021, the Tigrayan government mobilised to retake western Tigray from Amhara forces. [181] A TDF offensive starting on 12 July resulted in Tigrayan forces capturing southern Tigray, including the towns of Alamata and Korem ...
Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely populated of the 11 regional states. Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, the Amhara Region to the south, the Afar Region to the east, and Sudan to the west.
French researcher Mehdi Labzaé documented the rise of Amhara nationalism since 2015/6 and managed to interview several actors involved in the annexation and ethnic cleansing campaign in Tigray since November 2020. In his article, he lists a series of massacres carried out in Western Tigray after the Amhara region annexed it in November 2020.
Under control of Amhara militants (Fano) Under control of the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) Under control of the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) Under control of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Under control of Benishangul and/or Gumuz militias Contested ; Stable mixed control
Amhara is bordered by Sudan to the west and northwest and by other the regions of Ethiopia: Tigray to the north, Afar to the east, Benishangul-Gumuz to the west and southwest, and Oromia to the south. Towns and cities in Amhara include: Bahir Dar, Dessie, Gonder, Debre Birhan, Debre Tabor, Kombolcha, Weldiya, Debre Markos, Seqota, Kobo, Metema. [3]
The War in Amhara is an armed conflict and insurgency in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia that began in April 2023 between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government.The conflict started after the government attempted to dissolve the Amhara Special Forces and other regional forces as part of a plan to reform and centralize the country's security apparatus, and integrate them into the federal ...
The first confrontation of Amhara and Tigray clash was occurred in February 2024 in Southern Tigray zone. The clash was happened as the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray President reported that over 270,000 troops were disarmed. However, the clash is minor with no fatalities record and short.
Map of the 88 districts of Tigray as of January 2020. This is a list of the 35 rural woredas, or districts, in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, as they existed until 2020. The list is compiled from material of the Central Statistical Agency website. There are also urban woredas, which are not included.