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True casualties statistics have been difficult to determine, largely due to deliberate information blackouts in the region. [7] Journalists have noted the difficulty they face attempting to report on the war, as the Ethiopian government has taken steps to reduce press access to the Tigray Region, facing the risk of getting killed or imprisoned.
The Tigray war erupted in November 2020 following a dispute between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the ruling party of the Tigray Region, over the region's autonomy. The conflict resulted in thousands of deaths and a humanitarian crisis.
The Tigray war [b] was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 [a] to 3 November 2022. [45] [46] It was a civil war [47] that was primarily fought in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia between forces allied to the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on the other.
The Mai Kadra massacre was a massacre and ethnic cleansing carried out during the Tigray War on 9–10 November 2020 in the town of Mai Kadra in Welkait (a disputed area between the Amhara and Tigray Regions) in northwestern Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border. [11]
A mass grave of civilians in Tigray [15] [16]. The EHRC claimed in November 2020 that the Mai Kadra massacre could constitute a crime against humanity. [3] Human Rights Concern Eritrea claimed in February 2021 that crimes against humanity occurred during the war, in particular in the "appalling treatment of Eritrean refugees in the Shimelba and Hitsats camps" and called for an immediate ...
The Mahbere Dego massacres were mass extrajudicial killings that took place in Mahbere Dego (Tigrinya: ማሕበረ ደጎ) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 16–18 January 2021. [1] Mahbere Dego is a small town that belongs to woreda Na’ider, Central zone of Tigray.
The Tigray conflict killed hundreds of thousands of people and left untold thousands of women and girls with the trauma of sexual assault. At least 128 sexual assaults occurred after the peace ...
Humera, Tigray: 92 Amharan militias/Fano; ENDF; Gawa Qanqa massacre: 2 November 2020 Gawa Qanqa, West Welega Zone: 32-54 Oromo Liberation Army. (Disputed) with Ethiopian Government. Allegation of collaboration. [27] [28] Mai Kadra massacre: 9–10 November 2020 Mai Kadra, Disputed land between Amhara and Tigray: 1100+ Tigray People's Liberation ...