For weeks there had been troubling signs: homes raided by unknown assailants; activists beaten in the street. Then, on March 11th, armed men appeared in Adigrat, a town in Ethiopia’s semi-autonomous ...
Here’s a look at the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and forces of the previously dominant political ...
One dilemma arises from the historical experience Eritrean elites had with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), especially during its domination of Ethiopian politics from 1991 to 2018. Lack ...
The militiamen first arrived in Mehret’s hometown of Adi Goshu in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray region in late 2020. This was now Amhara land, they declared; Tigrayans would have to leave. Over the next ...
With hope in short supply in Tigray, young people are flocking to the capital Fears of a return to war in northern Ethiopia are driving many people to leave the region of Tigray just over three years ...
Tigray party to restore pre-war administration, jeopardising northern Ethiopia peace Tigray's main political party said it was taking back control of the region's government, effectively voiding a ...
Millions have been displaced, thousands killed, and reports of human rights violations are rampant as a civil war escalates in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Fifteen soldiers raped her over the course of a ...