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The Tigray, [A] officially the Tigray National Regional State, [B] is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely populated of the 11 ...
The Tigray War [b] was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 [a] to 3 November 2022. [47] [48] The war 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.
Tigray Province ( Tigrinya: ትግራይ ), also known as Tigre ( Amharic: ትግሬ tigrē), was a historical province of northern Ethiopia that overlayed the present day Afar and Tigray regions. Akele Guzai borders with the Tigray province. It encompassed most of the territories of Tigrinya -speakers (and a few minority groups) in Ethiopia.
Mai Kadra massacre. 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] Responsibility was attributed to a pro-TPLF youth group and ...
New Ethiopia-Tigray agreement comes more than a week after militaries came to terms to end fighting. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Top military commanders from Ethiopia and its embattled Tigray region ...
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF; Tigrinya: ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ, lit. 'Popular Struggle for the Freedom of Tigray'), also called the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front , is a left-wing ethnic nationalist , [2] [19] [20] [5] paramilitary group, [21] and the former ruling party of Ethiopia .
The Tigrayan peace process encompasses the series of proposals, meetings, agreements and actions that aimed to resolve the Tigray War. [1] A number of proposals for peace negotiations and mediation were made involving some of the main groups involved in the war, with some being made as early as November 2020.
The Transitional Government of Tigray was a caretaker administration that was formally declared by the House of Federation of Ethiopia on 7 November 2020, in the context of a conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in power in the Tigray Regional State and the federal government of Ethiopia. [3]