More than 18 months after the signing of the Pretoria Peace Agreement in November 2022, the first group of 456 internally displaced persons (IDPs) successfully returned to their villages in the Tselemti district, located in the North Western Zone of the Tigray region, in early July 2024.
This initial return was soon followed by an additional 2,200 IDPs who arrived days later.
In the third phase, regional media reported that nearly 5,000 IDPs returned to Northwestern Tigray, resettling in May Tsebir town and three other locations within the Tselemti district.
While the return of these IDPs offers a glimmer of hope, the conditions faced by those returning to their devastated homes paint a harrowing picture of human suffering.
Deprived of basic necessities and burdened with the overwhelming task of rebuilding their lives from the ruins, these returnees are confronted with a new and grueling ordeal. Read more