For over 20 years, Ethiopia was led by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of four ethnic-based political parties representing Tigray, Amhara, Oromo, and Southern nations, nationalities and peoples. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front was the most influential Read More …
Category: Global Publications & Reports
Press Release: Victims of the Tigray conflict file the first-ever criminal complaint in Germany against senior Ethiopian and Eritrean government and military officials
Eight survivors of the forgotten conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia, including a former humanitarian aid worker and a former interim government official, have filed a groundbreaking criminal complaint with the German Federal Public Prosecutor alleging that twelve senior Ethiopian and Eritrean Read More …
Conflict, inequality choking education in Amhara, Tigray: Young Lives study
Only eight percent of students graduated secondary school in 2023 in Tigray A survey conducted by Young Lives, a UK-based organization, reveals that youth in the conflict-affected regions of Tigray and Amhara are significantly less likely to finish their secondary Read More …
Tigray at a Crossroads: Political Fragmentation, Military Escalation, and the Urgent Need for Mediation
A Deepening Crisis with Devastating Consequences for the People of Tigray The political and military crisis in Tigray is intensifying, driven by internal divisions within the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and an escalating power struggle between its key factions. Read More …
Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations
In this episode, GDI’s very own Tekle Weldemichel discusses his recent paper, ‘Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations‘.The paper critically examines the strategies and tactics employed by the Ethiopian government and its allies to Read More …
Ethiopia fighting threatens return to civil and regional war
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More than a million Tigrayan IDPs, hundreds of thousands of sexually violated women in desperate need of support, and the recovery of Tigray’s devastated infrastructure – including schools and hospitals – have all been pushed to the sidelines. The November Read More …
Press release
Thursday, March 13, 2025 – In light of the ongoing political divisions within the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), we express our profound concern regarding the declining peace and stability in the Tigray region. It is important to recall that Read More …
Alarm Bells in Tigray
Toward the end of the first Trump administration, when the world was in the throes of the COVID pandemic and the United States was distracted by its own electoral processes, a horrific war broke out in the Tigray region of Read More …
‘We will just die in silence’: US aid cuts hit Ethiopia’s fragile Tigray region
MEKELE, Ethiopia (AP) — As a displaced person in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, 76-year-old Haile Tsege is no stranger to hunger. During its war with Tigray fighters that devastated the region in 2020-2022, Ethiopian government restrictions on the rebellious region reduced aid Read More …