Category: Publications & Reports

On 28 February, over 60 human rights organisations urged the UN to block the government’s efforts to end a UN-mandatedinquiry into atrocities committed in Tigray.

On 23 April, Abiy held a ceremony for federal and Tigray leaders and mediators in Addis Ababa to celebrate the peace deal’s success.

The Associated Press said (AP) says an airstrike hit a busy market in the Tigray region village of Togoga on Tuesday. Doctors and a nurse in Mekelle told AP that they were unable to confirm how many people were killed, Read More …

In Tigray, humanitarian access is generally increasing since the peace agreement in November 2022. However, the westernpart of the region and the area bordering Eritrea have been difficult to access for a long time, and even parts that are accessible Read More …

Support with school re-opening in Tigray, where over 80 per cent of schools have been partially or severely damaged. This includes mine action, rehabilitation of schools, back to school campaigns, teaching and learning materials, mental health and psychosocial support for Read More …

In Tigray specifically, more than 2.3 million children (1.8 million girls) are out of school due to the closure of 2,270schools across the region. Of the 2.3 million children, 60 per cent would be without education for the third year Read More …

Following years of ethno-political fragmentation and more recentelection-related tensions, violence broke out in northern Ethiopia inearly November 2020. The resulting conflict, which pitted Ethiopianfederal forces and their Ethiopian and Eritrean allies against Tigrayanforces in the north of the country, continues Read More …

In the past three weeks, the Ethiopia air force reportedly conducted various drone-assistedair strikes on the capital city of Tigray region, Mekele, including strikes on a children’splayground and hospital (BBC Amharic, 31 August 2022; Reuters, 26 August 2022).

On 10 January, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces – also known as the Tigray Defense Forces – began handing overheavy weapons to the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) in a camp located in Agula in Eastern Tigray zone in Read More …

Report of the International Commission of Human RightsExperts on Ethiopia The report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe thatviolations, such as extrajudicial killings, rape, sexual violence, and starvation of the civilianpopulation as a method of warfare have been Read More …