Tigray War

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The Tigray War was a devastating armed conflict in northern Ethiopia from 2020 to 2022 involving federal and regional forces, marked by widespread atrocities, famine, and a severe humanitarian crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
belligerent Amhara regional forces
surface form: Amhara Fano militia

Amhara regional forces
Eritrean Defence Forces
Armed Forces of Ethiopia
surface form: Ethiopian National Defense Force

Government of Ethiopia
surface form: Ethiopian federal government

Oromo Liberation Army
Tigray Defense Forces
Tigray People's Liberation Front
casualties hundreds of thousands of people killed
cause dispute over Tigray regional elections
power struggle between federal government and TPLF
commander Abiy Ahmed
Debretsion Gebremichael
Isaias Afwerki
communicationImpact communications blackout in Tigray
conflictType internal armed conflict
country Ethiopia
displacedPersons millions of internally displaced persons
economicImpact negative impact on Ethiopian national economy
severe damage to Tigray's economy
endDate 2022-11-02
humanitarianImpact blockade of humanitarian aid to Tigray
famine-like conditions in Tigray
severe humanitarian crisis
humanRightsAbuses ethnic cleansing allegations
extrajudicial killings
forced displacement
massacres of civilians
widespread sexual violence
internationalResponse UN investigations into human rights violations
sanctions and visa restrictions by some Western countries
location northern Ethiopia
mediator African Union
Obasanjo
surface form: Olusegun Obasanjo
notableMassacre Axum massacre
Humera atrocities
Mai Kadra massacre
peaceAgreement Pretoria Agreement
peaceAgreementDate 2022-11-02
perpetratorOfAbuses Amhara regional forces (alleged)
Eritrean Defence Forces
surface form: Eritrean Defence Forces (alleged)

Armed Forces of Ethiopia
surface form: Ethiopian federal forces (alleged)

Tigray forces (alleged)
region Tigray region
surface form: Tigray Region
relatedConflict Eritrea–Ethiopia standoff
surface form: Eritrean–Ethiopian relations

Ethiopian civil conflict (post-2018)
result Cessation of Hostilities Agreement
continued Eritrean presence in parts of Tigray (post-agreement)
federal–Tigray peace deal
large-scale destruction of infrastructure
mass displacement of civilians
serviceDisruption banking services cut off in Tigray
electricity cut in much of Tigray
internet shutdown in Tigray
startDate 2020-11-04
triggerEvent attack on Northern Command of Ethiopian National Defense Force

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Ethiopian Air Force conflict Tigray War
ENDF engagedIn Tigray War
this entity surface form: Tigray conflict
Battle of Shire partOf Tigray War
Battle of Shire partOf Tigray War
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Civil War (Tigray conflict phase)
Tigray People's Liberation Front startOfMajorConflict Tigray War
this entity surface form: Tigray War 2020
Horn of Africa conflicts hasPart Tigray War
Bayraktar TB2 usedInConflict Tigray War
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Tigray conflict