Tigray War
2020 CE – 2022 CE · 2 years
Widely considered the deadliest conflict of the 21st century, the war between Ethiopia's federal government and Tigray's regional forces killed an estimated 300,000–800,000 people through combat, famine, and atrocities committed by all sides.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Ethiopian Federal Government & Eritrean forces
- Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)
Key moments
Defining events in the Tigray War.
- November 2020 Capture of Mekelle
- June 2021 TDF Counteroffensive & recapture of Mekelle
- November 2021 TDF advance on Addis Ababa
- November 2022 Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement
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Image credits 9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Tigray war Yan Boechat/VOA · Public domain
- Great Pyramid of Giza Douwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of Iran (official) SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
- 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war Kalj, based of File:2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war map.png by User:Golden · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Petra Azurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of Egypt Derived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
- Syrian civil war Voice of America News: Scott Bobb reports from Aleppo, Syria · Public domain
- Dead Sea لا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of Yemen Nightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain
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