Tigray conflict facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Tigray conflict |
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Part of conflicts in the Horn of Africa | |||||||
Location of Tigray Region in Ethiopia (For a more detailed map, see here.) |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ethiopia Eritrea |
Tigray Region
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abiy Ahmed (Prime Minister of Ethiopia) Birhanu Jula (ENDF Chief of Staff) Kenea Yadeta (Minister of Defence) Isayas Afeworki (President of Eritrea) Filipos Woldeyohannes (Chief of the Defence Staff) Tiruneh Temesgen (Chief Administrator of Amhara Region, early November 2020) Agegnehu Teshager (Chief Administrator of Amhara Region, as of late November 2020) |
Debretsion Gebremichael (Chief Administrator of Tigray Region and TPLF Chairman) Getachew Reda (TPLF Spokesperson) |
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Units involved | |||||||
Ethiopian National Defense Force
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Strength | |||||||
140,000 (Ethiopia)
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250,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Hundreds killed | Hundreds killed 550 killed (government claim) |
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500 civilians killed |
The Tigray conflict is an ongoing armed conflict that began in November 2020 in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, between the Tigray Region special forces and the Ethiopian National Defense Force, in alliance with the Amhara Region special forces. It has since spread into the country of Eritrea.
Images for kids
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Head of the Eritrean Defence Forces, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, in 2013
See also
In Spanish: Guerra de Tigray para niños
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