Tigray conflict facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tigray conflict
Part of conflicts in the Horn of Africa
Location of Tigray Region in Ethiopia (For a more detailed map, see here.)
Date 4 November 2020 – present (4 years, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Tigray Region, Ethiopia Amhara Region, Ethiopia Central Region, Eritrea Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Ethiopia  Eritrea	Tigray Region TPLF
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)
Units involved
Ethiopian National Defense Force Ethiopian Army Ethiopian Air Force Amhara Region Special Force Eritrean Defence Forces Eritrean Army Eritrean Navy Eritrean Air Force	Tigray Region Special Force Tigray Region Police Northern Command (defected from Ethiopian National Defense Force)
Strength
140,000 (Ethiopia) 320,000 (Eritrea) 16 divisions	250,000
Casualties and losses
Hundreds killed	Hundreds killed 550 killed (government claim)
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