Sexual violence in Tigray by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces
On November 4, 2020, a war broke out in Tigray, the northern federal region of Ethiopia. Since then, Tigrayan civilians have been at the receiving end of deliberate and harrowing crimes being perpetrated by armed forces. More than 150,000 civilians, mainly Tigrayans (but also Oromo, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, etc.), are believed to have been killed in […]
The history of Tigray
Tigray is the cradle of East Africa with a history that goes back thousands of years. Tigray is a home to the kingdom of Axum, the then epicenter of power of the Red Sea and second only to the Roman and Persian empires, with which it had a very active trade of ivory and salt. The […]