The civil war in Ethiopia's Tigray region killed hundreds of thousands and displaced over one million people. Many survivors remain optimistic despite the scars left by the war.
The World Food Programme resumed its operations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after fighting had halted its emergency response.The civil war in Ethiopia 's Tigray region killed hundreds of thousands and displaced over one million people. Many survivors remain optimistic despite the scars left by the war.
Moreover, TPLF, which had dominated Ethiopian politics since 1991, fervently opposed Abiy's reforms, claiming that it was an attempt to undermine its influence.On December 11, 2020, a week after the outbreak of the conflict, as Kebedesh and her 8-year-old daughter were walking through Kafta, a rural area near the Eritrean border, five soldiers intercepted them, four from the neighboring country and one from the central government.But despite her refusal, the five men gang-raped her.
Adwa, located 160 km north of Mekele, has a population of about 40,500 people. The Adwa Women's Affairs Office states that it has recorded 1,374 cases of rape; 86 of those cases were HIV positive, 72 of whom are children. Kebedesh now lives in a room financed by the Don Bosco association with three of her four children, the eldest of whom is in Sudan fighting with the TDF .
Tigray endured one of the bloodiest wars of the 21st century, with at least 600,000 people killed and more than one million internally displaced.
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