Tigray, A Humanitarian Crisis
In November 2020, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed sends troops into Southern Tigray, in response to an attack on a Ethiopian military base. The attacks on Ethiopian forces were a result of the postponement of the scheduled parliamentary elections because of the Covid 19 pandemic. Eritrea in alliance with Ethiopia would begin its assault from the North. During the first phase of the war the capital of Tigray was captured by the allied forces of Eritrea and Ethiopia. during the struggle the capital was recaptured, and a long and very violent struggle began between the two forces. During this struggle the Tigray People’s Liberation Front joined forces with the Omoro Liberation Army, together they threatened to march on to Addis Ababa and overthrow the Prime Minister and his government. The war escalated and during the war many atrocities occurred. Both sides practiced a form of war rape. Soldiers would publicly rape women whose ages would range...