Tigray war

November 3, 2020 – November 3, 2022 · Tigray Region

Result Negotiated cessation of hostilities in November 2022; renewed fighting in 2026

Fighting began between Ethiopia's federal government, with Eritrea, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Hundreds of thousands of people died from violence and famine before a peace agreement in Pretoria.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

ETH Zurich

United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces

Other

Eritrea

United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces

Tigray People's Liberation Front

Ethiopia

Isaias Afwerki belligerent leader

Abiy Ahmed military commander

Sahle-Work Zewde belligerent leader

Tsadkan Gebretensae military commander

Strength and losses

Wounded: 4,473
Captured: 600

Ethiopia Killed 3,073

Units

Eritrean Army Eritrean Defence Forces Ethiopian National Defense Force Eritrean Air Force

Tigray Defense Forces

Ethiopian Army Ethiopian Regional Special Forces Ethiopian Air Force

Battles and events 1

Dedebit Elementary School airstrike January 7, 2022

Before and after

Ended by: Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement November 2, 2022

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2021

2022

Tigray war

Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement