The War In Ethiopia

The victims at the center of a massive humanitarian crisis

  • Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray

    DUBTI, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24, 2022: Two of the more than a dozen patients wounded during attacks by the TPLF are seen in a recovery wing at the Dubti General Hospital on March 24, 2022 in Dubti, Ethiopia. The victims are recovering from various injuries sustained when the TPLF commenced attacks on multiple sites in the Afar region, attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts throughout Ethiopia in December of 2021. According to Kamil Humed, Deputy Manager of the Afar Development Association the recent attacks have increased the number of Internally Displaced People (IDP's) to 350,000 spread across 14 sites in Afar. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)

  • Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray

    SILSA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24: Woman currently residing at the Silsa Internally Displaced Peoples' (IDP) camp line up for aid provided by Islamic Relief - Ethiopia on March 24, 2022 in Silsa, Ethiopia. The TPLF renewed attacks on the Afar region in January of 2022 attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts in December of 2021. The woman seen here are some of the over 43,000 occupants of the IDP camp at Silsa who came from the 6 woredas invaded by the TPLF. Adequate food and water along with proper sanitation are major issues at the Silsa IDP cam. According to Kamil Humed, Deputy Manager of the Afar Development Association the recent attacks have increased the number of Internally Displaced People (IDP's) to 350,000 spread across 14 sites in Afar. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)

  • Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray

    SILSA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24, 2022: Woman currently residing at the Silsa Internally Displaced Peoples' (IDP) camp line up for aid provided by Islamic Relief - Ethiopia on March 24, 2022 in Silsa, Ethiopia. The TPLF renewed attacks on the Afar region in January of 2022 attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts in December of 2021. The woman seen here are some of the over 43,000 occupants of the IDP camp at Silsa who came from the 6 woredas invaded by the TPLF. Adequate food and water along with proper sanitation are major issues at the Silsa IDP cam. According to Kamil Humed, Deputy Manager of the Afar Development Association the recent attacks have increased the number of Internally Displaced People (IDP's) to 350,000 spread across 14 sites in Afar. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)

  • Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray

    AFDERA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 25: A woman from Berhale cooks food at the Ezana Berhale IDP site on March 25, 2022 in Afdera, Ethiopia. The Ezana Berhale IDP site is the location of one of 4 IDP sites in Afdera and currently hosts 1,516 individual men, woman and children mainly from the town of Berhale in the Afar region. Afdera itself is currently home to over 24,000 IDP's from towns like Erebti, Berhale and Abala which are located within some of the 6 woreda's attacked and occupied by the TPLF in the first months of 2022. The IDP's in the camps contend with limited supplies of food, water and preparation materials in addition to challenges of proper sanitation and ground temperatures which can hover at around 40 degrees celsius. The latest round of attacks by the TPLF led to a rise in the number of internally displaced people (IDP's) in Afar which is currently said to number at over 350,000. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)

  • Fighting Flares In Afar Region, Displacing Communities Near Tigray

    SILSA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 24: Azier Muhammed-Muhammed of Konnaba recounts loosing her sister when the TPLF shelled the town of Konnaba during their attacks in January of 2022 at the Silsa Internally Displaced Peoples' (IDP) camp on March 24, 2022 in Silsa, Ethiopia. Azier stated that the TPLF began shelling the town in January before advancing on it. Her sister was killed and she barely had time to bury her before she and her three daughters had to flee when the shelling resumed. Azier came to Silsa with her only remaining belongings, the cloths on her back, her three daughters and a family friend. Her two sons stayed behind to defend the town against the TPLF. The TPLF renewed attacks on the Afar region in January of 2022 attacking and currently occupying 6 Woredas after having retreated on multiple fronts in December of 2021. Azier is just one of the 43,000 occupants of the IDP camp at Silsa who came from the 6 woredas invaded by the TPLF.

  • Urgent Need For Food Aid In Amhara, Which Hosts Many Displaced By Tigray War

    HAYK, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 28: Thirty-nine year old Adia Amar details his experiences during his efforts to leave Tigray and reasons why he sought refuge in the Amhara region at the IDP camp at Tebis on March 28, 2022 in Tula, Ethiopia. Adia, who initially left Tigray earlier this year stated that he left the IDP camp at Kobo in Northern Wollo, Amhara region to seek more freedom and a more open environment over the camp conditions he faced in the Kobo IDP camp he was in 24 days prior. He also stated that he initially felt apprehension entering the Amhara region because all state media in Tigray painted the ENDF and FANO as killers. He has since revised his assessment of both FANO and ENDF. "I never supported this war. It is not in the interest of either the Amhara or Tigrayens. In Tigray all aid that comes into the region goes to TPLF leaders first, followed by their followers and TPLF special forces.

  • Residents Of Chena Share Aid And Mark 40 Days Since Alleged Massacre

    Members of the Chena community who lost loved ones in the massacre at Chena Teklehaymanot Church are ordered to line up to be the initial recipients of food aid being distributed by the Amhara Emergency Fund during the 40th Day commemoration of the massacre at Chena Teklehaymanot Church on October 10, 2021 in Chena, Ethiopia. The Amhara Emergency Fund or AEF is a conglomeration of Amhara groups in North America who provided 15,000 kilo's of wheat flour to 521 members of the community at Chena. Officials in this part of the Amhara region, which borders Tigray, said Chena was the site of a two-day attack by Tigrayan fighters that began during the Mass (Kidasse) on the annual observance of the day of Saint Teklehaymanot on August 31, that according to local government officials resulted in the deaths of at least 119 civilians even though villagers place the death toll at 207.

The Silenced Voices of the victims of war, ethnic cleansing and genocide

Members of the Amhara and Afar ethnic groups are the most pronounced and the majority of the victims of the war initiated by the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front and the Oromo extremist movement. Their stories are often buried and neglected by forces in the west who are seeking to convey a self serving narrative that serves the geo-political ambitions of forces outside of the country.