![]() ![]() ![]() In early November 2021, the TDF, together with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), took control of several towns on the highway south from Tigray Region towards Addis Ababa, and the TPLF stated that it considered "marching on. Federal allied forces captured Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, on 28 November, after which Abiy declared the operation "over." However, the TPLF stated soon afterwards that it would continue fighting until the "invaders" were out, and on 28 June 2021, the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) retook Mekelle by July the same year, they had also advanced into the Amhara and Afar regions. The ENDF counterattacked from the south – while Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) began launching attacks from the north – which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described as a "law enforcement operation". Īfter years of increased tensions and hostilities between the TPLF and the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, fighting began when TPLF forces attacked the Northern Command headquarters of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), alongside a number of other bases in Tigray. The war was primarily fought in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia between forces allied to the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on the other. The Tigray War was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 to 3 November 2022. Gambella People's Liberation Army (2021–22).Status of Tigray Region's Western Zone still disputed.Continued Eritrean Defense Forces presence in Tigray Region.Interim Regional Administration of Tigray formed on 23 March 2023.Federal authority in the Tigray Region is reestablished.Second agreement for implementing the peace deal signed by both parties (12 November 2022).The government and the TPLF formally agreed to a cessation of hostilities and systematic, verifiable disarmament (2 November 2022).Tigray, Amhara, and Afar Regions of Ethiopia Eritrea Eritrea–Ethiopia border Spillovers in Al Qadarif, Sudan ![]()
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