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Map of the conflict in the Tigray region which started on 4 November, 2020. Primarily focusing on the north with occasional updates from elsewhere. DMs open
Oct 22, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Again an airstrike by the Ethiopian Air Force has hit Mekelle. This airstrike hit agricultural land next to the Mekelle University Arid Campus (13.479489, 39.488817) at around 13.475833, 39.492222. As a result of the strike, a UN plane aborted its landing. Video shows crops burning after being bombed by the Ethiopian Air Force.
Oct 21, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Breaking: airstrikes again reported from Mekelle. Video has been shot showing a jet flying away at high altitude while someone tries to hit it with a heavy machine gun So far there is no footage showing any bomb impacts. Should it come, we will post it.
Oct 20, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
For the second day in a row the Ethiopian Air Force has conducted airstrikes in Mekelle. This time they targeted an industrial compound apparently containing tires at 13.50578943,39.48589882 on the eastern side of the city. earth.google.com/web/@13.505790… Several people were wounded as a result of the strike. Both from the initial strike and from smoke inhalation/burns.
Oct 16, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Extremely violent clashes continue around Gashena as the ENDF+ARSF attempt to take the town. Meanwhile, the offensive towards Mersa has failed, with the TDF launching a counteroffensive which took ground in Afar as well as making gains in the mountains south of Mersa. This picture was misappropriated as being TDF fighters in Chifra. While we have many reports of the TDF taking Chifra, this picture is from a pro-government Facebook user. As it stands, there is no visual proof that the TDF took Chifra. Apologies for any confusion.
Oct 16, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Heavy fighting continues around Gashena all night, with the situation in the countryside being fluid.
The TDF has taken up positions in the hills around Wurgesa and Wichale, as well as apparently taking Chifra in Afar, but that has not been visually confirmed.
No gains at Mersa. Situation around Sekota is unclear, with various reports of fighting and various denials of fighting. Really no way to tell right now unless an official source announces something.
Mar 30, 2021 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
Very disturbing report that contains gruesome details of sexual violence and death

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… Dozens are seeking abortions, medical care and psychological support in overwhelmed hospitals, many of which have been destroyed.....Thousands more are thought to be suffering in silence as they fear reprisals by security forces and rejection from their families
Mar 27, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Aftermath of heavy airstrikes in Semema, Tigray on December 8, 2020 ImageImageImageImage Will be deleting this later to avoid being mass reported ImageImageImage
Mar 13, 2021 • 29 tweets • 11 min read
Google earth has finally updated its satellite imagery for western Tigray and it’s really bad. Satellite imagery shows that many settlements have been razed to the ground, some repeatedly being burned. This will be a thread covering those burnings. H/t @FijianArmadillo I’m going to be going through these as I find them. Which is a lot. Virtually every settlement I have found has been affected in some form. Will be starting with what @FijianArmadillo found first. I’ll transition to just screenshots after.
Mar 12, 2021 • 37 tweets • 5 min read
As war goes on in Ethiopia, ethnic harassment Is on the rise. Ethnic Tigray people all over the country report an increase in discrimination and abuse from the authorities

nytimes.com/2020/12/12/wor… On a bright day in mid-November, about a dozen police officers with machine guns barged into the home of Lisanewerk Desta, a theologian who is the head of the library and museum department at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and got to work.
Mar 12, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Part 1:

TDF has released a battle report:

Clashes in the outskirts of Samre and Bora. TDF claims inflicting 500 ENDF+EDF casualties (dead and wounded) in the battles reported here. Also states that intense ENDF+EDF artillery & airstrikes resulted in civilian casualties Part 2:

Its claimed on March 5 in Keyih Gobo (Red Mountains) in Samre district, an EDF ambush/offensive against a TDF unit failed with 100+ EDF killed and 30+ wounded

Further claimed that on March 7-8 in Bora Selowa area, an ENDF+EDF offensive was repelled (continued below)
Feb 20, 2021 • 30 tweets • 5 min read
An article by Jan Nyssen, a Belgian physical geographer, and professor of geography at Ghent University, on the ongoing war and its impact on civilian life in Tigray

ethiopia-insight.com/2021/02/19/cat… "Ever since I started research in Tigray in 1994, the fight against famine has been a major priority. With academic colleagues, we tried to assist through studies and projects for environmental conservation. But now, it feels as though we are back to square one" he says
Feb 20, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Detailed investigation by a well known independent journalist on reports of Somali soldiers in Tigray
Feb 19, 2021 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
An article from the Telegraph on the Debre Abay massacre. As most of you are aware, the article contains disturbing material (mentions of violence, etc)

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/1… Chatting as they wander through the aftermath of what appears to be a mass execution of civilians in the Tigray region, soldiers laugh and joke among themselves.
Off to one side they spot a young man who seems to have survived by pretending to be dead.
Feb 18, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Disturbing video from Adwa shows summary executions of two men in civilian clothing. The first video records gunfire and shows dirt kicked up from behind a wall while civilians and armed men in Ethiopian uniform look on. The second clip shows armed men in Ethiopian uniform forcing civilians to move the bodies away from the main road. Threatening them and instructing them to drop the bodies and return when they deem the dead men are far enough off the road.
Feb 18, 2021 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
AP News has released a detailed but disturbing report on the Axum massacre. Report contains details of death, violence and images that some may find unsettling Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they knew. But they were forbidden from burying their dead by the invading Eritrean soldiers.
Feb 8, 2021 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
Comprehensive thread on an apparent mass-execution of 14 men in Debre Abay. This thread will be extremely graphic! Please be warned. On January 12, the pro-TPLF site Tghat posted about two separate massacres. One of which they claimed killed 100 in Debre Abay on the 5 and 6 of January. Just over a month ago. However, it was impossible to verify the claim due to the internet situation. tghat.com/2021/01/12/mas…
Feb 7, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Pictures have emerged showing the living conditions of IDPs in Shire. The living conditions are visibly poor. Lack of water, food, healthcare, sanitation facilities and malnutrition is rampant

The IDPs are living in an abandoned construction site which is unsafe and dangerous IDPs at Shire campus (Aksum University)

-more than 40,000 IDPs with around 6000 under 5 years old
-more than 400 pregnant and lactating mothers
-more than 800 with diabetes, hypertension, epilepsy,
bronchial asthma or HIV. Seven of them have died.
-200 disabled and 600 elderly