View Ethiopian Tigray People Pictures. Culturally dominant and politically powerful people of ethiopia and eritrea. In response, ethiopia's regional tigray government declared a local state of emergency to fight the after hundreds of people were killed in the ethiopian government's air strikes and ground combat.
Ethiopia's northern tigray region announced it will proceed with elections, ignoring the electoral the ethiopian people's revolutionary democratic front that it headed was merged in december by abiy. The capital of ethiopia's tigray region, mekelle, is under fierce bombardment, a humanitarian source on the ground and eyewitnesses who have fled the city told cnn on saturday. Ethiopian government forces began an offensive to capture the regional capital mekelle in the rebellious northern tigray region on saturday, said a diplomat in direct contact with residents.
Fearing an imminent assault, people are fleeing mekele, the capital of ethiopia's tigray region, after prime minister abiy ahmed's order for the final phase of the military offensive aganist local forces.
Ethiopian federal forces have reportedly used heavy artillery to bombard mekelle, the capital of the northern region of tigray, with shells hitting the outskirts of the city of 500,000. See more ideas about tigray, ethiopia, ethiopian women. From rebel radio technician to federal politician. ህዝበ ለህዝበ ኢትዮጲያ people to people tour part 1 of 9.