Tigray
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| Area | 53638 |
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| Population | 5. 247 million (2017) |
| Official language | Tigrigna |
| Points of interest | Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion |
| Colleges and universities | Mekelle University |
| Adigrat University | |
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| ID | 809375 |
About Tigray
State of Tigray is the northernmost of the nine regions of Ethiopia. Tigray is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama peoples. Tigray is also known as Region 1 according to the federal constitution. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle.
Ethiopia PM Abiy eyes Red Sea port, inflaming tensions
... Mr Abiy alienated this group when he made peace with the Tigray People s Liberation Front (TPLF) in northern Ethiopia a year ago, following a bloody civil war...
Ethiopia civil war: Hyenas scavenge on corpses as Tigray forces retreat
...By Farouk Chothia & Teklemariam BekitBBC NewsHyenas scavenging on the corpses of villagers, cities and towns hit in air strikes, elderly men and young women conscripted into armies - these are the horrific accounts emerging from a war that has left tens, if not hundreds, of thousands dead in Ethiopia s historic region of Tigray...
Ethiopia's war one year on: How to end the suffering
...Tigray s rebel forces currently have the upper hand in the war that erupted a year ago in northern Ethiopia...
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