Tigray Archives

  • About

    Tigray archives is a website created to serve as a location to find and access different publications and resources written about the Tigray Genocide.

    Historical Context

    The Region

    The Tigray Region, officially the Tigray National Regional State, is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. It is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely populated of the 11 regional states of Ethiopia.

    Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, the Amhara Region to the south, the Afar Region to the east, and Sudan to the west. The region had an estimated pre-war population of 7,070,260.

    Resources/Publications

    The following articles cover the region and conflict in more detail.

Genocide in Tigray: Serious breaches of international law in the Tigray conflict, Ethiopia, and paths to accountability – New Lines Institute
Ethiopia’s war in Tigray left more than 400,000 soldiers and as many as 300,000 civilians dead. This report outlines a reasonable basis to believe that the Tigrayans were victims of genocide and calls for a full investigation and accountability for the suffering created.
UN warns of heightened risk of genocide and atrocity crimes in Ethiopia
Following reports of continued fighting between government troops and local militias in Ethiopia, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is sounding the alarm about the heightened risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes in the Tigray, Amhara, Afar and Oromi regions.
Charges of Genocide in Northern Ethiopia – Australian Institute of International Affairs
The conflict in Tigray and the broader regional post-conflict instability is an often forgotten and neglected humanitarian crisis. New reports from the New Lines Institute and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee should inspire the international community to act.
Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report | Crimes Against Humanity News | Al Jazeera
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Scars of War and Deprivation: An Urgent Call to Reverse Tigray’s Humanitarian Crisis – Refugees International
Tigray’s IDPs are paying the price, and if more help does not come soon, some may not be able to hang on for long.
Ethiopia’s Invisible Ethnic Cleansing
For more than a year and a half, a largely invisible campaign of ethnic cleansing has played out in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray. Older people, women, and children have been loaded onto trucks and forced out of their villages and hometowns. Men have been herded into overcrowded detention sites, where many have died of disease, starvation, or torture. In total, several hundred thousand Tigrayans have been forcibly uprooted because of their ethnicity.
Acts of genocide committed in Tigray conflict, new report finds
A report by New Lines Institute said it found “reasonable basis” that all parties in the conflict committed war crimes and “serious” breaches of international law.
Ethiopian forces and backers ‘committed genocide in Tigray’
A report by an American-based institution, the New Lines Institute, indicates that Ethiopia’s National Defense Force (ENDF) and its backers – the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF), and the Amhara Special Forces (ASF) – committed genocide against against Tigrayans.
Museum Concerned about Risk of Genocide in Ethiopia – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Early Warning Project has consistently ranked Ethiopia as one of the highest-risk countries in the world for a new onset of mass killing.

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‘Like I wasn’t a person’: Ethiopian forces accused of systematic rape in Tigray
Mutilation, slavery and torture of women and girls detailed in accounts published by Amnesty. Warning: this article contains graphic details of sexual violence
Ethiopia – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
A civil war that started in November 2020 in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has devolved into a brutal conflict that threatens the wellbeing of millions.
Ethnic cleansing continues in Tigray, despite truce agreement: Report
Ethnic cleansing campaigns have continued in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, despite a November 2022 peace agreement, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
The Tigray War May Be One of the Deadliest Conflicts of This Century
Editor’s Note: The following article is adapted from the introduction to The New Line Institute for Strategy and Policy’s recently published report “Genocide in Tigray: Serious Breaches of International Law and Paths to Accountability” with the permission of the New Lines Institute. Measured by the estimated number of deaths, the Tigray War in Ethiopia could […]
Ethiopia committed genocidal acts against Tigrayans during two-year war, study says
Mass killings and starvation tactics allegedly used by Ethiopia and its allies between 2020 and 2022, after the military moved to crush an autonomy movement by the regional Tigray government
A new report finds strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war
A new report has concluded that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, providing compelling evidence of such crimes. Released on Tuesday (4 June) by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft cites numerous credible and independent sources indicating that Ethiopian forces and their allies engaged in “acts constituting the crime of genocide” during the conflict, which lasted from 2020 to 2022. The report calls for Ethiopia to be brought before the International Court of Justice.