The Tigray Region is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region 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.
Mekelle, or Mek'ele, is a special zone and capital of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Mekelle was formerly the capital of Enderta awraja in Tigray. It is located around 780 kilometres (480 mi) north of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, with an elevation of 2,254 metres (7,395 ft) above sea level. Administratively, Mekelle is considered a Special Zone, which is divided into seven sub-cities. It is the economic, cultural, and political hub of northern Ethiopia.
Rail transport in Ethiopia is done within the National Railway Network of Ethiopia, which currently consists of three electrified standard gauge railway lines: the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, the Awash–Weldiya Railway and the Weldiya–Mekelle Railway. Other lines are still in the planning phase. There is also an urban light rail system in the country's capital, the Addis Ababa Light Rail.
Siye Abraha Hagos (also Seeye Abraha Hagos) (Tigrinya: ስዬ አብርሃ ሓጐስ, siyә abräha; born 12 June 1955) is an Ethiopian politician who served as Ethiopian Minister of Defense from 1991 to 1995. He was a top official of Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front executive committees until 2002. Since 2013, he has been working as Security Sector Reform Advisor for United Nations Development Programme in Liberia.
Heidelberg Materials is a German multinational building materials company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. Formerly known as HeidelbergCement AG, the company has rebranded as Heidelberg Materials in September 2022. It is a DAX corporation and stands as one of the world's largest building materials companies. On 1 July 2016, HeidelbergCement AG completed the acquisition of a 45% shareholding in Italcementi. This acquisition made HeidelbergCement the number one producer of construction aggregates, the second-largest in cement and the third-largest in ready-mixed concrete worldwide. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, HeidelbergCement was ranked as the 678th -largest public company in the world.
Mekelle Institute of Technology(MIT) is an educational institute created in Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, in 2002, aiming to teach and do research in engineering, science and technology. In 2020, MIT aimed to integrate with Mekelle University.
Abala is a town in north-eastern Abala The administrative center of Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 13°22′N39°45′E with an elevation of 1465 meters.
Energy in Ethiopia includes energy and electricity production, consumption, transport, exportation, and importation in the country of Ethiopia.
The Relief Society of Tigray is an NGO based in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. REST was founded in 1978 as an organisation providing relief efforts to civilians. As of 2008, Teklewoini Assefa served as Executive Director of REST. REST emerged as the humanitarian wing of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and has remained closely linked to TPLF. REST was active throughout the armed conflict of the 1980s, including during the devastating 1984–1985 famine. Since the 1990s it is the major NGO operating in Tigray.
The Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray is a conglomerate of businesses factories mainly based in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
Addi Azmera is a tabia or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The name refers to good spring rains (“azmera”), in relation to the local microclimate. The tabia centre is in Tukhul town, located approximately half-way between the woreda town Hagere Selam and the regional capital Mekelle.
This timeline of the Tigray War is part of a chronology of the military engagements of the Tigray War, a civil war that began in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia in early November 2020.
Sexual violence in the Tigray War included, according to the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, people forced to rape family members, "sex in exchange for basic commodities", and "increases in the demand for emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted infections".
This Timeline of the Tigray War is part of a chronology of the military engagements of the Tigray War, a civil war that began in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia in early November 2020.
This Timeline of the Tigray War is part of a chronology of the military engagements of the Tigray War, a civil war that began in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia in early November 2020.
AboySebhat Nega is an Ethiopian politician and senior member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Lemi National Cement Factory is a cement factory in Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park, about 150 km north of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Inaugurated on 28 September 2024, it the largest cement factory in Ethiopia with production capacity of 150,000 quintals. It was built by joint venture of the West International Holding, the African arm of West China Cement, in partnership with East African Holding Company with $600 cost.
Mugher Cement Enterprise is an Ethiopian state-owned cement manufacturer located in Mugher River, 920km west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was established during the Derg era in 1984 with annual capacity of 300,000 tons of clinker per annum.
