Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel was an Ethiopian politician and diplomat. He was Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 2010 and served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2017.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front,also called the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, is a leftist ethnic nationalist paramilitary group,a banned political party,and the former ruling party of Ethiopia. It is classified as a terrorist organization by the Ethiopian government,in older texts and Amharic publications it is known as Woyane or Wayane.
Shire,also known as Shire Inda Selassie,is a city and separate woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The city is the administrative center of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone. It was part of Tahtay Koraro district.
Abay "Amha" Tsehaye was an Ethiopian politician and a prominent personality in the Ethiopian political discourse. He was active in the political scene from the early 1960s up to late 2018,initially as one of the founding members of the TPLF,followed by important positions from 1990 to 2018 within the EPRDF,which led the Ethiopian government,after which he retired and moved to live in Axum and Mekelle in Tigray.
The Marxist–Leninist League of Tigray (MLLT) was a semi-clandestine Hoxhaist Communist Party that held a leading role in the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF) in the 1980s. The majority of the TPLF leadership held dual membership in the MLLT,including Meles Zenawi,Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1995 until his death in 2012.
La'ilay Adiyabo is a woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the North Western Zone,La'ilay Adiyabo is bordered on the south by Tahtay Koraro,on the southwest by Asigede Tsimbela,on the northwest by Tahtay Adiyabo,on the northeast by the Mareb River which separates it from Eritrea,on the east by the Central Zone,and on the southeast by Medebay Zana. The administrative center of this woreda is Addi Daero;other towns in La'ilay Adiyabo include Addi Nebreid.
Hawzen is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Misraqawi (Eastern) Zone of the Tigray Region,this town has a latitude and longitude of 13°58′N39°26′E with an elevation of 2105 meters above sea level. Its market day is Wednesday. It is the largest settlement in Hawzen woreda.
Gebru Asrat is an Ethiopian politician,former president of Tigray Region (1991–2001),and one of the top leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) until around 2000,when he founded a new party,Arena Tigray.
Eyasu Berhe Asemahegne was an Ethiopian singer,writer,producer and poet who was one of the most popular and influential Tigrigna musical artists of the 20th century.
The Woyane rebellion was an uprising in Tigray Province,Ethiopia against the centralization process from the government of Emperor Haile Selassie which took place in May–November 1943. The rebels called themselves the Woyane,a name borrowed from a game played locally between competing groups of young men from different villages,which connoted a spirit of resistance and unity. After nearly succeeding in overrunning the whole province,the rebels were defeated with the support of aircraft from the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force. Out of all the rebellions that engulfed Ethiopia during Haile Selassie's rule,this was the most serious internal threat that he faced.
Debretsion Gebremichael is an Ethiopian politician and current president of the Tigray Region and chairman of Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). His position as titular head of the Tigray Region is disputed by the federal government of Ethiopia who in November 2020 appointed Mulu Nega as the chief executive of the Transitional Government of Tigray,succeeded by Abraham Belay. Since July 2021,Debretsion leads again the Tigray Region,while Abraham Belay left the transitional government to become Ethiopia's minister of Defence.
Ato Abay Weldu is an Ethiopian politician who served as president of the Tigray Region from 2010 to 2018. He also served as the chairman of TPLF from September 2012 until November 2017. He was succeeded in both positions by Debretsion Gebremichael in January 2018 and November 2017. Abay Weldu joined TPLF in the late 1970s and has served as a member of the executive Committees of TPLF and now defunct EPRDF since 2000.
Dedebit is remote,lowland terrain in the North Western zone of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia,which has become a small town. It is known for being the place where the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF),the armed movement that overthrew the Derg military dictatorship,was formed.
Dansha is a town in Tigray,Ethiopia,located in the northwestern part of the country.
On 3–4 November 2020,forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks on the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command headquarters in Mekelle and bases in Adigrat,Agula,Dansha,and Sero in the Tigray Region,marking the beginning of the Tigray War. The Ethiopian federal government stated that these attacks justified the ENDF's military action against the TPLF,which,at the time the attacks occurred,held control over the Tigray Region. The TPLF described the action as "a pre-emptive strike."
Arena Tigray or Arena Tigray For Democracy and Sovereignty is an Ethiopian political party based in the Tigray Region and participating in the Medrek coalition federally.
The Tigray Democratic Party is an opposition party in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
Fetlework Gebregziabher,is an Ethiopian politician and current Vice President of the Tigray Region and deputy chair of Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Fetlework was the Ethiopian Minister of Trade and Industry from October 2018 to January 2020.
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe is a peace researcher holding the position,as of 2021,of a senior fellow at the World Peace Foundation,Tufts University. He was a rebel of the Tigray People's Libration Front (TPLF) when the TPLF was a guerilla army. He led the disarmament,demobilization and reintegration program of the 380,000 armed rebels after the TPLF gained control of Ethiopia in 1991. Mulugeta was a mediator in the Darfur Peace Agreement negotiations that led to the 2006 Abuja Agreement and the 2011 Doha Agreement during peace process for the War in Darfur. He was founding Director of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies in 2007.
The Tigray Defense Forces,colloquially called the Tigray Army is a paramilitary group located in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. It was founded by former generals of the Ethiopian Military in 2020 to combat federal forces enforcing national government mandates in the Tigray region,culminating in 2020 with the outbreak of the Tigray War. The TDF has made use of guerilla tactics and strategies. Human rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have reported that the TDF has committed war crimes against civilians including gang rape and extrajudicial killing during their occupation of both the Afar and Amhara regions. According to the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice,TDF combatants have been found liable for upwards of 540 civilians casualties. as of 28 December 2021.
