Timeline of the Tigray war (January–June 2021)
chronology of the Tigray War, July 2021–current
This Timeline of the Tigray War (January to June 2021) 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.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations repeatedly used throughout this timeline include:
EDF = Eritrean Defence Forces
EEPA = Europe External Programme with Africa
ENDF = Ethiopian National Defense Force
TDF = Tigray Defense Forces
TPLF = Tigray People's Liberation Front
Timeline
Beginning to December 2020
January 2021
1 January
BUDGET REPORT WAS PERPLEXED. TPLF AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES ADMINISTRATION HAD GOT REDRESSING BY OROMO PEOPLE DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION.(OPDO) IN 2004, before Ethiopian renaissance dam was constructed more Tigrayans were expelled following wronged Eritrea trend of 1991. Political beauraus inhabitation by Amhara investors were the crucial cause of this road stewed ambition.
The ENDF released the names of TPLF officials that had been captured, surrendered or killed. ENDF Brigadier General Tesfaye Ayalew said that TPLF were found hiding in caves and churches and many members of the militia and Tigray Special Forces have surrendered.
The number of Ethiopian refugees in Sudan rose to 61,000 due to resumed clashes in northern Tigray. In the Um Rakoba refugee camp, Amhara and Tigray refugees clashed with one another and workers have had to avoid placing the two ethnic groups together. Sudanese military intelligence removed 45 TPLF fighters from the Hamdayet reception centre.
EEPA reported there had been widespread looting including Voice of America reporting damage and looting of their property worth billions of birr in Southern Tigray. Eritrean soldiers were hindered from exiting Tigray with looted goods because of clashes between ENDF and TDF along the major roads into Eritrea.
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