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Ethiopian Tigray Town Scarred by Conflict

Published November 25th, 2020 - 08:31 GMT

Ethiopia revealed that its military forces have captured the town of Adigrat in the northern Tigray region and that now advancing towards Mekelle, the capital of Tigray and the last bastion of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

Ethiopia's federal government and the leaders of the northern Tigray region conflict started with artillery barrages bombarding commercial buildings and homes as residents fled or cowered in terror.

"We didn't expect shelling," said Humera resident Getachew Berhane, a short, bald 42-year-old in a crisp yellow t-shirt.

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A woman stands in a metal sheet room that was damaged by shelling, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. In that residential compound, two women and an elderly man were killed by shelling and gunfire, while two other women remain on makeshift stretchers as they recover from their wounds. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

A woman stands in a metal sheet room that was damaged by shelling, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. In that residential compound, two women and an elderly man were killed by shelling and gunfire, while two other women remain on makeshift stretchers as they recover from their wounds. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Children play next to the market in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced military operations in Tigray on November 4, 2020, saying they came in response to attacks on federal army camps by the party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Children play next to the market in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced military operations in Tigray on November 4, 2020, saying they came in response to attacks on federal army camps by the party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region gather upon arrival to a reception center in the Hamdayit area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. The placard reads "stop for inspection". ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP

Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region gather upon arrival to a reception center in the Hamdayit area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. The placard reads "stop for inspection". ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP

Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray wait outside an aid facility in the Hamdayet area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has been rocked by bloody fighting since November 4, when Ethiopia announced the launch of military operations there. The ongoing conflict is reported to have killed hundreds of people and forced thousands more to flee into neighbouring Sudan. ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP

Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray wait outside an aid facility in the Hamdayet area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has been rocked by bloody fighting since November 4, when Ethiopia announced the launch of military operations there. The ongoing conflict is reported to have killed hundreds of people and forced thousands more to flee into neighbouring Sudan. ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP

Ethiopian refugee children who fled fighting in Tigray province, lay in a hut at the Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. Sudan -- one of the world's poorest countries, now faced with the massive influx -- has reopened the camp, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border. It once housed refugees who fled Ethiopia's 1983-85 famine that killed over a million people. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP

Ethiopian refugee children who fled fighting in Tigray province, lay in a hut at the Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. Sudan -- one of the world's poorest countries, now faced with the massive influx -- has reopened the camp, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border. It once housed refugees who fled Ethiopia's 1983-85 famine that killed over a million people. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP

A member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea where an Imperial Ethiopian flag waves, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

A member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea where an Imperial Ethiopian flag waves, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

A woman stands in a metal sheet room that was damaged by shelling, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. In that residential compound, two women and an elderly man were killed by shelling and gunfire, while two other women remain on makeshift stretchers as they recover from their wounds. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Children play next to the market in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced military operations in Tigray on November 4, 2020, saying they came in response to attacks on federal army camps by the party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region gather upon arrival to a reception center in the Hamdayit area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. The placard reads "stop for inspection". ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray wait outside an aid facility in the Hamdayet area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has been rocked by bloody fighting since November 4, when Ethiopia announced the launch of military operations there. The ongoing conflict is reported to have killed hundreds of people and forced thousands more to flee into neighbouring Sudan. ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
Ethiopian refugee children who fled fighting in Tigray province, lay in a hut at the Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. Sudan -- one of the world's poorest countries, now faced with the massive influx -- has reopened the camp, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border. It once housed refugees who fled Ethiopia's 1983-85 famine that killed over a million people. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP
A member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea where an Imperial Ethiopian flag waves, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
A woman stands in a metal sheet room that was damaged by shelling, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. In that residential compound, two women and an elderly man were killed by shelling and gunfire, while two other women remain on makeshift stretchers as they recover from their wounds. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
A woman stands in a metal sheet room that was damaged by shelling, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. In that residential compound, two women and an elderly man were killed by shelling and gunfire, while two other women remain on makeshift stretchers as they recover from their wounds. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Children play next to the market in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced military operations in Tigray on November 4, 2020, saying they came in response to attacks on federal army camps by the party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Children play next to the market in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced military operations in Tigray on November 4, 2020, saying they came in response to attacks on federal army camps by the party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of hostilities that analysts worry could draw in the broader Horn of Africa region, though Abiy has kept a lid on the details, cutting phone and internet connections in Tigray and restricting reporting. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region gather upon arrival to a reception center in the Hamdayit area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. The placard reads "stop for inspection". ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region gather upon arrival to a reception center in the Hamdayit area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. The placard reads "stop for inspection". ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray wait outside an aid facility in the Hamdayet area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has been rocked by bloody fighting since November 4, when Ethiopia announced the launch of military operations there. The ongoing conflict is reported to have killed hundreds of people and forced thousands more to flee into neighbouring Sudan. ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray wait outside an aid facility in the Hamdayet area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 22, 2020. Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has been rocked by bloody fighting since November 4, when Ethiopia announced the launch of military operations there. The ongoing conflict is reported to have killed hundreds of people and forced thousands more to flee into neighbouring Sudan. ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
Ethiopian refugee children who fled fighting in Tigray province, lay in a hut at the Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. Sudan -- one of the world's poorest countries, now faced with the massive influx -- has reopened the camp, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border. It once housed refugees who fled Ethiopia's 1983-85 famine that killed over a million people. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP
Ethiopian refugee children who fled fighting in Tigray province, lay in a hut at the Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. Sudan -- one of the world's poorest countries, now faced with the massive influx -- has reopened the camp, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border. It once housed refugees who fled Ethiopia's 1983-85 famine that killed over a million people. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP
A member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea where an Imperial Ethiopian flag waves, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP
A member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea where an Imperial Ethiopian flag waves, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

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