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Explainer: How did Ethiopia's Tigray war start?

Michael Nyantakyi Oti | Okeri Ngutjinazo
November 1, 2023

The civil war in Ethiopia's Tigray region ended on November 3, 2022. An estimated 500,000 lives were lost in two years of fighting. But what triggered the conflict in Tigray?

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