Ethiopia’s Tigray region conflict: FRANCE 24 gains access amid disastrous humanitarian situation

Tigray has been the theater of fighting since early November 2020, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, accusing them of attacking federal army camps. He declared victory after pro-government troops took regional capital Mekele in late November, though the TPLF vowed to fight on and clashes have persisted in the region, hampering efforts to deliver sorely-needed humanitarian assistance. FRANCE 24’s Maria Gerth-Niculescu gained exclusive access to the region.