The government sets June 5 as the date for the 2021 parliamentary elections. The elections were delayed to 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the delay being a cause of the ongoing Tigray conflict. 2020-12-26
Ethiopia offers a reward of 10 million birr (about US$250,000) for information leading to the capture of Tigray People's Liberation Front officials, including leader Debretsion Gebremichael, who are currently in hiding following the fall of Mekelle. 2020-12-18
Ethiopian National Defense Force troops open fire on United Nations staffers who were trying to reach areas where "they were not supposed to go" near Sheraro in the Tigray Region, according to senior Ethiopian government official Redwan Hussein. There are no reported casualties. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says the reports are "alarming". 2020-12-8
Ethiopian state TV reports that mass graves containing 70 bodies have been discovered in the city of Humera in the Tigray Region. 2020-11-29
The U.S. Embassy in Asmara reports several explosions in the Eritrean capital. The TPLF has previously fired rockets at the capital during the conflict. 2020-11-28
Ethiopia rejects the African Union's offer to mediate an end to the conflict. 2020-11-21
Explosions are reported in the Eritrean capital Asmara amid reports of a missile attack from Tigray, Ethiopia. The Eritrean government confirms missiles were launched at the capital but said that they missed and instead landed in the countryside. The attack comes just hours after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) threatened to target Eritrea. 2020-11-14
Hundreds of people cross the Tekezé River on small boats into Sudan, fleeing the escalating fighting in Tigray. There are now around 8,000 refugees stranded on the Ethiopia–Sudan border. 2020-11-14
The TPLF launched missiles at Gondar Airport and Bahir Dar Airport in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. A spokesman for the TPLF says, "As long as the attacks on the people of Tigray do not stop, the attacks will intensify". 2020-11-14