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The United Kingdom urges its citizens to leave Ethiopia and warns against all travel to the country amid fears that rebel forces will attack Addis Ababa and overthrow the Abiy Ahmed government.
2021-11-9

A day after urging its citizens to leave Ethiopia, the U.S. government orders its embassy in Addis Ababa to evacuate non-emergency personnel due to armed conflict, civil unrest and potential supply shortages.
2021-11-6

Ethiopian forces carry out another airstrike on Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, targeting a compound of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. A Tigrayan spokesman denies that the airstrike hit the compound and instead says that six civilians were killed, including three children.
2021-10-28

The Ethiopian foreign ministry announces that it will expel seven senior United Nations humanitarian officials working in Ethiopia and declare them as "persona non grata" for "meddling" in the country's internal affairs.
2021-09-30

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calls on "all eligible citizens" to join the armed forces to "stop the Tigray forces once and for all" and for all Ethiopians to "show patriotism" in this moment. Abiy had promised a swift victory when the war broke out in late 2020, but this changed in June when Tigrayan forces recaptured the region and advanced further into other regions.
2021-08-10

The African Union (AU) launches an official commission to investigate allegations of human rights abuses committed in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry rejects the commission as "misguided" and without legal basis, saying that a joint probe by the AU and Ethiopia should be used instead.
2021-06-17

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admits for the first time that Eritrean troops entered Ethiopia's Tigray Region and fought the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front, and that they may have been involved in war crimes. Abiy says that Eritrean forces promised to leave the region as soon as Ethiopia's military was able to "control the border".
2021-03-24

Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces ambush Ethiopian and Eritrean troops in May Keyah, 50–60 kilometers south of Mekelle. Fighting between the TPLF and Ethiopia is also reported in Guya, Kola Tembien.
2021-02-10

Federal troops capture the city of Adigrat near the Eritrean border in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. Ethiopian government forces are now within 116 km (72 miles) of the heavily defended Tigrayan capital Mekelle. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) says Adigrat has experienced "heavy bombardment", but does not confirm the loss of the city.
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