Ethiopia

A civil war that started in November 2020 in Ethiopia’s Tigray region devolved into a brutal conflict and humanitarian crisis. From the beginning of the war, witnesses reported the intentional targeting of civilians, often along ethnic lines. A ceasefire agreement in November 2022 calmed the violence, but civilians remain at serious risk of mass atrocities. The conflict has included multiple armed actors, all of whom are alleged to have committed mass atrocities. In March 2023, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken publicly stated that various parties to the conflict were committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing.