After three weeks, Tigray’s forces were driven into the mountains of central Tigray and Ethiopian forces took control of Mekelle. What’s more, the Eritrean and Ethiopian forces responsible for the looting killed 16 civilians who tried to stop them. A wide variety of coercive mechanisms were used to attack Tigrayan businesses in the rest of Ethiopia. Following the December 2021 retreat of Tigray’s forces, it appears that measures being taken by authorities against Tigrayans outside of Tigray have decreased. When also taking into consideration the increasingly battered Ethiopian economy, it appears that rehabilitating Tigray’s economy will take many decades.

Source: Ethiopian News May 12, 2022 17:31 UTC