Definitions

1. Tigray was a province of Ethiopia. (Web site)
2. Tigray is the northern-most of the nine ethnic regions (kililoch) of Ethiopia.
3. Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, the Afar Region to the east and the Amhara Region to the south.
4. Tigray is not good enough, because he figured the only prominent actors are Eritrea and Amhara. (Web site)
5. Tigray is truly a historical bedrock, the foundation of modern day Ethiopia.

Issue

1. She had issue, two sons and one daughter - see Ethiopia (Tigray).

Addis

1. Of these, 5 were held in Addis, 2 in Amhara, 2 in Tigray and 1 in the South. (Web site)

Ruling Party

1. Some people may believe Tigray to be the “backyard” of the ruling party. (Web site)

Relief Society

1. It is common knowledge that the Relief Society of Tigray (REST) was used by the international donors to channel resources to the TPLF since the 1980s. (Web site)

Weyane

1. Overt dissidence in Tigray during Haile Selassie's reign centered on the 1943 resistance to imperial rule known as the Weyane. (Web site)

Tigray Rebellion

1. In 1943 the imperial regime brutally repressed a Tigray rebellion called the Weyane. (Web site)

Southeastern Tigray

1. Suleiman's forces fought as far south as southeastern Tigray in Ethiopia before being repulsed.

Addis Abeba

1. Individuals who have travelled to Tigray and Addis Abeba witness that there is more freedom in Addis Abeba than in Tigray. (Web site)
2. Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region, between Mek'ele and Addis Abeba, it has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of.

Afar Regions

1. Amhara, Tigray and Afar regions are emerging as new hotspots.

Language

1. The groups speaking the language include elements from the Afar, the Tigray, Tigre speakers, and others, including some Arabs. (Web site)

Tigray Cannibals

1. In fact, no one should believe the promises of Zenawi´s Collapsing Amhara and Tigray Cannibals. (Web site)

Tembien

1. I know that the ruling party can not field a candidate who can beat me in most of the election districts of Tigray, let alone in Tembien. (Web site)

Tigray Abyssinians

1. All the oppressed nations of Abyssinians consider the Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians as particularly inclined to dishonesty. (Web site)

Tigray Peoples

1. Historically the Semitic, Amhara and Tigray peoples of the northern highlands have dominated political life in the region.
2. The Amhara, along with the Tigray peoples, are the principal adherents of this church. (Web site)

Tigray People

1. Tigray Region Tigray Region Tigray Region is the northernmost of the nine ethnic regions of Ethiopia containing the homeland of the Tigray people. (Web site)
2. This word Abyssinia is a derivation from the name for a group of the Tigray people at that time, the Habash. (Web site)

Adigrat

1. Finally, in 1961, the Eparchy of Adigrat was erected in place of the former Prefecture of Tigray and Abune Hailemariam Kahsay was appointed the first Eparch.

Tigray Region

1. Negash is a village in the Tigray Region (or kilil) of Ethiopia, which straddles the Adigrat - Mekele road 10 kilometers north of Wukro.
2. The border dispute has led to 126,000 people being displaced in Tigray region. (Web site)
3. Following the dissolution of Abyssinia, the Tigray region will be incorporated in Eritrea. (Web site)

Member

1. Yonas Haile is a raising star from Tigray, he is member of Awlaelo band in Wukro and he playes guitar, Kirar and as a vocalist.

Branches

1. While many branches of the Imperial dynasty were from the Amharic speaking area, a substantial amount were from Tigray. (Web site)

Alliance

1. All forces who are oppressed by Woyane (Tigray) have a common cause and thus have the basis for an alliance against Woyane. (Web site)
2. When the Oromo attempted an alliance with the Tigray Abyssinians in 199 1-2, it led to a ruinous result for us. (Web site)

Governor

1. Another, Kasa Mercha, governor of Tigray, declined when offered the title of ras in exchange for recognizing Tekla Giorgis.

Situation

1. The opinion of MSF-France�s representative was that the situation in Afar compared to the situation of displaced populations in Tigray is rather different.
2. In Tigray Region, OCHA together with WFP, UNHCR, IOM and FAO assessed the situation of 3,500 people displaced due to the recent fire in Kafta Humera woreda.

Majority

1. This is a view widely shared by the majority in Tigray. (Web site)

Troops

1. The city has now fallen under the reported 70,000 troops from Tigray region. (Web site)

Identity

1. Be it noted that instrumentalism cannot explain the ethnicization of Tigray without interpreting ethnicity as an imaginative reinvention of identity. (Web site)

Groups

1. Religion: About 50 percent of population Ethiopian Orthodox; Orthodoxy identified mainly with Amhara and Tigray peoples but accepted by other groups as well. (Web site)
2. Much of the money that ended up in the TPLF's hands was channelled through affiliated groups such as the Relief Society of Tigray.

Rule

1. The Oromo organizations have accused Tigray for applying the outdated ´divide and rule´ policy to weaken people. (Web site)
2. During the middle ages the position of Tigray Mekonnen ("Governor of Tigray") was established to rule over the area. (Web site)

Muslims

1. The varied population is about half Tigrinya-speaking (see Tigray) Christians, with a large minority of Muslims and diverse other peoples. (Web site)

Themselves

1. The Tigray and Amhara, who saw themselves as heirs to Aksum, denied the Zagwe any share in that heritage and viewed the Zagwe as usurpers. (Web site)
2. The Tigray know this, even if the Oromo do not know it themselves. (Web site)

Authority

1. That was what the authority in Tigray is said.

Foundation

1. Ethno-fascism is the foundation of the ideology of the Tigray People`s Liberation Front (TPLF) and that is why Ethiopians call its leaders an ethno-fascists.

Attempt

1. Eritrean and Tigrayan leaders denounced the plan as nothing more than an attempt to perpetuate government control of Eritrea and Tigray. (Web site)

Back

1. The top senior official of the Tigray led government, Mr. Abai Tsahai, went back to Benishangul to commit the atrocities on the people of Benishangul. (Web site)

Coming

1. They welcome the coming of Arena and UDJ to compete openly for the votes and support of the people of Tigray. (Web site)

History

1. It is impossible to talk of the history of Tigray without tracing it back to the Aksumite and the pre-Aksumite civilizations. (Web site)

Past

1. In all intent and purpose, the political viability of Tigray is a thing of the past. (Web site)
2. Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region, Amba Alagi dominates the roadway that runs past it from the city of Mek'ele south to Maychew. (Web site)

Empire

1. The Tigray Mekonnen became responsible for the territories once controlled by the Bahrnegus, and became the most powerful governor in the Empire. (Web site)

Sources

1. According to these sources, the regions known today as Tigray and Eritrea and even beyond them, were identified as Pount about 5000 years ago. (Web site)

Part

1. If the Benishangul is part of the Tigray led government why do not the government intervene to stop the onslaught of Benishangul people by the Oromos. (Web site)

State

1. Tekeze and Mereb are international rivers that pass through the state of Tigray with their sources in the Amhara and Eritrean Mountains, respectively. (Web site)
2. So, you will state that you express the Monophysitic Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians � only. (Web site)

Late 1980S

1. The insurgencies in Eritrea, Tigray, and other regions intensified until by the late 1980s they threatened the stability of the regime. (Web site)

Higher

1. The mean number of children born is, in fact, higher in Amhara (7.0) than in Tigray (6.8). (Web site)

Time

1. Then, the Eritrean insurgency flared at the same time that an uprising in the neighboring region of Tigray began. (Web site)
2. At the time, the Tigray appeared to be an improvement over the Amhara. (Web site)
3. At the time, western Tigray was ruled by Ras Seyoum Mengesha, the son of Ras Mengesha Yohannes, another heir of Emperor Yohannes.

Collaborating

1. This can show both Oromo and Tigray are collaborating to annihilate Benishangul people. (Web site)

Nationalities

1. For instance, on either side of the Ethiopian-Eritrean border we find same nationalities or linguistic groups such as the Afar, Saho, Tigray, and Kunama. (Web site)

Live

1. The Ethiopian province where they live is named Tigray after them. (Web site)

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