The Tigrayans constitute the fourth largest ethnic group in the country after the Oromo, Amhara and Somali. [13] They are mainly Christian and members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church with a small minority of Muslims, Catholics and Protestants.

Tigrayan-Tigrinya people or Tigray-Tigrinya people most often refers to two closely linked but different ethnographic groups of Ethiopia and Eritrea who traditionally speak the Tigrinya language:

Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely populated of the 11 regional states. Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, the Amhara Region to the south, the Afar Region to the east, and Sudan to the west. [4] .

Jun 4, 2024 · Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ. There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts...

Dec 28, 2024 · Tigray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak Tigrinya, a Semitic language related to Geʿez and to Tigré, the language of a separate people (the Tigre) inhabiting northwestern Eritrea.

May 7, 2021 · Across Ethiopia, Tigrayans are being fired and jailed since fighting erupted in their home region. The tensions are complicating efforts to end one of the world’s bitterest civil conflicts and ...

Tigray People are an ethnolinguistic group who speak the Tigrinya language. They occupy most parts of the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Most are followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. They make up roughly 6.1% of Ethiopia's population numbering a little over 6.3 million of which approximately 96.6% are native to the Tigray Region.

Jun 16, 2022 · For more than a year and a half, a largely invisible campaign of ethnic cleansing has played out in Ethiopia ’s northern region of Tigray. Older people, women, and children have been loaded onto...

12 hours ago · The answer lies in a multifaceted approach: fostering internal unity and reconciliation amongst Tigrayans, forging strategic national alliances with other ethnic groups based on shared goals and mutual respect, and articulating a clear, compelling vision for a future beyond conflict—a future where justice, equity, and self-determination are ...

Nov 25, 2020 · Some Tigrayans in Ethiopia have described to the BBC how they have been harassed, detained or discriminated against since fighting began in their home region on 4 November.