The civil war in Ethiopia's Tigray region ended a year ago on November 3. An estimated 500,000 lives were lost in two years of fighting. How did the Tigray War start? | DW Africa

4th June - Äthiopiens Krieg in Tigray - Ethiopias war in Tigray It began as a question of power and a dispute over the right path for Ethiopia: The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) had lost the power of opinion in Ethiopia's federal capital, Addis Ababa. It threatened to secede an entire region from the federal state. The Ethiopian Armed Forces reported that their barracks in Tigray were under attack by regional fighters. The government in Addis then ordered a "police operation" to arrest