"If it were possible, I would like to live in peace and return home and cultivate my land as in the past. It is very difficult to live like this with my children. Her husband, she says, had been arrested because he is Tigrayan. After his release, the family followed him north."
"Across Tigray, around 800,000 people remain displaced and unable to return to their land, particularly in western Tigray. Their unresolved displacement has become one of the central sources of tension between the region and Ethiopia's federal government. Life in the camp is harsh, water is scarce and the distribution of food is irregular."
"She was first displaced when war between Ethiopia's federal government and forces in the northern Tigray region erupted in 2020. After the Pretoria Agreement formally ended the two-year conflict in 2022, she tried to return to her village in western Tigray, one of the parts of the region still under occupation by forces from the neighboring Amhara."
In the Tshehaye displacement camp in Shire, Ethiopia's Tigray region, former school buildings now house displaced families living in harsh conditions. The camp originated from the 2020 conflict between Ethiopia's federal government and Tigray forces, which formally ended in 2022 through the Pretoria Agreement. However, many displaced persons cannot return home because their land has been seized by occupying Amhara forces in western Tigray. A mother of three describes her repeated displacement and inability to reclaim her land, while her husband faced arrest based on his Tigrayan identity. Across Tigray, approximately 800,000 people remain displaced with limited access to water, food, medicine, and humanitarian services, perpetuating regional tensions.
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