Ethiopia: Tigray's Long Road to Recovery

Electricity supplies are slowly being restored and communication links are back up with the outside world, butout of a population of six million are still short of food. Prospects of the situation improving - at least in the short-term - are slim.

As a gateway to Sudan, and leading producer of sesame, the status of Western Tigray is a major stumbling block to lasting peace. Just this month, reports emerged of Amhara forces displacing tens of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans from nearby territory they still occupy, while Tigray's regional government has long demanded the region's return.of committing some of the worst abuses of the war as they fought alongside federal troops against the TPLF.

After that, the Amhara fighters forced them to swim across the river. Some drowned. Those who made it to the other side walked about 60 kilometres to the city of Shire, where Lulit and Hailu found refuge until the last phase of the war engulfed the city in August 2022. In Abiy Addi, some don't even have jerry cans to fill during water distributions and make do with small plastic cups.

But those who can are leaving. Tigray was ravaged not only by the war but also by a two-year blockade. After the peace deal was signed, commercial flights to Addis Ababa finally resumed at the end of December. This has prompted a veritable exodus - with some ruinous consequences, particularly in the already hard-hit health sector.

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