Ethiopian and Eritrean troops are fighting against a separatist coalition in the Tigray War, which began in 2020.

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of Adrigat, Ethiopia, said in a pastoral letter that “this devastating crisis is beyond all imagination, genocidal massacres of civilians, rape and gender-based violence, looting, fires, destruction of homes, places of worship, schools, health facilities … We desperately call on the international community to take swift action to save millions of people in Tigray from death.”