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As we first reported last April, in early November 2020, a violent conflict erupted in the Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia between two military forces—the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). It has now spilled into the neighbouring regions of Amhara and Afar. The result of a complex history of political tension and power struggles, this conflict triggered a widespread and escalating humanitarian crisis that is now in its third year.