Country: | Ethiopia |
Details of Formation: | The government formed the group, which was based in the region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. |
Details of Termination: | -- |
Purpose: | The group was formed to fight Eritrea. |
Organisation: | The Tigray militia is responsible to and receives orders from Tigray regional authorities, rather than the Ethiopian army. |
Weapons and Training: | -- |
Size: | -- |
Reason for Membership: | Members are exclusively from Tigray and composed of former members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and ethnic Tigrayans. |
Treatment of Civilians: | -- |
Other Information: | -- |
References: | Information was taken from news sources listed in the PGMD. |