# Wegahta Facts A digital media providing facts, latest updates, stories, and analysis from Tigray. Telling the Tigrayan stories to the world. Page: Feed: --- ## [Tigray women face continued violence despite peace deal, Tigray women association says](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/tigray-women-face-continued-violence) _2026-08-18 · Wegahta Facts_ Mekelle, Tigray (Wegahta) - Thirty-three women have been killed in Tigray region since the beginning of the 2018 E.C., head of the Tigray Women’s Association said, highlighting what she described as continuing violence against women nearly four years after a peace agreement ended the region’s devastating war. ## [Drone strike reported near Tigray’s capital Mekelle as tensions rise in the region](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/drone-strike-reported-near-tigrays) _2026-08-18 · Wegahta Facts_ Mekelle, Tigray (Wegahta) - A drone strike near Mekelle, the capital of Tigray region, killed one person and wounded another Tuesday, according to a report by the BBC citing local administration and eyewitnesses, as tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front threaten to undermine the fragile pretoria peace agreement. ## [Tigrayan activists launch #AshendaInBlack campaign calling for Justice for Zewdu Haftu](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/tigrayan-activists-launch-ashendainblack) _2026-08-09 · Wegahta Facts_ Mekelle, Tigray (Wegahta) - Tigrayan human rights advocates and social media users have launched an online campaign calling for justice for Zewdu Haftu, posting photographs of themselves wearing black versions of traditional Ashenda clothing and using the hashtag ## [Court overturns life sentences, acquits two men in Zewdu Haftu murder case](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/court-overturns-life-sentences-acquits) _2026-08-05 · Wegahta Facts_ MEKELLE, TIGRAY (Wegahta) — A court in Tigray’s capital Mekelle on Wednesday acquitted two men previously sentenced to life in prison for the 2023 killing of Zewdu Haftu, after key digital evidence could not be produced because it had disappeared from the court archive, according to sources familiar with the proceedings. ## [Fighting reported in Western Tigray as fears of renewed war between TPLF and the Federal government mount](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/fighting-reported-in-western-tigray) _2026-08-01 · Wegahta Facts_ Mekelle, Tigray (Wegahta) - Fighting broke out at around 6:00 a.m. ## [Drought, disease and displacement converge on Tigray as millions brace for a punishing year](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/drought-disease-and-displacement) _2026-07-28 · Wegahta Facts_ A regional emergency plan warns that 3.7 million people could require humanitarian assistance this year as Tigray struggles to recover from war but authorities say they lack the resources to put much of their preparedness plan into action ## [Tigray students arrive to university to sit for delayed national exam after dispute over late delivery of papers](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/tigray-students-arrive-to-university) _2026-07-27 · Wegahta Facts_ MEKELLE, TIGRAY (WEGAHTA) — Thousands of students in Tigray region are preparing to sit for the national Grade 12 leaving examination this week, after a delay in the arrival of examination papers sparked a dispute between the regional authorities and the federal government. ## [Tigrayans in Addis Ababa held a protest as the TPLF condemn the protest as politically motivated](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/tigrayans-in-addis-ababa-held-a-protest) _2026-07-18 · Wegahta Facts_ Mekelle, Tigray (Wegahta) - Hundreds of Tigrayans gathered in Ethiopia’s capital on Saturday calling for peace in the Tigray region, implementation of the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement and an end to forced military conscription, while Tigray’s regional authorities and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front condemned the demonstration as serving the interests of the federal government. ## [Residents say armed men opened fire on mothers protesting forced recruitment in Tigray](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/residents-say-armed-men-opened-fire) _2026-07-17 · Wegahta Facts_ Mekelle, Tigray (Wegahta) — Mothers demanding the release of their detained sons were beaten and gunfire erupted after security forces carried out what residents described as a forced recruitment operation in the Tigray’s town of Hagereselam, witnesses and residents told Wegahta Facts. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/atUBemmWVmYZ) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Ashenda ambassador title revoked after Zema Embiza’s criticism of forced recruitment sparks controversy](https://wegahtafacts.substack.com/p/ashenda-ambassador-title-revoked) _2026-07-16 · Wegahta Facts_ MEKELLE, TIGRAY (Wegahta) — The Tigray Culture and Tourism Bureau has revoked the “Ashenda Ambassador” title awarded to Zema Embiza, a social media influencer and cultural figure who recently faced backlash after she publicly criticized the widespread forced military recruitment in the region.