Ethiopia: The Tigray crisis – A timeline

Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. [Reuters]

•February 1975: Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is founded

•June 1991: TPLF and coalition partners overthrow the military government of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam. TPLF dominates the ruling alliance, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)