Mai Kadra

Mai Kadra (also spelled May Cadera; Tigrinya: ማይ ካድራ) is a town in Tigray Region, Ethiopia near the Sudanese border.

May Kadra
Town
ማይ ካድራ
May Kadra
Location in Tigray and Ethiopia
May Kadra
May Kadra (Ethiopia)
Coordinates: 14°04′12″N 36°34′03″E
Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
ZoneMi'irabawi Zone
WoredaKafta Humera
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Overview

Mai Kadra is a market town on the Gonder–Humera road, in the Kafta Humera district of the Mi'irabawi (Western) Zone of the Tigray Region. Approximately 30 kilometers south of Humera, its population was estimated as 4,000 to 4,500. Migrant workers, mainly from the Amhara Region but also from a few other areas, went to Mai Kadra for seasonal work on large sesame and millet farms. These migrant laborers arrive every September to help with the harvest.[1]

Mai Kadra massacre
For more on this topic, see Mai Kadra massacre.

The town became known for the ethnic massacre, which took place on 9–10 November 2020 during the Tigray War. Responsibility was attributed to youths loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, in preliminary investigations by Amnesty International, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and interviews conducted in Mai Kadra by Agence France-Presse.[2][1][3][4] Tigrayan refugees in Sudan told multiple news outlets that Tigrayans were also targeted by either Amhara militias,[5][6] the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF),[7] or both.[8]

References
  1. "Rapid Investigation into Grave Human Rights Violation Maikadra - Preliminary Findings". Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. 24 November 2020.
  2. "Ethiopia: Investigation reveals evidence that scores of civilians were killed in massacre in Tigray state". Amnesty International. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. "Questions linger among the corpses of an Ethiopian massacre". France 24. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. "EHRCO Preliminary Investigation Report on Major Human Rights Violations in and around Maikadra" (PDF). EHRCO.
  5. Schipani, Andres (4 December 2020). "Refugees flee Ethiopia's brutal war with tales of atrocities on both sides". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  6. "'He's Planning to Exterminate Us All': Ethiopians Speak of Ethnic Massacres". www.vice.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  7. "Escape from massacre: Ethiopians recall Tigray conflict horror". money.yahoo.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. "Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'". AP NEWS. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

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