Ziban Gedena massacre

The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed 150 up to 300 civilians in Ziban Gedena (NW Tigray) on 4 to 7 December 2020. {{Quote frame |quote= In the town of Ziban Gedena, in northwestern Tigray, Eritrean soldiers had burned 150 houses, killed 300 civilians, looted or slaughtered 90% of oxen and livestock, burnt and stolen harvests and set fire to animal fodder. Continuing harassment from Eritrean forces meant that no one was plowing the land for the next crop, farmers told aid workers. ==Perpetrators==

A UN report indicates that the perpetrators of this massacre were Eritrean soldiers. ==Victims==

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions approximately 150 victims of this massacre, ==Reactions==

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”, After months of denial by the Ethiopian authorities that massacres occurred in Tigray, a joint investigation by OHCHR and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission was announced in March 2021. While the Ethiopian government promised that Eritrean troops will be pulled out from Tigray, the Eritrean government denies any participation in warfare in Tigray, let alone in massacres. For this specific massacre, Eritrean and Ethiopian officials did not respond to questions. Billene Seyoum, spox of the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed denied that farmers were prevented from ploughing. == See also ==