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Mass Graves Unearthed In Contested District Between Amhara And Tigray Regions Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)
WELKAIT, ETHIOPIA - APRIL 07: Addisu Mamaye Ayane wipes his brow as he stands next to the remains of at least three individuals excavated from a mass grave in the town of Adi Selam on April 07, 2022 in Welkait, Ethiopia. The town of Adi Selam was adjacent to a torture camp run by the TPLF called Ghehenab or "Hell". When "Ghehenab" was in operation between 1985 and 1991 hundreds if not thousands of ethnic Amhara's were tortured and killed by the TPLF in the camp. Since the TPLF was pushed out of Welkait, there have been efforts by individuals and organizations to assist members of the Welkait-Tegede community in finding the remains of missing loved ones and giving them proper burials. Currently there are untold hundreds if not thousands of individuals still buried in mass graves around the numerous torture prisons and obscure mass graves throughout Welkait. The torture prison Ghehenab which is adjacent to the town of Adi Selam contained a few man-made cells along with multiple caves and natural formations that served as torture facilities where members of the Welkait-Tegede community were imprisoned, tortured and murdered because of their Amhara ethnicity. The camp began operating in 1985 during the time the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) occupied Welkait as they fought against the Derg Regime before gaining control of all of Ethiopia in 1991. Welkait was Amhara land for as much as 1000 years prior to 1991 when the region was annexed and incorporated into Tigray by the TPLF. The discovery of multiple mass graves and extermination camps has been taking place over the past year after the TPLF was pushed out of Welkait. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)