Aftermath Of War In Amhara Region's Historical Wollo Province

MERSA, ETHIOPIA - JANUARY 12: Doctors Meheret Mekuria and Getachew Mola lead journalist through the facilities at the Mersa Metro Hospital in North Wollo on January 12, 2022 in Mersa, Ethiopia. Mersa is one of dozens of towns and cities that line the A2 road that stretches from Addis Ababa to Mekelle. In July of 2021 the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) invaded the Amhara and Afar regions after the Ethiopian Government called for a unilateral cease-fire after 8 months of war. As the TPLF invaded the regions, they committed numerous atrocities along with large scale looting and destruction of resources in particular in the Amhara region. According to Doctors Meheret Mekuria and Getachew Mola, the Mersa Metro Hospital lost all of its equipment used to facilitate child delivery and major operations with total damage and losses said to be 150 million Ethiopian birr ($3,041,278,852 USD). The city as a whole is still without running water or electricity because of sabotage and damage done to the infrastructure by the TPLF. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)