The Tigray region of Ethiopia experienced one of the 21st century's deadliest armed conflicts between 2020 and 2022, resulting in an estimated 800,000 deaths. The conflict, largely invisible to the world, involved Tigray's security forces against allied forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea, along with ethnic militias.

• The war's invisibility was actively manufactured through communication shutdowns, restrictions on journalists and humanitarian agencies, physical blockades, and dehumanizing narratives against the Tigrayan population.
• The Ethiopian government and its allies systematically limited information, presenting the conflict as a "law enforcement operation" despite full involvement from the Eritrean army and foreign weapon suppliers like the UAE, Israel, Turkey, and China.
• Despite a 2022 ceasefire deal, accountability efforts have been undermined, leading to persistent violence within Tigray and its spread to other regions like Amhara and Oromia.