Tigrayan news website From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tghat is a Tigray news site known for reporting on the Tigray War.[1][2][3]
Type of site | News |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Area served | Ethiopia |
| URL | tghat |
| Launched | November 2020 |
Tghat describes its creation during the Tigray War as motivated by communication blocks and the lack of reporting on "Tigrayan collective national sentiment, and the atrocities committed upon Tigrayans".[4]
France 24 describes the Tghat editorial group as "Tigrayan activists living abroad".[1] Meron Gebreananaye describes herself as a United Kingdom-based PhD student and one of the Tghat editors.[5] Gebrekirstos Gebreselassie Gebremeskel (aka Gebrekirstos G. Gebremeskel[6]) states that he is an Amsterdam-based researcher who manages Tghat, and is described by Al Jazeera English as a researcher and manager of Tghat.[7][8] The editorial group includes several university-based researchers.[9]
As of 2022[update], Tghat reporting is focussed on the Tigray War.[3] Tghat describes its role as "documenting civilian casualties, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, hate campaigns, and providing perspectives and analyses on the war on Tigray".[9]
Tghat's report on the Debre Abbay massacre on 12 January 2021[2] and its publication of video footage of the massacre in early February were followed by The Daily Telegraph on 19 February 2021 and by France 24 on 10 March 2021.[1][10]
According to Associated Press (AP), Tghat's victim list is compiled by Desta Haileselassie Hagos, a Tigrayan living in Stockholm. AP randomly selected 30 of the named victims and judged the information to be authentic after contacting the victims' families and friends.[11]
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