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The Ethiopian government has accused Eritrean gunmen of being responsible for the attack. Many governments around the world advise against traveling to the Afar region, citing increasing security concerns. Additionally, this region is also a hub for Afar–Somali clashes, due to many kebeles being put into the Afar region by the government. [15]
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Forces from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighbouring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month ...
In 2014, the federal government under the EPRDF, redrew the boundary between the two regions of Afar Region and the Somali Region. As a result, the Afar Region gained three towns from the Somali Region which has tried to gain them back since. Border clashes in April 2021 killed around 100 civilians. [43]
The Galikoma massacre was an indiscriminate killing of civilians perpetrated by the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) in the village of Galikoma (or Galicoma) in the Afar Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 5 August 2021. [1] [2] [3] Galikoma is a village in the Gulina district of Fanti zone in Afar Region. [3]
The Afar (Afar: Qafár), also known as the Danakil, Adali and Odali, are a Cushitic ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. [4] They primarily live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti, as well as the entire southern coast of Eritrea. The Afar speak the Afar language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the ...
5 October – The first ever Irreechaa was celebrated in Addis Ababa's Meskel Square with hundreds of thousands Oromos attended. [5]11 October – The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for "his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea".
Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale; / ˈ ər t ə ˈ eɪ l / Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, which is itself part of the wider Afar Triangle (a barren desert region straddling Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea).
Telalak is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or woredas, in the Afar Region of Ethiopia.Part of the Administrative Zone 5, Telalak is located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by Dewe, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by the Administrative Zone 1, and on the east by the Administrative Zone 3.