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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]
The government of Ethiopia's Afar region says more than 300,000 people have been displaced by warfare there since December and it accused Tigrayan forces of killing civilians and looting. The ...
The Ethiopian Press Agency reported that Kombolcha General Hospital had been looted and taken out of commission by TDF. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] ENDF and Amhara forces recaptured Hamsuit. [ 38 ] The UN announced that the World Food Programme (WFP) would stop distributing food in Dessie and Kombolcha because its warehouses were robbed at gunpoint by TDF ...
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 ...
The highest peak in Afdera is Mount Mallahle (1875 meters); other mountains in this woreda include Erta Ale and Borawli.Mining is the principal industry in this woreda. The best known resource extracted is salt; according to the Afar Regional Mining and Energy Office, there are 300 active land grants around Lake Afdera, which the Office reports creates 1,800 permanent and over 40,000 part-time ...
This is a list of the woredas (districts) and city administrations in the Afar region of Ethiopia, compiled from material on the Central Statistical Agency website. v t
In a separate incident highlighting instability in the region, at least 30 people were killed in fighting between members of Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and Amhara, in a town ...
The Afar Liberation Front (abbreviated ALF) is an Afar political party and former militant group in Ethiopia. [1] It fought the communist Derg government and the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1975 to 1991. After the Ethiopian Civil War ended in 1991, the ALF continued to promote Afar interests in the country peacefully. [2]