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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 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 ...
After multiple weeks of activity slowing down, a M w 6.0 earthquake, the largest of the swarm, struck 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Metehara on 14 February. [14] It is also the largest earthquake to strike Ethiopia since 1989, and the largest recorded tremor in the Oromia region since 1944. [15]
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]
Ethiopia – international border areas, Tigray region, Amhara region, Afar region, Gambella region, Oromia region, Somali Regional State and Benishangul-Gumuz region Georgia – South Ossetia and ...
Hari Rasu, also known as Administrative Zone 5, is a zone in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Stretching along the eastern base of the Ethiopian highlands, this zone is bordered on the south and east by Gabi Rasu, on the west by the Amhara Region, and on the north by Awsi Rasu. This Zone covers most of the area governed by the Afar Hari Rasu. Hari ...
The Human Rights Watch reported that in the town of Chenna Tigrayan forces summarily executed 26 civilians in 15 separate incidents over the span of five days. [42] According to the Ministry of Justice 540 civilians across Afar and Amhara had been killed by the TDF. [57] In the Afar region Qurans and mosques had been burned by the TDF. [59]
Fano militiamen fighting the Ethiopian army in the Amhara region over-ran Lalibela and Gondar for several days in August marking Ethiopia's most serious security crisis since a two-year civil war ...