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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's army has retaken the town of Chifra in Afar region, the state-run broadcaster said on Sunday, its first major seizure from rebellious Tigrayan forces since Prime ...
News Ethiopia » Afar: Ethiopia: Afar nationalists see opportunity in Abiy’s tensions with Eritrea
At the centre of the escalating hostility between Ethiopia and Eritrea lies Assab, a highly strategic port on the Red Sea coast. Assab has been part of Eritrea since the country seceded from Ethiopia ...
News Ethiopia » Afar: Volcano erupts in northern Ethiopia, sending ash plumes toward Yemen and Oman
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar ...
News Ethiopia » Afar: Ravaged by war, Ethiopia’s Afar minority face lengthy recovery during peace
“There were no fighters. Everything was peaceful before we heard explosions,” says 26-year-old Mekiya Ali in an interview with Global Voices, describing the day in August last year, when her hometown ...
News Ethiopia » Afar: Ethiopia's Afar Rift provides glimpse into life and death 100,000 years ago
The study of ancient cultures around Ethiopia during the Middle Stone Age (MSA) time period is important for understanding how some of the first Homo sapiens lived and eventually left Africa.
News Ethiopia » Afar: ‘Afar has been raided’: Suffering stalks Ethiopia’s forgotten front
Aicha Nur cradles her wounded son Tahir. They and another son were able to flee but her six other children remain unaccounted for – Copyright AFP/File Fabrice ...