Ethiopia News » Afar News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: 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 » Culture: Ethiopia’s Afar region says under attack from Tigrayan forces
Rebels in the northern Tigray region fought a devastating civil war against the central government from 2020 to 2022 in which an estimated 600,000 people died, and relations with the capital and other ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Ethiopia’s Afar region has accused forces from neighbouring Tigray of crossing into its territory, seizing several villages and attacking civilians, in what it called a breach of the 2022 peace deal ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: 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 » Culture: 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 » Culture: Ethiopia: Livestock Deaths and Water Scarcity Devastate Afar's Kori Woreda As El Niño Threat Grows
Addis Abeba — A severe water and livelihood crisis is unfolding in Kori Woreda of Ethiopia's Afar Region, where residents report widespread livestock deaths, drying water sources and mounting pressure ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: Danakil Depression: Ethiopia's Alien Hellscape Awaits in 2026
On April 29, 2026, the Danakil Depression beckons adventurers to Ethiopia's hottest, most otherworldly corner. Known locally as Danakil-Senke, this extreme landscape features lava lakes and acid pools ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: Ethiopia rides on cultural ties to tap regional tourism market
Ethiopia is banking on growing cultural and business ties with neighbouring Kenya to expand its tourism market, as Addis Ababa steps up efforts to attract more regional travellers through visa-free ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopians holding national flags protest against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country's internal affairs and ...