Ethiopia News » Afar News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: The Law of the Elders: Ancient Laws, Modern Relevance
Despite modern international borders, Afar communities continue to observe five principal Mada’a legal traditions, including the Burquli Mada’a. According to the study, these customary codes reinforce ...
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: 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 ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: 2.6 mn years old hominin species fossil found in Ethiopia's Afar
Addis Ababa, January 21, 2026 (ENA)— A research team led by Zeresenay Alemseged, a researcher at the University of Chicago in the United States, discovered 2.6 million-year-old hominin species fossil ...
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: ‘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 ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Culture: Thousands of Eritrean refugees displaced in clashes in Ethiopia's Afar region
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with the Ethiopian authorities and partners to provide emergency aid to thousands of Eritrean refugees who fled Barahle refugee camp and its environs in the ...