Ethiopia News » Afar News Ethiopia » Afar » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: How the climate crisis is changing an ancient way of life in Ethiopia
Driving through the desert-like landscapes of the Afar, northern Ethiopia, traditional Afari tukuls – oval-shaped, flexible shelters made out of twigs and covered with mats or animal skins – are ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Life: Maalika : my life among the Afar nomads of Africa / Valerie Browning and John Little
"In 1973, Valerie Browning, a young Sydney nurse, volunteered to go to Ethiopia to help the victims of a devastating famine. She had little or no conception of Africa or Africans, and yet the ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Life: Lone Referral Hospital in Ethiopia's Afar Region Struggles as Malnutrition Soars
Record-breaking drought in Ethiopia has caused child malnutrition rates to soar in the northern Afar region, where the only referral hospital says babies are dying within hours of arrival. Ethiopia's ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Life: 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 » Life: Tigrayan forces say they are withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Afar region
Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Afar region, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Forces (TPLF) told CNN on Monday, saying the pullout should allow humanitarian ...