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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 » Politics: 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 » Politics: Afar region accuses TPLF fighters of crossing border and seizing villages
Authorities in Ethiopia’s Afar region on Wednesday accused fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of crossing into the region and seizing six villages, marking one of the most ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Politics: 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 » Politics: Clashes in Tigray, Ethiopian accusations of Eritrean incursion, fan fears of return to full-scale conflict
Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia has raised fears of a fresh conflict in its Tigray region that could again draw in neighbouring Eritrea, after clashes erupted in late January between Tigrayan ...