Ethiopia News » Afar News Ethiopia » Afar » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: The divisions within the UN Security Council will harm Ethiopia
This article is published in partnership with Ethiopia Insight. In the past 10 months, Ethiopia’s war claimed too many lives. With the fighting now beyond Tigray into the Amhara and Afar regions, a ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Security: Eritrea's 'Low-Cost' Destabilization Strategy Poses Serious Security Threat - Getachew Reda
US embassy urges dialogue in TigrayEritrea's primary security threat to Ethiopia no longer lies in conventional warfare but in organizing, financing, and coordinating armed groups operating inside the ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Security: New front in Ethiopian war displaces thousands, hits hopes of peace talks
The flare-up of violence in Afar this year came after fighting in the neighbouring regions of Tigray and Amhara had ground to a stalemate and as moves were gathering pace to get the government in ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Security: 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 » Security: 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 ...