The Sultan of Afar Ahmed Alimirah is calling for support for the United Nations and African Union's call for de-escalation and talks to promote peace in the Ethiopian homeland of the Afar. A statement ...
About 150,000 people were displaced from three northern Afar districts during a week of fighting that ended with Ethiopian Government forces and Afar regional special forces reclaiming Abala and ...
Addis Ababa, December 24, 2025—The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) has urged the international community to take action to address what it describes as systematic and severe persecution ...
Ethiopian federal authorities are dismissing a claim by Tigrayan rebels that their forces have pulled out of the neighboring Afar region. A spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front this week ...
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 ...
They say Africa is splitting along the Great East African Rift valley. The ongoing volcanic activities in the Afar region of Ethiopia is said to be but a precursor of more to come, and this may ...