Afar

Ethiopia: Eight more killed as Afar-Issa clash continues

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 27, 2018) Eight people were killed in violence between the Afar and Issa communities…

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Ethiopia: 18 killed in Afar-Issa skirmish

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 26, 2018) Eighteen people have been killed in the past two days of fighting…

6 years ago

METEC squanders $36M in failed Afar steam power station

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 21, 2018) As corruption by the Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC) continues to be…

6 years ago

Ethiopia: Afaris continue protests against local govt

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 29, 2018) Towns in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia have continued protests against…

6 years ago

Ethiopia: Eight injured in protest demonstration in Afar region

ESAT News (October 17, 2018) Special forces of the Afar region in Northern Ethiopia have shot and wounded eight people…

6 years ago

Gambella, Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz regions push back winds of change: activists say

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 2, 2018) Administrators in three peripheral but pivotal regions in Ethiopia have been pushing…

6 years ago

Protesters in Afar demand release of political prisoners, fair share of resources

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 8, 2018) Residents of towns in Afar region took to the streets demanding the…

6 years ago

Four killed in two separate incidents in Afar, Northern Ethiopia

ESAT News (April 11, 2018) Four people were killed in two incidents in the Northern Ethiopian region of Afar, according…

7 years ago

Ethiopia: Prisoners from Amhara region used as laborers in salt fields in Afar

ESAT News (February 1, 2018) Local and foreign businesses engaged in salt production in the Afar region of Ethiopia are…

7 years ago

Ethiopia: Group warns of travelling to Afar, claims 17 TPLF soldiers killed

ESAT News (December 8, 2017) An armed group operating in Ethiopia’s northern region of Afar warns tourists of travelling to…

7 years ago