One can also perish from wild animal attack, snakebite, falling off a cliff, or in a shoot-out between one of the Afar clans and the Issa people across the Awash River to the east. But life is ...

This "white gold" has long been an important source of income for the Afar people, who remain fiercely loyal to this extreme land despite summer temperatures that can soar above 120 degrees ...

It alleged that the attacks were part of a broader pattern of "systematic persecution, state-sponsored violence, and deliberate neglect" against the Afar people. The Sultanate urged "immediate ...

The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission said 20,573 people had been evacuated to safer areas in Afar and Oromia, from a tally of over 51,000 "vulnerable" people. Plans were underway to ...