Ethiopia: Somali region says hundreds ‘massacred’ by Afar militia Fighters from the Afar region attacked and looted the town of Gedamaytu, also known as Gabraiisa, local officials say.

The war erupted in Ethiopia's northernmost Tigray region in November 2020.

Forces from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighboring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month-old conflict into a ...

The killing of five foreign tourists in north-west Ethiopia has again drawn international attention to one of the most remote and lawless parts of the world.

The Afar is far from the strange and terrible place it was once portrayed as, while illustrative of the resilience of ancient traditions in a modernising Ethiopia.

'Afar has been raided': Suffering stalks Ethiopia's forgotten front Dubti (Ethiopia) (AFP) – The shell crashed through Aicha Nur's flimsy hut just as she was serving a lunch of bread and milk to ...

Forces from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighbouring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month-old conflict into a ...

Diplomatic efforts to free five British citizens feared kidnapped in the far north of Ethiopia have focused media attention on one of the most desolate parts of the world. The abductions took place ...