Tag Archives: Afar Region

Keeping pastoralist children in school in Ethiopia

Photo: Kristy Siegfried/IRIN Children in pastoral regions often seasonally migrate with their families (file photo) ADDIS ABABA,  (IRIN) – Thousands of children in the pastoral regions of Ethiopia are dropping out of school despite government and donor efforts to bring … read more »

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Ethiopia arrests two over murder of Austrian rafter

Ethiopian police have arrested two men suspected of involvement in the murder of an Austrian rafter shot dead during an apparent robbery of his travel group, an official from the force said on Thursday. The 27-year-old man was killed as … read more »

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Can Hailemariam Desalegn brings Ethiopia and Eritrea together?

IndepthAfrica – In 1991 the EPLF backed transitional government of Eritrea and the TPLF backed transitional government of Ethiopia, agreed to set up a commission to look into any problems that arose between the two former war time allies over … read more »

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Ethiopia PM accuses Eritrea of kidnapping

Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused Eritrea on Tuesday of abducting dozens of Ethiopian miners from the country’s northwest, in a potential escalation of tension between the arch-enemies. Ethiopian troops crossed into the Red Sea state last … read more »

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Eritrea: Ethiopian attack won’t entrap us

Addis Ababa – Eritrea said on Friday an attack by Ethiopian forces inside its territory was provocative but would not “entrap” it, signalling reluctance to be sucked back into armed conflict with its bitter foe. Ethiopia said on Thursday its … read more »

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Ethiopia Afar People’s Party: Press Release

It is with chock and great discomfort we heard the news of killing and kidnapping of tourists in tAfar People’s Party (APP) consistently and persistently condemns the killing of innocent tourists.he Afar region of Ethiopia. Afar People’s Party (APP) consistently … read more »

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Ethiopia searches for tourist killers

Addis Ababa – Ethiopian security forces on Thursday were searching for gunmen who killed five European tourists and kidnapped at least two others and two guides in an attack it blamed on arch-rival Eritrea. “We are working on how to … read more »

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Blood Diplomacy, Killing and abduction in Ethiopia

by Tedla Asfaw I hear the sad news of the death of five tourists early Monday Ethiopian time in the Afar region of Ethiopia. As a person who worked in that part of Ethiopia in the 1980s and knowing the … read more »

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Direct contact with Ethiopian authorities on the attack in the Afar region

ROME, Italy, January 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On Minister Giulio Terzi’s instructions, Ambassador to Addis Ababa Renzo Rosso has urgently requested a meeting with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister for the purpose of obtaining a complete and detailed account … read more »

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Eritrea Denies Charges It Backed Afar Attack

Eritrea has called claims it was behind a deadly attack on foreigners in northern Ethiopia “an absolute lie.” Eritrea’s ambassador to the African Union, Girma Asmerom, made the statement Wednesday. He was replying to charges by an Ethiopian government spokesman … read more »

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Ethiopia: Slain tourists are Europeans, Australian

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia said on Wednesday that four of the five tourists killed in the northeast of the country were Europeans and the fifth an Australian, and blamed arch-foe Eritrea for backing their attackers. “Terrorist groups trained and armed … read more »

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Ethiopia gunmen ‘kill five foreign tourists’

Five foreign tourists have been killed in Ethiopia in an attack by unknown gunmen, state TV reports. The attack was carried out late on Monday in the northern Afar region of the country by gunmen who had crossed from neighbouring … read more »

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Distorted Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia

In 1991, as the result of military ruling collapsed, Ethiopia established a federal System creating largely ethnic-based territorial units, its framers claiming they have found a formula to achieve ethnic and regional autonomy, while maintaining the state as political unit. … read more »

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