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 ...
As the Border 2 fire burns thousands of acres, some are currently in evacuation warning zones wondering if or when they need to leave.
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 ...
Following the designation of the original evacuation sites--where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar ...
Addis Abeba — The Command Post in the Afar Region has reported that more than 58,000 people, including 4,000 Kesem Sugar Factory workers, have entered temporary shelters and are receiving ...