Afar Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Afar (Amharic:አፋር) is one of the nine ethnic divisions ( kililoch ) of Ethiopia, and is the homeland of the Afar people. Formerly known as Region 2 , its current capital is Asayita; a new capital...
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Afar Depression - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Afar Depression (also called the Danakil Depression or the Afar Triangle ) is a geological depression near the Horn of Africa, where it overlaps Eritrea, the Afar Region of Ethiopia, Djibout...
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Overview of the Afar Region ... Instead the Afar region's relatively sheltered past, together with Ethiopia's recent devolution of authority to regional governments, offers the Afar people and their new administration a tremendous opportunity: the direction and means for their future development are theirs to choose,
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As part of the continuous monitoring efforts of the United Nations Country Team, UNDP-EUE fielded a mission to Afar Region (22 to 26 March) with two objectives: to obtain updated information from the regional authorities on the current humanitarian situation and to visit locations hosting displaced communities in order...
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Looking southeast across the Afar Region. Space Shuttle photo courtesy of NASA. ... Geologic features of the Afar region (light brown). The Afar region is bounded by topographic and structural highs (darker brown). Volcanoes shown in gray. Erta Ale, one of the world's most active volcanoes, is at the apex of the...
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Full text available in PDF format only : Ethiopia: Conflict and drought in the Afar region; ... - Pastoralists living in the Afar region, in north-eastern Ethiopia, have been badly hit by recent serious drought conditions.
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The Afar Triangle is the name given to the region of Ethiopia, Africa, known for the identification of very old hominid remains, especially the Australopithecus afarensis. ... Two regions in Afar known as culturally rich are the Hadar and Middle Awash regions. According to the most recent paleontological research,
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The Awash river basin is mostly located in the arid lowlands of Afar Region in the north eastern part of Ethiopia. It frequently floods in August/September following heavy rains in the eastern highland and escarpment areas.
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Afar Region – Awash River Flood ... The Awash river basin is mostly located in the arid lowlands of Afar Region in the north eastern part of Ethiopia. It frequently floods in August/September following heavy rains in the eastern highland and escarpment areas.
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In this announcement from Nazareth, Ethiopia, thirty religious leaders from the Afar region, representatives from the Office of the Supreme Sharia Courts, Islamic Affairs Bureau, and the Women’s Affairs Bureau of Ethiopia issued a declaration to end the practice of female circumcision, also called female...
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