Afar-Issa conflict Archives

Being a Politician in Somalia

February 22, 2015February 22, 2015TesfaNews11 Comments

By Ahmed Abdi, THERE is a direct association between the Somali politicians’ ill-fated and their actions against Somali history, culture, language and ethnicity. Government officials were preparing their Friday prayers at the Central Hotel in Somalia’s capital when an Al-Shabaab extremist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the hotel gate, and another went inside the mosque […]

ARDUF Urges Ethiopia to Return Afar Territory or Risk Addis Ababa Djibouti Corridor

November 21, 2014November 22, 2014TesfaNews15 Comments

By ARDUF, THE Afar-Issa conflict is no longer an encounter about access to grazing lands and water resources between two related pastoral communities. It is no longer about the raiding and counter-raiding of animals (camels, cows and goats) as war booty. It is not even being inflamed between the two traditional pastoral groups in the […]