The Afar tribe is famous for its butter-covered ... adopted by the Karrayyu tribe who allow butter to drip through their hair All four tribes are cattle herders by tradition and make the butter ...

Although the president of Afar, Ismail Ali Sero, has accused Eritrean soldiers of kidnapping the group, local rebels are known to have kidnapped tourists in the past. About 1.4m Afars live in Ethiopia ...