The U.N. refugee agency said Friday that the whereabouts of thousands of Eritrean refugees remained unknown two weeks after their camp came under attack in Ethiopia’s northern Afar region.

"UNHCR is working with the Ethiopian authorities and partners to provide emergency aid to thousands of Eritrean refugees who fled Barahle refugee camp and its environs in the Afar region after ...

In a May 2023 report, for example, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, underlined the harsh conditions faced by the Afar community who ...

Addis Ababa describes Ogaden and Oromo rebels as anti peace agents supported by Eritrea, while Asmara presents the Afar, the Kunama and other members of the opposition as trouble makers employed ...

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 ...

October 23, 2010 (MEKELLE, Ethiopia) – Ethiopia-based Eritrean opposition group, the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) denied they had any intention to secede from the Red Sea nation ...

The organization reportedly issued a statement a few days ago stating that 500 Eritrean Afar soldiers had deserted from the Eritrean army and that three Eritrean generals had been sent to capture and ...

Eritrea is a highly authoritarian country ... as well as parts of Amhara and Afar, have also been in dire straits over the course of the conflict. This unfolding scenario is already affecting ...

Aid group Refugees International has expressed concern about the reported relocation of more than 100 Eritrean refugees from areas near Addis Ababa to camps on the unstable border between Ethiopia ...

Eritrean forces have also been shelling Tigray at various other points and have reportedly tried to attack Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, from the east via the Afar region. The Tigrayans hope to ...

“He holds several ENDF divisions hostage in Eritrea, he has agents all over Ethiopia – including, it is reported, in Abiy’s own security detail – as well as allies in Amhara and Afar regions.

The killing of five foreign tourists in north-west Ethiopia has again drawn international attention to one of the most remote and lawless parts of the world. Four other people were kidnapped in ...