How the Issa-Somalis Pressurized the Afar from the Proximity of the Djibouti-Addis Ababa
Railway line Areas into the Awash Valley through Systematic Raids
The Truth about the Afar Issa-Somali Conflict.
THE RISE OF NEW FORMS OF POWER,
FORCED DISPLACEMENTS, AND
CONFLICT ON THE DJIBOUTI AND
ETHIOPIA BORDER
The aim of this thesis is to understand and describe a new form of power that emerged in the
Afar National Regional State in northeastern Ethiopia. In 2004, a new form of power, in the
person of As Mohammed Humed Yayyo asserted monopoly control over Dobi salt mining land.
Dobi is the second biggest salt mining site in Ethiopia, excelled only by the Afdera Salt Lake.
How the Issa-Somalis Pressurized the Afar from the Proximity of the Djibouti-Addis Ababa
Railway line Areas into the Awash Valley through Systematic Raids
The Truth about the Afar Issa-Somali Conflict.
THE RISE OF NEW FORMS OF POWER,
FORCED DISPLACEMENTS, AND
CONFLICT ON THE DJIBOUTI AND
ETHIOPIA BORDER
The aim of this thesis is to understand and describe a new form of power that emerged in the
Afar National Regional State in northeastern Ethiopia. In 2004, a new form of power, in the
person of As Mohammed Humed Yayyo asserted monopoly control over Dobi salt mining land.
Dobi is the second biggest salt mining site in Ethiopia, excelled only by the Afdera Salt Lake.
HOW FRANCE UNDERMINED THE AFAR MAJORITY AND
GRADUALLY IMPOSED THE MINORITY RULE ...
Before the arrival of colonial powers in the Horn of Africa, people lived under
separate traditional rules in the area. The first best known in the regions was Ifat
which was gradually absorbed into the Adal States then followed by different entities
through time until the arrival of colonial powers into the areas and created what
became known as separate countries
IS TIGRAYA FRIEND OR A THREAT TO
NEIGHBORING AFAR IN ETHIOPIA?
The political history of Ethiopia in general and that of the Afar relation with Tigray has been one
of the longest ones. They have the longest geographic border in the country, though this is not
known beyond its immediate area. This article aims to describe and analyze the relation through
chronological development from the past to the present.
