Meaning of Afaria | Babel Free

Definitions

A proposed state seeking secession from Ethiopia.

Examples

“The transitional government in Ethiopia has been concerned that FRUD could link⟳ with the older Afar Liberation Front (ALF) in Ethiopia and Eritrea with its dream⟳ of a separate⟳ "Afaria".”

“The outbreak of ethnic violence in 1991 severely strained Djiboutian-French Relations. Paris, which had deployed troops in March⟳ to disarm Ethiopian soldiers fleeing into Djibouti, dismissed the government's claims that Ethiopian Afars were seeking to establish⟳ a “greater Afaria” and in October ordered its troops to remain⟳ in their barracks.”

“For instance, in the Afaria region of Ethiopia (Afaria is situated close⟳ to Ethiopia-Somalia and Ethiopia-Kenya borders) there is a sustained standoff between tigrai-amhara organizations (Tigrai Liberation National Front and Afar Liberation Front).”

CEFR level