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Lateniteon Feb 10, 2012 10:23am
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What are the Afar rebels' aims?
What are the Afar rebels' aims?
The ARDUF seeks the creation of an independent Afar homeland, which would include areas of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
There is disagreement on whether this would be an internationally recognised sovereign state or an autonomous region within Ethiopia. The group has always been very firm, however, in opposing the existence of the separate state of Eritrea, as the creation of that country split the Afar homeland.
In Eritrea, Afars dominate the south-east of the country, including the Red Sea port of Assab. One of the ARDUF's slogans is "The Red Sea belongs to the Afars".