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May 24Th Brought Suffering, Oppression and Humiliation to Afar May 24th brought Suffering, Oppression and Humiliation To Afar People Of Horn Of Africa. President Isaias Afwerki: Straw That Broke The AFAR Camel’s Back. Since it’s inception President Issayas Afewerki's one-party military machine has transgressed and violated every rule on human rights. The Regime has rejected every attempt by International Communities for dialogue on human rights and rejected any scrutiny of violations. "The government's refusal of openness and accountability about its human rights practices is contrary to human rights safeguards in the Eritrean Constitution and laws, and the international human rights treaties Eritrea ratified," Torture, killing, arbitrary detention, "disappearances" and ill-treatment of political prisoners have become entrenched in Eritrea, Amnesty International said in it’s new report, Eritrea:' You have no right to ask' - Government resists scrutiny on human rights. Who are AFAR People? The Afar is the earliest people to live in the Horn of Africa. They claim to be the descendents of Noah's son Ham. Ham was the second son of the biblical Noah. "Afar is the origin of human species". "Afar People are The Cradle of Humankind". It is believed that the first human civilization of Africa was most likely started in the coastal area of Afar land of the Red Sea. The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs called the Afar country as a land of gods, Punt, and a land of Genesis, a land of nonsense by Parisian, a land of remote and death by British, a region of Birthplace of Humankind" (WIC- 2003). It is also geographically known as the Afar Triangle, Afar Danakil Depression or Afar Desert. Afar society is governed by Afar traditional customary laws, convention, Precedent and case laws as in British and Jewish societies. "The Afar traditional customary law is based on pastoral traditions rather than religious values". ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS: Archaeological evidence shows that the 3.5 million years old. Australopithecus Afarensis skeleton, Lucy, was discovered on in November 30, 1974 by Dr. Donald Johanson in the Hadar area of the Afar region in southern Ethiopia. The 5.8 million years old Ardipidthecus R Kadabba, was found in Afar Region Middle Awash. The 4.4 million years old Ardipidthecus Ramidus, Aramis was also found in Afar Region. In additions, in 1929 and 1932, researchers including French Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin and the Abbe Breuil discovered traces of civilizations, especially cut stone tools, dating back to 6000 BC, Homo erectus, dating back 100,000 BC, and signs of stone-cutting worship dating back to between 800,000 to 400,000 BC in the Northern and Western parts of Afar country in Djibouti. Afar is familiar as one of the cradles of hominids. These discoveries highlighted how important the Afar Triangle is in humanity's history so far. It was also agreed that the people of the Afar Triangle formed trade and commercial relations with the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Persians, the Greeks, the Yemeni kingdoms and with the Romans and other Mediterranean powers. In the 7th century, the Islamic civilization flourished over the Afar land from which grew amazing powerful Kingdoms and Sultanates of Afars. These were established in different areas of the Afar Triangle, while the ancient Afar kingdoms gradually declined. The GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: A f a rl a n d is g e o g r a p hi c all y l o c a t e d o n t h e c o a s t al a r e a o f t h e R e d S e a o n t h e N o r t h e r n p a rt o f t h e E a s t A f ri c a n si d e o f t h e G r e a t R ift V all ey. It s p a n s t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y s t at e s o f E t hi o pi a, D ji b o u ti a n d E ritr e a. I n D ji b o u ti, A f a r p e o p l e liv e i n b o t h t h e N o r t h e r n a n d W e s t e r n R e g i o n s, w h i c h m a k e u p a b o u t 8 7 % o f 2 3,20 0 s q k m (8,950 s q m il e s) o f t h e c o u n t ry. T h e ir r e gi o n s a r e k n o w n a s D i stri ct o f T a dj o u r a h, D i stri ct o f D e k h il a n d D i s tri ct o f O b o c k. A f a r p e o p l e a l s o liv e i n t h e cit y o f D ji b o u ti w i t h o t h e r e t h ni c g r o u p s. I n 1 9 7 7, t h e A f a r s c o n s tit ut e d a b o u t 6 0 % in t h e c o u n t ry. T h e p r e s e n t g o v e r n m e n t cl ai m s t h a t t h e A f a r s a r e 4 0 % o f t h e p o p u l ati o n o f 6 0 0,000, a n d t h e y r e p r e s e n t 4 5 % a t t h e N a ti o n a l A s s e m b ly. I n E ritr e a, t h e A f a r s liv e i n t h e S o u t h e r n R e g i o n, w h i c h is k n o w n a s D a n k ali a. I n 1 9 9 6, E ritr e a w a s r e str u ct u r e d int o si x s e m i-a u t o n o m o u s z o n e s o r r e gi o n s. T h u s, t h e A f a r r e gi o n in E ritr e a w a s di vi d e d int o t w o z o n e s. T h e y a r e S o u t h e r n R e d S e a a n d N o r t h e r n R e d S e a Z o n e s. S o u t h e r n R e d S e a Z o n e' s h e a d a d m i ni str ati o n o ffi c e s a r e b a s e d i n A s s a b, B a il ul, T h ii' o, a n d N o r t h e r n R e d S e a Z o n e' s h e a d o ffi c e s a t H i r gi g o, M a s s a w a, Z u l a, M e r s a F a t m a, N e f a sit, G h i n d a a n d N a c f a. T h e N o r t h e r n R e d S e a Z o n e h a s a l ar g e p o p ul ati o n o f p e o pl e o f m a n y diff er e n t e t h ni c g r o u p s. A b o u t 8 0 0 k m o f t h e 2,23 4 k m R e d S e a C o a s tli n e o f t h e S t a t e o f E ritr e a is A f a r r e gi o n. I n E ritr e a t h e A f a r s c o n s tit ut e 4 % o f t h e c o u n try. I n E t hi o pi a, t h e A f a r p e o p l e in h a b it o n t h e N o rt h e a st e r n p a rt o f t h e c o u n try. 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