Afar News Toronto

Afar News Toronto

Connecting Afars Everywhere.

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Connecting Afars Everywhere.

Afar news toronto is a media/news company based in Toronto. Founded in 2011 by Ambassador Kadafo Hanfare with the goal to create a hub to connect Afars in Toronto. Afar News Toronto went on hiatus but is now back with a reinvigorated purpose to inform and connect Afars and friends of Afars around the globe.

Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Jan 4
5 min

The Junta & Me

During the 17 year reign of the DERG Communist Regime in Ethiopia, I was living in Washington, D.C. At the time, and to this day, D.C. ha...

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Nov 25, 2020
4 min

"Ethiopian diplomats saying ‘over my dead body’-By Lebenu Feleke"

"By Lebenu Feleke | May 24, 2011 |I am a former Ethiopian diplomat who defected from the system when the rule of the jungle prevailed and...

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Nov 3, 2020
2 min

Habib Mohamed Yayo

I read somewhere that a person is only loved twice; when you are born and when you die. For some, that is very true. There are those, how...

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Oct 21, 2020
2 min

Ethiopian Political Opinion Piece

In all his speeches, Dr. Abiy has made promises to his people. Promises of solidarity, progression, and prosperity. Has he kept his promises

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Oct 17, 2020
2 min

Early Aysaita

Growing up in the 1950's, modern day Aysaita was known to us as Ordi. Its claim to fame was being the seat of The Afar Sultanate during Sul

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Sep 25, 2020
2 min

Sultan Hanfare Alimirah Passing

The recent passing of my childhood friend, brother, and Sultan, Hanfare Alimirah, has been very hard to bare in these difficult times. How...

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Sep 20, 2020
2 min

Afar Sultan Hanfare Alimirah Has Passed Away

It is with a heavy heart that we have come to hear of the passing of Afar Sultan Hanfare Alimirah in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, tonight.

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Sep 15, 2020
4 min

Memories from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

I heard the name Kuwait when I was growing up in Aysaita, Awsa-Ethiopia. At that time my area Awsa in Ethiopia was experiencing an economic

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Sep 10, 2020
1 min

Ethiopian New Years

This past year has been a trying one. The world has seen difficulty after difficulty. It is during such trying times that the true charac...

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Kadafo Mohamed Hanfare

Sep 4, 2020
1 min

Afar Flooding Relief Fund Update

On August 8th, 2020, Afar News Toronto started a gofundme campaign to help the recent victims of the flooding of the Afar Region.

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