Ethiopia: Afar Sultanate Condemns Djibouti’s Drone Strike As ‘Indiscriminate’, Urges ‘Immediate International Action’

The Sultanate of Afar, led by Sultan Ahmed Alimirah Hanfare, has condemned the 30 January 2025 drone strike by Djibouti’s security forces, calling it a “heinous and indiscriminate” attack that targeted innocent Afar civilians.

In a statement, the Sultanate expressed its “unequivocal condemnation” of the attack, stating that innocent civilians–“women, children, and the elderly”–were among those killed in a remote village. The victims, it said, were already struggling with “malnutrition and…