A report on Ethiopia and East Africa
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia are collectively known as the Horn of Africa. The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent.
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Horn of Africa
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The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula in East Africa.
It is composed of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland and Djibouti; broader definitions also include parts or all of Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.
Eritrea
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Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.
It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and Djibouti in the southeast.
Kenya
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Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Eastern Africa.
Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.
Djibouti
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Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east.
The Bab-el-Mandeb region has often been considered a primary crossing point for early hominins following a southern coastal route from East Africa to South and Southeast Asia.
South Sudan
2 linksLandlocked country in Central Africa.
Landlocked country in Central Africa.
It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya.
On 25 November 2011, it officially joined the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a regional grouping of East African states.
Scramble for Africa
1 linksThe invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of most of Africa by seven Western European powers during a short period known as New Imperialism .
The invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of most of Africa by seven Western European powers during a short period known as New Imperialism .
In the middle of the 19th century, European explorers mapped much of East Africa and Central Africa.
The Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935–36), ordered by the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, was the last colonial war (that is, intended to colonise a country, as opposed to wars of national liberation), occupying Ethiopia—which had remained the last independent African territory, apart from Liberia.
East African Rift
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The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa.
The EAR transects through Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo DR, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.
Nile
0 linksMajor north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.
Major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.
About 6650 km long, its drainage basin covers eleven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, and Egypt.
The White Nile starts in equatorial East Africa, and the Blue Nile begins in Ethiopia.
Jebel Irhoud
0 linksArchaeological site located just north of the locality known as Tlet Ighoud, approximately 50 km south-east of the city of Safi in Morocco.
Archaeological site located just north of the locality known as Tlet Ighoud, approximately 50 km south-east of the city of Safi in Morocco.
This was consistent with the concept that the then-oldest-known remains of a Homo sapiens, dated to approximately 195,000 years ago and found in Omo Kibish, Ethiopia, indicated an eastern African origin for humans at approximately 200,000 years ago.
This suggests that, rather than arising in East Africa approximately 200,000 years ago, modern humans may have been present across the length of Africa 100,000 years earlier.