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The Horn of Africa (Somali: Geeska Afrika, Oromo: Gaaffaa Afriikaa, Amharic: የአፍሪካ ቀንድ?yäafrika qänd, Arabic: القرن الأفريقي al-qarn al-'afrīqī, Tigrinya: ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ?) (shortened to HOA; alternatively Somali Peninsula) is a peninsula in Northeast Africa. It juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent. Referred to in ancient and medieval times as Bilad al Barbar ("Land of the Berbers"), the Horn of Africa denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
It covers approximately 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi) and is inhabited by roughly 115 million people (Ethiopia: 96.6 million, Somalia: 10.4 million, Eritrea: 6.4 million, and Djibouti: 0.81 million). Regional studies on the Horn of Africa are carried out, among others, in the fields of Ethiopian Studies as well as Somali Studies.
Shell middens 125,000 years old have been found in Eritrea, indicating the diet of early humans included seafood obtained by beachcombing.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.2 million km2 (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of Earth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of its total land area. With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states (countries), nine territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.
Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4.Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria by population. Africa, particularly central Eastern Africa, is widely accepted as the place of origin of humans and the Hominidae clade (great apes), as evidenced by the discovery of the earliest hominids and their ancestors, as well as later ones that have been dated to around seven million years ago, including Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, Homo erectus, H. habilis and H. ergaster – with the earliest Homo sapiens (modern human) found in Ethiopia being dated to circa 200,000 years ago. Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones.
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From 8000 BC to 2017, this HD video shows the turbulent and rich history of the horn of Africa. share, like, comment and subscribe for more videos :) DISCLAIMER - I do not own the music of this video. It is simply the extended audio from this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9xQQCcfSUE
Today we're going to talk about the genetics, ancestry, and DNA of the African regions of the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and the Sahel. This was probably one of my most requested videos, with at least a dozen people asking me to do a video on Sudan and/or the Horn of Africa. I hope I did not disappoint. Let me know what you thought of my breakdown of the region, and if/when I mention your country or ethnic group! Thanks for watching!
About 10 years ago, in November 2006, Al Jazeera English was launched. To mark that anniversary, we've created REWIND, which updates some of the channel's most memorable and award-winning documentaries of the past decade. We find out what happened to some of the characters in those films and ask how the stories have developed in the years since our cameras left. In 2011, the worst drought in 60 years threw some 13 million people across the Horn of Africa into crisis. In Somalia, ravaged by two decades of conflict, the consequences were disastrous. Hundreds of thousands starved to death, many of them children. In the midst of this human catastrophe Fault Lines travelled to Mogadishu to meet refugees who had fled to the most war-ravaged city in the world to escape an even worse fate, and t...
In this seminar, Alexander Rondos will address the challenges facing the region and the Horn’s strategic importance Europe, the Gulf states and other actors. A key question is how these challenges can be converted into a joint effort that will allow for the integration of the Horn of Africa into a platform of security and economic cooperation? The diversity of geography, history, population, politics, and culture has made the Horn of Africa prone to conflict within its societies and between its countries. And it is those differences that have allowed outsiders to play proxy politics with the region. The core of this region, comprising the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia—with Kenya and Uganda very closely associated—has attracted once again in it...
A history of the Horn of Africa and the surrounding area from the dawn of the 20th century to the independence of South Sudan in 2011. Maps by flag flag info from wiki, geacron, hammond world atlas Music: - ወደፊት ገስግሺ ውድ እናት ኢትዮጵያ [Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia] (Ethiopian anthem) -Qolobaa Calankeed (Somali anthem) -Jabuuti (Djiboutian anthem)
Easy Geography Countries of Horn of Africa Horn of Africa, region of eastern Africa. It is the easternmost extension of African land and for the purposes of this article is defined as the region that is home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, whose cultures have been linked throughout their long history. Other definitions of the Horn of Africa are more restrictive and exclude some or all of the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. There are also broader definitions, the most common of which include all the countries mentioned above, as well as parts or all of Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda. Part of the Horn of Africa region is also known as the Somali peninsula; this term is typically used when referring to lands of Somalia and eastern Ethiopia.
UN warns of mass starvation across Horn of Africa The UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, is warning of mass deaths from starvation across the Horn of Africa, Nigeria and Yemen. The agency is raising the alarm due to a severe funding shortfall that they say will lead to an unavoidable humanitarian crisis. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UNHCR, spoke to Al Jazeera from Geneva. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe For years, Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti was seen by foreign powers as a far-flung military outpost overseeing the Gulf of Aden. Now the strategic port wants to capitalise on its key position on one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Follow AFP English on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFPnewsenglish Latest news on AFP English Twitter: https://twitter.com/AFP Share your top stories on Google+ http://bit.ly/AFP-Gplus
For more from the Berkley Center, visit: berkleycenter.georgetown.edu January 15, 2015 | On January 15-16, the Religious Freedom Project hosted a British Council workshop on religious understanding. The event consisted of five panel discussions, two roundtables, and three other breakout sessions. In addition to a host of university professors—representing Georgetown, George Washington, the University of Minnesota, the University of Florida, and University of Leeds—this event welcomed representatives from US Department of State, World Bank, Institute for Global Engagement, Institute for Economics and Peace, American Academy of Religion, and Atlantic Council. The keynote panel, led by Brian Grim and Alex Thurston, addressed religious dynamics in the Horn of Africa. Subsequent panels cover...
Travel video about destination Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a mysterious, mountainous land in the Horn Of Africa and birthplace of Early Christianity. A country of rock churches in the north and a large variety of tribes along the Rift Valley in the south and the oldest civilised region in Africa with more than twenty five centuries of documented history. Addis Abeba is the capital of Ethiopia and within its centre is the lavishly furnished Menbere Selassie Church, final place of rest of Ethiopia’s last royal family. It contains the Empress Menen, two princes and Emperor Haile Selassie who, shortly after removal from power, died due to reasons that are in the main controversial. On many of its thirty seven islands, Lake Tana in Northern Ethiopia is well known for its ancient churches and monast...
A travel promo video showing a recent trip to the Horn of Africa to visit both Ethiopia and the self declared independent state of Somaliland. We traveled overland from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa visiting towns such as Dire Dawa and Harar the crossing the border into Somaliland. From here we visited Hargeisa, the capital plus the costal settlement of Berbera. The people of Somaliland have been fighting for international recognition ever since the civil war and declaration of independence in 1991. With deserted beaches, 5000 year old cave paintings and a tiny capital city full of warm friendly people, Somaliland is a extremely unique side of Africa, that is so far empty of tourists, yet full of adventure and potential!
When most people think of the country Somalia, they associate it with the only areas national media cover, pirates, extremist terrorism, famine and war. A self declared independent state of this country named Somaliland seemed to be different from the rest, the people were happy, it was safe to travel too and they seek peace following the 1988 Somali war. Somaliland is a self declared independent state, that has been fighting for recognition since the 1960’s. Since then, Somaliland has managed to instate its own visa’s, currency, police force and even access to reliable internet. I wanted to discover more about the somali people are what they are really like, and how they live their lives. So i researched ways to get into the country. Crossing the border is relatively easy in fact, you ju...
Colonel Hampton spoke at the Africa Center's 16th annual Senior Leaders Seminar in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 13, 2014. Read more at: http://africacenter.org/2014/06/officials-from-over-30-african-nations-gather-for-15th-annual-senior-leaders-seminar-in-washington/
SHOTLIST PLEASE NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT IN SHOT 6 Ouidan, Benin - January 10, 2013 1. Various, Voodoo worshipers seen dance around the Point of No Return monument 2. Various, Voodoo worshipers singing at the temple of pythons. 3. Mid, A voodoo priest wearing a neck chain made from goat horn and sea shells watch as a man slaughters a goat at the temple of pythons. 4. Mid, goats for sacrifice are seen tied down. 5. Various, Daagbo Hanoun, the voodoo pope, in dark sun glasses and a hand woven hat, offer prayers then bite the ears of a goat violently before the goat was slaughtered for sacrifice at the Temple of Pythons. 6. CLIENTS PLEASE BE AWARE ++GRAPHIC CONTENT++ A man slaughters a goat at the Temple of Pythons during the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah. 7. Various, Voodoo effig...
World's deadliest tourist Destination. Editor-Jitendra Kumar Jitu Voice-Anju Paudel Travelling should be more than packing bags, travelling long way to a 7star hotel and visiting some of most likely visited tourist destination. According to my idea of holiday, if you have a charged pocket, a desire to taste some adventure (or taste death) then you must visit Somalia. Somalia is on the Horn of Africa, and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the north-west, and Kenya on its south-west. On June 21, the US Federal Government has issued a Travel Warning for the country. Travel to Somalia is EXTREMELY NOT recommended as the conflict continues. Somalia is noted as the world's unsafe travel destination and is one of the most dangerous places on Earth. Somalia is home to the largest c...
A kiwano melon is a fruit that's native to parts of southern Africa. One of the things I enjoy doing most in life is sampling fruits I've never tried before. Over the course of my travels, I've been able to try a lot of exotic and interesting fruits, some of which are now my favorite fruits in the entire world such as durian, cempedak, and that bizarre egg yolk fruit that I tried in Thailand. Anyway, I just think that fruit is one of the most amazing things in the world - the reason being that different fruits, which are produced by trees, and so incredible - impossible to be recreated and cooked by a human, but just natural amazing flavors. So while I've mostly tried fruits in Southeast Asia, I was actually in the United States, at a store in Phoenix, Arizona, when I walked into a sup...
With its fabulous three thousand year history, diverse peoples, vibrant culture, varied wildlife and fauna, and magnificent scenery embracing every landform from high mountain plateaus to parched deserts, Ethiopia is a destination without peer. Add to this the one of the finest climates in Africa ("thirteen months of sunshine!") and you have so many reasons to visit this incredible country.
TAKE ACTION - HELP SAVE OUR RHINO With the demand for rhino horn, poachers are killing rhino at an alarming rate - if they continue like this, rhinos will disappear from our planet within our lifetime. We need your help to save the (our...your) rhino! In an effort to assist with the rhino poaching epidemic, the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve is darting and microchipping our rhino population Did you know the worlds rhino population has declined 90% since 1970? The darting go the rhino (implanting micro-chips in the horn, ear notching and collecting data on the rhino) is a part of the ongoing efforts to build a national database of all South Africa’s rhinos. It’s all about gathering enough information about each creature to potentially build watertight criminal cases against criminals...
I fly into this seldom visited east African nation. For my first day, I amble around Djibouti City, taking in the sights, sounds and chaos. Day two sees me driving West to Lake Assal, a huge salt lake that is Africa's lowest point.
From 8000 BC to 2017, this HD video shows the turbulent and rich history of the horn of Africa. share, like, comment and subscribe for more videos :) DISCLAIMER - I do not own the music of this video. It is simply the extended audio from this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9xQQCcfSUE
Today we're going to talk about the genetics, ancestry, and DNA of the African regions of the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and the Sahel. This was probably one of my most requested videos, with at least a dozen people asking me to do a video on Sudan and/or the Horn of Africa. I hope I did not disappoint. Let me know what you thought of my breakdown of the region, and if/when I mention your country or ethnic group! Thanks for watching!
About 10 years ago, in November 2006, Al Jazeera English was launched. To mark that anniversary, we've created REWIND, which updates some of the channel's most memorable and award-winning documentaries of the past decade. We find out what happened to some of the characters in those films and ask how the stories have developed in the years since our cameras left. In 2011, the worst drought in 60 years threw some 13 million people across the Horn of Africa into crisis. In Somalia, ravaged by two decades of conflict, the consequences were disastrous. Hundreds of thousands starved to death, many of them children. In the midst of this human catastrophe Fault Lines travelled to Mogadishu to meet refugees who had fled to the most war-ravaged city in the world to escape an even worse fate, and t...
In this seminar, Alexander Rondos will address the challenges facing the region and the Horn’s strategic importance Europe, the Gulf states and other actors. A key question is how these challenges can be converted into a joint effort that will allow for the integration of the Horn of Africa into a platform of security and economic cooperation? The diversity of geography, history, population, politics, and culture has made the Horn of Africa prone to conflict within its societies and between its countries. And it is those differences that have allowed outsiders to play proxy politics with the region. The core of this region, comprising the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia—with Kenya and Uganda very closely associated—has attracted once again in it...
A history of the Horn of Africa and the surrounding area from the dawn of the 20th century to the independence of South Sudan in 2011. Maps by flag flag info from wiki, geacron, hammond world atlas Music: - ወደፊት ገስግሺ ውድ እናት ኢትዮጵያ [Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia] (Ethiopian anthem) -Qolobaa Calankeed (Somali anthem) -Jabuuti (Djiboutian anthem)
Easy Geography Countries of Horn of Africa Horn of Africa, region of eastern Africa. It is the easternmost extension of African land and for the purposes of this article is defined as the region that is home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, whose cultures have been linked throughout their long history. Other definitions of the Horn of Africa are more restrictive and exclude some or all of the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. There are also broader definitions, the most common of which include all the countries mentioned above, as well as parts or all of Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda. Part of the Horn of Africa region is also known as the Somali peninsula; this term is typically used when referring to lands of Somalia and eastern Ethiopia.
UN warns of mass starvation across Horn of Africa The UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, is warning of mass deaths from starvation across the Horn of Africa, Nigeria and Yemen. The agency is raising the alarm due to a severe funding shortfall that they say will lead to an unavoidable humanitarian crisis. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UNHCR, spoke to Al Jazeera from Geneva. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe For years, Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti was seen by foreign powers as a far-flung military outpost overseeing the Gulf of Aden. Now the strategic port wants to capitalise on its key position on one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Follow AFP English on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFPnewsenglish Latest news on AFP English Twitter: https://twitter.com/AFP Share your top stories on Google+ http://bit.ly/AFP-Gplus
For more from the Berkley Center, visit: berkleycenter.georgetown.edu January 15, 2015 | On January 15-16, the Religious Freedom Project hosted a British Council workshop on religious understanding. The event consisted of five panel discussions, two roundtables, and three other breakout sessions. In addition to a host of university professors—representing Georgetown, George Washington, the University of Minnesota, the University of Florida, and University of Leeds—this event welcomed representatives from US Department of State, World Bank, Institute for Global Engagement, Institute for Economics and Peace, American Academy of Religion, and Atlantic Council. The keynote panel, led by Brian Grim and Alex Thurston, addressed religious dynamics in the Horn of Africa. Subsequent panels cover...