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"To disarm them all is unacceptable to the Afars," Meles explains.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afars and Issas, in short, is not even a nice place to visit.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trouble was that they were registered to vote in fewer numbers than the Afars, a rival tribe that wants to stay tied to France.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neighboring Ethiopia, which contains large numbers of Afars, backs the tribe's cause in French Somaliland.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s   led to multi-party elections resulting in President Ismail Omar   GUELLEH attaining office in May 1999.

From The 2004 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency