Harar: ancient Ethiopian city that reveres ‘magical’ hyenasDivided by the seasonal Dechatu Wadi, which is usually dry, Dire Dawa is made up of two settlements. A new city was thus required to service the railway and, in 1902, Dire Dawa was born. Following the closure of the old railway, some assumed Dire Dawa would be doomed to a spiral of increasing inertia. Much of Ethiopia’s prime khat grows in the hills around Dire Dawa. Getting thereEthiopian Airlines flies directly from Hong Kong to Addis Ababa, where a connecting flight to Dire Dawa can be boarded.

Source: Ethiopian News March 02, 2018 02:47 UTC