Everything about Kondudo totally explained
Kondudo or Kundudo is a flat top mountain (or
amba) located in the
Misraq (eastern) Hararghe Zone of the
Oromia Region of
Ethiopia. Part of the eight mile range that bears its name, its summit lies east of the walled city of
Harar, with a height of almost exactly 3,000 metres.
In the same range, the Goba tarara (a term for mountain) holds a number of caves populated by bats, whilst at the southern end the Stinico tarara has a cave with ancient engravings.
Below Kondudo lie the localities of
Fugnan Bira,
Ejersa Goro and
Gursum.
The summit area is a flat grassland thirteen hectares in width, and is the habitation of the only remaining
feral horse population of
East Africa. The pack is less than ten strong and is threatened by extinction. A local peasant has been trying to tame them; livestock has been found grazing the top of the amba.
Emperor
Haile Selassie I obtained his first mount from the Kondudo pack 107 years ago. This makes them the most ancient feral horse population in Africa..
The pack has been the focus of a 2008 Italian ecologic mission to try and save it and offer locals economic alternatives to the peculiar area's destruction. Prof.Viganò, mission head, has been given a charge to attempt a rapid intervention from the Ethiopian Environment Protection Agency. The Addis Ababa office of the
UNEP is monitoring his attempt.
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