Possible Clues:

• Northeast African country
• African country once known as Abyssinia
• Country work accepted by two during crippling heat
• Major coffee-bean producer
• In terrible heat I work on island in African country
• A poet I fancy receiving greeting in country
• Ishmaelia, to boot, say
• An African state on the Red Sea
• Country in the Horn of Africa
• Strife-torn NE African country, capital Addis Ababa