A groundbreaking study reveals that East Africa is splitting faster than previously believed due to a fiery upwelling of ...

Around 11 million years ago, a crack formed deep under the present Afar Depression, an area of north-east Ethiopia. The region sits on a hot, semisolid layer called the mantle.

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A ...

Uncertainty clouds the continuity of the Pretoria Agreement, as disagreement between Ethiopia’s federal government and the ...

The earth shook below Zahab Mohammad’s feet while rocks began rolling down the foothills of the volcanic Mount Dofan, where she lived in Ethiopia’s northern Afar Region. After a 5.8-magnitude ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said funding and supply shortfalls mean lifesaving treatment for 650,000 malnourished ...

38, No. 127, March 2011 The political economy of salt in the Afa... The political economy of salt in the Afar Regional State in northeast Ethiopia This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer ...

Border clashes between Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions have killed at least 100 people, a regional official said on Tuesday, the latest outbreak of violence ahead of national elections in June.

Ethiopia’s Afar, Oromia and Somali regions’ local economy, and food and nutritional systems that are resilient, inclusive and able to thrive in the face of unpredictable climate and conflict shocks.

In February, Eritrea launched a nationwide mobilisation, with Ethiopia following suit in March; reports suggest that heavy weaponry and mechanised units are being stationed close to the border in the ...

More than 10 million people in Ethiopia are gravely short of food ... were in various locations including the northern regions of Tigray and Afar, and that the U.N. agency is actively seeking ...

In the drought-stricken Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia, water scarcity and loss of livelihoods are threatening the future of girls who are increasingly forced into child marriage.