The African continent is splitting along a triple junction of rifts that converge in Afar, Ethiopia. A new ocean may take millions of years to form, but that is giving scientists ample time to glean ...

Deep under Ethiopia, scientists have found rhythmic surges of molten rock that are slowly pulling Africa apart. These pulses ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The government of Ethiopia's Afar region says more than 300,000 people have been displaced by warfare there since December and it accused Tigrayan forces of killing civilians ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopians holding national flags protest against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country's internal affairs and ...

Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from Ethiopia's Afar region, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan People's Liberation Forces (TPLF) told CNN on Monday, saying the pullout should allow humanitarian ...

A long-dormant volcano in northern Ethiopia has erupted, sending plumes of ash across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia, located about 800 ...

Her family are among the 300,000 people who have been displaced by an offensive launched in late December by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) into Afar, an arid region of stony deserts and ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar ...

Ethiopia's Afar region has said it came under attack from the forces of neighbouring Tigray, accusing it of seizing control of villages and bombing civilians, in the latest sign of internal conflict ...

NAIROBI - The Ethiopian government said on Thursday that rebellious Tigrayan forces are still in the neighboring region of Afar, despite a spokesman for the Tigrayan forces announcing their withdrawal ...