Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

Beneath the Afar region's vast landscape in Ethiopia, scientists have discovered a powerful geological force that is ...

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and ...

A herder leads camels carrying freshly mined tablets of salt from the Afar Region. The salt once was used as currency by the Abyssinian Empire. Today, each tablet is worth about a dollar.

The killing of five foreign tourists in north-west Ethiopia has again drawn international attention to one of the most remote and lawless parts of the world.

Heavy fighting in Afar as other frontlines reach stalemate Events in the region could undermine hopes of peace talks Some 300,000 people flee latest fighting, civilians killed Hospitals fill with ...

Forces from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighboring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month-old conflict into a ...

Erebti, Ethiopia — As conflict in northern Ethiopia spreads into the Afar region amid lingering drought, some residents are appealing for help, saying they have nothing to eat and that their ...

Attacks by Tigrayan fighters in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced over 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday, and refugees in a camp in southern Tigray described heavy ...