"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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Ethiopia said on Thursday that rebellious forces from the Tigray region had been defeated in the adjacent Afar region and had withdrawn, but the Tigrayan forces said they had merely shifted troops ...

In 1994 researchers working in the Middle Awash region of Ethiopia’s Afar Rift found hominin fossils dated to 4.4 million years ago. They assigned the remains to a new species, Ardipithecus ramidus.

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 ...