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Scientists Say a Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart
In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over ...
Daily Express25d
'Hottest place on earth' is vast area 100 metres below sea level — 'the gateway to hell'
The landscape is otherworldly ... It's located in the Afar region in northern Ethiopia on the border with Eritrea and is only accessible by a very uncomfortable trip spanning hundreds of ...
La Croix16h
Ethiopia’s ethnic herders face forced exodus amid earthquakes, volcanic threats
Authorities struggle to evacuate 80,000 people as the pastoralist communities in northeastern Ethiopia, the homeland of the ...
National Geographic news3y
The Salt and the Earth
For three days a cloud of billowing ash dimmed the sun as the region's largest volcano, Erta Ale—"smoking mountain" in the Afar language—erupted. What set off these startling events?
Voice of America26d
Exodus continues from Ethiopia earthquake epicenter
A semi-desert plain that lies between two rugged mountains has, for about five months, been the epicenter of volcanic activity in Ethiopia's Afar region. From a distance, it looks serene and peaceful.
AllAfrica.com7d
Ethiopia: Quake-Hit Evacuees in Afar Face New Relocation As Original Shelters Deemed 'High-Risk'
Addis Abeba — Following the designation of the original evacuation sites--where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar region had taken shelter--as "high-risk areas ...