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?

The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, is actively reshaping the ...

Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the potential to drastically alter the geography of our planet, the ...

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:51:13 GMT 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 ...