Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

provided by the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission," OCHA stated. "In addition, 533 households in the Afar region remain without assistance due to resource shortages." Addis Standard ...

"Over the past few weeks, several earthquakes originating from the Great Rift Valley have been recorded in Ethiopia, mainly affecting the Afar region ... for women, girls and children." ...

The Danakil Depression ... 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 kilometres ...

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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.

Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January. The US Geological ...

Djibouti's security forces executed a drone strike near the Ethiopian border ... In 1991, FRUD, which originated in the Afar community in northern Djibouti, launched an anti-government insurgency ...

But it’s rare for earthquakes to directly trigger volcanic eruptions in Ethiopia. The current episode of earthquake activity is being caused by magmatic activity in Oromia and Afar region.