Possible transform faults which offset the Wonji fault belt can be traced into lines of weakness dating back to the Jurassic In the surrounding Somalian and Ethiopian plateaux. This makes it ...

Concerns about the safety of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been raised in the past, particularly regarding the potential devastation in the ...

Gemechu Bedassa Teferi, a researcher who studies the volcanoes of the Main Ethiopian Rift, unpacks what’s behind the recent events. Eighteen million years ago, the continents broke apart to form ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed landed in Somalia for the first time in as many months, signalling the end of the rift between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa, triggered by the ...

Much of the Ethiopian landmass is part of the East African Rift Plateau. Ethiopia has a general elevation ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 meters above sea level. Interspersed on the landscape are ...

Ethiopia's leader said Thursday that a contentious multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile will be inaugurated "in the next six months".

Kitengela Police boss Joel Munyalo on guard as the more than 58 Ethiopian nationals who were found at New Valey Estate in Kitengela are escorted to a police car on Feb 5, 2025. [Peterson Githaiga ...