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".

A series of earthquakes in Ethiopia’s Afar region has sparked concerns over potential volcanic eruptions, displacing thousands. This geologically active zone sits within the Great Rift Valley, a fault ...

A swarm of earth tremors and fears of volcanic eruptions in January forced tens of thousands of people to move away from Awash Fentale, an area in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The area falls within a ...

Annual precipitation is heaviest in the southwest, scant in the Great Rift Valley and the Ogaden, and negligible in the Denakil Depression. More about the >Geography of Ethiopia.

“Security teams from Kenya and Ethiopia have gained access to the ... February 24. A team led by Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Abdi Hassan was formed to negotiate with Ethiopian officials ...