an area in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The area falls within a geologically active region of the Great Rift Valley that has experienced a number of earthquakes and volcanic events in the last 800 ...

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.

Scholars warn that disputes and conflict over urban land ownership are becoming an increasingly common source of political tensions.

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 ...

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".

“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 ...

Show more Visible from space, Africa's Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles ... a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been ... flooding the Afar region and the East African Rift Valley ...