National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out ...

Ethiopias 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 Survey ...

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.

The switch to the marathon is something we have been planning carefully for a number of years. So it’s not connected to my ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

In the tumultuous tapestry of Ethiopian politics, a single charge has emerged as both provocative and misleading: the accusation that “ethnic federalism” mirrors apartheid – that infamous system of ...

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all have shuffled off our mortal coils by then, the effects Professor Macdonald ...

The third edition of the East Africa Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Challenge will kick off at Juba’s Nyakuron Cultural Centre on ...

Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...

At least 11 people, including a local priest and children, were reportedly killed in Sheba kebele, Quarit district, West Gojam zone, during an alleged attack by "government security forces," according ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the ... a section of the East African Rift (EAR) in Afar, Ethiopia, in 2005, and experts say it will eventually separate ...

Road accidents are common in Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation, where roads are often poorly maintained. More than 70 people died in December when a truck carrying a wedding party ...