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

East Africa's Afar depression is one of the ... This "white gold" has long been an important source of income for the Afar people, who remain fiercely loyal to this extreme land despite summer ...

Following the designation of the original evacuation sites--where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar region had taken shelter--as "high-risk areas," evacuees are set to be ...

According to the IFRC, approximately 60,000 people in the Afar region have been affected by recent seismic activity ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...

In a previous report, the UN agency said that 6,780 families among those evacuated from Afar, where the largest number of displaced people are located, had received food aid. However, 2,250 families ...

Ethiopia is evacuating thousands from the Afar region due to potential volcanic activity at Mount Dofen, which has shown steam eruptions since Thursday, January 2. The long-dormant volcano’s ...

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.

The quakes were centered on the largely rural Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions after months of intense seismic activity. Ethiopia’s government Communication Service said around 80,000 people were ...