A geologically dynamic region in the Great Rift Valley is closely watched by scientists as a fascinating natural laboratory.

The property lies along the eastern edge of the Main Ethiopian Rift, on the steep escarpments of the Ethiopian highlands. An area of agroforestry, it utilizes multilayer cultivation with large trees ...

Since late September 2024, the Main Ethiopian Rift, which spans the Afar, Amhara, and Oromia regions, has experienced a series of tremors and a significant earthquake. The most powerful of these, a ...

Amid a widening rift among Tigray's political leaders ... Million Haileselassie Brhane/DW Just over two years have passed since Ethiopia's government and rival factions signed the Ethiopia ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...