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Vivid photo of Ethiopia's acid pools captures one of Earth's most Mars-like features

Part of what gives the scene its otherworldly appearance is its geology.

Ethiopia is slowly tearing toward a new ocean, and geologists have uncovered how the rift is pulling the continent apart from below

New research reveals a powerful geological process is actively tearing Africa apart from beneath. A rhythmic plume of molten ...
WRAL

Tigrayan forces say they are withdrawing from Ethiopia's Afar region

CNN — Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from Ethiopia's Afar region, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan People's Liberation Forces (TPLF) told CNN on Monday, saying the pullout should allow ...
The Africa Report

Ethiopia’s Afar region says under attack from Tigrayan forces

Rebels in the northern Tigray region fought a devastating civil war against the central government from 2020 to 2022 in which an estimated 600,000 people died, and relations with the capital and other ...

New fossils suggest human evolution was more crowded than scientists thought

Rather than a single ancestral line steadily evolving toward modern humans, the evidence points to an evolutionary “bush” of ...
Digital Journal

Ethiopia’s Afar region says attacked by Tigray forces

A TPLF supporter during the civil war in 2021 - Copyright AFP/File Yasuyoshi Chiba A TPLF supporter during the civil war in 2021 - Copyright AFP/File Yasuyoshi Chiba ...
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Afar region accuses TPLF fighters of crossing border and seizing villages

Authorities in Ethiopia’s Afar region on Wednesday accused fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of crossing into the region and seizing six villages, marking one of the most ...
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Ethiopia's Afar region says under attack from Tigrayan forces

Ethiopia's Afar region said late Wednesday it was under attack from forces of the neighbouring Tigray region, saying they had seized villages and bombed civilians in the latest sign of internal ...