Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

Seven years ago, this publication warned against romanticized quick fixes to the Ethiopia-Eritrea stalemate. We cautioned that gestures lacking concrete implementation, transparency, and restraint ...

Ethiopia is actively working to establish lasting peace and stability after experiencing a range of internal conflicts and localized disputes. The government's comprehensive approach goes beyond ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Civil society organizations in Tigray have issued a public appeal urging de-escalation and renewed dialogue amid rising ...

Molten mantle beneath the Earth’s surface makes it way up more rapidly in regions where tectonic plates are rifting at a faster rate.

Ethiopia says its mega-dam on the River Nile is now complete, following years of tensions with Egypt and Sudan over its ...

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...