In the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia lies one of the hottest and most alien-looking places on the planet. The Danakil Depression is a sunken basin where air temperatures can climb to around 131 ...

In the far northeast of Ethiopia, in a sunken plain that dips below sea level, lies a landscape that looks less like Earth ...

Sedimentary exhalative deposits, better known as SEDEX deposits, work much the same way. Take away the boardrooms, the ...

Between 2020 and 2022, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fought a bloody war against Ethiopia’s federal government and its allies in Eritrea and the Amhara militias known as Fano. Less than ...

While there are plenty of awe-inspiring man-made destinations around the globe, nothing is as creative as nature.

Fighting has broken out in western Tigray, in one of the most serious breaches yet of the three-year-old peace deal between Ethiopia’s federal government and fighters in the northern region. Tigray’s ...

In Ethiopia, hundreds of people have fled to Sudan following Saturday's fighting, when clashes in Tigray pitted federal forces against rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Both sides ...

Hundreds of Ethiopians from the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan following fighting between regional forces and the Ethiopian army over the weekend. In one of the most serious ...

Military activity in and around the disputed city of Alamata has sparked concerns that the fragile peace that followed the 2020–2022 Tigray War could unravel. Residents of Alamata, a city that ...

Ethiopia is at a crossroads. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose Prosperity Party won a majority of the vote in June’s general election, envisions a unified, centralized country. But many opposition ...

A new study is out that looked at various ways to try to tackle poverty in Ethiopia. Turns out, cash helps, but the impact of therapy is less clear.