"Over the past few weeks, several earthquakes originating from the Great Rift Valley have been recorded in Ethiopia ... from Afar, where the largest number of displaced people are located ...

In September 2005 Afar herders in northern Ethiopia watched in amazement as ... long been an important source of income for the Afar people, who remain fiercely loyal to this extreme land despite ...

The leaders of Ethiopia ... of people were killed. A border commission set up under the peace agreement ruled that the town of Badme, the flashpoint for the conflict, was part of Eritrea but ...

A BBC report earlier alleged that Eritrean residents in Ethiopia's capital reported widespread ... in Addis Abeba to a designated shelter in the Afar region. AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports ...

With Eritrea the only one-party state ... following the outbreak of a border war with Ethiopia in 1998. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the conflict, Mr Isaias and Ethiopia's Prime ...

Ethiopia’s government said it is evacuating approximately 80,000 people following a series of small-scale earthquakes in the Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions. At least 10 earthquakes were ...

Afar is one of Ethiopia’s driest and hottest regions, with a history of volcanic eruptions and frequent earthquakes. The region is also prone to drought, famine and flooding that has forced many ...

Chairman of The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization ... opposition forces and the people of Eritrea in their struggle to topple the regime of Issaias Afeworki. Ethiopia and Eritrea frequently ...

Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia ... events around Awash Fentale - an earthquake-prone area of Ethiopia's Afar region. Abdu Ali, the chief administrator of the local area in Afar ...