The flare-up of violence in Afar this year came after fighting in the neighbouring regions of Tigray and Amhara had ground to a stalemate and as moves were gathering pace to get the government in ...

The United Nations has said that the fighting in Afar was blocking the delivery of food to neighbouring Tigray region, where several hundred thousand people are living in famine c ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A tank damaged during the fighting between Ethiopia’s National Defense Force (ENDF) and Tigray Special ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopians holding national flags protest against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country's internal affairs and ...

Dubti (Ethiopia) (AFP) – The shell crashed through Aicha Nur's flimsy hut just as she was serving a lunch of bread and milk to her nine-year-old son Tahir. His slim body quickly became engulfed in ...

As conflict in northern Ethiopia spreads into the Afar region amid lingering drought, some residents are appealing for help, saying they have nothing to eat and that their children are dying. Reporter ...

Lavas from the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates are spreading apart, have given scientists a new insight into how ocean basins form. The Afar region is geologically unique, as ...