A geologically dynamic region in the Great Rift Valley is closely watched by scientists as a fascinating natural laboratory.
Scholars warn that disputes and conflict over urban land ownership are becoming an increasingly common source of political tensions.
Annual precipitation is heaviest in the southwest, scant in the Great Rift Valley and the Ogaden, and negligible in the Denakil Depression. More about the >Geography of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia's leader said Thursday that a contentious multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile will be inaugurated "in the next six months".
“Security teams from Kenya and Ethiopia have gained access to the ... February 24. A team led by Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Abdi Hassan was formed to negotiate with Ethiopian officials ...
Show more Visible from space, Africa's Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles ... a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for ...
Ethiopia may evoke images of camels and harsh ... Small farms hug the slopes of the Great Rift Valley and cover much of the Ethiopian Highlands, fragmenting geladas’ native grasslands.