This "white gold" has long been an important source of income for the Afar people, who remain fiercely loyal to this extreme land despite summer temperatures that can soar above 120 degrees ...

One can also perish from wild animal attack, snakebite, falling off a cliff, or in a shoot-out between one of the Afar clans and the Issa people across the Awash River to the east. But life is ...

As the Border 2 fire burns thousands of acres, some are currently in evacuation warning zones wondering if or when they need ...

A semi-desert plain that lies between two rugged mountains has, for about five months, been the epicenter of volcanic activity in Ethiopia's Afar region. From a distance, it looks serene and peaceful.

Following the designation of the original evacuation sites--where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar ...

Eight civilians have been killed in the Afar Regional State as the Djiboutian government reportedly carried out a drone ...