The Afar people do not make stone tools ... Of course, fossils from other places in Ethiopia and beyond also light up the human evolutionary road, often more brightly than those from the Middle ...

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 ...

Bajaj drivers in the Afar region say they have been unable to buy gasoline from official stations for nearly a year, forcing them to rely on the black market, where prices have surged to 300 birr ...

Ethiopia’s quest for access to the Red Sea has become a hotly debated topic on social media. Posts with a map of the Red Sea ...

Around 11 million years ago, a crack formed deep under the present Afar Depression, an area of north-east Ethiopia. The ...

The Ethiopian Geological Institute posted a video on its Facebook page showing what appeared to be dust and smoke emerging from a volcano in Awash Fentale in Afar region. Fana Broadcasting ...

40% of whom are women and 5% are people living with disabilities. Ethiopia’s Afar, Oromia and Somali regions’ local economy, and food and nutritional systems that are resilient, inclusive and able to ...

Since 1992, Dr. Simpson has been conducting paleontological field research in the Afar region of Ethiopia and he is currently the director of the Galili Paleobiology Project. Published research ...