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Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...
Rhythmic pulsing deep beneath landlocked east Africa is literally tearing the continent apart. But while the effects won’t ...
The world’s longest river has become the center of a tense geopolitical struggle in Africa. At the heart of this conflict ...
A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will one day create a new ocean. This is the conclusion of an international team ...
Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa – and it could tear the continent apart. The pulses are made ...
In her new book, Access, Rebecca Grant chronicles activists' decades-long fight to defy abortion restrictions—including the ...
But the peace deal signed in November 2022 drove a wedge between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which was not party to the negotiations. The TPLF, which runs Tigray's post-war interim administration with ...
There's a mysterious site in Africa that some say was built by angels. Carved deep in a mountainous region of Ethiopia stand 11 churches, each cut from a huge block of rock some 800 years ago.
Berhane also points out that car ownership in Ethiopia is quite low. "For a population of 130 million , there are not even 1.5 million vehicles in the country," he says.
Since 1991 when Eritrea gained independence from neighbouring Ethiopia, one of the world’s oldest countries and Africa’s second most populous country, has been landlocked. With Eritrea in ...