Scientists tracking tectonic activity along the East African Rift say the continent is slowly splitting apart, People ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

More than a dozen smaller burps have shaken the area in the years since. East Africa's Afar depression is one of the world's most geologically hyperactive regions. Fly over it in an airplane—or ...

This eerie abandoned ghost town lies in northern Ethiopia and has been described as a ghost town and is one of the most ...

Salt has been mined from the chain of salt lakes in the Danakil or Afar Depression for hundreds of years. An Egyptian traveller in the 6th century first made reference to it but it is probably ...

"The region encompassing the Afar Depression and Red Sea and Gulf of Aden spreading centers is thought to broadly be the final transition away from continental rifting to the development of true ...

Located in an area known as the Afar Depression, or Afar Triange - part of the Great Rift Valley - it sits about 430 feet below sea level. It currently holds the official record for the highest ...