A geological upheaval of unprecedented magnitude is underway in East Africa: the gradual birth of a new ocean. This ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

The Horn of Africa – which includes Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and some surrounding countries – has been hit by increasingly frequent and devastating droughts. Despite this, it seems the region has an ...

Last September, expert Peter Viggo Jakobsen from the Royal Danish Defence College assessed piracy operations in the Horn of Africa as entailing ‘high risks’ and ‘few rewards’. This is mostly true – ...

In the Horn of Africa, they found that planet-heating pollution caused by burning fossil fuels has made the region’s ongoing agricultural drought 100 times more likely – and that’s a ...

The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea is of critical importance to global economic security due to the integrated nature of global supply chains. 12 percent of world trade flows through the Red Sea, ...

"The stability of the Horn of Africa is of strategic importance to the United States," Hammer said. More in World. EU sets up defence fund worth up to €150 billion for rearmament.

Devastating drought, decades of conflict and a food crisis now leave millions of people suffering in the Horn of Africa. Somalia alone is going through its fifth failed rainy season. Nearly half ...

Mr. Hudson is a senior fellow in the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Conflict, famine and a great-power competition are colliding in the Horn of ...

In the Horn of Africa, they found that planet-heating pollution caused by burning fossil fuels has made the region’s ongoing agricultural drought 100 times more likely – and that’s a ...

In the Horn of Africa, they found that planet-heating pollution caused by burning fossil fuels has made the region’s ongoing agricultural drought 100 times more likely – and that’s a ...