Geologists map birth of new ocean in Afar in east Africa's Great Rift Valley. A GIANT underground reservoir of molten rock has been discovered under the deserts of Ethiopia by British geologists.

Afar Police Commissioner Ahmed Harif told Reuters on Thursday that Tigrayan forces were still in four districts bordering Tigray - Koneba, Abala, Berhale and Magale - and had not moved since Monday.

At the start of his journey in Ethi­o­pia, Paul Salopek met many Afar people. The Afar are cattle-herding nomads, people who move from place to place. Writer Kem Knapp Sawyer e-mailed Salopek ...