In 2017, astronomers on board the International Space Station photographed two eerie islands in Ethiopia. Dek and Daga lie in Lake Tana, whose copper-tinted waters have been important geographically ...

Famine in Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid ...

A dotted line on Google Maps marking Western Sahara's border with Morocco vanished for users in the North African kingdom on Saturday, a day after a UN vote in favour of a plan by Rabat for the ...

A palace, legend has it, in a land we know today as Ethiopia. [Read more about traveling in Ethiopia.] The Ethiopian Highlands are sublime but unforgiving, with pastoralists heavily dependent on the ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

Recent data has revealed the average price of a pint in different countries across the globe – and the results will either ...

An overcrowded train full of merchants has collided with a stationary train in eastern Ethiopia, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens.

Partly cloudy with a high of 75 °F (23.9 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13 ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution geographic map data to servers outside the country. The detailed maps, which use a 1:5,000 scale, would ...