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On April 4-5, 2016, the Global Studies Institute is hosting the Workshop "Regional and Constitutional Structures in Tension".

For years, Fentie Wabi worked as a fisherman on Ethiopia's Lake Tana, until an aggressive green invader changed everything.

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

ADDIS ABABA - President Taye Atske-Selassie has urged Ethiopians to prioritize national ambitions and interests in their pursuit of knowledge and personal development.

Geologists have long suspected a mantle plume beneath the area, but little was known about its structure or behaviour.