Ethiopia is evacuating thousands from the Afar region due to potential volcanic activity at Mount Dofen, which has shown steam eruptions since Thursday, January 2. The long-dormant volcano's activity has caused significant damage,

Ethiopia’s government said it is evacuating approximately 80,000 people following a series of small-scale earthquakes in the Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions. At least 10 earthquakes were reported in Ethiopia since Friday, and there are signs of possible volcanic activity.

Thousands of civilians in a remote part of north-eastern Ethiopia are being evacuated after potentially dangerous volcanic activity

As earthquakes continue to rattle the region, triggering volcanic activity on a once-dormant volcano, 80,000 people in Ethiopia have been evacuated.

Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia, 165km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Addis Ababa, have been leaving their homes in panic as a nearby volcano has been showing signs of a possible eruption, a local chief told the BBC's Afaan Oromoo service.

Evacuations were underway in Ethiopia Saturday after a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which, a 5.8-magnitude jolt, rocked the remote north of the Horn of Africa nation.

Ethiopia was rocked by a record 10 earthquakes in just 24 hours this week, raising fears of recurring tremors in recent weeks. According to the US Geological Survey, the multiple quakes, ranging in magnitude from 4.3 to 5.1 on the Richter scale, occurred around the Fentale volcano in the Awash region of the country’s main Rift Valley.