This rift is slowly pulling the African continent apart, and over millions of years, it could isolate the eastern portion of ...

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing through ...

*Africa’s tectonic activity is allegedly splitting the continent, potentially creating a new ocean in about 50 million years. This process echoes Earth’s historical shifts, including the breakup of ...

On the arid margins of northeast Africa, beneath the sediment and heat of the Gulf of Suez, a tectonic feature long thought ...