A new ocean could form in the distant future after a split continues to form in Africa, according to researchers. "This is the only place on Earth where you can study how a continental rift becomes an ...

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 ...

A series of slowly widening fissures in southern Ethiopia once again drew the attention of scientists and authorities to one ...

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