Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously ...

A 35-mile-long fissure in Ethiopia’s desert emerged in 2005 but has since ... the waters of the Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley,' Macdonald said.

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Scientists are predicting that Earth's eighth continent could develop a lot sooner than initially thought. We'll be long dead ...

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

Ethiopia is grappling with an escalating seismic crisis as a series of earthquakes linked to the East African Rift raises ...

In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called the East African Rift. "It marked the start of a long process in which the African ...

ADDIS ABABA - 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.