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

One of the world's continents is breaking apart faster than researchers previously predicted. The separation would create a ...

A 35-mile-long crack was discovered along a section of the East African Rift (EAR) in Afar, Ethiopia ... flood what is now the East African Rift Valley." Professor Macdonald added that in time ...

The tectonic clash is causing a rift which is reshaping the African continent The Afar ... and the Gulf of Aden submerges the rift valley, and a separate landmass, including fragmentary pieces of ...

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

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

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the ...

A journey of 38,000-kilometers begins with a single step. 12 years ago this month, journalist Paul Salopek set off on a journey that follows the first human migration out of Africa, starting in the ...

Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii and Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi have extended best wishes to Kenya's AUC Chairperson candidate Raila Odinga all the best in the election ...

A 35-mile-long crack was discovered along a section of the East African Rift (EAR) in Afar, Ethiopia, in 2005 ... Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley." Professor ...

This opening, a rift that runs through Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania ... the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will inundate the growing valley, forming a body of water that will separate Eastern Africa ...

Chinese rail contractors are consolidating their foothold in East Africa as part of a twin effort to improve the region's connectivity and tap into its abundant reserves of strategic minerals. Last ...