The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching ... The formation of a new ocean will redraw Africa’s map, reshaping not only the land but also its economies, ecosystems ...

It’s called the East African Rift – a slowly-expanding plate boundary that ... like detailed seismic hazard maps and building vulnerability models. From these, governments and local agencies can focus ...

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 ...

Using state-of-the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped east Africa's Great Rift and which make it one of the world's most wildlife ...

The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, sets the stage for a new ocean. The African and Somali plates diverge at 0.8 cm annually, forming a 60-km-long rift in Ethiopia ...