The continent’s landscape is evolving as large tectonic plates shift. Eventually, the Eastern countries will separate from ...

Was Africa splitting apart? What would that mean for ... At some point, oceanic waters will flood in and create a new sea, ...

Similar tectonic activities are responsible for the formation of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, which separate East Africa from Western Asia. The process of Africa splitting into two continents ...

Africa is splitting into two continents ... The rising pressure of magma causes the crust to crack over time, and as the cracks continue to grow, the Red Sea will start to flood the crack and then a ...

A dramatic transformation is unfolding in Africa as tectonic forces split the continent. The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, sets the stage for a new ocean.

Though each crisis is driven by different, home-grown causes, “the question of who controls the Red Sea and who will ...

Scientists have known for the past two decades that Africa has been splitting. In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called ...

But every now and again something dramatic happens and leads to renewed questions about the African continent splitting in two. The Earth’s lithosphere (formed by the crust and the upper part of ...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that his government would not seek conflict with longtime foe Eritrea over access to the Red Sea, after regional officials and experts warned of a ...