The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, is at the heart ... Creation of new coastlines and the splitting of the African continent.

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 ...

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.

But money to move and rebuild on the mainland could help him keep his head above water, even as the island is swallowed by the sea. Sign up to the Analysing Africa, a weekly newsletter that ...

The companies that operate large container ships say they plan to keep going around Africa as violence flares in the region.

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 ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry.

Although access to the Red Sea was an existential matter for landlocked Ethiopia, his government wanted to address it peacefully via dialogue, Abiy added. Renewed clashes between two of Africa's ...

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 ...