A massive rift is splitting Africa apart forming Earth's sixth ocean

The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and down the East African Rift ...
Smithsonian Magazine

East Africa Might Break Off From the Continent Sooner Than Scientists Thought—and a New Ocean May Fill the Gap

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water may flood it in a few million years ...
IBTimes UK

Africa Is Splitting in Two, Scientists Say a New Ocean Is Forming

Scientists are observing one of Earth's most dramatic long-term geological processes unfolding beneath eastern Africa, where the continent is gradually splitting apart along an active tectonic ...
Africanews on MSN

Dangote-backed mega refinery sparks East African competition Business Africa

Afolake Oyinloye, producer of Business Africa and Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group © ...
CNN

Scientists find clues that a new tectonic plate boundary is forming

Sub-Saharan Africa could split up in a few million years, and scientists believe they might be witnessing the early stages of this geological process. The split would occur along the Kafue Rift, which ...
The Weather Network

Africa is splitting apart faster than previously thought, forming a new ocean

While a complete breakup will take millions of years, scientists say some early stages are visible today. Eastern Africa is breaking up faster than previously thought, according to new research ...

The first signs of human cremation may date back 100,000 years

The latest discoveries by an international research team, which includes Academy Research Fellow Ferhat Kaya from the ...
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A 4,000-mile crack is tearing through Africa - then scientists saw what was rising below

The Great Rift Valley stretches roughly 4,000 miles across Africa, where deep tectonic forces are slowly pulling the ...