The split in Ethiopia, known as the East African Rift Valley, occurred in 2005, but the full development into a new ocean may not be complete for another 5 to 10 million years.

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; ...

Rift Valley formed a formidable cast from top secondary school stars at the regional games staged in Eldoret earlier in March.

Diamonds present at the birth of the Okavango Delta have a lasting connection to this landscape and are playing a unique role ...

Last May, a US magazine reported on a geological change taking place in Africa that could be very slowly splitting the ...

'The lakes formed because Eastern Africa is separating from the rest of the continent. That Somali plate is continuing to move even further east, creating a giant rift valley right here. It keeps ...