A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

The African continent will one day break in two, with a new ocean filling the void between the separation, scientists say. Researchers have determined that Eastern Africa will likely split from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An overhead view of the East African Rift, with a river in a cultivated valley flanked by steep cliffs An overhead view of the ...

For several years, social media pages and accounts have claimed that a new ocean is forming in Africa. The claim has been spread by YouTube (archived) videos (archived) with views in the millions, ...

The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately 6,000 kilometres in length that runs from ...

What could possibly be powerful enough to split an entire continent in two? Scientists may now have their most convincing answer yet. New research suggests that the East African Rift could be driven ...