Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the rest of the continent sooner than previously ...

By Gift Briton Global efforts for a Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine accelerate as South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics begins local development of mRNA vaccine.With no vaccine approved for human use yet, ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

The railway concessionaire’s contract, which was to run for 25 years, was terminated in 2017 for failure to meet operating targets including payment of concession fees.

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

In the geologic history of Earth, shifting plate tectonics are commonplace, and Africa's impending rift is but another chapter in that story. The Earth's continents are far from constant.

A report by African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref) says HIV prevalence stands at 7.4 per cent up from 6.7 per cent recorded in 2003. Rift Valley Province has the highest new infection rates.

In the heart of the Great Rift Valley, artisans are blending tradition with entrepreneurship, turning age-old crafts into sustainable businesses.