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

But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

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

Africa is undergoing a gradual geological transformation, with tectonic forces slowly pulling the continent apart. This ...

The tectonic clash is causing a rift which is reshaping the African continent The Afar Triangle, a geological depression where three tectonic plates, Nubian, Somali, and Arabian meet, lies at the ...

“The East African Rift system, marked by the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates, is the epicenter of this shift. A 35-mile rift in Ethiopia, formed in 2005, exemplifies this ongoing geological ...

The Arabian plate is moving away from Africa at a rate of about 1 inch per year, while the Nubian and Somali plates are separating more slowly, at half an inch to 0.2 inches annually. These ...

Ethiopia is grappling with an escalating seismic crisis as a series of earthquakes linked to the East African Rift raises ...