Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

With the formation of this ocean, Africa's map will be redrawn, and its ecosystem will undergo demographic changes.

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia's desert, first discovered in 2005, has been widening by half an inch per year.

However, rifting is a very slow process that, most of the time, goes about splitting Africa without anybody even noticing.

This was when South Sudan, following a vote where 99% chose to secede, became the world's newest nation, effectively splitting what was once Africa's largest country. The majority of Sudan's ...