The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley, giving rise to a new ...

A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually pulling the African continent apart, potentially creating a new ocean.

A groundbreaking study reveals that East Africa is splitting faster than previously believed due to a fiery upwelling of molten rock from Earth’s mantle. The East African Rift could soon birth a new ...

The largest city in the east of the Democratic ... to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of events in Goma ...