This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ongoing insurgency in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by M23 rebels threatens to ignite renewed conflict in the ...

For decades, geologists have been closely monitoring developments in the East African Rift (EAR) system - a fissure, which stretches 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide along the deserts of ...

Scientists are predicting that Earth's eighth continent could develop a lot sooner than initially thought. We'll be long dead ...