Scientists' analysis of volcanic gases from Kenya have provided possible evidence of worrying activity beneath East Africa ...

The scientists warn that this ongoing tectonic activity could eventually cause the Somali plate and parts of East Africa, including parts of Kenya, to split from the rest of continent, raising the ...

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 ...

Townes Van Zandt discovered this after overdosing on model airplane glue. He was declared DOA at the hospital where, to hear ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that East Africa is splitting faster than previously believed due to a fiery upwelling of ...

A massive crack is forming beneath one of the world's continents, and scientists believe it could one day split the continent ...

A 35-mile-long fissure is cutting through Ethiopia’s crust. Known as the East African Rift, it keeps spreading wider.

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A ...

The volcanic activity and tectonic splitting of the East African Rift Valley is probably driven by activity deep within the Earth, a new study reveals, starting where the core meets the mantle.

The Virunga chain is part of the East African Rift Valley system, which marks the boundary between two plates: the Nubian plate to the west and the Somalian plate to the east. The rift valley is a ...