The East African Rift is splitting the continent, forming a new ocean and reshaping Earth’s geography, ecosystems, and ...

The Homa Peninsula, in Kenya, is part of the East African Rift Valley, a part of the world often called "the cradle of ...

The African, Arabian, and Somali plates are drifting apart, creating the East African Rift—a massive fault line expanding over millions of years. For 30 million years, the Arabian Plate has been ...

The extensive rift extends through a minimum of ten countries. Researchers suggest that Africa's eastern and western fissures indicate potential openings in various directions.

Ethiopia was rocked by a record 10 earthquakes in just 24 hours this week, raising fears of recurring tremors in recent weeks ...

Professor Atalay Ayele is the Director of the Institute of Geophysics, Space Science and Astronomy at Addis Ababa University.

and towering peaks that characterize the Great Rift Valley are every bit as inspiring as their inhabitants. Here are some of my favorite vantage points. Here, four East African adventures that ...

Signs of this dramatic shift lie in the East African Rift System (EARS), one ... the vast timescales of geological change. Kenya’s Rift Valley Crack (2018) A massive crack, 50 feet deep ...

Ethiopia lies along the Great Rift Valley– a part of the East African Rift System. This system is one of the most extensive rifts on Earth’s surface, and extends from Jordan in southwestern Asia ...