Scientists warn that a crack in Africa could create giant mountains in the future that could surpass the Himalayas.

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 ...

It'll take tens of millions of years, but Africa may eventually split into two parts. While geologists have known about this possibility for a while, it became news recently when a large crack, ...

African rift tectonics and sedimentation : an introduction / H.G. Reading -- Geomorphology of the African Rift System / A.T. Grove -- Geophysical controls on sedimentation within the African rift ...

The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately 6,000 kilometres in length that runs from ...

The Zambezi is Africa’s fourth-longest river, running about 2,574 kilometres. It passes through six countries before reaching the Indian Ocean. The river is well known for Victoria Falls, one of the ...

Geologists have warned over the dangers the fault lines in the Rift Valley pose to infrastructure following the formation of sinkholes and the sinking of buildings in recent years within Nakuru. In a ...