Known as the East African Rift system, the crack extends over 3,500 kilometres (2,174 miles) from the Red Sea north to Mozambique in the southeast. It is a complex system of rifts, faults ...

The East African Rift System, a significant fault line, is causing this division into the Nubian and Somalian plates. This geological evolution mirrors Earth's ancient transformations and will ...

Series investigating the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift Valley and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes ...

"The western branch of the East African Rift System contains vast, untapped natural resources." Rwanda's geothermal resources are different from Kenya's. This means that the temperature of the hot ...

The DRC joined the East African Community in 2022 to boost its trade, social cohesion and security. But the country’s absence at the ongoing East African Legislative Assembly in Kampala – over money – ...

Solving issues to achieve optimum development of the Great Rift Valley’s unique geothermal systems Kenya is in the process of switching its main source of power from hydropower, which is unstable due ...

Africa is slowly tearing itself in two. Scientists predict that this seismic split, currently in its infancy, will one day divide the continent into two separate landmasses. While this ...