Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the hidden force tearing it apart.

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 African continent is undergoing a dramatic transformation as tectonic forces carve a path toward the formation of a new ocean. The East African Rift System, a vast network of faults stretching ...

In East Africa, geothermal energy is big business, and that’s all thanks to the East African Rift System (EARS). One of the largest rift systems on Earth—stretching 4,000 miles from Ethiopia ...

The East African Rift System stretches from the Red Sea to Mocambique. It is marked by the African Great Lakes and is currently the largest rift of the world.

Africa Oil signed an agreement to acquire Turkana, which holds rights for Block 10BB, a highly prospective oil exploration block in northwestern Kenya.

As a postdoctoral researcher, Stamps began observing the East African Rift System's unusual, rift-parallel deformation using data from GPS stations that measured signals from more than 30 ...

The East African Rift System (EARS) is a 4,000-mile-long continent rift that stretches from Jordan in southwestern Asia into east Africa around Mozambique.

An area of East Africa could be separated from the continent sooner than previously thought, with a 35-mile crack along the East African rift in Afar currently under watch.

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of ...

An area of East Africa could be separated from the continent sooner than previously thought, with a 35-mile crack along the East African rift in Afar currently under watch.