Scientists say Africa is slowly splitting in two due to molten rock pulses beneath Ethiopia, potentially forming a new ocean ...

Geologists have long suspected a mantle plume beneath the area, but little was known about its structure or behaviour.

A giant rift is slowly tearing Africa, the second-largest continent, apart. This depression — known as the East African Rift — is a network of valleys that stretches about 2,175 miles (3,500 ...

Africa's Great Rift is one of the few places on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity, with the Somali and Nubian plates moving apart. This process is how the Atlantic Ocean ...

The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

We won't see Africa split in two in our lifetimes. The Rift is currently widening at a rate of around 6.35mm (1/4 inch) ... To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map.

The split will change the world's continental makeup. "Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and some parts of Ethiopia would form a new continent separated by the world's sixth ocean," said Metro .

Africa is being split apart by intense ‘superplume’ of hot rock 1,800 miles below Earth’s surface, experts warn. ... To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map.

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...