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 ...

By Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, PhD  Introduction Geothermal energy is an abundant yet underutilized resource in Africa, ...

The East African Rift, which appeared as a 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia's deserts in 2005, is the first indication of this process. Seismic data published in Geophysical Research Letterssuggests ...

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 East African Rift is silently tearing the continent apart, paving the way for a new ocean and reshaping Earth's geography in real-time. A study by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology reveals ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia, pearl ...