In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

By Gift Briton Global efforts for a Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine accelerate as South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics begins local development of mRNA vaccine.With no vaccine approved for human use yet, ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, March 31, 1978, the ...

Beneath the surface of the Earth lie several tectonic plates - large slabs of rock that move slowly over time - at a rate similar to the growth of fingernails. Some of these plates move towards ...

After brokering agreements between Ethiopia and Somalia and facilitating the Russia-Ukraine grain deal, Turkey is stepping into the Sudan conflict as a mediator. Ankara wants to mediate between the ...

We are dealing with a tiny volcano, made mostly of very old lavas. It forms a series of rugged hills rising a measly 400 meters above the rift valley. Very unimpressive compared to most of the other ...

Lucy Chemutai from Rift Valley has captured hearts by gifting her mother a mansion as a birthday present After moving to Australia in 2023, Chemutai’s resilience and hard work turned her dreams into ...

Big tests for new governments Amid an uncertain outlook, new leaders will be at the helm. Major African elections in 2024 saw incumbents defeated in Senegal, Ghana and Botswana. Voters ousted the ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Ivory Coast has ...

which forms the western branch of the East African Rift. Credit: Christoph Hormann / CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers have discovered a major shift happening in Africa. Forces deep inside the Earth make ...