An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

“The African continent is undergoing a slow, monumental split due to tectonic plate movements in the Afar Triangle. A new ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over ...

Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already forming a sixth ocean in East Africa.

Their research has revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth's surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate—the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents—is ...

Ethiopia is grappling with an escalating seismic crisis as a series of earthquakes linked to the East African Rift raises ...

Erta Ale—"smoking mountain" in the Afar language—erupted. What set off these startling events? Miles below the surface a mammoth burp of magma had welled up between two tectonic plates ...

Their research revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth’s surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate – the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents ...