With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated.

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 the ...

Competition for influence on the African continent is an undeniable geopolitical reality. The Donald Trump administration’s emphasis on countering China and Russia on the continent raised concerns ...