A giant crack in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005, the Great Rift Valley region, at the junction of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation. A fissure ...

To me, the sweeping savannas, striking volcanic landforms, and towering peaks that characterize the Great Rift Valley are every bit as inspiring as their inhabitants. Here are some of my favorite ...

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 Tertiary to Recent volcanic rocks associated with the Gregory Rift Valley cover large areas in Kenya and northern Tanzania, and the Miocene volcanic and intrusive centres of eastern Uganda ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for ...

In East Africa, geothermal energy is big business, and that’s all thanks to the East African Rift System (EARS). One of the largest rift systems on Earth—stretching 4,000 miles from Ethiopia ...

During an expedition to British East Africa in 1892–93 Prof. Gregory confirmed Suess's conclusions, with some modifications as to the age and origin of the Great Rift Valley, ...

The East African rift has two branches, the Western Rift Valley and the Eastern Rift Valley. The Western Rift, also called the Albertine Rift, is edged by some of the highest mountains in Africa ...

East Africa bloc, FAO warn of Rift Valley Fever outbreak in eastern Africa 0 Comment(s) Print E-mail Xinhua, June 23, 2023 Adjust font size: ...

NAIROBI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional economic community in East ...