What might happen is that the waters of the Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley,' Macdonald ... ago where the continent's Great Lakes reside.

The Great Lakes Region of Africa The Great Lakes Region of Africa, located in East and Central Africa, is a series of lakes in and around the East African Rift Valley. This vast network of large ...

"The lakes formed because Eastern Africa is separating from the rest of the continent. That Somali plate is continuing to move even further east, creating a giant rift valley right here.

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

In the heart of the Great Rift Valley, artisans are blending tradition with entrepreneurship, turning age-old crafts into sustainable businesses. These creators are not just preserving their ...

The result is a rift valley formed of depressions (or grabens) and local highs (or horst), delimited between fractures or faults. Scientists have connected the process to a gigantic plume of ...

Nestled in western Kenya's highlands, 2,200 meters above sea level, Eldoret — a six-hour drive from Nairobi that crosses both the equator and the East African Rift Valley — wears its moniker ...

For decades, geologists have been closely monitoring developments in the East African Rift (EAR) system - a fissure, which stretches 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide along the deserts of ...

The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have agreed to sit down on the table to discuss the way forward on the DR Congo conflict. The two blocs have ...