Kenya and Tanzania, the East African countries most often chosen for safari, are justifiably famous for their wildlife. For ...

Ethiopia was rocked by a record 10 earthquakes in just 24 hours this week, raising fears of recurring tremors in recent weeks ...

and towering peaks that characterize the Great Rift Valley are every bit as inspiring as their inhabitants. Here are some of my favorite vantage points. Here, four East African adventures that ...

Ethiopia lies along the Great Rift Valley– a part of the East African Rift System. This system is one of the most extensive rifts on Earth’s surface, and extends from Jordan in southwestern Asia ...

Researchers have discovered a major shift happening in Africa. Forces deep inside the Earth make Africa split apart and create a pathway for a new ocean to form. The East African Rift, a huge crack in ...

Studies of seismicity, age of faulting, age of volcanoes and short and long wavelength gravity anomalies all indicate that the evolution of the East African rift system is related to attenuation ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Ethiopia, the U.S. Geological Survey and the German Research Centre for Geosciences said on Saturday. The quake's epicenter was located 88 miles (142 km) east of ...

The volcanoes sit on top of a system of fissures in an area alongside the Central ... block was subjected to repeated erosion episodes; however, because of its proximity to the East African Rift ...

A fascinating geological phenomenon is emerging in the heart of Africa:⁣ a gigantic ‍rift is forming ⁢and ... that the fracture of the African plate is due to a combination of factors ...