And millions of years in the future, there may be a new continent — because Africa is splitting. Indeed, scientists have known for the past two decades that Africa is gradually splitting apart.

Africa will divide in two, creating a new ocean in real time. Scientists say a sixth ocean is forming as East Africa splits ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean ... were once a giant landmass known as Pangea, which then split off into the continents we know today. Only recently, scientists mapped ...

But every now and again something dramatic happens and leads to renewed questions about the African continent splitting in two. The Earth’s lithosphere (formed by the crust and the upper part of ...

Africa is slowly tearing itself in two. Scientists predict that this seismic split, currently in its infancy, will one day divide the continent into two separate landmasses. While this ...