The process of Africa splitting into two continents is due to the geological phenomenon known as continental rifting. This process is occurring along the East African Rift System (EARS), a ...

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 ...