Lake Natron sits along the East African Rift System, a divergent tectonic plate boundary that is tearing apart the African Plate. This geology means that Lake Natron is shaped by volcanic ...

A new study has revealed that the East African Rift System (EARS), the 2,000-mile-long tear that runs from Ethiopia to Malawi, is ripping apart the continent at nearly double the previously ...

How Will Africa Splitting Apart Affect The Continent? When Africa splits in half due to the East African Rift System, it will be the dawn of a whole new world. Due to the fracture, water will pour ...

Geologists have long known that Africa is slowly breaking apart in a region called the East African Rift System (EARS), but the driving force behind this massive geological process was up for ...

The implementation of the 1,443km East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has reached 60% completion. The 1,443-kilometre crude oil export pipeline will transport Uganda's crude oil from Kabaale ...

East African Cables has suffered a setback after the Court of Appeal declined to grant orders stopping Equity Bank from selling its four properties over a loan of Sh2.2 billion. A three-judge ...

What does the heated atmosphere mean for the East African Community, founded in 2000 by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania? Citizens have been allowed to travel freely between the member states since the ...

An East African crowned crane that escaped from a Washington state zoo was found days after being on the lam, strolling on the town streets, and hanging with a group of "blue herons," officials said.

An endangered East African crowned crane has escaped from Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, Washington, prompting an urgent bird hunt by zoo staff. The juvenile female bird was last seen around 10: ...

THE African rift system is usually considered to be a continental extension of the mid-oceanic ridge–rift system, a connexion being made through the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Tajura.

That number has risen considerably this year due to the conflict in Sudan. In the seven-member East African Community (EAC), migration (particularly forced displacement due to violent conflict and ...

A quick scan of global politics will affirm that this is not a uniquely East African problem. The same crisis is taking shape in the United States, particularly after the evisceration of the ...