The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

Since 1925 there have been numerous finds of Australopithecus fossils in East and Southern Africa, mainly based around the Great Rift Valley - a fracture in the earth's surfaces that runs 3,500 ...

A journey of 38,000-kilometers begins with a single step. 12 years ago this month, journalist Paul Salopek set off on a journey that follows the first human migration out of Africa, starting in the ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

Series investigating the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift Valley and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes ...

Located 90 kilometers southwest of Kenya's capital Nairobi is the Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site, the world's renowned ...

Road accidents are common in Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation, where roads are often poorly maintained.

Earthquakes are common in Ethiopia due to its location along the Great Rift Valley, one of the world’s most seismically active areas. Experts have said the tremors and eruptions are being caused ...