The Atlantic Ocean may begin to shrink ... "The solution is that another ocean has to open, and that may well be the Indian, or even an ocean that may split Africa and Eurasia." ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

The world's oceans have been traditionally split into four areas: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans. In recent times though, the Southern or Antarctic Ocean has been recognised as a ...

In the 17th century, the Indian ocean slave trade was arguably on a bigger scale than the Atlantic slave trade. The hub of this vile industry was in modern-day Tanzania, an area that specialized ...