Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

For decades, geologists have been closely monitoring developments in the East African Rift (EAR) system - a fissure, which stretches 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide along the deserts of ...

The 16-nation bloc, which includes DRC, resolved to meet with its East African counterpart — the East Africa Community — about the matter. Elias Magosi, executive secretary of the 16-nation ...

Heads of state of eight-member East African Community regional block on Wednesday called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, they said in a statement. They also called ...

This rare, monumental event is a direct consequence of the movements of tectonic plates, which continue to separate, pulling East Africa away from the rest of the continent. The tectonic clash is ...

NAIROBI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The regional blocs of southern and eastern Africa will hold a joint summit in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Feb 7-8 to discuss the conflict in eastern ...

Rwanda has welcomed the joint East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit slated for Saturday, stressing that the intervention is "long overdue." ...

In 2005, a gigantic 35-mile-long crack opened like a gash in the Ethiopian desert. Thus began the East African Rift, a geological process in which the continent is slowly being torn in two. This ...

Southern and East African Leaders to Hold Joint Summit on Congo Conflict NAIROBI (Reuters) - The regional blocs of southern and eastern Africa will hold a joint summit in Tanzania's commercial ...

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Indian Oil Corp (IOC) (IOC.NS), opens new tab, the country's top refiner, has bought 7 million barrels of spot Middle Eastern and African crude oil via ...