The formation of a new ocean will redraw Africa’s map, reshaping not only the land but also its economies, ecosystems, and infrastructure. ・New coastlines: Landlocked countries like Zambia and ...

Millions of years from now, northern Africa could be home to a new ocean, as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, according to scientists. Experts have long known that ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long ... Ethiopia will form a new continent, separated from the rest of Africa by a new ocean.

Scientists have known for the past two decades that Africa has been splitting. In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in th ...

Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the east, the South Atlantic Ocean in the south-west and the North Atlantic Ocean in the north-west.