The East African Rift System bisects the horn of Africa—the Nubian plate to the west moving away from the Somalian plate to the east—before forking down either side of Uganda. The western rift ...

It’s called the East African Rift – a slowly-expanding plate boundary that, in the far-off future, will eventually separate Africa from its Horn. In 2009, its movement generated a series of moderate ...

Solving issues to achieve optimum development of the Great Rift Valley’s unique geothermal systems Kenya is in the process of switching its main source of power from hydropower, which is unstable due ...

The East African rift features some of Africa’s most iconic landmarks including Mount Kilimanjaro and the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania. At around 6,400 km (4000 mi) long, the East ...

Where continents rift apart, new crust is formed from upwelling ... Case studies include both rifting on land, in east Africa and Iceland, and at the mid-ocean ridges that divide the oceanic ...

It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia, pearl divers in the Gulf, soldiers in the Omani army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia ...

Challenging the East African Community Formed two decades ago, the six-member East African Community has a long agenda for cooperation in the years ahead, but policymakers are not yet looking at the ...

More information: John Rowan et al, Long-term biotic homogenization in the East African Rift System over the last 6 million ...

Researchers are yet to confirm a genetic or physiological advantage in being a middle or long distance runner of East African origin, and it is most likely that the reasons for their success are many.

Canadian renewables company East African Power (EAP) has acquired an 85% stake in two solar projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The two solar projects, with an installed capacity of ...