The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley, giving rise to a new ...

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually ...

From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ... of what counts as a continent might need a rewrite. The map of Earth, long thought settled ...