Scientists say they have evidence of a new continental rift forming in southern Africa that could eventually develop into a ...

A new study of hot springs in Zambia’s Kafue Rift has found helium and carbon isotope signatures in the region. These ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

Mantle helium detected: Gas analysis from Kafue Rift hot springs shows isotope ratios matching mantle sources, indicating deep fluid pathways through the Earth's crust. Potential continental split: ...

A long, low basin in eastern Africa has spent millions of years collecting some of the most important clues to human origins. Now it is offering another kind of evidence, this time from far below the ...