The East African Rift is a network of valleys that stretches from the Red Sea to Mozambique. (Image credit: LuCaAr via Getty Images)A giant rift is slowly tearing Africa, the second-largest continent, apart. (The Somalian plate is also known as the Somali plate, and the Nubian plate is also sometimes called the African plate.) A map showing tectonic plate boundaries (gray) as well as the East African Rift zone (dotted lines). The eastern branch of the East African Rift is a failed rift, according to the Geological Society of London.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 17, 2023 09:11 UTC