Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ecosystem of the region, as well as the way humans live. In the ...

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 ...

Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. See the rise and fall of ...