Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted ...

The report stated that the Arabian plate has been slowly shifting away from the African continent for the past 30 million years with the Somali plate showing similar tectonic behavior.

Shifting tectonic plates underlie the system, including the Somali Plate to the East, the large African (or Nubian) Plate, and the Arabian Plate to the Northeast. Caught in the middle of these massive ...

If the African continent does rupture, "the rift in Ethiopia and Kenya may split to create a Somali plate in the next 1 million to 5 million years," Ebinger said. RELATED MYSTERIES ...

The African Plate is splitting into two independent tectonic plates - the Nubian and Somali - as a result of a tremendous rising of hot, partially molten rock known as the African Superplume.

Over plates of bur and cups of hot tea, Somali families from around the Seattle area met up at NewHolly Gathering Hall last Friday to celebrate the launch of the new books.

National Geographic writes, “Eventually, the Somali plate may completely separate from the Nubian plate and form a separate land mass comparable to Madagascar or New Zealand.

Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, DR Congo, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique will be affected by the split between the Nubian and Somali plates. The plates are diverging by 7 mm every year.

Simultaneously, the Somali plate is pulling away from the African plate, creating a rift through the East African Rift Valley. As a result, a water body will emerge between these landmasses.

The East African Rift is a result of two tectonic plates - the Somali plate in the east and Nubian plate in the west. These two tectonic plates have been drifting apart, causing the fissure to deepen.