Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already forming a sixth ocean in East Africa.

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 ...

A new study has provided a major update on why Africa is being split into two. The rift has been happening gradually for around two decades when a 35-mile-long fissure was spotted in Ethiopia's desert ...

Community members held meetings across the metro in response to a wave of violence that has left the Somali community shaken and ready for solutions.

But the Somali plate in eastern Africa is also stretching away from the Nubian plate, peeling apart along the East African Rift Valley, which extends through Ethiopia and Kenya.

Somali national forces in the area where a UN helicopter was captured by al-Shabaab fighters are continuing to search for passengers, Daud Aweis, Somalia’s Minister of Information, Culture, and ...

The crack appeared along the 3,700 mile-long East African Rift, where the Somali tectonic plate in the east and the Nubian plate in the west move away from each other, adds National Geographic.

While on assignment in Minneapolis last month, I stopped by Maashaa’allah Restaurant in Cedar-Riverside for my first-ever traditional Somali meal: an enormous $14 rice and lamb plate.

The staff at the Midwest Fetal Care Center launched a study to build trust with the Somali community and encourage more prenatal care.

A Somali relative of Indian samosas, these fried treats filled with spiced ground beef can be served with fiery basbaas or wrapped in malawax, cardamom crepes, for a sweet and savory experience.

Somali Week kicked off with a soccer game Monday in St. Paul and continues with the Somali Independence Day Festival Saturday on Lake Street in Minneapolis.