Scientists say Africa is peeling apart into two parts that will eventually lead to the formation of a new ocean. While the process will take millions of years to complete, this will split present-day Somalia and parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania from the rest of the continent, as per reports.
Africa is breaking up or “rifting” into two parts and a new ocean is being born, scientists have said.
As per a research published in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters, two major sections of the continent are peeling apart.