Africa Is Drying Up, and It’s Tearing the Continent in Two—Literally

With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.
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Drying climate supercharges the breakup of East Africa’s slowly splitting land

The land in East Africa is slowly tearing itself apart, a continental fracture that will eventually open a new ocean basin.
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Scientists and data explain why Kenya's lakes are rising as thousands face an uncertain future

NAIVASHA, Kenya(AP) — When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares ...
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‘The water came from nowhere’: Settlements, hotels and farms flooded in Kenya’s Rift Valley

NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 ...
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Scientists and data explain why Kenya’s lakes are rising as thousands face an uncertain future

NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 ...