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The separation stems from the East African Rift System, which is a 2,000 mile rift that formed at least 22 million years ago where the continent's Great Lakes reside. A chasm appeared in Kenya in 2018 as well.

Scientists warn one of the world’s continents is breaking apart at double speed

‘In the human life scale, you won’t be seeing many changes. You’ll…
Africa is around 30,365,000 sq km, making it three times bigger than Europe (10,180,000 sq km)

Fascinating size-comparison maps reveal how big countries and continents REALLY are, with the UK smaller than California… and Africa swamping Australia

Brits may feel that getting from one end of their country to…