Lake Turkana in Kenya, known as the cradle of humanity, has shrunk in recent millennia – and the loss of water has led to ...

At least 21 people have died and 30 others are missing after a landslide in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, where heavy rains have battered the area for days during the country’s ongoing short ...

More than 40 people are now known to have died after multiple landslides struck Kenya and Uganda's mountainous border region ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

Parts of Nakuru County are at risk of collapses and sinkholes as the Great Rift Valley’s tectonic plates are shifting at an average rate of six to seven millimetres each year. The tectonic movement, ...

What next for Tanzania as violence follows the election of its first woman president? Is the Rift Valley region prone to landslides? And who was Egypt’s boy king, Tutankhamun?

On 13 December 2024, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1060/documents/ and ...

Feature on AfricaQuest, an Internet class accompanying a real-life bike trip through the Great Rift Valley in October-November 1998. Illustrations (color, map).

UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, in collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya and the Kenya Wildlife Service, officially held the first inception meeting on the project titled ...