Gezahegn Yirgu

analysis By Gezahegn Yirgu More than 100 young volcanoes - that have had activity within about 10,000 years - dot the landscape of the East African Rift - an area that runs for more than 3000 kilometres from Djibouti and Eritrea, down through Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. This is the place where the African continent is slowly breaking apart at a speed slower than the rate at which human fingernails grow.

More than 100 young volcanoes—that have had activity within about 10,000 years – dot the landscape of the East African Rift – an area that runs for more than 3000 kilometres from Djibouti and Eritrea, down through Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. This is the place where the African continent is slowly breaking apart at a speed slower than the rate at which human fingernails grow.