Africa Predicted to Split into Two Continents

Scientists have discovered that Africa is slowly splitting into two parts.

This is happening because of big pieces of the Earth's crust, called tectonic plates, moving apart.

The split is starting in a place called the East African Rift, which is a long crack in the ground.

Over the next 5 to 10 million years, this crack will get bigger and bigger until Africa is divided into two separate landmasses.

The western part will include countries like Egypt and Nigeria, while the eastern part will include countries like Kenya and Tanzania.

The scientists used old magnetic data to study this and found that the ground is moving very slowly, about the speed your fingernails grow.

This means that one day, there might be a new ocean where the crack is now.