Lake Natron in Tanzania is extremely toxic with high alkalinity, turning animals into stone-like statues. Despite this, the ...

While absolute dates of eruptions are generally not known, it’s possible to use different techniques to figure out the relative order of events, including the superposition of lava flows, the ...

A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.

Sep. 30, 2024 — The Hunga Tonga underwater volcano was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, and now, two years later, new research has revealed its main ... Extinct Volcanoes a ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Indonesia has 127 active volcanoes. Only the U.S. (168) and Russia (144) have more. Essential packing list: We landed ...

While some volcanoes in India remain active, others have become dormant or extinct over millions of years. This article provides a detailed overview of India's volcanoes, their types, and their ...

Recent research led by Cornell University has revealed that significant magma bodies exist beneath active and dormant volcanoes within the Cascade Range. These findings challenge previous ...

About an hour away in the district of Umgungundlovu, which the think tank says has the highest number of HIV cases in South Africa, HIV counselors gathered in a small office discussing how best to ...

UMZIMKHULU, South Africa (AP) — At a rural village in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, unemployed 19-year-old Nozuko Majola is trying to figure out if she has enough money for the one ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders on Saturday elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union.

Central African Republic was one of the first places the mercenaries became active. Amid years of conflict between government forces and predominantly Muslim rebels, citizens and officials ...

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