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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Rift forming beneath Zambia could tear Africa apart

A new rift forming beneath Zambia could eventually split the African continent apart, a new analysis of geothermal springs indicates.

The Kafue Rift is part of a 2,500km-long zone running from Tanzania in the east to Namibia in the west and likely as far as the mid-Atlantic ridge.

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