while there is still time!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4512244.stm
MarkB
The East African Rift is part of a triple-junction between three rifts (you can see the other two “arms” as the red sea and the gulf of aden) and has been spreading apart for quite some time now. Old news.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/East_Africa.html