4-2-18

A HUGE crack in Kenya has sparked fears Africa could be splitting in two.

The growing tear in the continent has caused part of the Nairobi-Narok highway to collapse. A crack in Kenya has sparked fears Africa could be splitting in two Now tectonic boffins are claiming Africa could split in several million years. Dr Lucia Perez Diaz, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Fault Dynamics Research Group, London’s Royal Holloway, explained how this continental rupture could occur. Writing for The Conversation she said: “The East African Rift Valley stretches over 3,000km from the Gulf of Aden in the north towards Zimbabwe in the south, splitting the African plate into two unequal parts: the Somali and Nubian plates. “Activity along the eastern branch of the rift valley, running along Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, became evident when the large crack suddenly appeared in south-western Kenya.

Africa could be splitting in two:Huge crack in Kenya has sparked fears

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Africa is Splitting in Two at The Rift Valley to Form a New Continent

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Africa slowly splitting at the Rift Valley, geologists have said after massive Earth movements recently left deep fissures in Narok , Kenya. Four countries in the Horn of Africa — Somalia and half of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania — are expected to split from Africa to form a new continent — referred to as the Somali Plate.

Kenyan is splitting into two, and it happening very fast from Suswa

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Suswa, located between Narok and Nairobi counties, is a shield volcano that lies on the Great Rift Valley which has a history of tectonic and volcanic activity. Geologists have raised alarm over the possibility of countries which the Great Rift Valley cuts through splitting following tectonic plate movements that have left fissures in Suswa on the valley. These experts in the structure of the Earth say that despite the Rift Valley remaining tectonically inactive in the recent past, there could be movements deep within the Earth’s crust that have resulted in zones of weakness extending all the way to the surface and that the rains have only aggravated the situation by washing away the soil filling up the cracks.

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Israel reaches landmark deal with UN to resettle almost half of African migrants

Forced deportations to Africa nixed; around 16,000 refugees to be resettled in Western countries, with the remaining 18,000 to remain in the Jewish state

Israel will cancel plans to expel asylum seekers to third-party countries in Africa after reaching an “unprecedented” deal with the United Nations, the Prime Minister’s Office announced Monday.

According to the agreement, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees  will work to find homes in Western countries for at least 16,250 of the asylum seekers in Israel, while Israel will agree to give temporary status to the remainder — estimated at around 18,000.

The PMO said most of those who will stay would have remained in Israel in any event.

The new deal is to be phased in over the next five years in three stages, though the PMO did not specify the details.

The new plan, under the auspices of the United Nations, will replace the previous plan, which had been due to go into effect Sunday, which was to expel the migrants to unnamed third-party countries, believed to be Rwanda and Uganda — although both have denied involvement in the plan.

The earlier deportation policy, which offered each migrant $3,500 and a plane ticket, had been condemned by Israeli activists and the United Nations as chaotic, poorly executed, and unsafe. Asylum seekers previously deported to Uganda and Rwanda have told the Times of Israel they faced serious danger and even imprisonment after arriving in Africa without proper documents.

The Supreme Court froze the deportations in mid-March in response to a petition.

The PMO said that the new plan had been approved by the attorney general and was in keeping with international law and practice.

At the same time the PMO announced a special committee, headed by former Kadima MK Avigdor Yitzhaki, to improve the quality of life in south Tel Aviv, where many of the asylum seekers live.

In addition, as part of the deal, the government will focus on providing occupational guidance, vocational training and other assistance to the migrants to help them integrate into Israel. It will also work to disperse them around the country, so that they will not be concentrated in a single area.

Human rights activists in Israel and major US Jewish organizations had long urged the Israeli government not to go ahead with its plan to force the migrants to choose between jail and deportation.

The Times of Israel

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