Africa is splitting apart at surprising speed and could create new ocean as deep as the Atlantic, experts warn AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia's desert, first discovered in 2005, has been widening by half an inch per year. T ... the-sun.com the-sun.com / feeds the-sun-com .. the-sun-com-lifestyle-tech / / #news / / 29 days 29d Share