Scientists have discovered the formation of a new ocean as Africa begins to break apart.
Researchers have discovered that the two parts of the earth, which make up the world's second largest and second most populous continent, are beginning to separate, making way for a whole new ocean to pass through the rift.
Countries like Zambia and Uganda may one day have their own coastlines if the land mass continues to separate.
According to the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters, geologists have been able to confirm that a new ocean is forming as the African continent split in half.
Scientists have been able to find the exact place where, deep underground, the continent first opened up.
The crack is positioned at the boundaries of three tectonic plates that have been gradually moving away from each other for some time.
Geologists have pointed out that this complex tectonic process will make way for an entirely new body of water millions of years from now.
The international effort has revealed that the rift, known as the East African Rift, currently runs 35 miles after it first appeared in 2005 in the Ethiopian desert.