Africa is home to some of the world ... as the world’s second largest continent’s highest mountain, which is a snow-capped volcano that rises 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) above sea level ...

Mountains and volcanoes rise along the seam ... If the plates there continue to diverge, millions of years from now eastern Africa will split from the continent to form a new landmass.

There are about a thousand mountain gorillas remaining on Earth, and about half live in the forests of the Virunga mountains in central Africa. Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern ...