In East Africa, the ground is very slowly pulling apart. Scientists call this the East African Rift, and the land is splitting into two giant pieces that move apart about as fast as your fingernails grow.
Some news stories say Africa is about to split into two continents and make a new ocean. That could happen one day, but it would take tens of millions of years, not soon. In 2018, a big crack opened in Kenya and some reports said it was the split happening. Scientists looked closer and said heavy rain and soft soil most likely caused that crack, not the plates tearing open right then.
The careful summary is this: the slow pulling apart is real, a big split is possible far in the future, and headlines saying it is happening this year are exaggerating.