The type of plate boundary that currently exists in east Africa where land is spreading is a convergent boundary. True or false?

False

Explanation:

The plate boundary that exist in Eastern Africa is a divergent plate boundary. At this boundary, the Somali plate is moving away from the Nubian plate. The Somali plate is smaller, and its boundary is going from the Horn of Africa, through Eastern Africa, down the the southeastern part of the Africa. The Somali plate moves toward the east, thus it is gradually separating from the Nubian plate, forming a continuous rift valley along the boundary, filled with several large lakes at some places. Over time, the two plates will move enough from each other that the ocean waters will fill the space between them, separating them physically, and giving rise to a new continent. It is not clear how much time will be needed for total separation, but the estimates in general are around 10 millions years from now.