Lake Victoria countries working to fight crime, improve community relations September 30, 2024 2:46 PM By Mohammed Yusuf; FILE - Fishermen prepare their nets aboard their boats on Migingo island ...

Straddling three East African countries – Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya – Lake Victoria has for centuries been a vital resource for the millions of people living along its vast coastline. The ...

Unusually high rainfall has caused 'backflow' into Africa's largest lake, displacing communities and spurring calls for greater regional effort to manage water BUDALANGI, Kenya, Aug 19 (Thomson ...

Lake Victoria in East Africa is shared by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and therein lies the problem. All three countries are fighting over it; they all want the water and the fish, and both ...

Africa's largest lake that's shared by 3 countries and over 200 miles long The lake's shoreline stretches over 2,000 miles and it is home to around 1,000 islands, some of which are inhabited.

Lake Victoria woes -- Invasive plants such as the water hyacinth have clogged lake waterways.-- Hippo grass has become a floating maze of unnavigable shoulder-high reeds along lake shores.

Tons of plastic bottles plus invasive aquatic weeds from Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania are discharged in the lake through River Kagera, which stretches about 400 kilometers from its source in ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A meeting aimed at addressing pollution caused by human activities was held in Tanzania's commercial hub of Dar es Salaam Tuesday, with attendance of ...

Interior PS Raymond Omollo said the three countries sharing Lake Victoria have established a working group to monitor human trafficking, smuggling and other crimes on the lake.