The lake's shoreline stretches over 2,000 miles and it is home to around 1,000 islands, some of which are inhabited.

Countries surrounding the lake such as Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are home to many poverty-stricken communities. Many people ...

THE National Assembly has expressed grave concern about the ongoing discharge of wastewater and industrial waste into Lake ...

Perhaps the most worrying example is Lake Victoria. It is Africa’s largest lake and feeds the Nile River, which spans 11 countries and supports more than 300 million people. There are several ...

No one's sure how the South American water hyacinth invaded Africa's Lake Victoria but there's little ... the most troublesome aquatic plants in the country.

A new World Bank report highlights how the Lakewide Inclusive Sanitation (LWIS) approach can tackle sanitation pollution and improve Lake Victoria's water quality. Supported by the World Bank, this ...

The Winam Gulf of Kenya's Lake Victoria, a gulf with similar limnological properties and therefore could potentially be a model for Lake Erie in a warming climate, experiences harmful algal blooms ...

In a bid to save Lake Victoria's ecosystem ... Many of these come from developed countries and know the laws governing natural resources in their countries, but when they come here, they destroy ...