Bulonza Nzarimo Faustin said the taxes he pays to transport charcoal from the island of Idjwi on Lake Kivu to Goma now total around 25% of the value of the goods, leaving him little profit.

A woman carries a bag of charcoal on her back to sell at Kituku market on the bank of Lake Kivu, in Goma, which is controlled by M23 rebels, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of ...

A man unloads bananas as he moves past a M23 rebels' tax collector at the quay where pirogues arrive with goods to be sold at Kituku market on the bank of Lake Kivu, in Goma, which is controlled by ...

More than 20 people died in October last year when a boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern DRC, according to local authorities. Another shipwreck on Lake Kivu claimed around 100 lives in 2019.

DAILY POST recalls that in 2024, at least 78 people drowned when a boat with 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu, eastern Congo.

In 2024, at least 78 people drowned when a boat with 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu, eastern Congo. In a separate incident, at least 22 people died after a river boat sank in December in ...