Since the city of Bukavu was seized by the M23, fishing on Lake Kivu has ground to a halt. Fishermen no longer go out at night for fear of being mistaken for thieves and getting lynched.

The formal establishment of an organization to manage Lake Kivu and the Ruzizi River basin, shared by Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, was never formally ratified by its member countries. That left the ...

On his part, Mr. Jean Paul Nyembo Mwamba, the Coordinating Director from Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin Authority (ABAKIR) said that the project was not just about conservation but also ...