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The Ministry of Environment has announced that Rwandans will begin using methane gas for cooking in 2027, as part of a clean energy initiative aimed at reducing the reliance on firewood and charcoal.
Residents from Rutsiro and Karongi districts have called for more investments in fish farming and eradication of the illegal fishing that affects sardine fish (Isambaza) production in Lake Kivu.
From Volcanoes National Park, I head west to Karongi and into a whole new world. Dense rainforests disappear, making way for the shimmering Lake Kivu. My hotel is located on the hill overlooking ...
Lake Kivu, located between the Democratic Republic ... shores of this island-studded lake teeming with endemic sea life. Karongi, where we're staying, is close to some of the more popular ...
“It is peaceful here, unlike over there,” said Exauce Shalako, a 20-year-old man from Goma who was lounging on the shore of Lake Kivu in Rwanda one afternoon this month. Mr.
Why it's incredible: The lake contains huge amounts of explosive carbon dioxide and methane. Lake Kivu is a giant body of water that is so saturated with carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane at its ...
GOMA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a provincial governor said.
Two babies have been found alive on the shores of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lake Kivu, days after floods and landslides killed more than 400 people in two villages in the country’s ...
The boat crossing Lake Kivu was also carrying 20 bags of cement and likely sank Sunday due to being overloaded, said Mustafa Mamboleo, an official with South Kivu province. Mamboleo said 10 people ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat with 278 passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, a local governor said. According to Jean-Jacques ...