Residents living along the shores of Lake Kivu in central Africa have always appreciated – and feared – its power. In Swahili, the word mazuku, or “evil wind,” refers to pockets of deadly, odorless ...

LAKE KIVU, Rwanda (Reuters) - Rwandans blame the "demons" of Lake Kivu for the deaths of fisherman and others who have occasionally disappeared on one of Africa's great expanses of water in the heart ...

BUKAVU, Congo (Reuters) - Former foes Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a joint project to produce 200 megawatts of power from methane gas reservoirs in the lake on their shared border, a senior ...

Bukavu depends in part on agricultural products grown in North Kivu and transported from the port of Goma - Copyright TURKISH PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE/AFP Handout ...

Rwanda backtracked Wednesday from an earlier claim that it had discovered its first oil reserves in Lake Kivu, saying it was still in an exploratory phase and looking for partners. The Barron's news ...

GOMA, Congo — On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride Jet Skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than 2 miles away, dead bodies washed ...

The hydropower plant is set to supply electricity to more than 300,000 residents and will be constructed along the Ruzizi ...

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 Purusi, ...

Fishing in Rwanda is experiencing unprecedented growth, largely driven by British investor Kamran Ahmad, CEO of Kivu Choice, a tilapia production firm. Since taking over the Gisagara District-based ...

Congo-Democratic Republic of Congo’s oil ministry has called for bids to exploit reserves of methane gas at the bottom of Lake Kivu on its eastern border with Rwanda, the prime minister’s office said ...