OVER 1,000 people from community-based organisations (CBOs) and Fishers Cooperative Unions (FICOs) in the Lake Zone and ...

DODOMA: THE government has taken various measures to control the increasing water hyacinth, in Lake Victoria, including ...

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

A boat ferrying four Kenyan fishermen who were released from a Tanzania ... fishermen in Lake Victoria have been pushing for a joint East African Community licensing in the fishing industry ...

East Africa Marine Transport has taken a significant step towards creating a more sustainable and efficient logistics ...

The next thing I knew I was in the water' A man has been rescued from a ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two days after it overturned with the loss of at least 207 lives.

At least 42 people have died after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania. One official told the Reuters news agency the number who drowned could be more than 200.

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

In particular, the fishing industry ... Uganda, and Tanzania are home to many poverty-stricken communities. Many people ...