The lake’s lethal combination of methane and carbon dioxide has residents fearing for their lives, but it’s also the country’s most vital and promising energy source. The Guardian states: “Some ...

LAKE KIVU, Rwanda (Reuters) – Some Rwandans tell stories of “demons” in Lake Kivu causing the deaths of fishermen and swimmers who have occasionally disappeared on one of Africa’s great expanses of ...

A lone Mexican woman skirts a jaguey near San Marcos Tlacoyalco. These man-made, earth-bermed basins collect rainwater for livestock and also supply water for ...

Rwanda is centering its new energy plan on an unlikely, potentially dangerous source: Lake Kivu. At first glance, the lake's placid blue waters appear harmless enough (shown to the right). But beneath ...

Rwanda has earned its reputation in the tourism world as one of the best destinations to visit the incredible mountain gorillas, a bucket list experience to be sure. However, the country's rich ...

IT SOUNDS too good to be true. How can a bunch of pipes in a huge lake provide electric power for much of Rwanda, help revive its devastated forests and quell the danger of a bizarre natural disaster?

HOUSTON, Mar. 3-- ContourGlobal, New York, signed a contract with Rwanda's government to extract solution gas from Lake Kivu to generate electricity. The $325 million KivuWatt project is to start ...

Rwanda is known to most travelers for its mountain gorillas and for the wildlife—including the “big five”—that you can see on safari. For those who want to see a rarer side of Rwanda, try this new ...

The Rwandan Ministry of Natural Resources extended Vanoil Energy Ltd.’s technical evaluation agreement on the 1,631 sq km oil and gas license in the Kivu graben in Rwanda. It is the intention of the ...

Thousands of years of volcanic activity has caused a massive accumulation of methane and carbon dioxide to dissolve in the depths of Lake Kivu, enough to prove monumentally destructive if released.

Rwanda’s already impressive array of unique, eco-friendly and luxurious tourism experiences is about to add another extraordinary stay to its roster. The Mantis Kivu Queen uBuranga floating hotel, ...

An engineer anchors his boat at Rwanda's methane platform on Lake Kivu, file. REUTERS/Frank Nyakairu/Files By Clement Uwiringiyimana LAKE KIVU, Rwanda (Reuters) - Rwandans blame the "demons" of Lake ...