In January, 22 people died on Lake Maî-Ndombe and in April 2023, six were killed and 64 went missing on Lake Kivu. Witnesses of the Thursday tragedy said the boat was visibly overcrowded.

The United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region H.E Huang Xia yesterday paid a courtesy call to President Museveni at State House Entebbe.During the meeting, the ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened ... that Goma and Bukavu’s ports will reopen Tuesday. Navigation on Lake Kivu, one of the largest lakes in Africa, had been banned since ...

Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is bustling again with cargo and passenger boats. The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port cities of Goma and Bukavu.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat carrying people fleeing ... The boat was carrying people from Vitshumbi on the southern shore of Lake Edward towards Virunga National Park on the northern side ...

In North Kivu, a second day of clashes raged near the banks of Lake Edward, which straddles the border between Congo and Uganda, said Muhindo Tafuteni, a local civil society activist. In South ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

GENEVA, March 7 (Reuters) - Conflict in Congo has sent 63,000 refugees fleeing ... the regional spokesperson for East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes, told reporters in Geneva.

BASANKUSU, Congo (AP) — Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated, the World Health ...

A Boat Capsizes in Congo and 25 Are Dead, Many of Them Soccer Players KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat has capsized in southwestern Congo and killed 25 people, many of them soccer players ...