Lake Kivu Stories

Kenya clarifies nomination of Consul-General to Goma following pushback from DRC
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 19, 2025

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi emphasized that a presidential nomination does not in...

Behind rebel lines: My 72-hour journey with M23 through Goma
Amina Wako  |  Jun 15, 2025

I expected ruin. Collapsed buildings. Blackened rubble. Bullet-scarred walls. Shell craters and twisted steel. I imagined a landscape frozen in grief,...

Two Ugandan pilots kidnapped after ambush by gunmen in eastern DR Congo
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Mar 31, 2025

The plane, which was reportedly expected to land at Kavumu Airport in Bukavu to transport Red Cross International staff to Entebbe, came under attack...

Rebel-held ports in eastern DR Congo re-open as humanitarian aid needs grow
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

A passenger boat from Bukavu to Goma left on Tuesday morning, operator Lweni Ndale said, adding it was the first he had sent since late January, short...

Plastic waste chokes Congo dam, causing widespread power cuts
Reuters  |  Nov 18, 2024

The Ruzizi dam located at the south end of Lake Kivu, which borders Rwanda, supplies the city of Bukavu and others with electricity and the power outa...

78 drown after boat capsizes in Congo's Lake Kivu, provincial governor says
Reuters  |  Oct 03, 2024

The boat capsized around 700 metres from port and the causes of the accident are being investigated, he said in a statement.

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