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Lake Tanganyika's rising waters have invaded the port of Bujumbura, Burundi's economic capital, disrupting business there and elsewhere in the country that relies heavily on donor support to run ...
Shaped like a thin, outstretched finger tracing the borders of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi ...
People take photos near Lake Tanganyika in Bujumbura, Burundi, Nov 2, 2022. Photo:Xinhua This aerial photo taken on Nov 3, 2022 shows the Lake Tanganyika in Rumonge province, Burundi. Photo:Xinhua ...
One of the worst affected areas in Burundi is Gatumba, located at mouth of Rusizi River at the northern tip of Lake Tanganyika. This especially vulnerable town has been under threat for five years ...
The Burundi Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock recently visited the site of a proposed dam on the Lukuga River in the DRC, which is Lake Tanganyika’s only outlet.
Fishing and farming are the main sources of income for people living along Lake Tanganyika Natural disasters have forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in Burundi in recent years ...
A landlocked country on the north-eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, Burundi is extremely poor, with 76% of the population ...
DAR ES SALAAM, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The governments of Tanzania and Burundi on Thursday agreed to step up efforts aimed at protecting Lake Tanganyika's resources for the economic benefit of the two ...
Lake Tanganyika is magnificent. Stretching for 676km from north to south, it’s the longest freshwater lake in the world. It’s also the second deepest (with a maximum depth of 1470m), and the second ...
For decades, the people of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi have been terrorized by an enormous man-eating crocodile known as Gustave.. The Nile crocodile is rumored to have killed over 300 people and ...
Shaped like a thin, outstretched finger tracing the borders of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi and Zambia, Lake Tanganyika is a place of superlatives: more than 400 ...