Lake Victoria is a valuable resource to the countries surrounding it but it is facing increasing pollution threats from settlements with poor sanitation. The Lake Victoria Basin Commission is leading ...

Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater body in the world. Over the last four decades, however, the lake has faced a number of environmental problems, including pollution, biodiversity loss, ...

Some of the boats used in Lake Victoria. [James Omoro, Standard]. A team of researchers studying algal blooms in Lake Victoria has revealed the cause of the lake's recurring green waters, attributing ...

East Africa’s Lake Victoria is home to over 500 species of cichlid, and according to scientists, that amount of diversity is a recent development. With the lake only filling with water some 16,000, ...

Lake Victoria is more than just a body of water—it is the lifeblood of East Africa, sustaining over 47 million people across five countries. With its shores spanning Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and ...

Small-scale fishers on Lake Victoria (Africa’s largest freshwater lake, shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) are drowning. Safety issues such as storms, a lack of available life jackets, and a ...

Algal bloom at small-scale fish farming cage site in Siaya County, Lake Victoria, western Kenya. Eric Teplitz , Author provided (no reuse) Aquaculture – the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms ...