Local efforts to restore the ecosystem of Lake Victoria, the world's second biggest lake, also aims to reduce gender-based violence. With fishing stocks collapsing on the lake, recent decades have ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. It might be surprising to learn that, in a lake as large as Victoria, a single fish could shape so much of East Africa’s history, culture and, now, ...

KISUMU, Kenya — The blue waters of Lake Victoria in Kenya’s third-largest city stretch as far as the eyes can see. Fishing boats row in and out of the port, as buyers, especially women, line up to ...

The fishing community from Kao beach in North Kadem ward held a peaceful demonstration in Lake Victoria waters on September 16, 2019. [Caleb Kingwara/Standard] The number of fishing boats operating on ...

Many fishermen have stopped operating on Lake Victoria after the government launched a crackdown against fishing without licences. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (Maaif), ...

Fisherman Kenis Nerima speaks at Musoma Beach in Budalang'i on December 31, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] After hours of fishing on Lake Victoria, Emmanuel Balaga docks his boat at Musoma Beach in ...

Lake Victoria, in East Africa, is the world’s largest tropical freshwater lake. At 68,800km², it’s also the second largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior in North America. On a clear ...

During their weekend meetings, the leaders said opposition politicians are exploiting loopholes within FPU operations to ...

Researchers have developed a model to project lake levels in world's largest tropical lake. Global climate change could cause Africa's Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and source of ...