This movement leads to volcanic and seismic activity in the region, which in turn funnels gases from deep inside Earth's crust to the surface — and into Lake Kivu's depths. Related: Last Chance ...

However, all it takes is one minor disruption, and the gas filling the killer lake could come streaming out into the air. Lake Kivu is one of only three killer lakes like it in the world.

Efforts to explore Lake Kivu began years ago but gained momentum after a Canadian company found signs of oil and gas in the eastern parts of the lake. Methane gas in the lake was an early clue ...

“It is peaceful here, unlike over there,” said Exauce Shalako, a 20-year-old man from Goma who was lounging on the shore of Lake Kivu in Rwanda one afternoon this month. Mr.

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.

Bukavu depends in part on agricultural products grown in North Kivu and transported from the ... long boat journey across eastern DR Congo’s Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake ...

Restore Local, an initiative dedicated to accelerating locally led land restoration across Africa, has officially been ...

Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo's Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake's two main ...