EDITOR’S NOTE: Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest freshwater lake, is being covertly drained for hydroelectric power according to an article published in the Feb. 11 New Scientist magazine. The report, ...

EAST Africa's Lake Victoria, the world's second largest freshwater lake, is being secretly drained to keep the lights on in Uganda. A report published this week says Uganda is flouting a 50-year-old ...

JINJA, Uganda - At Jinja pier the rusty red hull of a Lake Victoria freighter sat barely afloat in water just six feet deep - and dropping. "The scientists have to explain this," said ship's engineer ...

At least 30 people are feared dead after a boat capsized in Lake Victoria around 2:00 am on Wednesday morning. A boat with an estimated 200 capsized in Lake Victoria. So far 3 bodies were recovered.

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing a threat to Uganda’s hydropower ...

The man-eating crocodile captured in Lake Victoria for snacking on fishermen was born before Uganda was an independent country. Game wardens with Uganda Wildlife Authority caught the one-ton crocodile ...

Uganda is facing an electricity crisis after the water level in Lake Victoria dropped dramatically. Uganda relies almost exclusively on hydroelectric power, but drought and demand have cut generating ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – A cargo plane carrying equipment for African Union peacekeepers in Somalia caught fire and crashed into Uganda's Lake Victoria shortly after takeoff Monday, killing all 11 people on ...

Rescue efforts underway for the dozen missing after a boat capsized in Lake Victoria. At least 29 people died when a cruise boat capsized in poor weather on Saturday in Lake Victoria, Uganda, the ...

Waste management remains a problem in Uganda. This has caused pollution of the environment including the soil and water. Edwin Nuwagaba looks at how pollution has impacted on Lake Victoria and how ...

EAST Africa’s Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater lake, is being secretly drained to keep the lights on in Uganda. A report published this week says Uganda is flouting a 50-year-old ...