At 0640 GMT the three-storey "Emmanuel" boat, filled with around 100 passengers, left the port of Bukavu. "I had come to Bukavu to attend a wedding, but unfortunately the events took me by ...

A boat capsized in Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, with well over 200 people on board.

While the idea of getting anywhere near something like Lake Kivu might be off-putting to some–myself included. Others see it as an opportunity. The folks at the KivuWatt project are the latter.

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 ... paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo’s Lake ...