The Ministry of Environment has announced that a long-awaited ministerial order listing government-owned islands and those designated for human settlement has been prepared and is expected to be ...

Rwanda is laying the groundwork to transform several ecologically rich islands on Lake Kivu into a national biodiversity park by 2028, a move expected to boost conservation and eco-tourism. The ...

Lake Kivu, between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of Africa's deepest lakes. What makes it dangerous, Kolawole explained, is the large amount of dissolved carbon dioxide and ...

The shore of Lake Kivu in Rwanda offers leisure and relaxation. ... To cross from Goma to its sister city Gisenyi in Rwanda takes just minutes by land, but the two places feel worlds apart.

12. Explore the Beautiful Town of Gisenyi Town of Gisenyi. Photo: Wide Angle Dreams Source: Instagram. Gisenyi is a town on the north shore of Lake Kivu in Rwanda's Rubavu district. The lake's sandy ...

Despite the two different worlds on each side of Lake Kivu’s shores, the beach in Gisenyi is also where people from Rwanda and Congo gather in peace.

To cross from Goma to its sister city Gisenyi in Rwanda takes just minutes by land, but the two places feel worlds apart. In Gisenyi, a town of 50,000, restaurant owners adorn their beachfront ...

They accuse Rwanda of supporting an armed group, M23, that resurfaced in eastern DRC in 2021 and controls many of the region’s mines. Last April, they seized Rubaya, whose mines produce an ...

His peers felt slighted, and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, whom Kinshasa accuses of backing the M23, did not mince words, indicating that the problem with Congo is simply and squarely Tshisekedi. "Mr ...

The events, the worst escalation of the conflict since 2012, are rooted in the spillover of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide into Congo and Congo's natural resource wealth. IE 11 is not supported.

Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, was captured by M23 earlier this week, cornering the mercenaries, remnants of Congo's army and its allied militias against Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border.

M23 forces were advancing south from the town of Minova, along the western side of Lake Kivu, according to five diplomatic and security sources, one of whom was in direct contact with the rebels.