The following dispatch is from extreme kayaker, Ben Stookesberry, a member of the First Ascent kayak team. They are currently on an expedition in Africa to make a first descent of the Lukuga River.

Flooding and landslides in the Rusizi River and Lake Kivu basins could soon be minimised under a $3 million (approximately Rwf4 billion) project to strengthen resilience to climate change. A river ...

Countries sharing Lake Kivu basin and Rusizi River water have established an authority to ensure that the water resources of the basin are well protected and managed for effective benefits.

The three member countries of the CEPGL (Great Lakes Community), Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo have signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for the rehabilitation of Rusizi I and II hydropower ...

In the high altitudes of Lake Kivu and Rusizi River basins in Rwanda and Burundi, local communities depend on nature for their survival. They depend on fertile soils that have formed for millennia and ...

Floating booms have been installed on the Rusizi River to reduce plastic waste that has been disrupting the operation of power plants supplying electricity to Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic ...

At a side of the Rusizi River in Burundi, not far from a group of hippos and half hidden by huge clumps of reeds, lies the first body, a headless man naked to the waist. Close by, surrounded by pieces ...