Thousands of years of volcanic activity has caused a massive accumulation of methane and carbon dioxide to dissolve in the depths of Lake Kivu, enough to prove monumentally destructive if released.

A 2017 astronaut photo shows the islands of Dek and Daga lurking in the murky, algae-infested waters of Ethiopia's Lake Tana.

In a mesmerizing photograph taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2024, Lake Iro in Chad appeared as a giant silver mirror. The incredible sight was caused by ...

Africa’s Great Lakes are experiencing a significant rise in water levels, a phenomenon that has captured the attention of scientists, environmentalists, and the global community. While Africa is often ...

Why it's incredible: The lake contains huge amounts of explosive carbon dioxide and methane. Lake Kivu is a giant body of water that is so saturated with carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane at its depths ...

The African Rift Lakes (ARL) Programme consolidates and integrates experiences and lessons gained through a number of ongoing and well-established programmes. The new programme consolidates elements ...

The Great Lakes region that encompasses Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is among Africa’s most beautiful regions. Cloud-covered volcanos, terraced fields, lush jungles, ...

This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...

Down below, near the lake's shore, Halima Suley, a cowherd, and her four children had retired for the night. She also heard the rumbling; it sounded, she would recall, like "the shouting of many ...

A former Detroit Lakes, Minn., police officer and real estate agent who moved to Angola, Africa, in 2021 with his wife and five children for missionary work was killed last week. Lead pastor Troy ...

Its origin is unknown but it is believed to be a remnant of a former inland sea. It doesn’t drain into the ocean but it has shrunk by over 90% since the 1960s due to climate change, an increase in the ...

France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of ...