In the picturesque yet troubled fishing villages dotting the shores of Lake Victoria, a shadow looms over the lives of thousands of women. For decades, a deeply entrenched practice known as ...

The body of Duncan Otenga, a third-year Meru University student, was retrieved from Lake Victoria in Homa Bay, days after he ...

Fishermen in Mpigi District and their counterparts in Kalangala District have clashed over fishing zones on Lake Victoria. Last Friday, three fishermen from Kachanga Landing Site in Kalangala were ...

Some of the 600 private fish cages in Lake Victoria’s Anyanga Beach in Usenge. Public-private partnerships are fast revolutionising the sector. [Photo: Denish Ochieng] KISUMU: After years of ...

Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake, supports over 47 million people across East Africa. Rapid population growth and climate change are worsening pollution from inadequate ...

A third-year university student was killed during a fight among fishermen near Lake Victoria’s Kisaka Beach in Suba North, ...

A fisherman was killed on Sunday during a fight among Lake Victoria fishermen near Misori beach in Gembe, Homa-Bay County, ...

Lake Victoria is a textbook example ... driven by short-term economic desperation. Fish stocks plummet. Some resort to explosives or poison to boost their haul—and the algae says “thank ...