Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania, and Zambia have jointly unveiled a USD 14.5 million (EUR 13.3 ...

A few million years ago, fish were swimming quite happily in Lake Tanganyika. The lake itself – now classed as one of Africa’s Great Lakes, with its 673 km long expanse spanning four countries ...

Shaped like a thin, outstretched finger tracing the borders of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi and Zambia, Lake Tanganyika is a place of superlatives: more than 400 ...

The economic importance of Lake Tanganyika Shomari Yusuf Mbanga, chairman of Mgambo village, highlighted the lake's vital role in the local economy. "Three decades ago, people harvested large amounts ...

THE fauna of Lake Tanganyika has aroused great interest on account of its abundance of species, many of which are found nowhere else. The hydrological features of the Lake are no less remarkable ...

Some 2.5 million years ago, viruses in Lake Tanganyika experienced an unexplained explosion in diversity. A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ...

Where is it?In remote Western Tanzania, on a white-sand beach at the edge of Lake Tanganyika. In the forest behind are accessible groups of habituated chimps. What's the lodge season?Closed from ...

Three of the 26 blocks are in Lake Tanganyika and the rest in the Indian Ocean. The country’s last licensing round was in May 2014.

Of the blocks on offer, 23 are offshore in the Indian Ocean while three are also offshore but in Lake Tanganyika, Charles Sangweni, director general for the country's Petroleum Upstream Regulatory ...