Contrary to the widespread belief that pre-colonial Africa was entirely without borders, African kingdoms including the Kingdom of Rwanda had clearly defined territorial boundaries. Rwanda, in ...

Located in Rwanda’s Western Province, Lake Kivu lies on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Covering a total surface area of 2,730 square kilometers, it is Rwanda ...

Dissolved within Kivu, which straddles the border ... lake’s ecology. That worries some fishermen, too. Fishing will be forbidden in an exclusion zone around KivuWatt, but even outside that area ...

Situated on Rwanda’s western border, it is both a prominent ... is that because of the area’s volcanoes and anaerobic bacteria in the water, Lake Kivu is a storehouse for 60 billion cubic ...

Kivu is in a seismically active area, so an earthquake could generate waves in the lake that would mix the layers enough to release the trapped gases. Climate is also a potential culprit.

In the early evening on Lake Kivu, along Rwanda's border with the Democratic Republic ... "It's a highly volcanic area and much of the CO2 enters the lake from the volcanic rock beneath it ...

A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake bordering Rwanda and ... tectonically and volcanically active area, you can't tell what's going to happen." ...

Kivu lies on the border between ... densities in the area surrounding the African Great Lakes. This includes several large refugee camps near the shores of the lake. Kivu is an important transport ...

Straddling the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kivu is one of ... a seismically active area, so an earthquake could generate waves in the lake that would mix ...

A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and ... and volcanically active area, you can't tell what's going to happen." ...