Azama M Bwinza: The Audacity to Rescue 7 people from being drowned in Lake Tanganyika

Azama M Bwinza: The Audacity to Rescue 7 people from being drowned in Lake Tanganyika.

Saturday 11th October 2014 will remain a dark day for the people of Kigoma in general and Kigoma North constituency in particular, especially the villages of Mtanga, Kigalye and Kalalangabo Kagongo ward. Ten people drowned in Lake Tanganyika following the capsizing of twin canoes (mtumbwi wa kipe) with more than 50 people in it.

It was a celebratory day at the offset. There was a wedding ceremony in...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Sep

LAKE ZONE: Sh40m to rescue embattled fisheries dept

>Fisheries stakeholders in Muleba District, Kagera Region, have donated Sh40 million for buying a speed boat that would be used to fight both illegal fishing and robbery in Lake Victoria.

 

10 years ago

Deutsche Welle

16 Dec

Hundreds Still Missing On Lake Tanganyika Disaster

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Hundreds Still Missing On Lake Tanganyika Disaster
Deutsche Welle
More than two hundred people have been reported missing after a boat sank in the Democratic Republic of Congo's waters on Lake Tanganyika on Thursday night. The accident has been blamed on poor weather conditions. "What happened as far as we ...
Tourism Congo-Tanzania: Now 129 dead in Tanzania - Congo lake accidenteTurboNews
World Watch: News DigestWall Street Journal

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10 years ago

IHS Maritime 360

17 Dec

'Overloaded' ferry sinks on Lake Tanganyika

IHS Maritime 360
'Overloaded' ferry sinks on Lake Tanganyika
IHS Maritime 360
TANZANIA: At least 132 people are now feared to have died following the sinking of the ferry Mutambala on Lake Tanganyika. On Monday, the Waterways Authority (RVF) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stated that 129 bodies had been recovered ...

 

10 years ago

Uhuru Newspaper

Wakimbizi wa Burundi wahifadhiwa Lake Tanganyika

KUFUATIWA kuongezeka kwa idadi ya wakimbizi kutoka Burundi, uwanja wa michezo wa Lake Tanganyika, umetumika kwa muda kuhifadhia wakimbizi wakati wakipatiwa msaada wa chanjo na matibabu.
Kwa mujibu wa Shirika la Kuhudumia Wakimbizi la UNHCR, idadi ya watu 100,000 wamekimbia nchini Burundi kufuatia mzozo wa kisiasa unaoendelea.
Idadi kubwa ya wakimbizi hao wamepokelewa nchini Tanzania huku wengine wakikimbilia nchi ya Jamhuri ya Demokrasia ya Kongo, Rwanda na Uganda. Msemaji wa UNHCR mjini...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Feb

MV Liemba still plies on Lake Tanganyika even at 100 years

Lake Tanganyika. On Lake Tanganyika, a century-old relic of World War I that became the stuff of Hollywood legend still plies the slate-grey waters - but it is not clear for how much longer.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

14 Apr

Call for collaboration to fight Lake Tanganyika piracy

Daily News
Call for collaboration to fight Lake Tanganyika piracy
Daily News
CCM Secretary General, Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, has called on the governments of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to collaborate in combating piracy on Lake Tanganyika. Mr Kinana made the call following concerns by some ...

 

10 years ago

Coastweek

14 Oct

Five feared dead as boat carrying 70 capsizes in Lake Tanganyika

Five feared dead as boat carrying 70 capsizes in Lake Tanganyika
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM (Xinhua) -- At least five people are feared drowned after a boat carrying more than 70 passengers capsized in Lake Tanganyika, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, Tanzania police said on Sunday. "Among the rescued ...
Death toll in Kigoma boat tragedy rises to 10Daily News

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10 years ago

IPPmedia

12 Jan

Illegal logging threatens Lake Tanganyika water catchment

Illegal logging threatens Lake Tanganyika water catchment
IPPmedia
Illegal timber harvesting and charcoal making businesses are threatening the existence of one of the biggest Masito forest reserves in the country's western zone. The reserve, an important watershed catchment for Lake Tanganyika, which is also a crucial ...

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

TANZANIA AND DRC STEP UP EFFORTS TO CURB LAKE TANGANYIKA CHALLENGES

The First Ministerial Meeting of Ministers responsible for water resources from the United Republic of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)  met in Dodoma, Tanzania to step up efforts to curbing Lake Tanganyika Challenges.   The meeting was jointly opened by Hon. Prof. Jumanne A. Maghembe, Minister for Water of the United Republic of Tanzania and Hon. Bruno Kapandji Kalala, Minister for Water and Electricity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) both accompanied by their...

 

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