Rwanda: Tribunal Risks Supporting "Victor's Justice" Jun 1, 2009
Rwandan children cook sweet potatoes and corn cobs in a hot spring near the Nyiragongo volcano, on the shores of Lake Kivu, May 21, 2009. The Rwanda Red Cross on May. (AlertNet)
Scientists: Congo volcanoes set to erupt May 8, 2009
The Nyiragongo crater is 11 miles north of Lake Kivu, where Goma is located. Wafula estimates that 1. (Boston Globe)
Congo-Kinshasa: Volcanic Activity 'Threatens Goma' May 8, 2009
An estimated two million people who live around Lake Kivu, which straddles the DRC and Rwanda, are also at risk of pollution from the airborne ash, which is usually triggered by a volcanic eruption ... According to the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), there is a mass of methane gas under the base of Lake Kivu and a volcanic eruption could release a lethal cloud of carbon dioxide from the lake, which could be disastrous for surrounding communities. (allAfrica.com)
Congo-Kinshasa: The Case For The Congo May 6, 2009
Whether in terms of its abundant precious and strategic minerals, the tremendous amount of renewable energy that could be generated by the Inga dam project on the Congo river, the natural gas in Lake Kivu or the geo-thermal potential of the volcanic mountains in the east, the second lung of our planet that is its rainforest, or the extraordinary - and exhaustively demonstrated - resilience of its people, the Congo has everything to be the central pillar around which Africa rises. Should the... (allAfrica.com)
Rwanda: Why Investors Are Flocking to Country Apr 10, 2009
The largest single investment in Rwanda to date is ContourGlobal's $325 million Kivuwatt project, which will be the first large scale facility to extract methane gas from Lake Kivu. But investment in almost every other sector of the economy proves that smaller investments are not only possible but welcome. (allAfrica.com)
Kenya: Petroleum Conference Opens in Mombasa Mar 12, 2009
Flanked by the Interim Director General of the Unit for the Promotion and exploitation of Lake Kivu gas, Charles Nyirahuku, Mukasine, took participants through the Lake Kivu Methane Gas Project. "Participants at the conference are very eager to know how all this is working out. We are getting many visitors coming to our stand because we are actually the only people with the computer technology showing whatever is going at the exploitation site in Lake Kivu," Mukasine said. (allAfrica.com)
Rwanda: U.S. Company Lands U.S.$325 Million Gas-to-Power Deal Mar 10, 2009
The deal is to generate100 Megawatts of electricity from methane gas in Lake Kivu, Western Rwanda ... "Lake Kivu's gas will provide a clean source of power generation for a region suffering from extreme shortages of reliable and affordable electricity. Utilization of the lake's gas resource will also serve to reduce the risk of an uncontrolled release of the lake's gas," ContourGlobal's President, Joseph Brandt said in a release ... The government's wish is to serve the electricity needs of its... (allAfrica.com)
"What Are They So Scared Of? I'm Just a Little Old Lady." Feb 17, 2009
GOMA, Democratic Republic of CongoI'm writing from the Congolese border town of Goma, overlooking the expansive waters of Lake Kivu and, in the near distance, the hills of Rwanda. Sunset here always seems to promise a tomorrow in which the region's sad history of violence might pass. (Slate)
Rebels, villagers said killed in Congo fighting Feb 14, 2009
"About 40 (Congolese and Rwandan) soldiers entered town and captured some FDLR. Others fled," Mutower Bashamwami, 38, told Reuters at a camp for displaced civilians in the town of Minova on the shores of eastern Congo's Lake Kivu. "After the soldiers left, the FDLR came back and started shooting people because they were angry. I have five children. Two were hit by bullets and killed as we ran away. Another one is lost and two are here in the camp with me," he said. (AlertNet)
Brin Greene: Letters home Mar 23, 2008
We drove through the mountains and toured lake Kivu before settling into our lodge for the evening, and getting a good night's sleep as the next morning was the Ingighi (gorilla). I am sure I don't have the time nor the power to explain the gorilla experience, so I can only touch on it, then rely on my telling everyone in person what the experience is like. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Rwanda: Country to Implement Agriculture Plan Feb 19, 2008
He said the CAADP will support such national projects as the one-cow-per-household, fisheries and biodiversity promotion in Lake Kivu, and crop intensification through water irrigation. The minister's comments were reinforced by the World Bank Country Representative, Victoria Kwakwa, who welcomed the CAADP implementation review initiative at country level. (allAfrica.com)
Congo-Kinshasa: Quake Aftershocks Force Residents Outside Feb 7, 2008
"We felt another series of tremors at 3pm [on 6 February]. We cannot allow people to go home and spend the night there in case their walls fall in," said Dieudonne Wafula, who is in charge of the Goma volcano observatory and travelled to Bukavu, which lies at the opposite end of Lake Kivu to Goma. Some families have begun to receive humanitarian assistance. (allAfrica.com)
Tumbling wallsWhen a quake struck during a Rwandan church service Feb 7, 2008
" During my visit they buried the bodies of 10 of those who died on Sunday. "One woman died with six of her children," he added. Destruction On the way to the worst hit areas on the Congolese border, we passed many houses that had been destroyed by the tremors over the weekend. Some of them had cracks in their walls while others had been completely flattened. And when we reached Kamembe itself, the destruction was even greater. I counted at least 10 houses that had collapsed. The Rwandan... (BBC News -- Africa)
African Quakes Kill at Least 38, Hundreds Injured Feb 4, 2008
Subscribe to daily environment news. RWANDA: February 4, 2008. (Planet Ark, United States)
AFRICA QUAKE Feb 4, 2008
Reuters AlertNet - African quakes kill at least 38, hundreds injured. Sun, 3 Feb 23:01:56 GMT. (AlertNet)
Behind rebel linesThe Congolese town which has swapped hands twice in a week Dec 15, 2007
The rebels have set up a camp on the hill that overlooks Mushake and all the mountains of Massissi , all the way down to the Lake Kivu. "Now we can see everything, who is coming," says Col Munyakazi, a rebel officer. (BBC News -- Africa)
REBEL CLASHES Dec 12, 2007
Hundreds of people fled their homes near the front line overnight, taking all they could carry towards the village of Minova, nestled on the shores of Lake Kivu on the border with Rwanda, where Nkunda enjoys support. "I was in my field last night when I saw government soldiers running. I asked myself why they were running, they've taken Mushake. So I went into Mushake and ran into Nkunda's rebels," said Bati Butshana, seeking medical help at a clinic in Minova. (AlertNet)
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Concerned By Rise in Kivu Rapes Oct 24, 2007
On October 18 & 19, food aid distribution also took place on the territory of Kalehe, in Kitembo and Minova, on the edge of lake Kivu. Following the lull in fighting on the Shasha-Bweremana axis, WFP and Caritas organized the distribution of 313 tons of food aid for 18,800 displaced persons. (allAfrica.com)
Rwanda: Musoni Presents the 2008 Budget Oct 16, 2007
Other parliamentarians said that instead of spending more money on the various energy projects especially hydro-electricity, all resources should be concentrated on the extraction of methane gas from Lake Kivu in Western Province. "We have heard many hydro-electric power projects that are planned on this budget, but we have not heard of what we are supposed to get from Kivu (methane gas), why aren't all resources pooled to the methane project?" another MP, Juvenal Nkusi, wondered. (allAfrica.com)
Savage rapes worsen trauma of Congo war Oct 7, 2007
"It's gone beyond the conflict," said Alexandra Bilak, who has studied armed groups around Bukavu, on the shores of Lake Kivu. She said the number of women abused and even killed by their husbands seemed to be going up. (Boston Globe)
Inside Africa Oct 3, 2007
The "tourist capital of Congo", perched on unforgiving volcanic rock on the northern shore of Lake Kivu in the far east of the country, has emerged from each crisis over the past 15 years a little bit more wrecked and hoping that whatever came next would not be worse than what went before ... The greatest monument to the thieving dictator's disdain for his people was his Goma palace on the banks of Lake Kivu ... Travelling the length of Lake Kivu to the city of Bukavu in the south is very much... (Guardian Unlimited)
Rwanda::Govt Vows to Block Ebola Sep 30, 2007
"Fortunately, the outbreak is not in the recent flooded area of Bigogwe and Kanzenze sectors", he said adding that the outbreak in both districts and in sectors on the shores of Lake Kivu were strongly related to consumption of dirty water from Lake Kivu ... According to Rubavu District officials, residents along Lake Kivu had resorted to drinking lake water when the recent heavy rains blocked and destroyed the water pipes. (allAfrica.com)
'I Just Felt Really Sorry For Them' Sep 25, 2007
The hills around Lake Kivu crackled with the sound of gunfire and RPGs as Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda tried to take the strategic town from Congolese government forces (FARDC). The only way out was to head for Goma, on the foothills of the still active Nyiragongo Volcano, just 20 kms away. (allAfrica.com)
Nienaber: S.O.S Eastern Congo Sep 19, 2007
It is important for readers not familiar with the Democratic Republic of Congo to understand that most of the city of Goma is overrun with solidified black lava, garbage and human misery, while the relatively untouched embassy row along the shores of Lake Kivu resembles a spa by Congolese standards ... Pierre Kakulethe Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund big chief from Tayna Conservation Areahas five cars in Goma and a mansion on Lake Kivu ... Not a bicycle or a computer, but $50,000 to build a house... (Zmag.org)
Congo Fighting Erupts Again in East Sep 8, 2007
Goma is on Congo's eastern border with Rwanda, on Lake Kivu. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
East Africa: Lake Kivu - a Time Bomb Or Source of Energy? Aug 15, 2007
com: East Africa: Lake Kivu - a Time Bomb Or Source of Energy ... East Africa: Lake Kivu - a Time Bomb Or Source of Energy ... Growing up on the shores of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kevin and his friends were often warned not to play in the water. (allAfrica.com)
Harmon: Congo Gorilla Executions Aug 5, 2007
Heritage Oil and Gas, Tullow Oil and Hartmann Oil are exploiting oil reserves on both sides of the DRC border, while Lake Kivu is being targeted for major natural gas (methane) production by Rwanda. The region is one contiguous oil fieldthe Semliki basinunder the Great Lakes and north through Darfur to the Red Sea. (Zmag.org)
Barouski...: Surviving Genocide pt. 2 Jun 26, 2007
Then, Paul Kagame announced on Radio Muhabura, Those who are now displaced, Im going to find them and all of them are going to be dumped into Lake Kivu ... I was living near Goma in the camp at Mugunga on Lake Kivu. (Zmag.org)
Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Reinforcing Security in Eastern Region Jun 22, 2007
MONUC naval units also stepped up patrols on Lake Kivu in relation to the illegal traffic of firearms. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
FEATURE-Congo lake's deadly gases could be hidden blessing May 13, 2007
LAKE KIVU, Congo, May 12 (Reuters) - The blue-green waters of Congo's Lake Kivu conceal a deadly invisible mixture that could trigger a fiery disaster or be a blessing in disguise for the 2 million people who live around its shores ... Lake Kivu lies just 15 km (9 miles) from the active Nyiragongo volcano ... "If there's ever a volcanic eruption at the level of Lake Kivu, or if there's an eruption that starts naturally in the city of Goma and spills a large quantity of lava into the lake ... the... (AlertNet)
Deep powerhouseHow underwater gas could keep Rwanda in green energy May 5, 2007
The calm, blue waters of Lake Kivu hold huge amounts of 'green' energy ... The calm, blue waters of Lake Kivu in the west of Rwanda belie the energy powerhouse it stores deep underwater ... The challenge at Lake Kivu is getting the methane out of the water and that process is not too complicated. (BBC News -- Africa)
POSTCARD FROM... Apr 5, 2007
On the fifth day of the road trip, the van leaves Gyseni, a former colonial lake resort in the western province of Rwanda, and takes a bumpy and circuitous route to Kibuye, on the eastern shore of Lake Kivu. The driver constantly sounds his horn or drives frighteningly close to people to scare them off the road. (Time.com)
Congo-Kinshasa: Earthquake Hits Lake Albert Feb 20, 2007
Also on the Net: DRC: Earthquake epicentre in Lake Kivu http://www. irinnews. (allAfrica.com)
Rwanda: Rusenyi Coffee Voted the Best Quality Feb 12, 2007
Rusenyi coffee grown on the shores of Lake Kivu in the Western Province has been voted the best among other types for its high quality. The specialty Arabic coffee was selected for its good aroma and citric taste. (allAfrica.com)
Rwanda: Minister Clarifies On Methane Gas Venture Feb 12, 2007
Due to emergency, there was no tendering involved in the multi-million-euro Methane Gas Project on Lake Kivu, it has emerged ... "Dane Associates approached the government in 2002 and expressed interestfor a joint venture in the extraction of Methane Gas in Lake Kivu and the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the company on terms of operation and shareholding," Butare said. (allAfrica.com)
