The company wants to raise $40m to $45m to build the floating port. Meritus has engaged naval engineers to design a vessel which would allow loading, unloading and transhipment in the lake, with a ...

Lake Tanganyika, the second-oldest and second-deepest lake in the world, could be in for some rough waters. Geologists have determined that the East African rift lake has experienced unprecedented ...

Lake Tanganyika's surface waters are currently warmer than at any time in the previous 1,500 years, a University of Arizona researcher and his colleagues report online in Nature Geoscience. The rise ...

Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team has ...

As fishing pressure has increased on Lake Tanganyika, its level has also been rising, inundating shoreline communities. Sedimentation as a result of farming, infrastructure projects and deforestation ...

LTA Executive Director, Mr Tusanga Sylvain, said environmental degradation, particularly from plastic waste, remains a ...

Scuba diving in Lake Tanganyika is an experience like no other. The African Great Lake, one of the world's deepest, offers divers a chance to explore its rich biodiversity and crystal-clear waters.

Lake Tanganyika is Africa’s longest and deepest lake, with a shoreline longer than Tanzania’s entire coastline. It supports local livelihoods and the economies of riparian countries through its rich ...

Cichlids are one of the largest and strangest groups of vertebrate fish — fish with backbones — on Earth. They’re popular as pets and farmed in aquaculture, and scientists have been studying them ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday for joint exploration and development of hydrocarbons in Lake Tanganyika.