The decrease in fishery productivity in Lake Tanganyika since the 1950s is a consequence of global warming rather than just overfishing, according to a new report from an international team led by a ...

Forty-nine passengers have been rescued and a search is under way for the missing.

Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest and the second-deepest lake in the world, could be in for some rough waters. The team took core samples from the lakebed that laid out a 1,500-year history of the ...

A boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsized Thursday, leaving at least 41 people dead, local authorities said. The boat was carrying about 100 people as well as cargo, said ...

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is stepping up investment in aquaculture, commercial fishing and conservation in response to a sharp decline in fish stocks in its waters of Lake Tanganyika, which fell by ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As fishing pressure has increased on Lake Tanganyika, its level has also been rising, inundating shoreline communities. Sedimentation as a result ...

Children sit next to a bucket filled with fish on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo. One of Africa's Great Lakes, Tanganyika is the second largest in the continent, ...

Warming of surface waters and declining fish catches in Lake Tanganyika have been linked to global climate change. The impact of global warming on natural ecosystems may be starting to affect local ...

Scientists have discovered that Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest and deepest lake in the world, is at the warmest in 1,500 years. Some 10 million people in Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and the ...

The decrease in fishery productivity in Lake Tanganyika since the 1950s is a consequence of global warming rather than just overfishing, according to a new report. The lake was becoming warmer at the ...