On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet-skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than two miles away, dead bodies washed ashore ...

With the capture of Bukavu, a city of more than a million people that sits on the edge of a crystalline lake, the M23 rebels would now control the two largest trading hubs in Congo’s mineral ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat carrying people fleeing ... The boat was carrying people from Vitshumbi on the southern shore of Lake Edward towards Virunga National Park on the northern side ...

ON one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset.

Lake Kivu in eastern DR Congo is bustling again with cargo and passenger boats. The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port cities of Goma and Bukavu. What would happen if ...

Africa's beautiful lakes not only serve as key sources of water, food and transportation, but also act as borders—both ...

Fighting between Rwanda-backed M23 fighters and government forces has raged for months in the towns, villages and cities on the DRC side of the lake, which straddles the border with Rwanda.

GOMA, Congo — On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride Jet Skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than 2 miles away, dead bodies ...

Authorities say a boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized and that 22 people have been killed.