While a landslide of the scale suspected in the Nyos eruption might not cause enough mixing at Kivu, due to the lake’s size and depth, there are several other possible triggers.

Lake Kivu, located between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been declared “Living Lakes Lake of the Year 2025” by the international Living ...

In the past, cholera epidemics have started when residents of Goma collected dirty contaminated water from Lake Kivu to drink or wash pans.

Scientists don’t believe a limnic eruption is imminent at Lake Kivu; the lake’s water is not yet as saturated with gas as either of the Cameroon lakes were when they exploded. But the stakes ...

Lake Kivu is set to receive dedicated water transport routes to enhance navigability and ensure the safety of passengers and goods, The New Times has learned. Located in Rwanda’s Western ...

About 14,000 people lived near Nyos at the time of the eruption; more than 2 million live in the vicinity of Lake Kivu today, including roughly 1 million residents of the city of Bukavu, in the ...