According to Ingende resident Ndolo Kaddy, the ferry carried “more than 400 people ... carrying hundreds of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu, in the country’s east. Another 80 lost their ...

A boat carrying soccer players capsized on the Kwa River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 25 ...

While the idea of getting anywhere near something like Lake Kivu might be off-putting to some–myself included. Others see it as an opportunity. The folks at the KivuWatt project are the latter.

Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of 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.