| 单词 | Lake Victoria |
| 例句 | He told me that some of the Marburg monkeys were trapped in a group of islands in Lake Victoria known as the Sese Islands. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been spreading quietly along the Kinshasa Highway, a transcontinental road that wanders across Africa from east to west and passes along the shores of Lake Victoria within sight of Mount Elgon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It started its engines and took off over Lake Victoria, blue and sparkling, dotted with the dugout canoes of fishermen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boss of the company was having the sick monkeys put in boxes and shipped out to a small island in Lake Victoria, where they were being released. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One can guess that if a monkey trader were moving monkeys around Lake Victoria, he might call on the Kasen sero smugglers or on their neighbors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Seses are a low-lying forested archipelago in the northwestern part of Lake Victoria, an easy boat ride from Entebbe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally we were on the last stage of the long journey from England, via Lake Victoria, to Chimpanzee Land! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Did aids come from an island in Lake Victoria? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He arranged for Mum and me to use his little motorboat on Lake Victoria, in Kenya. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z So Louis Leakey asked Hassan to come all the way from Lake Victoria to help with the boat and engine. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When I rode along the Kinshasa Highway as a boy, it was a dusty, unpaved thread that wandered through the Rift Valley toward Lake Victoria, carrying not much traffic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since he was very unwell and no longer able to drive a car, one of his co-workers drove him to a private hospital in the city of Kisumu, on the shore of Lake Victoria. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy’s mother and father worked for a Danish relief organization in Kenya, and lived in a house in the town of Kisumu, on Lake Victoria. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is said that other villages along the shores of Lake Victoria have been essentially wiped off the map by aids. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 19th century, the British explorers Richard Burton and John Speke set out to trace the Nile River, a yearslong process that led Speke to what he eventually called Lake Victoria. 17 New Nonfiction Books to Read This Season 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z My husband and I are planning on driving from Cape Town to Nairobi via Namibia, Zambia, Malawi and then around Lake Victoria to reach Kenya.... Seeing Africa by Road 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z I have eaten ugali, East Africa’s signature dish, in a fisherman’s hut on the shoreline of Lake Victoria. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “Very scary times,” says the self-trained chef, 53, who grew up in the town of Homa Bay on the shores of Lake Victoria. Review | Swahili Village brings a taste of African fine dining to D.C. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z My husband and I are planning on driving from Cape Town to Nairobi via Namibia, Zambia, Malawi and then around Lake Victoria to reach Kenya. Seeing Africa by Road 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The fish was artificially introduced into Lake Victoria in the 1950s and ’60s, ate all the other fish and then was exported as food for Europe and Japan. Review: ‘We Come as Friends’ Explores Potential Exploitation of South Sudan 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The village, Bulemia — yes, that was the name — was a farming community not far from the Ugandan border and Lake Victoria. The Legacy of a Falling Spider 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world and the largest in Africa. Five Places President Obama Should Visit While in Kenya 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The luxury lodge sits on an island in the river on the Uganda side of Lake Victoria, miles upstream from two dams that routinely release lake water. Four resort destinations that rebounded after natural disasters to be better, safer and greener than before 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The shores of immense Lake Victoria are a haven for new and old-time hotels and restaurants; I settled in at Spennah Beach, a weekend hangout. Next Stop: Overcoming the Past in Lively Kampala 2013-08-15T21:56:49Z The pipeline would pass through seven forest reserves and two game parks, running alongside Lake Victoria, a source of fresh water for 40 million people. A TotalEnergies pipeline project in East Africa is disturbing community graves, watchdog says 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Before Elizabeth could make it to Lake Victoria, word came that her father, King George VI, had died. Dispossessed Kenyans demand compensation ahead of King Charles' visit 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z But a study of fossils from East Africa’s Lake Victoria shows that it takes more than arriving early to win the speciation race. Study of 17,000 years of fish fossils reveals rapid evolution 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Cichlids in Lake Victoria have adapted to occupy nearly every imaginable role in the ecosystem. Explosion in fish biodiversity due to genetic recycling 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Yalelo Zambia is the biggest tilapia producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, producing 25,000 tonnes of fish combined at its facilities on Lake Kariba in Zambia and on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria. Despite risks fish farms are booming in Africa 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The project has been deemed a “carbon bomb” by its opponents and a potential threat to the drinking water of 40 million people living around the basin of Lake Victoria. Countries on Front Lines of Climate Change Seek New Lifeline in Paris 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The Nile is the world’s longest river, stretching over 4,000 miles from its mouth in the Mediterranean to its origin in Lake Victoria in Central Africa. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z All of these species were found only in Lake Victoria; therefore, the 500 species of cichlids were endemic. Endemic species are found in only one location. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was unclear whether this diversification occurred solely within Lake Victoria, an astonishingly rapid process of around 16,000 years, following a 4,000-year dry period. Explosion in fish biodiversity due to genetic recycling 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Coastal islands and the tropical area around Lake Victoria, for example, receive upward of fifty-nine inches of rain per year. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He arrived in 2017 from Tanzania, where his family runs a modest hardware store at a small town on Lake Victoria. ‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z All four players came out of the academy in Mpigi, a transit town surrounded by lush green pastures between the Ugandan capital of Kampala and the shores of Lake Victoria. Inside the 'secret' baseball academy the Dodgers are running in Uganda 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z But while all wetlands around Lake Victoria are under threat from sand miners, the eponymously named sand from Lwera is favored among builders for its coarse texture that’s said to perform better in brickwork mortar. As sand miners prosper in Uganda, a vital lake basin suffers 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The team analysed 464 whole genomes of modern cichlids from Lake Victoria and the wider Great African Lakes region. Explosion in fish biodiversity due to genetic recycling 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z When they began to settle around Lake Victoria, the Bantu acquired cattle. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It would take centuries until explorers finally ascertained its destination as Lake Victoria, more than 6,600 miles to the south of where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea. There's a river in Pennsylvania whose endpoint is unknown — and it's not the only "lost" river 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Water levels at Lake Victoria rose by one meter and caused flooding in the surrounding region. A warmer world causes extreme drought and rain. ‘Indisputable’ new research proves it. 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A multibillion-dollar oil project led by French and Chinese companies in Uganda and Tanzania could threaten pristine habitats and Lake Victoria, a source of freshwater for 40 million people. Your Wednesday Briefing: A Downed U.S. Drone 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The findings confirmed cichlids found in the lake are indeed separate species evolved from the same mix of genes, having evolved within Lake Victoria after the dry period through a common hybridisation event. Explosion in fish biodiversity due to genetic recycling 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The pipeline, the longest heated conduit in the world, will straddle the basin of Lake Victoria, which supplies Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya with fresh water. An Oil Rush Threatens Natural Splendors Across East Africa 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z He realized the vessel could serve as an example of a sustainable business on the shores of Lake Victoria: a floating restaurant and bar that could be unmoored to drift for pleasure. Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z “I was worried she would get struck by lightning because she was on top of a hill,” says Tom Plummer, a paleoanthropologist at Queens College who led the excavation at Nyayanga, near Lake Victoria. Did more than one ancient human relative use early stone tools? 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z But by then, the virus had spread nationwide, including to the capital, and to Jinja, a city on the shores of Lake Victoria. W.H.O. Declares End to Uganda’s Worst Ebola Outbreak in Two Decades 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Scientists show the extraordinary diversity of cichlid fish in Africa's Lake Victoria was made possible by 'genetic recycling' -- repeated cycles of new species appearing and rapidly adapting to different roles in the ecosystem. Explosion in fish biodiversity due to genetic recycling 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Divers were unable to launch a rescue operation after a passenger plane crashed in Tanzania's Lake Victoria as they lacked oxygen in their cylinders, an official report has found. Tanzania plane crash: Rescue efforts delayed, report finds 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Lake Victoria is the world’s second-largest freshwater lake and spans three countries. Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z At least 19 people died when the plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while trying to land at a nearby airport, the prime minister and airline said. French investigators head to Tanzania to help probe plane crash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z NAIROBI, Kenya — A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania, and the country’s prime minister says 19 people on board were killed. Tanzania: Small plane crashes into Lake Victoria, 19 dead 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z As part of this, they tested whether Lake Victoria cichlids really are distinct species1 and the genetic factors that underpinned this unprecedented scale of evolution. Explosion in fish biodiversity due to genetic recycling 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Video shows rescuers at the site of a crashed plane after it landed in the Tanzanian part of Lake Victoria. Rescuers search site of crashed plane in Tanzania 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z In 2021 the Flipflopi went on a voyage on Lake Victoria “to raise awareness of the pollution plaguing the region’s most critical freshwater ecosystem, ” according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z One end of the runway at Bukoba airport lies right next to the shore of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake. Tanzanian plane crash-lands into Lake Victoria 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The aircraft, which had departed from the capital, Dar es Salaam, "fell in the Lake Victoria this morning due to storm and heavy rains", TBC reported. Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z “He was always skateboarding on the cenotaph, and I was always kicking him off the cenotaph,” he added, referring to a World War I memorial in the gardens next to Lake Victoria. Shakespeare or Bieber? This Canadian City Draws Devotees of Both 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z One such place is Lake Victoria in Africa, famous for its sympatric speciation of cichlid fish. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “Other methods, not necessarily this type … of trying to deal with plastic pollution on Lake Victoria.” Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Large rocks and boulders could also be seen along a major highway that runs from Kisumu, a city on the shore of Lake Victoria, to Busia, which is near the border with Uganda. Kenya Starts to Digest the Result of a Bitterly Contested Election 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Bukoba Airport lies on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake. Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Nisha Popat, who was nine at the time, remembers how her idyllic childhood, climbing mango trees and swimming in Lake Victoria, suddenly changed. 'I was forced to leave idyllic childhood home' 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The Lake Victoria cichlids provide an example through which we can begin to understand biodiversity. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z What accounts for the difference in diversity between Lake Victoria and Lake Huron? Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z The pipeline would then pass through seven forest reserves and two game parks, running alongside Lake Victoria, a source of fresh water for 40 million people. Report: East Africa pipeline ‘breaches banking principles’ 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria — as Burton was incapacitated by illness and too weak to make the side trip. Review | They found the source of the Nile — and became lifelong enemies 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z To quash it, every member of the Talai clan was forcefully moved to detention in a tse-tse fly and mosquito infested valley near present day Lake Victoria. Kenya's Talai clan petitions Prince William over land eviction 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The cichlids of Lake Victoria are the product of an adaptive radiation. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Lake Victoria is a tropical lake, while Lake Huron is a temperate lake. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Construction of the pipeline will displace thousands of families and threaten water resources in the Lake Victoria and River Nile basins, according to 350.org. East African oil pipeline hits the headwinds 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z In September 2020, he decided to move his family to his rural village in Busia county, not far from the edge of Lake Victoria. Kenyans find rural lifeline after Covid city exodus 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z During the pandemic, she saw it in real time, as Ugandan households under stay-at-home orders were flooded by the rising waters of Lake Victoria. Young climate activists warn their elders: Stop destroying the planet 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The cichlids of Lake Victoria are an example of a spectacular adaptive radiation that includes about 500 species. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Lake Huron in its present form is only about 7,000 years old, while Lake Victoria in its present form is about 15,000 years old. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z In Kenya, an estimated 10,700 deaths from malaria are recorded annually, and Kisumu, on the shores of Lake Victoria, is one of the high-malaria regions where the vaccine was tested. Africans Welcome New Malaria Vaccine. But Is It a ‘Game Changer'? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z He has thought about this often, and Lukanga says they will stop at Lake Victoria and then a local food market. Wealth manager Humble Lukanga’s mission: ‘Generational freedom’ for Black athletes 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Powerful floods caused devastation to the countries around Lake Victoria in eastern Africa, while Chile endured its 11th year of drought. Many measures of Earth’s health are at worst levels on record, NOAA finds 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z A culprit in these declines was a species of large fish that was introduced to Lake Victoria by fisheries to feed the people living around the lake. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z All of these species were found only in Lake Victoria, which is to say they were endemic. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Among them is a historic map that shows the southern borders of Egypt at Lake Victoria in East Africa. River Nile dam: Egypt new African allies 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z KISUMU, Kenya — Before Kenya’s president and other leaders arrived in late May to mark a major public holiday, health officials in Kisumu on Lake Victoria saw disaster brewing. Covid Surge in Africa Raises Fears of a Calamity Like India’s 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Sarah Obama was born in 1922 in a village on Lake Victoria, according to AFP. Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother dies, aged 99 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z The cichlids of Lake Victoria are a thumbnail sketch of contemporary rapid species loss that occurs all over Earth and is caused by human activity. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z In Lake Victoria, the intentional introduction of the Nile perch was largely responsible for the extinction of about 200 species of cichlids. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Photos posted on social media by local residents show dozens of lifeless fish washed up ashore at Lake Victoria, as well as Lake Kyoga and River Nile. Ugandans warned not to eat dead fish washed ashore 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z A microbe discovered in mosquitoes on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya seems to prevent the insect from harbouring the malaria parasite. Daily briefing: More than 1 billion people face unbearable temperatures within 50 years 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z A huge floating island in Lake Victoria triggered a nationwide blackout in Uganda after clogging a turbine in a hydroelectric power station. Floating island causes national power cut 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Given that Earth is losing species at an accelerating pace, science is very much in the place it was with the Lake Victoria cichlids: knowing little about what is being lost. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z In 1960, Aral Sea was the fourth largest inland water body; only the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior, and Lake Victoria were larger. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Lake Victoria is a vital resource shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Ugandans warned not to eat dead fish washed ashore 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Juma is considering sending his children to stay with relatives outside the capital, near Lake Victoria, which will mean less mouths to feed. 'We fear, but have to work': isolation not an option for the poor of Nairobi 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z It might not be clear why a fish pond project should take root in a region surrounding the great Lake Victoria. Fish ponds and water harvesting: climate-smart farming comes to Kenya 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria contained almost 500 species of cichlids alone, ignoring the other fish families present in the lake. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z One afternoon last October, Ledgard stood at the edge of a disused railroad track in Mwanza, Tanzania’s second-largest city, on the banks of Lake Victoria. Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z In 2017, scientists warned that Lake Victoria was under threat of dying. Ugandans warned not to eat dead fish washed ashore 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Dr. Nyanzi attended her sentencing session on Friday in a court in the center of Kampala, the capital, via video link from a maximum-security prison by the shores of Lake Victoria on the city’s outskirts. Ugandan Academic Jailed for Insulting President on Facebook 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Africa's Lake Victoria, for example, hosts hundreds of species of fish called cichlids. A growing sensory smog threatens the ability of fish to communicate, navigate, and survive 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z All of these species were found only in Lake Victoria; therefore, the 500 species of cichlids were endemic. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z He inhaled deeply, and said, “This was always the dream: to connect Lake Victoria.” Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Kenya's Lake Victoria fishermen now bring in an estimated 140,000 tonnes of fish per year, little more than a quarter of the 500,000 required. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The ferry capsized in Lake Victoria near Tanzania on Sept. 20. Tanzania shipwreck recalls holding on for life for over 40 hours: 'I knew it was my turn to die' 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The ferry — the main link between remote islands in Lake Victoria — was overcrowded, with more than 265 passengers and crew members on board. He Survived More Than 40 Hours as Scores Drowned Around Him 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z In Lake Victoria, as mentioned earlier, the intentional introduction of the Nile perch was largely responsible for the extinction of about 200 species of cichlids. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The largest freshwater body in Africa, Lake Victoria has more than four thousand miles of jagged shoreline, belonging to Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z It was an easy gap for the Chinese to fill, because the freshwater fish that they farm on a vast scale - tilapia - is from the same broad species that Kenyans mostly catch in Lake Victoria. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Project scientists were also able to measure the methane contained in smoke plumes emanating from agricultural fires around Lake Victoria and in northern Uganda. Tropical Africa could be a key to solving methane mystery 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Last January, he called the meeting at Lake Victoria and forced energy officials to sit down with Ms. Jandhyala and her partners. Competing Against Chinese Loans, U.S. Companies Face Long Odds 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z The mother of three was lucky to make it out of Lake Victoria alive together with her younger sister. Party cruise tragedy: ‘Too drunk to balance the boat’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Now, after years of coördinating with Tanzanian officials, Anderson and his colleagues had organized the Lake Victoria Challenge, the world’s first drone-infrastructure conference. Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z As fish stocks in Lake Victoria have plunged over the past two decades, and prices have risen sharply as a result, cheap farmed Chinese imports are increasingly filling the gap. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z DHL Express, the German delivery company, tested the use of drones to deliver medicine from Tanzania to an island in Lake Victoria. Where are the drone deliveries? Amazon’s customers are still waiting 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z MUKONO, Uganda – Ugandan diving teams are retrieving bodies from Lake Victoria where police say at least 30 people died in a boat accident near the capital, Kampala. Ugandan divers pull bodies from Lake Victoria boat accident 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Six survivors of a day of fun and revelry that turned into a tragedy after a Ugandan party boat capsized on Lake Victoria tell the BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga what happened. Party cruise tragedy: ‘Too drunk to balance the boat’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z The next morning, the World Bank rented both of the speedboats in Mwanza to take a couple of dozen Lake Victoria Challenge participants, who had signed up for the conference’s “Infrastructure Track,” to Juma Island. Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Fish catches from Lake Victoria have plummeted by more than half over the past two decades, due to overfishing and pollution. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria sees regular accidents, often involving overcrowded vessels. Dozens die as Uganda party boat sinks 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Boat accidents are increasingly common on East Africa's major lakes including Lake Victoria, which is surrounded by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Ugandan divers pull bodies from Lake Victoria boat accident 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Lake Victoria is the site of many boat disasters. Lake Victoria disaster: 22 die after Ugandan party boat sinks 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Boat accidents are increasingly common on East Africa’s major lakes including Lake Victoria, which is surrounded by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Uganda: At least 10 die in boat accident on Lake Victoria 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z In November last year, the Kenyan government moved to try to protect the Lake Victoria fishing industry by imposing an import ban on foreign tilapia. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The labourers were building the railway line between Mombasa and Lake Victoria over nine months in 1898. A guide to Africa's 'looted treasures' 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Not while growing up as an orphan in his village near Lake Victoria where everybody was, like him, black. Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In September, hundreds died when the MV Nyerere passenger ferry sank on the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria, which is also shared by Kenya. Lake Victoria disaster: 22 die after Ugandan party boat sinks 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z There have been several deadly accidents on Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest freshwater lake and a vital economic hub in East Africa, and off the nation’s coast in the Indian Ocean. The deadly capsizing of a ferry in Tanzania illustrates a problem faced by many countries - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z We are at the largest fish market in the city of Kisumu, on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Relatives wept in grief Sunday at the mass burial in Tanzania of many of the 224 people who drowned when a ferry in capsized on Lake Victoria. Burials begin in Tanzania as deaths from capsized ferry rise to 224 - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Officials say the death toll in Thursday's capsizing on Lake Victoria has reached 209 people. The Latest: Video shows rescued Tanzania ferry survivor 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z A survivor has been rescued by divers from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry two days after it capsized on Lake Victoria, killing at least 166 people. Tanzania ferry disaster: divers pull survivor from capsized ship 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Students have designed ferries tailored to local conditions in places such as Thailand, the Singapore Strait and Bangladesh, and the association is considering focusing on Lake Victoria for one of its competitions. The deadly capsizing of a ferry in Tanzania illustrates a problem faced by many countries - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Yet for Edward Oremo, a Kenyan fisheries official, it will ultimately mean the end of commercial fishing on Lake Victoria. Chinese imports 'driving fishermen to despair' 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The death toll rose above 100 after the passenger ferry MV Nyerere capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported Friday, while a second day of rescue efforts raced the setting sun. Survivor found as death toll 167 in Tanzania ferry disaster 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z A Tanzanian official says a survivor has been found in a capsized ferry two days after the deadly disaster on Lake Victoria. The Latest: Survivor found in Tanzania capsized ferry 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria, where old ferries are often overloaded with passengers, has been the site of several maritime disasters, including the 1996 sinking of a Tanzanian ferry, the MV Bukoba. Tanzanian Ferry Capsizes, Killing at Least 131 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z In the latest tragedy in Tanzania, the ferry Nyerere capsized Thursday, a short distance from shore near the small island of Ukara in Lake Victoria, killing dozens of people. The deadly capsizing of a ferry in Tanzania illustrates a problem faced by many countries - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Initial estimates suggested that the MV Nyerere was carrying as many as 300 people when it capsized near the dock in Ukerewe, Lake Victoria’s largest island. Tanzania's president orders arrests as ferry death toll climbs 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z NAIROBI, Kenya – A survivor has been found inside a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster on Lake Victoria, an official said Saturday, while coffins arrived for at least 167 victims and counting. Survivor found as death toll 167 in Tanzania ferry disaster 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z A Tanzanian official says the death toll from a capsized ferry on Lake Victoria has risen to 167 while wooden coffins have arrived at the scene. The Latest: Survivor found in Tanzania capsized ferry 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The death toll rose above 100 on Friday Sept. 21, 2018, after the ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported. Over 100 dead after Tanzania ferry sinks on Lake Victoria 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z KAMPALA, Uganda – The death toll rose above 100 on Friday after a ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported. Lake Victoria ferry capsizes, reportedly leaving more than 100 dead 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria’s waters can be rough and boats are frequently poorly maintained, while ferry operators often fail to record the number of passengers on board. Tanzania's president orders arrests as ferry death toll climbs 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The death toll rose above 100 after the passenger ferry MV Nyerere capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported Friday, while a second day of rescue efforts raced the setting sun. Survivor found as death toll 167 in Tanzania ferry disaster 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z At least 500 people were killed when a ferry capsized in Lake Victoria in 1996. Hundreds still missing in Tanzania ferry sinking, 44 confirmed dead 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z This framegrab taken from mobile phone footage shows a person on the shore watching the search and rescue of people standing on the capsized hull of a ferry, on Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Over 100 dead after Tanzania ferry sinks on Lake Victoria 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z A 1996 ferry disaster on Lake Victoria in the same region killed at least 500 people. Dozens Dead as Ferry Capsizes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania Says 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria straddles the borders of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Lake Victoria ferry capsizes, killing at least 44 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In 1996, a ferry disaster on Lake Victoria in the same region killed at least 500 people. At least 42 drowned in Lake Victoria ferry sinking, death toll... 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Hundreds of people are feared missing after a ferry capsized on Lake Victoria in north Tanzania. 'Hundreds missing' as ferry capsizes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z KAMPALA, Uganda – The death toll rose above 100 after a ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported Friday, while a second day of rescue efforts raced the setting sun. Over 100 dead after Tanzania ferry sinks on Lake Victoria 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z For instance, the new model accurately showed how lightning over Lake Victoria in Africa occurs late in the day. Where will lightning strike next? A new model could help pilots avoid dangerous storms 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z WAIMEA, HAWAII—In the shallow waters of Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake, swim some 500 species of cichlid fish with a dizzying variety of appearances, habitats, and behaviors. Ancient hookups between different species may explain Lake Victoria’s stunning diversity of fish 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Unesco called it "an exceptional example of the tradition of the first pastoral communities in the Lake Victoria Basin". Mumbai art deco buildings make Unesco list 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z “It is an exceptional example of the tradition of massive dry-stone walled enclosures, typical of the first pastoral communities in the Lake Victoria Basin, which persisted until the mid-20th century,” it added. Unesco names three new world heritage sites 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z As the sun sets over Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, tens of thousands of fishermen ready themselves to head out on the water for the night, fishing mostly for tilapia and Nile perch. Could a text message save thousands of fishermen's lives? 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Along the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, mobile phones in several hundred villages ding in unison on the first of every month. Money for nothing: the truth about universal basic income 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z In earlier research, his team collected cichlids from the rivers and lakes surrounding Lake Victoria and partly sequenced each species's DNA to build a family tree. Ancient hookups between different species may explain Lake Victoria’s stunning diversity of fish 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z A team led by Mark Mescher, a behavioral ecologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, tested this approach on 400 children at 41 schools in malarial areas near Lake Victoria in western Kenya. Is Malaria's Peculiar Odor the Key to Its Conquest? 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z “You no longer see carrier bags flying around when its windy. Waterways are less obstructed. Fishermen on the coast and Lake Victoria are seeing few bags entangled in their nets.” Eight months on, is Kenya's plastic bag ban working? 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria - a lake so big it straddles Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya - is notorious for its deadly storms. Could a text message save thousands of fishermen's lives? 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z In the lakeside city of Kisumu, an opposition stronghold where more than 50 people died in civil unrest, banks, hotels and fishmongers who work on the banks of Lake Victoria are once again busy. Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga call truce in Kenya to heal divisions 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Periods of drying have repeatedly caused Lake Victoria to disappear, and Seehausen and his team propose that fish in the remaining waterways evolved independently until wetter periods reunited them. Ancient hookups between different species may explain Lake Victoria’s stunning diversity of fish 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z There are the queen’s namesakes: Victoria Falls north of Zimbabwe; Lake Victoria, bordering three countries in eastern Africa; Victoria Island in Nigeria. It’s been 50 years since Britain left. Why are so many African judges still wearing wigs? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Much of the killing a decade ago was in Kisumu, a city of a million people, most of them from Odinga's Luo tribe, on the shores of Lake Victoria. Kenyans stockpile food, police get first aid kits ahead of vote 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The organisation is trying to develop a cellphone alert system so that fishermen and others in the Lake Victoria region can report severe weather heading their way. What it’s like to be struck by lightning 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z But her husband - a fisherman on Lake Victoria - was not happy. The midwife who saved intersex babies - BBC News 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Some of Lake Victoria's cichlids nibble plants; others feed on invertebrates; big ones feast on other fish; lake bottom lovers consume detritus. Ancient hookups between different species may explain Lake Victoria’s stunning diversity of fish 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Kogelo, where Obama’s father was born, is just 20 miles from the village, which lies close to the banks of Lake Victoria. The Future of Not Working 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Much of the killing a decade ago was in Kisumu, a city of a million people, most of them from Odinga's Luo tribe, on the shores of Lake Victoria. Kenyans stockpile food, police get first aid kits ahead of vote 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z She languished in an arid refugee camp in Dadaab for two years, and then moved across Lake Victoria to another sprawling camp in southern Uganda, living among 60,000 other displaced people. Kansas town reels months after foiled mosque bombing: 'I'm still scared' 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z These projections reveal hotspots of loss in countries like Egypt, Nigeria, the countries that flank Lake Victoria in East Africa, and in Eastern China. Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Its branching pattern indicated that Lake Victoria's cichlids are closely related to a species from the Congo River and one from the Upper Nile River watershed, the group reported last year in Nature Communications. Ancient hookups between different species may explain Lake Victoria’s stunning diversity of fish 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Located near Lake Victoria and a seven-hour drive to Nairobi, Kogelo is the birthplace of Mr. Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr. Malik Obama, Donald Trump supporter, gets curse from president’s Kenya family, villagers 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z While Rhodes had aimed to lay rail north from Victoria Falls, toward Lake Victoria, about 1,200 miles away, the landlocked Zambians had a different goal: connecting to a port. The History of Southern Africa, by Train 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The quake struck close to the border with Uganda and Rwanda near Lake Victoria. Tanzania earthquake kills 10 and injures 192 - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z An earthquake measuring 5.7 hit northwest Tanzania on Saturday, 44 km from Bukoba, close to the western shore of Lake Victoria, the U.S. Earthquake measuring 5.7 hits northwest Tanzania: USGS 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z About 15,000 years ago, three groups of fish, themselves products of the ancient hybridizations, came together in Lake Victoria as it filled again. Ancient hookups between different species may explain Lake Victoria’s stunning diversity of fish 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Also, the traps — which resemble lampshades and hang just outside the house — lured in Anopheles funestus mosquitoes, which are the most important malaria vector on Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria, where the test was conducted. A Better (Smelly) Mosquito Trap, but With Caveats 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Barak’s team flirted with the idea of parachuting Israeli Navy SEALs into Lake Victoria: they could make the subsequent journey on rubber dinghies. 'We thought this would be the end of us': the raid on Entebbe, 40 years on 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z For its part, Dar es Salaam is connected to Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika, also by colonial-period railways. The race to become East Africa's biggest port - BBC News 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Protests were also broken up in Kisumu and Kisii, two cities near Lake Victoria. Of kicking and Kikuyu 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Now, extensive sequencing of cichlids from around Lake Victoria suggests much of it was there at the start, in the cichlids' ancestors. Ancient hookups between different species may explain Lake Victoria’s stunning diversity of fish 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z But abortions and related deaths are nearly five times higher for women in the north, near Lake Victoria, and in the southern highlands, than for women living on the island of Zanzibar. Tanzanian Women Face High Rates of Abortion-Related Deaths 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z His office at the institute, overlooking Lake Victoria, is a stash of books, old photographs, and a world map pinned with the locations of mosquito-catching expeditions, from Alaska to Saudi Arabia. In a Remote Ugandan Lab, Encounters With Zika and Mosquitoes Decades Ago 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z In Jinja, a small town near the Nile River’s source on Lake Victoria, voters turned out early Thursday. Top opposition candidate briefly detained as Ugandans go to polls 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z These are the everyday things Mr. Museveni highlighted at the recent campaign rally in Kalungu, a bushy hamlet near Lake Victoria. Uganda, Firmly Under One Man’s Rule, Dusts Off Trappings of an Election 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z These African Grey parrots were rescued from smugglers and released on Ngamba Island in Lake Victoria. This Talking Bird Is Disappearing From the Wild It's a massive campus on a hill overlooking Lake Victoria. Zika virus: Inside Uganda's forest where the disease originates - BBC News 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z This virus was first isolated in Uganda in 1947, within a small enclave called Zika Forest, near the west shore of Lake Victoria, where researchers from the Rockefeller Foundation were studying yellow fever. Why Zika Is This Year’s Scary Virus I spent the remainder of my three days on Rubondo taking shorter hikes in the forest and boating on Lake Victoria to birdwatch while others fished for Nile Perch and tilapia. Africa’s Secret, Fantasy-Island Safari 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The pond, along with a neighboring private pond called Lake Victoria, was used in the 1800s as quarries to harvest brick. After fire, sausage makers use downtime productively 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The two primary ones are the lack of that physical barrier along the agricultural boundary towards Lake Victoria and a lack of political will to invest in conservation rather than kowtowing to corrupt politicians. This Lion Expert Was Banned From Tanzania for Exposing Corruption 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z His earlier documentary "Darwin's Nightmare," nominated for an Academy Award, examined how Nile perch from Lake Victoria in Tanzania were shipped to international markets while locals faced the threat of famine. 'We Come as Friends': A ride through poverty, swindles, death in South Sudan 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The gathering took place on the shores of Lake Victoria a year after a court overturned the antigay law. Ugandan Gays Hold Pride Rally a Year After Anti-Homosexual Law Is Scrapped 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z One of those students was one Barack Obama from Kogelo, near the port city of Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria. The airlift education scholarship that changed the world - BBC News 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z In the Kenyan town where his grandmother still lives, near Lake Victoria, the local high school has been named "Senator Obama," a legacy of his visit there in 2006 before he became president. AP PHOTOS: Obama-mania strong in Africa ahead of visit by first US pres with African roots 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Nowhere is the excitement at a greater pitch than in K’Ogelo, the village in Siaya, a county on the fringes of Lake Victoria, where Barack Obama Senior grew up. Barack Obama goes back to Kenya: 'It's like JFK going back to Ireland' 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The fish catch of a small community on the shores of Lake Victoria may seem far removed from the goal of stopping HIV — but implementation scientists see it as an essential part of the work. How to beat HIV 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z It remains a long way from the other countries that share Lake Victoria - Tanzania and Kenya. The Ugandans living on an island floating in Lake Victoria - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In the isolated village of Obaga, not far from Lake Victoria, church members are working with a group of widows who want to improve their lot in life. Church volunteers make sleeping mats from plastic 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z Lake Victoria is not the only locale cichlids call home. The Extraordinary Evolution of Cichlid Fishes 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z A few days later, after a treacherous, two-hour wooden longboat journey through the islands of Lake Victoria, I start to understand why. Can the Private Sector Replace NGOs in the Developing World? 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z On the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenyan fishermen spread out their nets on the sand to dry their catch in the sun. How to beat HIV 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z In the village of Sori along the banks of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, fishing has long been the lynchpin of the local economy. Bill Gates on The Verge: Can mobile banking revolutionize the lives of the poor? 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z All around Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi and so many others, fish are the engine block of the economy and a de facto social security system for landless people. Mosquito Nets for Malaria Spawn New Epidemic: Overfishing 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Africa's Lake Victoria is home to one of evolution's greatest experiments. The Extraordinary Evolution of Cichlid Fishes 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Anne Soy reports from the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria hospital ship launched 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z In addition, we analysed sequence data from sixty individuals representing six closely related species from Lake Victoria, and show genome-wide diversifying selection on coding and regulatory variants, some of which were recruited from ancient polymorphisms. The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z The idea of protecting the corridor between Serengeti National Park and Lake Victoria is not new. Thirsty Serengeti wildlife to get new water hole: Lake Victoria 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z “New mosquito nets are the best,” said David Owich, who fishes on Lake Victoria. Mosquito Nets for Malaria Spawn New Epidemic: Overfishing 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Uganda is also in the midst of a major hydropower expansion, with a series of dams being constructed on the White Nile, which originates from Lake Victoria in the country's south-central region. China Outpaces U.S. in African Energy Investment 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The one-ton crocodile was suspected to have eaten six people on the shores of the shores of Lake Victoria before it was captured, according to Uganda's New Vision newspaper. Africa in pictures: 28 March-3 April 2014 2014-04-04T14:15:13Z The radiations in Lake Victoria and Malawi thus display the highest sustained rates of speciation known to date in vertebrates7. The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Yet others began to wonder whether it was now time to seriously analyse what the waters of Lake Victoria - on the shores of Kisumu in Western Kenya - actually contained. Letter from Africa: Our dreams are valid 2014-03-11T17:02:36Z But little by little, the numbers involved are falling and the women of Lake Victoria are understanding the dangers involved. Kenya's battle to end 'sex for fish' trade 2014-02-17T01:16:38Z Above all it wanted to provide a highway running from Lake Victoria to Tanzania's coast. Worries over new roads in Tanzania's Serengeti 2014-01-17T22:20:44Z She had recognised her attackers and afterwards identified them to the police, who ordered them to cut grass around a police station in Busia, near Lake Victoria. Kenyans march for gang-rape justice 2013-10-31T09:52:31Z But his job does provide months of daily paddling on Kenya's vast Lake Victoria, in the rural Budalangi district hundreds of miles from Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, in his wooden boat. Kenyan canoeist beats polio and poverty 2013-08-30T06:45:06Z The bus was traveling from Nairobi to Homa Bay on Lake Victoria when it skidded off the road. Bus Accident Kills Dozens of People in Kenya 2013-08-29T11:55:07Z The shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya bustle with business - wooden fishing boats competing for space, carrying in the morning catch of tilapia, perch or catfish. Kenya's battle to end 'sex for fish' trade 2014-02-17T01:16:38Z The Sesse Islands in Lake Victoria are a specimen of Nature' jewelry. 100 Years Ago: Tsetse Fly Breeds Ruin 2013-08-04T14:15:02.033Z On the outskirts of the Lake Victoria port city, abandoned ruins still bear witness to the weeks of looting and torching that brought East Africa's biggest economy to a standstill. Kenyan city fears violence re-run ahead of tight vote 2013-02-27T07:10:59Z The Ugandan unit of Shell is building large reservoirs of fuel as a back up at Jinja, east on the capital Kampala on the shore of Lake Victoria. Landlocked neighbors worried by possible Kenya poll violence 2013-02-21T00:06:40Z The doctor, who oversees a regional hospital that receives about 700 patients each day in Tanzania's Mwanza district on the shores of Lake Victoria, keeps a tidy chart on her office wall. 'Malaria is not going away because we are getting fake treatment' 2012-12-23T16:32:35Z Some of the most vulnerable places are those in the central and Lake Victoria region, which offer more potential vectors and less robust eradication progress. Cell Phone Data Could Help Clip Malaria Spread 2012-10-15T17:45:10.330Z Ten years after deworming, many of them had moved and were scattered in Uganda, islands in Lake Victoria and even London. | Fixes: In India, a Small Pill, With Positive Side Effects 2012-04-04T19:04:41Z In a like manner Lake Victoria receives all streams from the extremity of the southeastern or Right Nile basin and pours these waters by the Victoria Nile into Albert Nyanza. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Mobile teams visit schools, social halls and soccer fields, and even sail boats to islands in Lake Victoria. Small Fixes: Slow Progress in Circumcising Men to Fight AIDS in Africa 2011-09-26T22:14:52Z Tanzania’s worst maritime disaster was in May 1996 on Lake Victoria. Nearly 200 Dead as Ferry Capsizes in Tanzania 2011-09-10T17:42:14Z Only the medusa, which is found in Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria Nyanza and the R. Niger, has been found and it is doubtful whether a hydroid generation exists. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The Tanzanian government planned a two-lane highway across the park to connect Lake Victoria with coastal ports. Serengeti road halt for wildlife 2011-06-24T13:07:50Z I was absent on an exploring expedition on Lake Victoria, having left Francis Pocoke and Frederick Barker in charge of my camp. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Leaving Bagamoyo, November 17, 1874, Stanley reached Lake Victoria Nyanza in March, 1875, his journey of seven hundred and twenty miles being marked by pestilential fevers, struggles through thorny jungles, and scant food and water. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z This freshwater pool is roughly twice the volume of Africa’s Lake Victoria, one of the largest freshwater bodies in the world. Arctic Ocean Hosts Weird Freshwater Pond 2011-04-05T20:26:00Z Lake Victoria Nyanza he found to be nearly four thousand feet above sea level, or nearly two thousand feet above the altitude of Lake Tanganyika. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Desperate, Biraro began small-scale mining in the Lake Victoria region, hours from the family’s home, his wife said. Shooting Gold Diggers at African Mine Seen Amid Record Prices 2010-12-23T05:57:58Z This scruffy but lively port of more than 300,000 people on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria is a regional hub for commerce, transient relationships and H.I.V. infection. Cases Without Borders: Trying to Follow the Trail of Missing AIDS Patients 2010-10-25T20:59:00Z The return journey, made as far as Lake Victoria Nyanza over unknown ground, resulted in the discovery of Mount Ruwenzori, a snow-clad peak under the Equator, estimated to be seventeen thousand feet high. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z Those Cichlids the doctor is holding in the top picture look something like the Haplochromis from Lake Victoria, very pretty. Questions on Congo River Fishes 2010-09-10T21:13:00Z Rushing from the Lake Victoria Nyanza like a mountain torrent, it finally loses its impetuosity, and runs over extensive flats. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The mine, sitting east of Lake Victoria, had 2.9 million ounces of proven and probable reserves at the start of 2010. Shooting Gold Diggers at African Mine Seen Amid Record Prices 2010-12-23T05:57:58Z Boats capsize often on Lake Victoria, which is roughly the size of Ireland, due to rough waters and poorly maintained ships. 18 Tanzanian children drown in Lake Victoria 2010-08-06T11:52:00Z Earlier this year, Dr Slabbekoorn published a report in the journal Behavioral Ecology that suggested that cichlid fish in Lake Victoria, East Africa produce species-specific sounds that also correlate with the size of the fish. Man-made 'noise pollution' threatens fish 2010-06-01T07:04:00Z That newcomer, brown streak, is now ravaging cassava crops in a great swath around Lake Victoria, threatening millions of East Africans who grow the tuber as their staple food. Battling a Virus Ravaging East Africa?s Cassava Crops 2010-05-31T21:30:00Z But there is nothing attractive about its impacts on Lake Victoria, where it is thought to have arrived in about 1990, travelling down the Kigera River from Rwanda and Burundi. Alien invaders 2010-04-13T09:58:00Z The "sudds," or the Nilotic obstructions of growing water plants, were cleared so that the young couple could in a comfortable steamer reach not only Fashoda but the great Lake Victoria Nyanza. In Desert and Wilderness Some minor successes, chiefly naval, were obtained by the British during the month of March, when they occupied Shirati on Lake Victoria Nyanza and established there a base for armed steamers. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The dialects of Busoga, the Sese Islands and the west coast of Lake Victoria are closely related to the language of the kingdom of Uganda. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The minor operations along the Anglo-German frontier include the attack on Shirati—a German post on the southeast shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza—on Jan. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 The first of these, or the true Nile, has its source in Lake Victoria Nyanza, and the second rises in Abyssinia. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 The gain of that part secured unimpeded access from the coast to the northern half of Lake Victoria Nyanza. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Insect pests like the tsetse fly swarm around Lake Victoria Nyanza, while different fevers of peculiarly malignant varieties lie in wait to attack the European. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Grant and Speke, returning from Lake Victoria Nyanza, meet Baker coming up the Nile. 1861-62. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Richard Burton tracked the source back to Lake Victoria, and back again to the Royal Geographical Society; no gushing waters from the cleft rock, only lameness, fever under the rays of the Sun God, Ra. Unmanned In certain tribes we saw near Lake Victoria Nyanza, and on the upper White Nile, both men and women were practically naked. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The German forces were greatly superior to those of the British in East Africa, and the Uganda railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria Nyanza running parallel with the frontier was a tempting object of attack. A Short History of the Great War Eyre accompanied the expedition as far as Lake Victoria, which point they reached on the 10th of September, 1844. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 He named Lake Victoria, and then directed his course to the west, where he discovered and named the Nicholson and Mitchell rivers. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work In 1898, the Englishman, Mr. Lloyd, crossed from Lake Victoria to the mouth of the Congo in three months, about thirteen hundred miles of the journey being by Congo steamboat and railroad. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents They reached Lake Victoria, but the leader could go no further. Beneath the Banner Karungu was also besieged on Lake Victoria Nyanza, but relieved by a couple of British vessels; the invaders of Northern Rhodesia were beaten back; and a naval force bombarded Dar-es-Salaam and destroyed the wireless installation. A Short History of the Great War Others liked to wander from place to place, but the Baganda chose to settle down on the shores of the great Lake Victoria Nyanza, and to stay there always. People of Africa Eyre accompanied the expedition as far as Lake Victoria, which they reached on the 10th of September, 1844. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work In 1902, the journey from the Indian Ocean to Lake Victoria is made by rail in two and one-half days,--a journey that occupied Speke for nine, and Stanley for eight months. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents With permission to descend "Murchison Creek," and to view "Lake Victoria Nyanza," Colonel Long, after a march of three hours, took boat. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 No small part of the north-western province of Ruanda had been lost as well: the Belgians had occupied Kigali and the British had driven the Germans from their shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza. A Short History of the Great War As I understand it," said Monty, "slaves came mostly from the Congo side of Lake Victoria Nyanza. The Ivory Trail Mr. Browne also stated that the extent of the lake was equal to that of Lake Victoria, but that it could at no time be more than eighteen inches deep. Expedition into Central Australia The railroad took them to Lake Victoria Nyanza, but they stopped at many places on the way, and made long excursions into the country. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography We were again ferried across the Rufus, the current setting strong into Lake Victoria at the time, and had well nigh gone down in our frail bark, to the infinite amusement of our Charon. Expedition into Central Australia He was a native of Lake Victoria, and had probably taken an active part in the conflicts between the natives and overlanders in that populous part of the Murray river. Expedition into Central Australia I have mentioned that Toonda was attended by a young lad, his nephew, who, with another young lad, joined us at Lake Victoria. Expedition into Central Australia In the midst of all this we were, on the 13th, most agreeably surprised by the appearance of our friend Camboli, with two other natives from Lake Victoria. Expedition into Central Australia I felt it my duty also before leaving Lake Victoria to report what I had heard to the Governor. Expedition into Central Australia The southern shore of Lake Victoria is very picturesque, as well as the line of the Rufus. Expedition into Central Australia After the departure of these boys we had only three natives with us, who had been with the party from Lake Victoria, i. e. Expedition into Central Australia The Mount Barker district may be said to extend from the village of Nairne to Strathalbyn, on the River Angas, the latter place being 15 miles from the shores of Lake Victoria. Expedition into Central Australia The ground in our rear and to our right was rather bushy, and numerous Fusani, covered with fruit, were growing there; Lake Victoria being about four miles to our rear also. Expedition into Central Australia This ugly bird was common on the Murray, and was seen by me in hundreds on Lake Victoria; but it is seldom seen on the Darling--never to the westward of Stanley's Range. Expedition into Central Australia A little below Wellington, Lake Victoria receives the waters of the Murray, which eventually mingle with those of the ocean, through the sea mouth. Expedition into Central Australia On the 8th I reached Lake Victoria, where I learnt that our old friend Nadbuck had been speared by a native, whose jealousy he had excited, but that his wound was not mortal. Expedition into Central Australia I was employed on the 16th in reporting our progress to the Governor, as Nadbuck and Camboli were to leave us in the afternoon on their return to Lake Victoria. Expedition into Central Australia |
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