A drying climate in East Africa reduced the amount of water in Kenya's Lake Turkana over thousands of years, which unleashed earthquakes and volcanoes from underneath it. This hazard of climate change ...

NAIVASHA, Kenya — When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares) of ...

An almost picturesque lake in Rwanda is actually home to a massive concentration of methane and carbon dioxide. The "killer lake" sits between the republics of Rwanda and Congo in Africa. The lake is ...

Along the dry shores of northern Kenya, a long turquoise lake quietly records the tug of deep forces. Lake Turkana looks peaceful from the surface. Yet as its waters have risen and fallen with ...

The fate of three other lakes in Rift Valley hangs in the balance as the El Nino rains failed to raise their levels as was expected. Lake Nakuru, Elementaita and Bogoria are threatened by human ...

Three lakes in the Rift Valley region are at risk of being placed on the 'danger list' by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), experts have warned.

NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 ...