East Africa: Regional Countries Sign Deal to Extract Kivu Methane Gas

The three member countries of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL), Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda, Wednesday pledged to ensure the safe extraction of Lake Kivu methane gas.

Emmanuel Kamanzi, the managing director of Energy Development Cooperation Ltd (EDC), a company running the Lake Kivu monitoring and management project for Rwanda's energy development arm, Rwanda Energy Group (REG), said the resource in the lake is a "goldmine" and they want to jointly exploit and protect it.

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