Tanzania: What Rising Water Levels in Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika Means

Kigoma/Mwanza — It is good news to hydrologists yet a bad one to house-holds and establishments near Tanzania's major lakes.

While floods which first appeared early last year are reported to have displaced over 200,000 people close to Lake Victoria in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, in Kigoma, some 60 households have been displaced.

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