NOT FOR THE first time that day, it was hard to tell who was the object of greater curiosity: them or us. Stowing my paddle on my lap, I waved bashfully at the motor-taxi laden with local families ...

Lake Bunyonyi is famed for its beauty and biodiversity. A local school teaches students how to protect this unique natural environment. Students learn how to transform everyday waste into powerful ...

MBARARA, Uganda (Reuters) - It's dawn and the world is so filled with birdsong it is almost impossible to hear the gentle splash of oars as fishermen in canoes drift across the otherwise placid water.

The road to Lake Bunyonyi is a journey of paradox much like the beautiful East African nation of Uganda. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities from the media company who ...

In many traditional African cultures, it was abominable for an unmarried girl to get pregnant. Among the Baganda, that girl would be sent away to live with a distant relative. But among the Bakiga in ...

Lake Bunyonyi’s water has changed from its usual clear white to yellow and brown, causing fish to suffocate. Leaders and residents blame the problem on heavy pollution and poor farming practices that ...

Leaders of sub-counties neighbouring Lake Bunyonyi have resolved to step up efforts to enforce by-laws that prohibit poor garbage disposal and cultivation of crops near the shores of the lake to save ...

The Punishment Island on Lake Bunyonyi locally known as Akampene that used to be a dumping place for girls that got pregnant before marriage in the Kigezi sub-region could soon be totally submerged in ...

A general view of Lake Bunyonyi, a twisting 25-km (15.5-mile) long freshwater lake which lies in the far southwest of Uganda January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Turner/Files By Michael Turner MBARARA, ...