Mourners weep over 19 coffins after Tanzania plane crash
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Reuters Weeping relatives of the 19 people who died when a plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania filed past a row of coffins in the lakeside town of Bukoba on Monday as religious and political leaders gathered for a ceremony to honour the victims. Flight PW494, operated by Tanzanian airline […]
Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 19 dead
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Reuters At least 19 people died when a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while trying to land at a nearby airport, the Prime Minister and airline said. Flight PW494, operated by Precision Air, hit the water during storms and heavy rain, the state Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation reported. […]
Water management: Floods on record-high Lake Victoria expose need for water cooperation
JUSTIN WANZALA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on calls for the three countries that share Lake Victoria – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – to work together to put systems in place to lessen flood damage….