[The Guardian] Troubled waters: life on the edge of Africa’s Lake Kivu – in pictures

Troubled waters: life on the edge of Africa’s Lake Kivu – in pictures

Lying between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Kivu has been a silent witness to more than 30 years of conflict between the two countries. The lake, in a region seismically unstable and dotted with active volcanoes, contains high levels of potentially deadly methane and CO2 – but for many of the nearly two million people who live on its shores, daily struggles are the more pressing concern

• Photographs by Paloma Laudet, words by Margaux Solinas

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