Lake Victoria's stakeholder countries meet to address pollution


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Jan 2024

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A meeting aimed at addressing pollution caused by human activities was held in Tanzania's commercial hub of Dar es Salaam Tuesday, with attendance of participants from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Burundi.

A project involving 2 billion U.S. dollars to restore degraded Lake Victoria is expected to start soon, said Hilda Luoga, who is in charge of the project development with the Lake Victoria Basin Commission, a specialized agency of the East African Community, at the meeting.

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