Freshwater fish are an ‘aquatic version of the canary in the coalmine’ for Africa’s rivers, lakes and wetlands, a new report ...

At first glance, Africa’s wetlands - its shimmering lakes and winding rivers - appear to teem with life. But beneath the ...

Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

Africa: Water Cooperation Is Essential When Countries Share Lakes and Rivers - Yet It's Been Deteriorating in Many Places, With Serious Consequences ...

WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to global levels in nearly 100 countries.

An estimated 26 per cent of Africa’s freshwater fish species are threatened (including those assessed as Critically ...

As recently as 1966, Lake Chad, which sits between Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger, was a huge expanse of water that the locals fondly referred to as an "ocean". The Central African Republic's ...

African temperatures rose an average 1 degree Fahrenheit in the 20th century — matching the global average — and even more in the past few decades in such places as Lake Tanganyika ...

One of the hotspots we identified was South Africa’s Vaal River, ... It is Africa’s largest lake and feeds the Nile River, which spans 11 countries and supports more than 300 million people.

As the source of the Nile river, the lake holds a big reputation. It is the longest river in Africa and has been considered the longest in the world at an impressive 4,160 miles. SUBSCRIBE Invalid ...

There are between 800 and 2,100 species of African cichlids in these lakes alone. Over 30 African lakes contain cichlids. There are also about 150 species found in African rivers.