MV Bukoba moments before she disappeared from the surface of Lake Victoria on May 21st, 1996. ON the morning of May, 21, 1996, a ship christened MV Bukoba, carrying more than 1,000 passengers and ...

ABOARD THE MV SERENGETI — The radar alarm suddenly goes off. Capt. Manase Kombe frantically begins raking a searchlight over the dark waters of Africa’s largest lake, trying to locate whatever ...

Opinion - Millions of words so far could have been written or said about MV Spice Islanders tragedy that just like MV Bukoba should not have happened.The two accidents, 15 years apart, are ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – The death toll rose above 100 on Friday after a ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported. The toll is likely to rise further as search and rescue ...

In 1996, more than 800 people died when passenger and cargo ferry MV Bukoba sank on Lake Victoria. Nearly 200 people died in 2011 when the MV Spice Islander I sank off Tanzania's Indian Ocean ...

In 1996, more than 800 people died when passenger and cargo ferry MV Bukoba sank on Lake Victoria. And nearly 200 people died in 2011 when the MV Spice Islander I sank off Tanzania’s Indian ...

The death toll rose above 100 after a ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported Friday, while a second day of rescue efforts raced the setting sun.