Battle for Resources Grows as Lake Victoria Shrinks
May 29th, 2008 · Africa's Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake, is shrinking. As its waters subside, battles over the lake's resources increase.
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AIDS Strikes Kenyan Towns and Help Is Slow in Coming ***
Jul 11th, 2006 · In Kenya's western Suba District, AIDS has ravaged fishing communities up and down Lake Victoria. Women have been hardest hit, and an entire generation of children has been orphaned.
The Anxiety, and Disaster, of Influence **
Mar 22nd, 2006 · Two new documentaries probe the effects of outside influences on third-world countries. In Our Brand is Crisis, the arrival of U.S. campaign consultants threatens the outcome of a Bolivian presidential election. And Darwin's Nightmare is about the devastation of Lake Victoria in Tanzania.
Movie Follows Fish Through the Global Economy ****
Feb 22nd, 2006 · Filmmaker Hubert Sauper talks about his new documentary Darwin's Nightmare with Renee Montagne. The movie has been nominated for an Academy Award. It examines the global economy and its effect on one place and one commodity; in this instance, Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria.
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