DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 26 -- THE Countries sharing Lake Tanganyika have been urged to strengthen implementation of agreed decisions and strategies to ensure the lakes resources deliver greater economic and social benefits to more than 13 million people who depend on it.

The call was made by the Permanent Secretary in the Vice-Presidents Office (Union and Environment), Dr Richard Muyungi, during the opening of the 15th Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA) Management Committee meeting in Dar es Salaam.

According to Dr Muyungi, the lake is a vital ecological and economic resource supporting fishing, transportation of people and goods, and biodiversity conservation across the four countries bordering it.

“I insist that decisions reached at t...