Tanzania, May 20 -- Mwanza. The East African Community (EAC) has launched its 2025 report on the state of the Lake Victoria Basin - the first of its kind - featuring nine chapters that provide an in-depth assessment of the lake region's current conditions.

The report analyses a range of challenges affecting the lake, including ecological degradation, environmental pressures, urban planning gaps, industrial growth, employment trends, tourism, and transport infrastructure such as roads, railways and inland water transport systems.

Speaking on May 20, 2026 during a preparatory meeting ahead of the climax of the Lake Victoria Day commemorations scheduled for May 21, 2026 - marking 30 years since the MV Bukoba ferry disaster - the Executive ...