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Twenty people are killed, five others are missing, and nine others are rescued after a boat carrying charcoal and food capsizes in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria.
2023-08-2

A Precision Air airliner with 43 persons aboard crashes into Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Nineteen occupants are killed; the others are rescued.
2022-11-6

At least 35 people died after a cruise boat carrying party revellers capsized on Lake Victoria, Uganda.
2018-11-24

The death toll of the MV "Nyerere" sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 224. Several are still missing.
2018-09-23

The death toll of the MV "Nyerere" sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 207. Several people are still missing.
2018-09-22

At least 136 people are dead and more than 100 others are missing after a ferry capsizes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
2018-09-20

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs in northern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 200 others. Tanzanian authorities report significant damage in the town of Bukoba. The governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda report tremors.
2016-09-10

Two women and seven men of the Extra Young Ohangla band die and eight other band members survive after their boat sinks in Lake Victoria at Kenya's Lihunda beach. The 15-member band was headed to Ndeda Island.
2016-06-25

Tanzanian flooding kills 42 people near Lake Victoria in the Kahama District.
2015-03-5

18 children die after their boat capsizes on the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria.
2010-08-5