Lake Victoria: Last News

Indigenous legend says Lake Victoria is a magical place, inhabited by powerful spiritual beings. Both feared and revered in pre-colonial Uganda, these demi-gods would commune with trans and pangender shamans, who are said to embody the divine masculine and feminine energies of the lake.

crocodile has been killed after mauling a toddler to death.A three-year-old-boy was visiting a lake in Kenya with his family when the giant reptile snatched him before his helpless mum.Members from the bereaved family's community in East Asembo in Rarieda, Siaya County, set out to catch the crocodile responsible on Saturday (May 9). A trap proved successful when the beast from Lake Victoria’s Ralayo Beach, fell for the bait and residents brutally hacked away at its body with axes.

Tanzania could be the site of a mysterious murder found on Google Maps.Users on online forum Reddit stumbled across the horrific site on Irugwa Island, in Tanzania's Lake Victoria.The island itself has no roads or way of a Google street view camera visiting it, but if you use the street view orange man on the far left end of the island, you find yourself transported to a grizzly site.What seems to be a narrow hallway of some kind of industrial building, you'll find a man apparently lying dead covered in blood on the floor, with blood splattered across the walls.There are two doors either site – numbered 549 and 538.Behind you is another door with the words “you trusted the wrong guy” on it, and on the wall next to that it says “you're too late, turn back now”.The words have been added to the scene as graphics, while the other end of the hallway features another graphic of a strange computer-generated figure holding a knife.However, there is a human shadow behind that, which makes the image very creepy.The Reddit user who found it, YoIzIllmatic, wrote: “Was on the phone with a friend last night and casually scrolling through Google Maps when I stumbled upon this.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.“Genuinely thought I was seeing things at first, but nope, it's all real, complete with writing on the wall that states the following: 'You're too late. Turn back now.', 'You trusted the wrong guy.' and 'Liar.

Rhino attack in Nepal last week.While sunbathing in the West Chitwan district of the country, the two became the focus of a sustained assault by the rogue rhino on January 19.Nepal is thought to be home to over 700 rhinos but thankfully attacks like this are rare.According to local police, Budana Mahato, 70 and Dhodhari Mahato, 80, were both injured after the Rhino rushed to attack them outside their house.Following the altercation, both pensioners were rushed to nearby Chitwan Medical College hospital for treatment and are out of danger.The attack is another sobering reminder of the power of nature after news broke earlier this month that a Kenyan fisherman had been disemboweled by a hippo.

Barack Obama is mourning the loss of his step-grandmother, Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama.The former U.S. president took to Instagram on Monday, revealing that the matriarch of his Kenyan family has died. She was at least 99 years old.«My family and I are mourning the loss of our beloved grandmother, Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama, affectionately known to many as 'Mama Sarah' but known to us as 'Dani' or Granny,» Obama's message began.