Troubled Waters: Life On The Edge Of Africas Lake Kivu In Pictures

Lying between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Kivu has been a silent witness to more than 30 years of conflict between the two countries. The lake, in a region seismically unstable and dotted with active volcanoes, contains high levels of potentially deadly methane and CO2 but for many of the nearly two million people who live on its shores, daily struggles are the more pressing concern Photographs by , words by Margaux Solinas