After years of waiting, Cameroon is finally able to begin disarming the silent killer that lurks in one of its deadly lakes. The deep waters of Lake Monoun contain a large amount of dissolved carbon ...

In Cameroon, West Africa, Lakes Nyos and Monoun turned deadly in the 1980s. These lakes released carbon dioxide, silently killing over 1,700 people. Lake Nyos experienced a frothy explosion, releasing ...

On August 21, 1986, a man making his way to Nyos, a village near a crater lake in northwest Cameroon, found dozens of dead animals along the road. He called into a home to see if the residents knew ...

The Republic of Cameroon is home to a chain of volcanoes called the Cameroon Volcanic Line that stretches a total of 1,600 km. Two disasters occurred in this volcanic line in the 1980s. Huge amounts ...

CAMEROON has begun to make one of its deadly lakes safe at last. Engineers have started installing pipes to remove carbon dioxide building up in the depths of Lake Monoun, which could erupt at any ...

The people of Foumbot have been told that Lake Monoun is no longer offensive to human life. Dr. Madeleine Tchuinte, Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation, made this declaration during a ...

The level of degassing is expected to reach acceptable levels in the next two years. Lake Monoun situated in the in the West Province of Cameroon, lies in the Oku volcanic region. The lake is found in ...

ON THE NIGHT OF THE APOCALYPSE, Ephriam Che was in his mud-brick house on a cliff above Nyos, a crater lake in the volcanic highlands of northwest Cameroon. A half-moon lit the water and the hills and ...

More work is needed urgently to prevent potentially fatal releases of gas from two lakes in Cameroon, scientists say. Lakes Nyos and Monoun contain high concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide. In ...

When Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2002 it seemed like a disaster. Molten lava plunged down the hillside and poured into nearby Lake Kivu. Many died, and much ...