Kagera

[ kah-gair-uh ]

noun

1. a river in equatorial Africa flowing into Lake Victoria from the west: the most remote headstream of the Nile. 430 miles (690 km) long.

Kagera

/ kæˈɡɛrə /

noun

1. a river in E Africa, rising in headstreams on the border between Tanzania and Rwanda and flowing east to Lake Victoria: the most remote headstream of the Nile and largest tributary of Lake Victoria. Length: about 480 km (300 miles)

Example Sentences

In Tanzania, the Kagera region has busy borders with Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.

From New York Times

“This is the hard part, with people in isolation, waiting through the days,” said Kheri Issa, the Tanzania Red Cross manager for Marburg viral disease response, in a telephone interview from the Kagera area where the disease broke out.

From New York Times

Five people have died in Tanzania's north-western Kagera region.

From BBC

Marburg virus has killed five people in Tanzania's north-western Kagera region, the health ministry has said.

From BBC

The WHO said in a late Tuesday statement that the confirmation of the disease by Tanzania's national public laboratory followed the death of five of eight people in Tanzania's northwest Kagera region who developed symptoms, which include fever, vomiting, bleeding and renal failure.

From Reuters