The Kariba Dam, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is a long-standing hydro-electric project - but there now appear to be cracks in the dam's walls that could be catastrophic.

At Kariba, the 128-meter-high (420-feet) dam wall is almost completely exposed. A dry, reddish-brown stain near the top marks where the water once reached in better times more than a decade ago.

Zambia and Zimbabwe will give French engineering firm Razel-Bec the task of making safe the Kariba Dam, whose wall is swelling, raising the risk of cracks in the structure designed to hold back up to ...

Lake Kariba, the largest human-made lake in the world, has dropped to near-record low levels. The lack of water is a major power supply problem for Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Kariba Dam was built ...

At Kariba, the 128-meter-high (420-feet) dam wall is almost completely exposed. A dry, reddish-brown stain near the top marks where the water once reached in better times more than a decade ago.

Water levels at the Kariba reservoir plunged to a record low of less than 1%, curtailing power supply to Zambia and Zimbabwe and shuttering the tourism and fishing industries.

With the rainy season on the horizon, the panic level among-millions of Mozambicans is rising by the day in fear of a growing possibility of the collapse of the ageing Kariba Dam wall. The ...

Zambia and Zimbabwe will give French engineering firm Razel-Bec the task of making safe the Kariba Dam, whose wall is swelling, raising the risk of cracks in the structure designed to hold back up ...