Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo until the government of the DRC let them fall into disrepair. Now river traffic consists largely of barges (top) and pirogues (center).

Congo, where the city is located, is thought to be one of the world's most linguistically diverse nations, with more than 200 ...

While the Nile is the longest and probably the most famous river in Africa, it is certainly not the deepest. This is because the Congo River is the deepest in the world, reaching depths of up to ...

KINSHASA: An overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo on Tuesday ... a resident of the area. “Among the dead are children, but it’s difficult to give an exact death toll at ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what appears to be an attempt to expand their area of control in the country's east ...

(Reuters) - A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people ... of provincial officials had deployed to the area to investigate and that many passengers ...