The Congo River runs through the Republic of ... with focal points such as Livingstone Falls offering stunning views and visual demonstrations of the power of nature. Dr Melanie Stiassny, an ...

Although the Livingstone Falls prevent access from the sea, nearly the entire Congo above them is readily navigable in sections, especially between Kinshasa and Kisangani. The Congo River remains ...

This incredible river is the second-longest in Africa and is also the world's deepest river, with a measured depth of around 220 metres.

LIVINGSTONE: "Our vocation is the absence of the state," says Corneille Nangaa, the head of the M23's political arm, the Congo River Alliance. We conduct the interview surrounded by masked gunmen ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich region ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Kampala, Uganda | Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels ...