KINSHASA, Congo – An overcrowded boat capsized Monday in Congo, witnesses said, leaving at least 106 people missing in the latest transportation tragedy in this vast Central African country of jungles ...

The nearly 3,000-mile Congo River is the backbone of one of Africa's poorest and most conflict-ridden countries. A trip down the riverine highway... Congo River Pulses Life Into African Nation First ...

(Reuters) - A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local official told Reuters on Wednesday. Boating ...

The Congo River is a long, arcing river with a basin that spans nine countries in West-Central Africa. This extensive body of water provides food, water, medicine and transport to about 75 million ...

The Congo River basin, which spans six African countries, is coming under pressure, partly due to clearing of the forests for subsistence agriculture, large-scale farming, illegal logging and lack of ...

A boating incident on the Congo river left 60 people dead and more than 200 missing, according to Congo’s humanitarian affairs minister. Minister Steve Mbikayi reported that a whaling boat with more ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A mysterious case of dying fish in the lower Congo River helped scientists discover that this body is the deepest river on the planet. It's also a place where raging rapids, powerful ...

At Least 107 Killed in Congo as Whaleboat Sinks in River KINSHASA (Reuters) -At least 107 people have died after a whaleboat caught fire in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

The Inga site on the Congo River has a theoretical capacity of 44 gigawatts, enough to power 88 nuclear reactors, but it ...

New DNA-based research provides compelling evidence that a group of strange-looking fish living near the mouth of the Congo River are evolving due to the intense hydraulics of the river's rapids and ...

The cemetery in Mbandaka, a river port city in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the final resting place of many victims of the country's repeated river boat accidents. But despite ...