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).

Burst riverbanks are causing turmoil in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, with dark and foul-smelling water pouring into homes across working-class neighbourhoods in the central African megacity.

Boats carrying passengers on the Congo River are often poorly maintained and crowded At least 60 people have drowned after a boat capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.

They feed on insect larvae, such as mosquitoes, and may be important for disease control. Fish don’t just swim anywhere in the rivers of the Congo River Basin. In fact, most of them are picky and will ...

The Congo River Basin covers a massive area concentrated in a narrow band of land that straddles the equator. The basin is drained by the Congo River and covers approximately 3.7 million km 2, ...

A regional partnership for Nile River basin countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources has come into ...

The Hilton Kinshasa has achieved a remarkable feat by being named Democratic Republic of Congo’s Leading Business Hotel at ...

A child has died in Kinshasa amid severe flooding caused by heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Sunday.

At independence in 1960, Congo had roads, railways and river-craft that were the envy of much of Africa. There are now only 1700 miles of paved roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

“This operation bears no comparison to anything else in United Nations history,” said the U.N.’s senior officer in Katanga. Conor Cruise O’Brien was vastly understating the case.

From left: Democracy (Wayne Lordan) City Of Troy (Ryan Moore) Edwardian (Dean Gallagher) Master Of The Hunt (Rachel Richardson) and Congo River (Brett Doyle) after the gallop Southwell 20.9.24 Pic ...