The main port for maritime shipping is found near the mouth of the Congo River known as Matadi. Portions of the Congo including the navigable stretches of its tributaries, allows for 9,300 miles ...

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board.

The bodies of at least 52 people have been recovered from the Congo River after their boat capsized late last week, a provincial minister said on Monday, warning that the death toll could rise ...

The sultry western province of Kongo Central is loaded with Congolese history. It contains the seaports at the mouth of the Congo river from which Belgian colonisers siphoned off the exploited ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat has capsized after catching fire in northwestern Congo, leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official said on Wednesday.. Dozens were saved ...

Those rains caused the Congo River to rise more than 20 feet, to its highest levels in more than six decades. Heavy rains resumed months later, exacerbating the crisis.

Source: Apurímac River, Mismi Peak; Mouth: ... The Congo River is renowned for its maximum depth of over 220 m (720 ft). Its minimum depth ranges between 12 and 75 m (39 and 246 ft).

A journey from the mouth to the source of the Congo, the world’s greatest river basin. The viewer encounters the centuries-old mythology of the river and the legendary fi gures who made history in the ...