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).

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in Africa's oldest national park, its ...

The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has reached 33 as authorities ...

The city is home to 17 million people and sits on the Congo river, which is one of the biggest in the world and stretches across the country. Flooding is common - the river recently reached its ...

Around 30 people were killed as the heavy rains inundated the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital over the weekend, officials said.