“The Congo River is the spine of our country,” says Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem, a professor of history at the University of Kinshasa. “Without a spine, a man cannot stand up.” Seen this ...

The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, western Zambia, northern Angola, and parts of Cameroon and Tanzania as the ...

Stretching for 2,900 miles (4,700 km), it’s Africa’s second-longest river, after the Nile, and flows through seven countries: the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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.