The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, ...

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).

This includes the Nile, Africa’s longest river and one of the longest in the world. Further south lies the continent’s second longest - the Congo River, formerly the Zaire River - which is ...

“How can a ship navigate at night under the watchful eye of river service agents? And now we’re recording over a hundred deaths,” said Bonina.