Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo until the ... 5 million-square-mile river basin’s immense hydroelectric and agricultural potential, all of Africa could be beholden ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

While the Nile is the longest and probably the most famous river in Africa, it is certainly not the deepest. This is because the Congo River is the deepest in the world, reaching depths of up to ...

Algeria is the largest country by area in Africa and Nigeria is the largest country by population. Africa is a large continent and it has a range of climate zones and biomes. The Congo rainforest ...