Congo, officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a country located in central Africa. It is the second-largest country in Africa by land area and the eleventh largest in ...

Barges plying the Congo River carry the lion's share of goods to the giant county's remote interior. Life aboard is a colorful, cacophonous menagerie of humans and animals. Some of the monkeys and ...

A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo Republic that has killed more than 300 people ...

A mountain collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo revealed massive copper reserves while leading to a discussion on colonialism.

In the final entry of a four-part series on the Democratic Republic of Congo, the BBC world affairs correspondent Mark Doyle follows in the footsteps of revolutionary Che Guevara in Uvira, in the ...

Africa's second-longest river that's the world's deepest and passes through 7 countries The river stretches for 2,900 miles (4,700 km) and is Africa's second-longest river after the Nile.

At least 148 people were found dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorized wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others ...

Last Warning. Meanwhile, Tshombe hurled himself into a little cold war with leftist President Alphonse Massamba-Debat of the Brazzaville (ex-French) Congo across the river. The opening volleys ...

Claim: Gold deposits have been found on the Euphrates riverbed as the river dries up. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The YouTube video bearing the claim was posted by a religious Filipino ...