The tributaries, or the smaller rivers or streams that feed the Congo River, are known as the upper Congo. The Lualaba River forms the Congo River's main tributary.

In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance.

The Congo River's seasonal peaks are relatively well understood and monitored. But urban tributaries are harder to predict. DRC's meteorological agency Mettelsat and its partners are building ...

At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people became shipwrecked on the Congo river at night, Democratic Republic of Congo’s humanitarian affairs minister said on ...

When the researchers came upon the Ruki River, they were quite taken aback. The water in this river, a tributary of the mighty Congo River, is so dark that you literally can't see your hand in ...

I’m a climate reporter for The New York Times, and the port in Kinshasa was the end of a seven-day, 500-mile trip in March, down the Congo River and its tributaries, an account of which we ...

The Kasai itself is a tributary of the Congo River. According to Governor Piemé, the pollution originates from a major spill at three mining facilities across the border in Angola: Camaxia ...