Even President Kennedy, who last week ordered the U.S. to begin shipping 2½-ton trucks, armored cars and transport planes to the U.N. Congo force, was reported to be alarmed at the disorder that ...

A journey from the mouth to the source of the Congo, the world’s greatest river basin. The viewer encounters the centuries-old mythology of the river and the legendary fi gures who made history in the ...

A country in Africa that’s roughly the size of the United States east of the Mississippi River also shares its border with a staggering nine other countries. Congo is the second largest country ...

Scientists found a “large”-mouthed river creature in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In an “acidic ...

The Scheut Fathers arrived in Congo in 1888, the Jesuits in 1893. The fervor of the new missionaries fueled a new missionary momentum. Thanks in part to improved communication routes, the Church ...

This is because the Congo River is the deepest in the world, reaching depths of up to 721ft (220 metres) - almost deep enough to submerge London’s Shard.. Stretching for 2,900 miles (4,700 km ...

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

On Wednesday, the river reached 6.20 meters (20.34 feet)above sea level, just shy of the 1961 record of 6.26 meters, he told Reuters, adding that the flooding had followed exceptionally high rains ...

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board.