For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After six weeks as Premier of the Congo, Moise Tshombe was hanging on by the skin of his big white teeth. Only the U.S. seemed interested in helping him hang on. It gave him a few renovated B-26s ...

The peatlands of the Congo Basin cover some 167,600 square kilometers (64,710 square miles) in the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a […] Features Videos ...