The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, ...

But navigating this powerful river isn’t easy. The Congo’s lower course has 32 cataracts and dangerous rapids, including the famous Inga Falls, making river sections impassable. Historically ...

Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo until the government of the DRC let them fall into disrepair. Now river traffic consists largely of barges (top) and pirogues (center).

As the 10th-widest waterfall, Inga Falls spans 3,000 feet in the lower Congo River. The water flows here at a rate of about 1.5 million cubic feet per second — for comparison, Niagara Falls ...

Rebels face pressure to pull out of Goma The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups including M23, said in an open letter to the summit that they are fighting a Congolese regime that ...

the group known as the Congo River Alliance said in a statement. The alliance added that it had no intention of capturing Bukavu, South Kivu's provincial capital, after it seized Congo's largest ...