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).

While the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) scramble to end the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , a war of words between ...

The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups ... A meeting in Equatorial Guinea Friday of another regional bloc, the Economic Community of Central African States, also called for the ...