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).
Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu province administrative office ...
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 ...