In the heart of Africa's most remote rainforest lies Dzanga Bai, a forest clearing where shy, elusive elephants gather in astonishing numbers. It is a place so wild and untouched, it's been called the ...

Isangi people living on the Congo River. Image by Julien Harneis from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed) By Grace Kobare The Congo Basin has the world’s second-largest rainforest, surpassed only by ...

The flood risk analysis indicates that 38 territories are the hotspot of flooding in the Congo basin. Kinshasa is a hotspot due to its double risk sources and extensive urbanisation.

Figure 2. Congo river falls over an escarpment. Photo Credit: Angelo Turconi flanderimage.com. With a length of 4700 km, the Congo-Lualaba-Chambeshi River system is the 9th longest river system in the ...

The Nile crosses 11 countries, while the Congo River basin touches 9 countries. Rivers often shape geographic borders between African nations. Are African rivers used for transportation? Absolutely, ...

The Congo Basin is mainly traversed by the 6,650 km-long Congo River, which rises in the southern Katanga Plateau in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Only a single word and the Congo River separate this Central African nation from its war-ravaged and headline-grabbing neighbor, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose mad-dash capital ...

Conservationist Steve Boyes is gathering scientific information across the length of the Congo River, which could help preserve its ecosystems and build resilience against climate change.