While the Nile is the longest and probably the most famous river in Africa, it is certainly not the deepest. This is because the Congo River is the deepest in the world, reaching depths of up to ...

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).

the Republic of Congo, the CAR, Zambia, Angola, Cameroon, Tanzania, Gabon and Burundi - and has a total length of 2,900 miles. It is also the only major river to cross the Equator not just once ...