Stretching for 2,900 miles (4,700 km), it’s Africa’s second-longest river ... river isn’t easy. The Congo’s lower course has 32 cataracts and dangerous rapids, including the famous ...
Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo until the ... 5 million-square-mile river basin’s immense hydroelectric and agricultural potential, all of Africa could be beholden ...
There are plans to build a magnificent, multi-billion dollar mega-dam on the Congo River - one that would produce enough renewable electricity to power vast areas of Africa. The structure would be ...