1979: Record producer/songwriter, Van McCoy dies from a heart attack. On the same day, an IRA bomb explodes in the British consulate in Antwerp. 1986: In the 100th Wimbledon Men’s Tennis final, Boris ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

The nation of Congo has been wracked by conflict with more than 100 armed groups, the most potent backed by Rwanda, that have ...

11. Lena A view of Lena River. Photo: Mark Redkin Source: Getty Images Location: Russia Source: Baikal Mountains Mouth: Lena Delta Drainage area: 2,490,000 km² The Lena River is the longest in Russia.

KINSHASA, Congo — A boat has capsized after catching fire in northwestern Congo, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 100 missing, a local official said on Wednesday.

Heavy downpours flooded and submerged parts of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, over the weekend, destroying roads, inundating homes and killing about 30 people, according ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...

Along these rivers, road, rail and private and public air services are supplemented. The main port for maritime shipping is found near the mouth of the Congo River known as Matadi. Portions of the ...

Geographic chart with coastline and rivers. World Map of EQUATORIAL AFRICA REGION: Central Africa, Congo, Zaïre, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, Sudan, Somalia.

For no apparent reason other than to embarrass Adoula, the Deputies last month voted unanimously to free Communist Sympathizer Antoine Gizenga from his island prison at the mouth of the Congo River.