Now river traffic consists largely of barges (top) and pirogues (center). With roads scarce in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... perhaps $5,000 worth, pretty much cleaning us out.

Africa’s second-longest river is by some distance its deepest, with a depth of up to 220 metres. The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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 ...