Inga I, an initial 351-megawatt plant, was commissioned in 1972 and the 1,424 megawatt Inga II facility a decade later. Conflict, ... The Inga site on the Congo River, ...

The idea of a pitch-black river may sound like something from the latest Hollywood adventure movie. But such a waterway exists in the real world, and it's so dark you can't see your hand in front ...

Conservationist Steve Boyes is gathering scientific information across the length of the Congo River, ... It’s home to over 10,000 species of tropical plants and more than 2,000 species of ...

A long-delayed plan to build a hydropower plant on the Ruzizi River between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo received a boost amid US-backed peace talks between the two countries.

The Congo Basin of central Africa is well known for its network of rivers that drain a variety of landscapes, from dense tropical forests to more arid and wooded savannas.Among the Congo River’s ...

The country is home to the Grand Inga hydropower site on the Congo River between Kinshasa and the Atlantic Ocean. The first hydropower plant, Inga 1, was built in 1978 with an installed capacity ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat has capsized after catching fire in northwestern Congo, leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official said on Wednesday.. Dozens were saved ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers ...

After six weeks as Premier of the Congo, Moise Tshombe was hanging on by the skin of his big white teeth. Only the U.S. seemed interested in helping him hang on. It gave him a few renovated B-26s ...