Last Warning. Meanwhile, Tshombe hurled himself into a little cold war with leftist President Alphonse Massamba-Debat of the Brazzaville (ex-French) Congo across the river. The opening volleys ...

Congo was founded in the late 19th century as the personal property of Belgium’s King Leopold II, who built a fortune on the backs of Congolese slaves.

Goma, Apr. 20, (dpa/GNA) – Thirty-three people have died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The accident occurred on Tuesday on the Congo River.

Kinshasa, Congo – A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others ...

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.

A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local official told Reuters on Wednesday.

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. Dozens were saved ...

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. Dozens were saved ...

Kinshasa, Apr 19 (EFE).— At least 148 people have died and 100 remain missing after a wooden riverboat caught fire and sank on the Congo River in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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. Dozens were saved ...