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 ...
This includes the Nile, Africa's longest river and one of the longest in the world. Further south lies the continent's second longest - the Congo River, formerly the Zaire River - which is also ...
Spanning six countries in central Africa, the Congo Basin is the largest ... primarily from hydropower generated by the Congo River, promises to create a sustainable model of economic growth.