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Boat catches fire in Congo, leaving at least 50 dead and 100 missing

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 following the accident on ...
Publishers Weekly

Venomous River: Changing Climate, Imperiled Forests, and a Scientist’s Race to Find New Species in the Congo

Greenbaum (Emerald Labyrinth), a biology professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, delivers a vivid account of his quest to find new amphibian and reptile species in the Congo Basin of Central ...
Yahoo

River boat users pay heavy price for DR Congo's dearth of roads

The cemetery in Mbandaka, a river port city in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the final resting place of many victims of the country's repeated river boat accidents. But despite ...
Reuters

Congo's rare okapi photographed first time in wild

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's endangered okapi, so shy it has not been seen in its natural habitat for 50 years by conservationists, has been photographed in the wild for the first time, the Zoological ...