Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: WWF is joining with local and international partners to save Africa's third longest river. West Africa's Niger river connects four ecoregions of outstanding importance and some ...

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...

Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo until the government of the DRC let them fall into disrepair. Now river traffic consists largely of barges (top) and pirogues (center).

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 ...