Congo River
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Explored separately but simultaneously by the missionary David Livingstone and the journalist Henry Stanley, the Congo was the site of their proverbial encounter. (See “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”)
One of the world's longest rivers, it is Africa's largest potential source of electric power.
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Since July 2024, at least 148 people have died in boat accidents on the Congo River and several dozen are still missing, according to an AFP count.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
The break seemed like a reasonable metaphor for our fractured times: The cable had snapped during an oceanic landslide precipitated by huge floods in the Congo River.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
They looked to the vast Congo River, realising that its powerful waters have an immense hydropower potential.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
Mr. Tshisekedi said it is deplorable that the Congo River ranks among the biggest in the world but “so many households do not have access to drinking water.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
In 1483 Diogo Cão erected a marble pillar surmounted by a cross at the mouth of what we now call the Congo River to mark the furthest limit of exploration southwards.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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