Jean-Pierre Rondossi gestures across the Ubangi River towards the other bank, pointing to where his home and his heart lie. A 10-minute canoe ride away are the charred ruins of the village of Wapale, ...

A motorized boat sank in northern Congo, killing at least 47 people and leaving around 100 missing, officials said Friday. Mathieu Modeste Bella, the district commissioner of North Ubangi province ...

Twice in five years, Fidel, 35, has had to flee the Central African Republic (CAR), across the Ubangi river, into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His latest crossing to safety was tragic. “This ...

At least 45 people are dead and 100 missing after a barge accident on an isolated stretch of river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, government officials said today. The barge struck a rock on ...

During a journey with international scientists in search of a virus in the Congo Republic, Washington Post photojournalist Melina Mara captured images of people along the remote rivers.

The people we encountered up the river did not know our mission,” she continued. “Their faces were full of different questions. They called to us over and over again, but we couldn’t stop.