The Congo is one of the world’s great rivers.

It flows for 4,700km (2,920 miles) from the heart of Africa to the Atlantic Ocean through the second largest rainforest on the planet.

The Congo River drains the Democratic Republic of the Congo – a beautiful, resource-rich, but deeply troubled country the size of Western Europe.

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