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38 people are dead and over 100 missing in Congo after a ferry capsizes on the Busira River
KINSHASA, Congo (AP ... not properly handling the recent sinkings. “How can a ship navigate at night under the watchful eye of river service agents? And now we’re recording over a hundred ...
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The Slave Deck of the Bark "Wildfire"
On board the ship were 510 captives, recently acquired from an area of Africa near the Congo River. The author of the article reported seeing, upon boarding the ship, "about four hundred and fifty ...
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The Main Road Through the Heart of Africa Is the Congo River—For Those Who Dare to Take It
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).