The longest rivers in the world stretch over thousands of kilometres. From the Amazon to the Nile, they are crucial to human ...

Of the 543 major rivers in the world – those that are longer than 500km and which flow in an uninterrupted way to the sea – 156 (29%) are located in Africa. Dams disturb this by breaking up ...

BEIJING -- A Chinese scientist has used satellite remote-sensing technology to pinpoint the source of Africa's second-longest ...

Stretching for 2,900 miles (4,700 km), it’s Africa’s second-longest river, after the Nile ... separates the middle from the lower Congo. Two major capital cities—Kinshasa in the Democratic ...

The country shares borders with Angola, Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa. Perennial rivers that run along the country's northern and southern borders are far away from Windhoek and most of the other ...

Africa has 66 transboundary river basins. These include the Nile basin ... Our results show that under a business-as-usual scenario - where no major changes are made - 920 million people out ...