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This article was originally published in The Courier Mail in Brisbane. Azure waters, forested mountain slopes and picturesque villages converge where the borders of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda come together north of Lake Tanganyika in the middle of Africa. That this is gorilla-visiting headquarters of the world is a […]
Barging the Congo River INTO THE WATERY HEART OF AFRICA BY CATHERINE SENECAL NOTE: I traveled to Zaire (now called The Democratic Republic of Congo) more than a decade ago when it was relatively safe to travel there. Still, the country was rife with corruption — we paid baksheesh (bribes) for crossing borders, taking photos, […]
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