The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country.
In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
Theย Democratic Republic of the Congo, informally Congo-Kinshasa,ย DR Congo,ย the DRC,ย the DROC,ย orย the Congo, and formerly and also colloquiallyย Zaire, is a country inย Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by theย Republic of the Congo, to the north by theย Central African Republic, to the northeast byย South Sudan, to the east byย Uganda,ย Rwandaย andย Burundi, and byย Tanzaniaย (acrossย Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast byย Zambia, to the southwest byย Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and theย Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is theย second-largest country in Africaย and theย 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populousย officially Francophone countryย in the world. Theย capitalย and largest city isย Kinshasa, which is also the nation’s economic center-Wikipedia
Journey to the heart of Africa: stories of beautiful troubled Congo
