Congo River

A Coastal Threshold to Central Africa A mere one-hundred-mile Atlantic frontage may seem modest on the map, yet Pointe-Noire’s deep-water harbor and the Kouilou estuary position the Republic of the …

Cartographic Foundations of a Central African Pivot The Republic of the Congo occupies an appellative crossroads in Central Africa, its 342,000-square-kilometre expanse poised between the Gulf of Guinea and the …

An Equatorial Pivot in Central Africa Straddling the Equator, the Republic of the Congo occupies a fulcrum position in west-central Africa. Diplomats stationed in Brazzaville often underline that the country’s …