Reddit reviews Blood River: The Terrifying Journey Through The World's Most Dangerous Country

You'd probably love Blood River by Tim Butcher. He talks about the history of the Congo and how ravaged the modern Congo is by all the different events that've happened to it. It's a very good book and shows how the Congo is still very over-exploited and dangerous to live in

Blood River by Tim Butcher It's an account of the authors attempt to navigate down the Congo River in the modern day DRC.

Harrowing, to say the least.

EDIT: Or check out The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
It's been kinda beat to death, but still a good read. Set in the Belgian Congo around the time of independence and the assassination of Lumumba.