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Patching the wounds of Kinshasa's street children

In the back of a 4X4, a nurse cleaned a gash in a boy's arm, picked up from living rough on the streets of Kinshasa, the ...
NPR

'You'll have a long life': In DR Congo, maggots and caterpillars are prized food

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — They're tastier than they look. Edible insects in the form of wriggling maggots or hairy caterpillars are both delicacy and staple in the Democratic Republic ...
Radio France Internationale

Kinshasa, a megacity of traffic jams, potholes, transit chaos

Kinshasa (AFP) – Cable car, urban rail link or ring road -- Kinshasa has big plans for alleviating its traffic chaos but for now, travelling into the megacity remains a daily headache for millions of ...
CNN

Congolese artists wear costumes made of trash to shine a light on Kinshasa’s pollution problem

One artist poses in a tangle of electrical wires; another stands in a surreal robotic uniform made entirely of discarded mobile phones. The two performers are taking part in the KinAct Festival, an ...
dw

Congo: Are M23 rebels really advancing toward Kinshasa?

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, M23 rebels have threatened to overthrow the government in Kinshasa. But experts say that the escalating war could be nothing more than a means of influencing peace ...