Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, is Kinshasa’s less psychotic younger brother.
Both cities are dirty and run down, and fit my usual description when describing ex-colonial African cities to foreigners:
“Imagine a mid-size European city, with wide boulevards, planters in the medians, etc. Now imagine most of the streets never get paved and […]

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Arriving on the outskirts of Kinshasa as the sun was starting to fade didn’t cause too much alarm at first.
In the hills outside the city there were a surprising amount of very nice houses in private compounds (obviously belonging to either government officials or the business elite - ok so they are the same thing), […]

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Not much (due to glacial internet speeds), but some here.

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