Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo became the largest city in Africa in 2022, just beating out Lagos, Nigeria.
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Congo a river journey [ Ссылка ]
Super rich in Central Africa [ Ссылка ]
Inside the murky business of cobalt mining in DR Congo [ Ссылка ]
Chinese company removed as cobalt mine operator [ Ссылка ]
DR Congo worker abuse [ Ссылка ]
Deadliest journeys Congo: The Last Train in Katanga [ Ссылка ]
DRCs corruption score [ Ссылка ]
90-page Corruption report: [ Ссылка ]

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History of the Congo river [ Ссылка ]
King Baudouin declares Congo independent [ Ссылка ]
Patrice Lumumba [ Ссылка ]
How Chinese money is changing housing in Africa [ Ссылка ]
What can $10 get in Congo [ Ссылка ]
Kinshasa is drawing in waste [ Ссылка ]
Seek change through rap music [ Ссылка ]
Conflict minerals in the DRC [ Ссылка ]
Wikipedia: Kinshasa [ Ссылка ]
History guild: The Congo war [ Ссылка ]
China gifting DRC new parliament building [ Ссылка ]
Bush meets Kabila [ Ссылка ]
China Cash Flowed to Former President’s Cronies [ Ссылка ]
Kinshasa in 4k [ Ссылка ]
The extraordinary foods and people of DR Congo [ Ссылка ]
Innoss’B Fr Diamond Platnumz [ Ссылка ]
Additional drone shots [ Ссылка ]
Chinese entrepreneurs in DR Congo [ Ссылка ]
Congo’s highway No. 1 [ Ссылка ]
Report slams Congo’s $6 billion China mining deal [ Ссылка ]
Nyiragongo Volcano [ Ссылка ]
Conflict and Coltan in Eastern Congo [ Ссылка ]
Kinshasa slow motion [ Ссылка ]

Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Kinshasa
0:52 Geography and natural resources
1:56 The colonialists arrive
2:48 An independent (corrupt) DRC
3:48 Cobalt mining capital of the world
4:30 China's plunder
6:51 Kinshasa's poor infrastructure and services
7:39 Rich (few) vs Poor (many)
8:38 Bike merchant "traffickers"
9:52 A wild (slow) train ride
10:39 Looking ahead

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