Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo became the largest city in Africa in 2022, just beating out Lagos, Nigeria.
Sources:
Congo a river journey    • Congo A River Journey - BBC News  
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Inside the murky business of cobalt mining in DR Congo    • Inside the murky business of cobalt m...  
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DR Congo worker abuse    • DR Congo worker abuse: Foreign-owned ...  
Deadliest journeys Congo: The Last Train in Katanga    • Deadliest Journeys - Congo: The Last ...  
DRCs corruption score https://bit.ly/3PUPeZQ
90-page Corruption report: https://bit.ly/3vrLtmg

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All other research and footage sources:
History of the Congo river    • History of the Congo River  
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What can $10 get in Congo    • What Can $10 Get In CONGO, KINSHASA( ...  
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Conflict minerals in the DRC https://bit.ly/3zLJBHG
Wikipedia: Kinshasa https://bit.ly/3bjXLX0
History guild: The Congo war https://bit.ly/3bhHwde
China gifting DRC new parliament building https://bit.ly/3Q6WKRv
Bush meets Kabila https://bit.ly/3vrKHWo
China Cash Flowed to Former President’s Cronies https://bloom.bg/3bjYmrI
Kinshasa in 4k    • Kinshasa  
The extraordinary foods and people of DR Congo    • The Extraordinary Foods and People of...  
Innoss’B Fr Diamond Platnumz    • Innoss'B Ft Diamond Platnumz - Yope R...  
Additional drone shots https://bit.ly/3zj4Saa
Chinese entrepreneurs in DR Congo    • Chinese entrepreneurs in DR Congo lea...  
Congo’s highway No. 1    • The faces: Dream come true through th...  
Report slams Congo’s $6 billion China mining deal    • Report slams Congo's $6 billion China...  
Nyiragongo Volcano    • Nyiragongo Volcano, Virunga NP, DR Co...  
Conflict and Coltan in Eastern Congo    • Conflict and Coltan in Eastern Congo  
Kinshasa slow motion    • Kinshasa - slow motion - public trans...  

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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