On the eastern bank of the river Congo lies Kinshasa, Africa’s third largest capital city after Cairo and Lagos. Kinshasa had long been billed as one of the top cities that would lead Africa’s renaissance, which now appears even more out of reach than before due to massive debts and over-reliance on outside factors.
At the beginning of the century, Congo embodied the dreams that were pinned on Africa, which appeared to be putting behind its bloody conflicts.
