Destination Kinshasa

Kinshasa chaos

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June 11th 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010 Kinshasa, DRC This is my first blog entry from the DRC. We arrived Monday night from Brussels with a stop in Douala, Cameroon. 3/4 of the flight unloaded in Douala so we had an empty flight to Kinshasa. I moved to an empty window seat to watch our liftoff from Douala. It is on the Atlantic at the mouth of a large river. It appeared there had been some recent flooding ... read more

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Established as a Belgian colony in 1908, the Republic of the Congo gained its independence in 1960, but its early years were marred by political and social instability. Col. Joseph MOBUTU seized power and declared himself president in a November 1965... ... read more