Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the third largest city in Africa and home to over 10 million people. Some scholars predict that, by 2050, the city’s population could ...

Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one The older inhabitants of Kinshasa can remember ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly ...

Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has found itself in the middle of a construction boom over the past decade. The economy has also been given a jolt by the entrepreneurial ...

There's an uneasy feeling when you land at the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kinshasa airport. Secret police dressed in black uniforms with AK47 assault rifles slung over their shoulders watch you as ...

19:57, Sat, Feb 8, 2025 Updated: 19:58, Sat, Feb 8, 2025 A vast central African metropolis is thought to be the most francophone city globally, with more people speaking French there than Paris.

The Anti-Fraud Brigade of Kinshasa City in the DR Congo have threatened to seize a commercial house, Uganda House, owned by the Uganda government in Kinshasa over non-payment of property tax arrears ...

22:47, Sat, May 24, 2025 Updated: 22:52, Sat, May 24, 2025 Africa is experiencing a rapid growth in population, with some 1.5 billion people currently living on the continent. Since 1960, its ...