Kinshasa's

Hijinks at Kinshasa's N'Djili International: There are four separate baggage searches; you got something for us 'to drink', ask the officers at three of them, using the French for tip, AKA bribe.

Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010

Hijinks at Kinshasa's N'Djili International: There are four separate baggage searches; you got something for us 'to drink', ask the officers at three of them, using the French for tip, AKA bribe.

Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010

Hijinks at Kinshasa's N'Djili International: There are four separate baggage searches; you got something for us 'to drink', ask the officers at three of them, ...

Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010

A physician at Kinshasa's General Hospital said 17 people were admitted with burns and gunshot wounds on Saturday.

Violence Hits Congo Elections Solomon Moore 2011

Trucks laden with stacks of ballots careened through Kinshasa's streets three hours after the polls were supposed to open.

Congo Vote Goes On With Some Violence Solomon Moore 2011

Hijinks at Kinshasa's N'Djili International: There are four separate baggage searches; you got something for us 'to drink', ask the officers at three of them, using the French for tip, AKA bribe.

Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010

Under-trained police Such police / citizen violence may become Kinshasa's new normal, he says, as elections grow closer.

Experts Doubt DRC Ready for This Year's Election 2011

Chinese laborers have given Kinshasa's once tree-lined June 30th Boulevard a complete makeover.

Impoverished Congo Marks 50 Years Of Independence 2010

But when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent, (said Kinshasa's police chief, Jean-Dieudonne Oleko.)

Boing Boing 2008

Hijinks at Kinshasa's N'Djili International: There are four separate baggage searches; you got something for us 'to drink', ask the officers at three of them, using the French for tip, AKA bribe.

Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010