Covid-19 is one more way for officials in Congo to earn a crust
Feb 27th 2021ARRIVING IN Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is famously difficult. In the darkest days of Mobutu, the dictator from 1965 to 1997, new arrivals risked having all of their possessions looted by customs officials, who were otherwise not paid. That, thankfully, is over. Yet there is still a frisson…