Category: Congo
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A trip to Lubumbashi and Kolwezi with a quick stop in Likasi in August 2025
Work colleagues and myself went to Lubumbashi in August 2025. We also drove to Kolwezi for a few days.
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What you can learn in the DRC
Sure, you think you’re all that because you grew up in a developed country that didn’t go to war, that is not completely corrupt, that has good roads, a working government, a history with plenty of culture, that was never colonised and then some.
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Electric Kinshasa on a Saturday night
What Kinshasa feels like on a Saturday night: terrasses, bars, clubs, traffic, parties, electric
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A weekend at La Bohême de Maluku lodge
A weekend at La Bohême de Maluku lodge. Maybe you have felt this before. Maybe you have wanted to get out of Kinshasa, but the ordeal of leaving the city is a scary thought.
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Dead bodies, filth, chaos, traffic, mangoes and corrupt cops. Another day in Kinshasa
I drove. Sorry, I didn’t drive. I was driven from Gombe to Limete to meet a client this morning. On the way there, we saw a dead body, motorcycles taking over our lane, some were even being picked up onto the sidewalks to avoid the traffic! There were also huge piles of garbage left and…
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A week-end and a half to Matadi
A week-end and a half to Matadi. We went on a week-end trip to Matadi from Kinshasa. We decided to leave very early Friday morning at around 4am but the trip still took us about 12 painful hours (We did stop along the way). We got stuck in Kasangulu behind a plethora of trucks.
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Congo (DRC) survival guide and other tips
Idiosyncrasies and tips for living in harmony in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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A Sunday on the Congo River
Photographs of the Congo river near Kinshasa and sandbanks
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Congolese folklore storyteller, Roland Verbiest
Roland Verbiest is a Dutchman who arrived to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 15 or so years ago. He has a trucking company called Grand Pousseur in Kinshasa and used to travel frequently on the Congo river to the interior to deliver beers for the local breweries.
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Photographers of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Here is a list and tribute to many great photographers who came to or from the Democratic Republic of Congo and made it part of their lives and work. Alice Seeley Harris (1870-1970) (Photojournalism) “Lady Alice Harris (born Seeley; 24 May 1870 – 24 November 1970) was an English missionary and an early documentary photographer. Her photography helped to expose…
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C’est pas le Congo!
Le Congo et l’Europe, les différences
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Meeting the Pope
My handshake with the Pope. I was somehow invited to meet the Pope during his visit to the DRC.
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Another year in the DRC gone by
Since the 1950s our family has been in the DRC, since the 1950s things have gotten harder for most Congolese. Seeing a country get worse and worse for 73 years can be heartbreaking. From the 50s there have not been many families that have stayed in the DRC for so long.
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Rains and rains and rains
Rains and plastics are ruining the lives of millions in Kinshasa
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Discussion on power in the DRC
A quick guide to power generation issues and projects in the DRC in 2022.
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On the road from Matadi to Kinshasa
Photographs of a drive from Matadi to Kinshasa
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Hotel Metropole in Matadi
The Hotel Metropole in Matadi was built between 1925 and 1930. It seems to have officially opened in 1930 according to Wikipedia. It is a gothic revival styled building (Wikipedia) and apparently designed by architect Ernest Callebout.
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Mama Lufuma, a single mother and child shelter in Matadi
I recently went to Matadi to visit a non profit organisation helping young mothers and their children called Mama Lufuma (Website is in Flemish. A translation to English is in progress). There are 15 or so kids that are between 6 months old and 10 years old. Their mothers also live in the shelter. There…
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Sunsets from around the world
Sunset pictures from the DRC, South Africa, Nicaragua and Egypt
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A short summary of my family’s history in Congo
Everyone calls me Emilio but my full name is Khalid Emilio. It’s Khalid because I’m of Indian descent and also Nicaraguan on my mother’s side. My father and his father (my grandfather), Sultanali (Sultan), came to the Belgian Congo in the 1950s with his brothers Badhur and Sadru. They were among the first Indian Ismailis…
Emilio in Congo (DRC) 