Tag: traffic

• Kinshasa : Fuel shortages, traffic and wewa godfathers

  

  You wake up and step outside and notice a massive queue of cars around the block at the fuel station next door. You’re not sure what the cause is. You hear it is about unpaid government fuel subsidies, the war in Ukraine or some other confusing issue with fuel companies.

  K Emilio Noorani

  September 8, 2022

  Kinshasa, traffic

  Congo, DRC, fuel crisis, fuel shortages, Kinshasa, motorcycle taxi, traffic, wewa, wewa godfathers

• Motorcycle adventures in Kinshasa

  

  Today I got stopped by the Police while on my motorcycle. They had no uniforms. The supposed cop walked up to my motorcycle and just removed the keys. Motorcycles are not allowed in Gombe apparently but they’re everywhere. I am one of the few with a motorcycle with a number plate, insurance and permits to […]

  K Emilio Noorani

  October 29, 2021

  Congo, driving, Gombe, Motorcycle, thoughts

  corruption, Gombe, Kinshasa, Motorcycle, traffic

• Driving from Gombe to Limete

  

  A description of a typical drive through Kinshasa

  K Emilio Noorani

  October 27, 2021

  driving, Gombe, thoughts, traffic

  Congo, Gombe, Kinshasa, Limete, police, rain, roads, traffic

• Mad traffic

  

  Traffic in Kinshasa is horrible Most of the time you will spend anywhere from 1 to 4 hours in traffic, sometimes, to do 1 km, sometimes to do 100 km. You never know. Motorcycles are the only way to be sure to be early, or dead, at your destination. Everyone fights for an inch. Courtesy […]

  K Emilio Noorani

  May 11, 2021

  driving

  traffic