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"Despite facing external challenges, including the repercussions of the Russo-Ukrainian War," - this bit needs more detail. Why did this war impact Kinshasa? 109.255.191.129 (talk) 10:14, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rail travel

A lot of stuff on this page was either written by a Kinshasa publicist, or refers to the year 2000 as recent! Rail transport falls into this category. Whereas the Kinshasa/Matadi line may have been done up during Kabila the Father's time, even then it was on dodgy track and likely to break down in bandit territory! There isn't really the capacity in the DRC to maintain a railway, let alone skill level, or indeed the demand! As far as I know, today in 2023, it doesn't run. Francis Hannaway (talk) 12:27, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm replying to myself, now in 2025.I can't find any reference to rail travel from Kinshasa to Matadi and believe it to be defunct.

There have been announcements over the past 10 years, about the imminent creation of a city metro system. Nothing's happened. Similarly, an express train from the town centre (Gare Centrale) to the international airport, N'djili. Nothing.

So, I think Wikipedia's credibility is being called into question. I may have to delete/reduce what's been written if references can't be supplied soon. Francis Hannaway (talk) 13:56, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Education

I'm not sure if it's encyclopedic to include a list of primary schools which only includes elitist, fee paying schools. Francis Hannaway (talk) 11:58, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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JAMES PhillipsWireGod Cardiologist Christisn close friend 2603:6013:A300:5752:ADE8:CC0:82EB:983 (talk) 22:17, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

English speakers usually pronounce Kinshasa as "kinchasa". I think it is difficult for us to say an "sh" followed so closely by an s. Listening to several audio clips of the pronunciation on the Internet, I mostly hear "kinchasa". Can anyone comment? 69.141.120.199 (talk) 19:11, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]