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Senators ask questions about Kinshasa N'djili airport upgrades

Kinshasa N'djili International Airport. © Wikimedia Commons

Skeptical of the Congolese government's reasoning for the delays to the Kinshasa airport upgrades, a group of senators is trying to get to the bottom of the matter. [...]

Published on 20/10/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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