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Article: Democratic Republic of Congo.(Country Profile)(Country overview)
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- New Internationalist
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- May 1, 2007
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At Kinshasa International Airport, perhaps the most chaotic airport in the world, it is common for passengers to disembark with bundles of chickens tucked under their arms, or pulling along heavy loads of merchandise. Sometimes the strongest passengers, or those that can run fastest, are the ones that get seats on domestic flights during peak times at this, the main airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Quite often, one will have to bribe an airline official, or an airport security official, in order to get a seat on an overbooked flight.
Corruption runs deep in Congo and the breakdown of law and order that began under the rule of dictator Mobutu ...