DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF  CONGO
​Although I've never set foot in the Democratic Republic of  Congo, I was able to get a shot of Kinshasa from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo and Goma from a mountain top in Rwanda.

​Kinshasa is the world's most populous francophone city...it is still a city of deep divisions between rich and poor, of garish excess and poverty living as neighbours, with the protected enclaves of a few international hotels, embassies and golf courses keeping the huddled masses at bay.*
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Black volcanic rocks permeate Goma's landscape, lending it a unique look amongst the towns and cities of the DR Congo...Huge lava fields northwest of Goma attest to the precarious position that the city matains.*

* These captions are from Congo by Sean Rorison, a Bradt travel guide.