CAPITAL OF CHAOS

Since 1960, the country that calls Kinshasa capital has had four names, four flags, and a civil, tribal, and cross-border war that killed more than 3,000,000 citizens during a true "heart of darkness." Most of the carnage was wreaked in the countryside, and Kinshasa was largely spared. Still, this former capital of the Belgian Congo, then called Léopoldville, has suffered with the collapse of its country's transportation, communication, and economic infrastructure and its inability to reasonably exploit great mineral resources