{"id":3257,"date":"2024-03-15T16:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2024-09-03T10:19:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:19:33","slug":"border-lines-congo-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/border-lines-congo-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Border lines: Congo \u2013 DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"entry-header bg-adp-tan block--article-header alignfull block--article-header\" >\n\n  \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full entry--image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4033-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group entry--title-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"entry--social-share\">\n  <ul>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/border-lines-congo-drc\/&#038;t=Border lines: Congo \u2013 DRC\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/rethink-quarterly\/img\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"Facebook logo - click to share this article on Facebook\"><\/a><\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Border lines: Congo \u2013 DRC&#038;url=https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/border-lines-congo-drc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/rethink-quarterly\/img\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"Twitter logo - click to share this article on Twitter\"><\/a><\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frethinkq.adp.com%2Fborder-lines-congo-drc%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/rethink-quarterly\/img\/linkedin.svg\" alt=\"LinkedIn logo - click to share this article on Facebook\"><\/a><\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n            <a class=\"entry--tag tag-style\" href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/time-for-universal-basic-income\/\">Features<\/a>\n\n        \n  <h1 class=\"entry-title\">Border lines: Congo \u2013 DRC<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-summary-style\">Julien Defosse commutes between his home in Brazzaville and his job in Kinshasa via the Congo River, the waterway that divides the world\u2019s two closest capitals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  <div class=\"entry--meta content-width\">\n           <p class=\"authors\">By\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/author\/rosie-pioth\/\">Rosie Pioth<\/a>\n\n             \n         \n     <\/p>\n    \n  \n  <p>15 March 2024  <span class=\"desktop-only\">\u2014<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/issue-11-borders\/\">Issue 11: Borders<\/a> \n  <\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-content content-width\">\n\n\n\n<p>The maritime border that divides the closest capitals in the world \u2014 Brazzaville, Congo Republic, and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo \u2014 is often called \u201cThe Beach.\u201d Although the Congo River is just 1 km wide here, it surges with tremendous power. Instead of a bridge connecting the two banks, most travelers must board a large rusting ferry or charter a private speed boat to make the crossing. (There is also a five-minute flight between the two cities that runs twice per week.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cities are so poorly connected that Julien Defosse, a 47-year-old musician and event planner from France, had lived in Brazzaville for a whole year before he crossed the river and discovered the bustling metropolis of Kinshasa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he did, he discovered wide arteries lined with huge buildings, streets numbered in the American style, and a multitude of people \u2014 more than 16 million inhabitants, compared with Brazzaville\u2019s 2.6 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block--sidebar bg-adp-navy alignleft\"><div class=\"block--sidebar__inner\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Congo Republic\u2013DRC border<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-092e367ed65c2ae712428d91eb8fb4b9\"><strong>Length of border: <\/strong>1,700 km<strong><br>Daily crossings: <\/strong>N\/A<strong><br>Busiest crossing point: <\/strong>Brazzaville\u2013Kinshasa<strong><br>Total bilateral trade: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oec.world\/en\/profile\/country\/cod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$65.68 million<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/oec.world\/en\/profile\/country\/cog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large no-margin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-congo-drc-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite the river\u2019s physical barrier, the two cities are deeply connected. \u201cIt\u2019s not uncommon to hear it said that Kinshasa and Brazzaville are the same people, only the river separates them,\u201d Defosse says. With just a small antenna, Kinshasa\u2019s TV frequencies can be picked up anywhere in Brazzaville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defosse arrived in 2001, and after working for years&nbsp;as a singer and event planner in the heart of Bacongo, a popular district of Brazzaville, he decided to move his business to Kinshasa, urged to do so by a friend. At the time, he was in the middle of organizing a celebration of&nbsp;musician Lokua Kanza\u2019s career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defosse has been crossing the banks of the Congo River regularly since 2014, spending four days in Kinshasa and three days in Brazzaville each week. Despite the complications of crossing the border, he is happy to have the opportunities both cities provide: a thriving business in Kinshasa and a tranquil home in Brazzaville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks to this new job, I was able to buy a plot of land in Brazzaville and build my house,\u201d Defosse says. \u201cI could just as easily have stayed in Brazzaville and stopped with art and done something else, but the intense pace of Kinshasa has enabled me to ride the wave much faster.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazzaville remains his home base, where he can breathe, calm down and revitalize. \u201cEverything is slower, gentler and more serene in Brazzaville, unlike in Kinshasa,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His connection to both places is an important part of his identity. Defosse has different&nbsp;nicknames on different&nbsp;sides of the Congo River \u2014 he\u2019s K\u00e9b\u00e8n in Kinshasa and Malonga in Brazzaville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traveling between the two is chaotic and time-consuming.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince I\u2019ve been crossing the Beach regularly, not one crossing has cost me the same price,\u201d Defosse says. \u201cIt\u2019s easier and less complicated to cross the Beach from Brazzaville.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the more you cross, Defosse explains, the more everyone gets to know you, and a crossing that used to take four hours can be done in an hour if all goes well. \u201cIt can even be done in 30 minutes if you charter your own boat and have your own protocols in place on both sides. Of course, it costs more,\u201d he adds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commuters used to only need an ID card to cross, and in 2014, more than 500 people crossed the maritime border each day. The number shrank following an operation known as Mbata ya Bakolo, which means \u201cslap of the elders\u201d \u2014 a series of expulsions of illegal foreigners carried out by the Republic of Congo, and the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the crossing requires a passport and a 72-hour permit or entry visa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4002-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3259\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4002-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4002-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4002-50x67.jpg 50w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4002-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Defosse believes the border separating the two capitals is an obstacle to the mixing of populations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t meant to be,\u201d he says. \u201cTwo cities that could have a bridge. I dream of being able to cross the river in my car.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though even that would be complicated; in Kinshasa most cars are automatic, and they have their steering wheels on the right. In Brazzaville, most cars are manual \u2014 and the steering wheel is on the left.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, Defosse considers moving his business back to Brazzaville, but he continues to be attracted to Kinshasa\u2019s invigorating urbanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to know whether I could live in Brazzaville without going to Kinshasa, but I do know that I couldn\u2019t live in Kinshasa without coming to Brazza,&#8221; he concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block--author\">      <div class=\"block-author__inner\">\n        <div class=\"author--image\">\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/author\/rosie-pioth\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rosiepioth-298x305.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"author--info\">\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/author\/rosie-pioth\/\" class=\"author--name\">Rosie Pioth<\/a>\n\n          \n          <p>Rosie Pioth, a seasoned multimedia journalist based in Brazzaville, boasts over two decades of experience in the field. Formerly serving as a News Coordinator at Africanews, an affiliate of Euronews, she has established herself as a freelance professional.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"block--author-social\"><ul class=\"author--socials\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rosie-pioth-b7735a36\/\" title=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n       <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block--recommended-content alignwide is-style-bg-adp-tan\"><div class=\"block-recommended-content__inner\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"block--article-pushpoint pushpoint__small\">      <div class=\"block-article-pushpoint__inner\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/border-lines-bangladesh-india\/\">\n        <div class=\"pushpoint--image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ADP_ReThink_Borders_24-1084x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"pushpoint--info\">\n                    <span class=\"pushpoint--title\">Border lines: Bangladesh \u2013 India<\/span>\n          <p>The India-Bangladesh barrier is the longest border wall in the world \u2014 spanning 80% of the boundary between the two nations \u2014 and Benapole\u2013Petrapole is its busiest crossing.\n<\/p>        <\/div>\n      <\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block--article-pushpoint pushpoint__small\">      <div class=\"block-article-pushpoint__inner\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/border-lines-france-switzerland\/\">\n        <div class=\"pushpoint--image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Emilie_Deseneux_HighRes-1084x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"pushpoint--info\">\n                    <span class=\"pushpoint--title\">Border lines: France \u2013 Switzerland<\/span>\n          <p>Emilie Deseneux commutes between her home in Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny and her job in Geneva via car, bus and tram, alongside more than 220,000 daily \u201csaute-fronti\u00e8res\u201d (border jumpers). <\/p>        <\/div>\n      <\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block--article-pushpoint pushpoint__small\">      <div class=\"block-article-pushpoint__inner\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/border-lines-paraguay-brazil\/\">\n        <div class=\"pushpoint--image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SCTstory-6-1084x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"pushpoint--info\">\n                    <span class=\"pushpoint--title\">Border lines: Paraguay \u2013 Brazil<\/span>\n          <p>Timoteo Zaracho commutes between his home in Ciudad del Este and his job in Foz de Iguaz\u00fa via the International Friendship Bridge, which stretches over the Paran\u00e1 River.<\/p>        <\/div>\n      <\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section--sign-up has-background\" style=\"background-color:#7967ae\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"\/sign-up\/\">Sign up<\/a> to keep up to date with ReThink Q.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julien Defosse commutes between his home in Brazzaville and his job in Kinshasa via the Congo River, the waterway that divides the world\u2019s two closest capitals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[455,456,459,460],"coauthors":[445],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-borders","tag-commuters","tag-congo","tag-drc","issue-issue-11-borders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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