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Kinshasa ring road compensation deemed insufficient

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A mid-term assessment of the Kinshasa ring road, a 73-kilometre road project linking Mbudi to Ndjili airport, estimates progress at between 50 and 55% and identifies technical shortcomings as well as compensation considered late, insufficient or lacking transparency. Henry Benard, deputy coordinator of the Centre for Evaluative Research Studies at the University of Kinshasa, presented the findings at a meeting in Gombe on 16 October, according to Deskeco.

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