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Peer Schouten, Neha Paliwal, John A. Lechner, Alexandra Lamarche

EXPLAINED: It s the roads stupid | Vintage Vibes

A truck carrying charcoal and other products clears a checkpoint on the road from Matadi to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Nov. 10, 2018. (Source: JUNIOR D. KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images)
A truck carrying charcoal and other products clears a checkpoint on the road from Matadi to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Nov. 10, 2018. (Source: JUNIOR D. KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images)
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