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Congo-Kinshasa: Leaked Review Exposes Scale of Aid Corruption and Abuse in Congo
The New Humanitarian, 12 June 2020
A review of fraud and corruption risks in the Democratic Republic of Congo - one of the world's longest-running humanitarian crises - delivers a blistering assessment that could… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Vows to 'Maintain Trust' in Aid Effort After Damning Review Leaked
The New Humanitarian, 12 June 2020
'We share the faults' when things go wrong Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Aid Scam Triggers Sector-Wide Alarm
The New Humanitarian, 11 June 2020
This is the story of how aid funds believed to total several million dollars were diverted from displaced people and vulnerable communities in a scam that shocked senior… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: The DRC Is Riveted By a Political Thriller
ISS, 12 June 2020
The corruption case against Vital Kamerhe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi's chief of staff, has been unfolding with all the ingredients of… Read more »
UN Taskforce Issues 'Blistering' Report on Corruption in DR Congo
The 70-page draft review - circulated last month to aid officials working in Congo and obtained by The New Humanitarian - looks at everything from corruption within the Ebola response to how women and girls are subjected to sexual exploitation. It also details how donor funds are siphoned off and how aid recipients ultimately lose out.
InFocus
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Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has denied embezzling more than U.S.$50 million in public funds at a brief opening of his ... Read more »
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Katanga province holds many of the country's mineral reserves but few of the many millions in taxes are invested in economic or social development, leaving the population mired in ... Read more »
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DR Congo's leader Felix Tshisekedi's first year in office has seen a tug of war with his opponents, dealing a blow to his reform promises. But Deutsche Welle's Isaac Mugabi thinks ... Read more »
A child plays near a UN vehicle in 2014 in Beni in North Kivu province, where issues of fraud have become magnified since 2018 due to an Ebola outbreak.
