Congo Investigation a Chance to Fight Corruption

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Former President Joseph Kabila speaks during the state of the nation address to the National Assembly in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, file, July 19, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/John Bompengo Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed last week that they had opened an inquiry following allegations of high-level corruption reported by a consortium of media and international groups. Investigators from 18 countries, working with 19 media outlets and 5 nongovernmental organizations, spent months going through 3.5 million leaked documents to produce…

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