Kinshasa Ex-Hoods Crack Down on Litter
To fight the ever-present problem of rubbish choking the public space in Kinshasa and other vicinities, the country has found an unlikely solution: ex-criminals drafted into the National Service to clean the streets. But is this measure rea
The Democratic Republic of Congo is deploying former offenders through its National Service to address waste management failures in Kinshasa, substituting institutional capacity with coerced labour. While this may deliver short-term street cleaning, it raises questions about labour legality and does not address the underlying municipal service and funding gaps driving the waste crisis.
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