Congo should be the 'bread basket' of Africa. However, it imports food but not enough to feed its people.
That's a crime against humanity! Or it should be.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=94893
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) boasts sufficient arable land and water sources to produce food well beyond its own needs, yet it has the world’s highest rates of malnutrition.- 69 percent: Prevalence of under-nutrition in the DRC; up from 26 percent in 1990-92. Under-nutrition includes being underweight for one’s age, too short for one’s age (stunted), dangerously thin (wasted) and deficient in vitamins and minerals (micronutrient malnutrition).
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