World Bank suspends school funding in DR Congo over fraud
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. The World Bank has suspended a first tranche of USD100 million in a programme to fund free schools in his country over "fraud and corruption" in the country's education sector.
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Kinshasa
The World Bank said Monday it was suspending a first tranche of USD100 million in a programme to fund free schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo over "fraud and corruption" in the country's education sector.