priorities

People and Things for which the Republique Democratique du Congo cannot pay (At all. As in, most of these "government employees" have not collected government salaries in 20+ years.):

• Teachers
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Border guards
• Hospitals
• Soldiers
• Paved Roads
• Air traffic controllers
• Traffic police
• Schools
• Judges
• Courts
• Running water
• Immigration officials
• Electricity
• Port authorities
• Health & safety regulators
• Food inspectors
• Government

Things the Republique Democratique du Congo can apparently now afford:

• 20,000 Euros/month (that's $30,000) for a new, French soccer coach for the national team.