The first impression of the Congo was the kilometers of trucks with goods parked on the side of the road. Pastor Jacob who drove me there, said that they camp on the side of the road for 2-3 weeks because corrupt customs people make the border tight in order to get bribes. All these men camping away from home for weeks has increased prostitution, and hence HIV/AIDS.
The Congo reminded me a lot of my home country of Iran. Both countries struggle with exploited resources: one in terms of minerals, the other oil...as well as political instability due to war, one being the civil war in the DRC, and the other the gulf war...and also religious hypocrisy, one Christian, and the other Muslim.
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