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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Janvier Barhahiga and Mark Banchereau

A rebel-held Congolese city uses damaged banknotes due to a cash shortage

Congo Cash Crisis - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

In the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, Alain Mukumiro argues in a small wooden hut with a shopkeeper who refuses to take his money.

Like many in the rebel-controlled city, Mukumiro is using older, hole-punched banknotes that have been patched up and put back into circulation because of a shortage of new and intact bills.

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