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tendencies by neglecting its development. Zairean border officials and police went for months without being paid and turned to petty corruption to survive. At first small bribes were taken from
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swamps there are at least 6 km (3.7 mi) wide, and the floodplain is 60 km (37 mi) wide. However the complaints about the
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