DR Congo's street food mushrooms as crisis deepens

In crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, people in the capital increasingly turn to street hawkers to feed themselves and their families cheaply, but the makeshift option is often not a hygienic one.

From civil servants and students, to construction workers and parents with their children, hungry Kinshasa residents depend on so-called malewas, or street food sellers, whose numbers have grown as the economy has worsened.

"Here, I eat my fill for under 2,000 Congolese francs ($1.1)," said Jose Bangamba, a 29-year-old taxi driver.