DR Congo's street food mushrooms as crisis grows In crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, people in the capital are turning 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. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES