民主刚果政府解雇3000多名公务员

Almost 3,000 government employees have been sacked - or forcibly retired¹ - in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

刚果民主共和国将近3000名公务员被解雇或强制退休。

President Joseph Kabila has take similar drastic action in the past

President Joseph Kabila fired more than 100 people accused of corruption² from the ministry³ of finance and other government departments.

Hundreds of others - most of them managers - were forced to retire after being found to be working beyond pensionable有资格领退休金的 age.

Budget Minister Michel Lokola said it was part of a fight against corruption.

"The dismissal解雇，免职 concerns any agent who has been involved in the bad management of public finances," he told AFP.

The government said some 1,500 officials had been promoted at the beginning of January to replace those dismissed.

Mr Kabila also fired hundreds of civil servants公务员 in mid-2009.