What is the ruling on paying bribes to government employees in African countries to facilitate work procedures, especially if not paying leads to obstruction of transactions and harm to interests?

Bribery is forbidden if it nullifies a right or achieves something false. However, if a person is compelled to resort to it to obtain their right or avert harm or injustice, then it is not forbidden for the giver, but rather it is forbidden only for the receiver. Therefore, if employees do not perform their duty except through a bribe, the sin falls upon them, not upon the one who gives it.