Source: Reuters

By Marlene Rabaud

"What did we do before we used candles?"

"We had electricity."

The joke has been told of various countries in Africa, perhaps none so fittingly as Democratic Republic of Congo.

Fresh from its first free elections in over 40 years, Africa's third biggest country may finally live up to its name, and is trying to get its chaotic economy back on track after decades of systematic looting and violence.

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Posted by pichu at December 20, 2006 11:26 AM