A fine article by Gwynne Dyer on the recent presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, formely known as Zaire. This country has suffered a great deal, even when you consider how much the continent has suffered. One of the largest countries in Africa and with hundreds of ethnicities, cultures and languages, decades of poor governing and corrupt dictatorship, a regional war involving up to 6 African countries and continual strife have made the DRC one of the worst countries in the world in terms of poverty, infrastructure, developement and law and order.