It is feared that this looting could spread across the Zaire river to Brazzaville, in Congo, where Kinshasa's rich have set themselves up.

ECONOMIST: Liberating Zaire is the easy bit

Congo-Brazzaville, a small country of about 2.5m people across the river from the other Congo (formerly Zaire), was due to hold a presidential election on July 27th.

ECONOMIST: Congo-Brazzaville