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Page last updated at 16:38 GMT, Thursday, 3 June 2010 17:38 UK

Kinshasa brewery thrives despite DR Congo turmoil

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In good times and in bad, across sub-Saharan Africa, people enjoy a cold drink.

That is also the case in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has experienced a number of serious upheavals over the last few decades.

In spite of civil war and economic strife, beer demand stays strong, and the country's breweries are one of the few businesses to have survived and thrived.

Jonathan Frewin reports from Kinshasa.

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