THE Democratic Republic of Congo government raised petrol prices 200%, official television announced. The move, announced on Sunday, takes the price of a litre of petrol to three Congolese francs. This comes after the DRC’s central bank devalued the currency on April 8, dropping its exchange rate to the dollar from 2,9 to 4,5, a fall of 55%. For the past week, long queues have formed at petrol stations in the capital Kinshasa.