Kinshasa has ‘created a monster it cannot control’
The town of Uvira in South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been paralysed since early September by intensifying clashes between the Congolese army (FARDC) and the Wazalendo militia. This conflict stems from the Wazalendo’s protest against the appointment of General Olivier Gasita, a high-ranking army officer in the city whom they…