Mbandaka problem is not new and is like the Bororo problematic. An economical crises with competition over natural ressources goes crazy and ends up into a violent limited scale conflict.
What is important with this incident is that it takes place in the coming of the presidential elections. Kabila has lost a lot of his credibility and Bemba is in jail for war crimes... But some would like Bemba to come back.
I am interrested to know who are the analyst who see a shadow hand behind this. The only one I really see having the capacity to have such communication campaign is MONUC. MONUC is being kick out from DRC and need to prove they still are needed there.
More practically, you cannot see a protracted insurgency being every militia/armed groups in DRC. But it is clear that the autoritarian Kabila regime approach does not hel neither.
I would recommand to have a look at the last ICG report on DRC.
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