The return to Congo-Kinshasa after three years in exile of Moïse Katumbi the former Governor of Katanga is set to shake up national politics even as ex-President Joseph Kabila retains a vice-like grip on state institutions and the military...
The area around Beni and Butembo a bastion of sentiment against ex-President Joseph Kabila and stronghold of Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi and his fellow ethnic Nandes is also subject to claims that Islamic State has taken root there amid the constellation of armed groups (AC Vol 60 No 3 A day of portents)...