A report from International Crisis Group (ICG) said an “authoritarian trend” has seen the president’s office concentrate power, undermine the judiciary and fail to implement plans to decentralise, in an “abysmal” record since 2006.
“The risk is that Congo is going to become ungovernable and chunks of the country will turn into anarchy,” said Guillaume Lacaille, senior analyst at ICG.
Elections in 2006, won by Kabila, promised a new era for Congo after years of corruption and the 32-year dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko, which was followed by a 1998-2003 war in which millions died.
