Kinshasa is expecting a bloodbath

The tension is at its peak just before the announcement of the presidential election.
It is one of those boys whose arms, huge, speak for them. That her mother called Mushi Ndibi, but not everyone is called more than "Heat" is one of them. Around him are streaming eyes, fearful. "I earned this nickname in judo I was so hot," he said, declining with evident pleasure his titles: "10 times champion of the Congo, African champion ...."But today, at age 26, heat is best known for being the master of the "sport" of young men who sweat in Kinshasa the countless sports clubs fighting slums of the city. In the capital, the evocation of heat sufficient to bring forth a torrent of rumors different, but always violent.A black legend that sweeps out of hand: "These are stories. I'm nice. "
"The kings of the rogue"Heat gently denies having followed the voice of these classmates. Helping poverty, most of these kids have gradually muscled praised their expertise as a member of security service who wants to slip a few dollars: businessmen, singers and politicians. "They are the kings of thugs," says a police officer in Kinshasa. At a time when Kinshasa off pending the outcome of the presidential election Monday, which should separate the incumbent president, Joseph Kabila, his rival Etienne Tshisekedi, the "sports" appear in the city. The opposition accuses "relatives" of Kabila to have committed these "activists" to intimidate potential upset in the heart of the slums, where neither the riot police, nor the Republican Guard never make it. Without naming him, think of all Heat, respected teacher and more recently head of the youth league sports vigilant and unemployed, a group directly linked to the party of Joseph Kabila. "It's not about gangsters. We federate the young athletes but also "shégués" street children, to prevent them from doing stupid things and be helpful in securing the electoral process and avoid overflows. We do not make provocations, "he recites. He said 5000 would be young and at his command, "all unarmed." Adolescents spend three ragged trailing behind them machetes do not disconcerts. "They mow the lawns."
"It is clear that the ruling party in recent months many recruited from the ranks of the poor to overcome their lack of militants in Kinshasa. This is a dangerous policy, the "OTIE Tutie" in Lingala which means "if you put, I put", "a security expert analysis Congo. For the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), Etienne Tshisekedi of the movement can count, meanwhile, over thousands of fans, the "combatants" as the old leader likes to call them.
The rich goIn front of the dilapidated house that serves as a member of the party, they are always hundreds more excited every day to filter the entries, build dams, shouting in advance their refusal to any results that Tshisekedi would not lead to victory. Jaurès, a young psychologist at the physical model which is considered one of the youth leaders of the UDPS said he understood his troops. "They know we won and that the authority wants to cheat. They are determined to do everything to save democracy and to demonstrate if necessary and not the police, army or majority groups that stop us. "
This logic of escalation irritates even a city whose streets are empty at the approach of the results should be published officially tomorrow. At the Beach, the large pier from which the shuttle Brazzaville, the twin city of Kinsasha just on the other side of the river, the rich families crowd. "We do not know how it all will end then will put out a little better," said one businessman who prudently prefers to conceal his name.
Yesterday, the Catholic Church, one of the few respected institutions in the country has openly expressed its concern. "We are in a train coming down against a wall and nobody wants to slow down," insisted Djomo Bishop, the Bishop of Kinshasa. His message does not appear to have the desired effect. Yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Ceni) has published a new set of interim results. These figures are unclear and incomplete, were immediately rejected by Etienne Tshisekedi. The denier had strongly warned the outgoing president and Daniel Ngoy Mulunda, the head of the Ceni."They respect the will of the people. Otherwise, they will commit suicidal acts. "