It is served by Watsa Airport, a grass airstrip 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the town.

Watsa was the location of the VI battalion of the Force Publique in the 1940s and 1950s.

[2] In January and February 2011 the Lords Resistance Army attacked people in the territories of Dungu, Faradje, Niangara and Watsa, causing 33,000 people to be displaced.

They were slow to return due to the feeble response of government security forces.

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