Congo Catholic delegation meets rebel leader as forces advance

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Pressure points: How Europeans could help avert a Third Congo War

Cover image: picture alliance / REUTERS | Arlette Bashizi Three days after Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels stormed the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, as the fog of war lifts from the lakeside city, the full scale of the atrocities committed is becoming apparent—and the world is on the cusp of seeing a Third Congo War. By early February, the United Nations estimated that the fig…

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While in Goma many internally displaced persons have had to leave their camps, M23 is continuing its progress in South Kivu. At the same time, the country's religious leaders are continuing their consultations for peace. They have already met with President Felix Tshisekedi and opponent Martin Fayulu. This time, they went to Goma to meet with the leaders of M23 and the Alliance Fleuve Congo. This approach is not unanimous in Kinshasa.

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They will be in Brussels this Thursday to meet other Belgian, European and Congolese political actors. ...

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Congo Catholic delegation meets rebel leader as forces advance

Representatives of Congo's powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last month seized Goma, the biggest city in the country's east, and have continued advancing south.

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A delegation composed of the Catholic and Protestant Churches is received on Wednesday 12 February in Goma by Corneille Nangaa, the coordinator of the Alliance River Congo (AFC), of which the armed group M23 is part. After Kinshasa, the religious continue their consultations in the eastern city – which saw an offensive of the M23 group, supported by the Rwandan army – to work for a "Social Pact for Peace and Good Living Together in the DRC and i…

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Catholic Bishops in DR Congo Meet Rebel Group to Push for Peace amid Political Opposition

A delegation of members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) have met with Corneille Nangaa the Alliance Fleuve Congo party (AFC/M23), a coalition of rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to discuss their initiative for a “social pact for peace and harmonious coexistence in the DRC and the Great Lakes region.” Following the Wednesday, February 12 meeting in Goma, CENCO Secretary General who spoke on behalf of th…