By Reuters
Representatives of Congo’s powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last month seized the biggest city in the country’s east, Goma, in a move that could rankle the Kinshasa-based government.
The meeting in Goma comes as the rebel leader, Corneille Nangaa, tries to assert himself as the public face of politicians and rebel groups opposing Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi.
His Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which sees M23 as their military wing, has controlled Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, since late January and on Tuesday threatened to renew its advance on the capital of South Kivu province, Bukavu.
Details of Wednesday’s meeting, which started in the morning, were not immediately available in the afternoon.
A church official who did not wish to be identified said over the weekend that the aim was to collect the opinion of
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