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.
The meeting in Goma comes as the rebel leader, Corneille Nangaa, tries to assert himself as the public face of politicians and rebel groups opposingDemocratic Republic of Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi.
Nangaa’s Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which sees M23 as its military wing, has controlled Goma, the
