KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo will start talks next week aimed at easing a political standoff in the capital and ending remote rebellions, with the leader of neighbouring Congo Republic taking some form of mediating role.
As well as the “M23” rebellion near the border with Rwanda in the east, and one in the in the Katangan copper belt in the south, political tensions have simmered in the capital Kinshasa. Now, the political opposition will take part in talks with the government, rebel groups and civil society, after Congo Republic’s president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, agreed to “accompany” the process. AFP
