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Former DRC president Kabila visits rebel-held Goma for controversial talks

Former DRC President Joseph Kabila, and the city of Goma. © Photos AFP - Montage RFI

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila has arrived in the rebel-held city of Goma in the east of the country for talks with locals, according to sources close to him, after declaring he wanted to help end the crisis in the war-ravaged region.

Kabila has been holding meetings with his staff in Goma for three days, according to his associates and the Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement rebel coalition (AFC-M23), and plans to begin what he calls consultations.

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