Congo crisis talks suspended due to deadlock on Kabila succession

[WorldNews]

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Congolese crisis talks to ensure a peaceful political transition were suspended Saturday, Catholic church mediators said, announcing they would resume only a day after President Joseph Kabila's last legal term in office ends. "Direct negotiations are suspended", Monsignor Marcel Utembi, the head of the Congolese bishops conference (CENCO), said. The announcement ends 11th-hour talks between Kabila's ruling party and opposition groups to find a path forward for the Democratic Republic of Congo after December 20, when Kabila's second term ends.

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