DR Congo's ruling coalition said contested President Joseph Kabila should have the right to approve Catholic mediation in the next stage of efforts to end the country's political crisis. The demand touches on a key phase for implementing a historic deal, forged on New Year's Eve, for hauling Democratic Republic of Congo out of a dangerous impasse. Mediated by the Roman Catholic Church, the accord sketches a timetable under which Kabila will stay in office before new elections are held.
