KINSHASA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Talks to end a two-year insurgency in eastern Congo stalled on Monday after the government rejected a call for amnesty for M23 rebel leaders as the United Nations expressed concern at a military buildup by the group around the provincial capital Goma.
Congolese President Joseph Kabila's government and the M23 rebels had agreed on two-thirds of a draft deal during recent talks in neighbouring Uganda, U.N. special envoy to the Great Lakes region, Mary Robinson, told the U.N. Security Council.
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