The U.N.'s special envoy on Congo met the Central African country's main rebel leader for the first time Sunday in a bid to end the crisis. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo flew by helicopter to the rebel-held town of Jomba, near the Ugandan border, and was greeted with a hug by gray-suited rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. Obasanjo inspected two rows of rebel fighters who stood in formation. He told a translator to tell them «they will be better as part of a national army than as rebels.» The two then entered a church compound for private talks, according to a report of Associated Press.
