Macron’s great lakes peace push falters amid gunfire and skepticism over Goma airport plans

At a high-profile Paris conference aimed at stabilising Africa’s Great Lakes region, President Emmanuel Macron announced €1.5 billion in humanitarian aid and pledged to reopen the airport in Goma for humanitarian flights.

However, the ambitious initiative met immediate resistance from key regional players. M23 rebels, who control the airport and large parts of North Kivu province, called the plan “inopportune, disconnected from…