The leader of a rebel alliance that has seized swathes of east Congo told Reuters on Thursday that insurgents were not bound by a ceasefire call from Congo and Rwanda's presidents and cast any minerals-for-security deal with the U.

DOHA — The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda met in Doha on Tuesday for talks mediated by Qatar, during which they voiced support for a cease-fire in the eastern DR Congo, hours after peace talks in Angola failed.

After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army and a rebel group that Rwanda denies backing.