After taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – now want to advance further into South Kivu. But as they edge closer to Burundi, the war risks dragging in more neighbours.

The Kenyan presidency announced on Monday that Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame would attend a joint extraordinary summit of the East African Community (EAC) and

Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced that they will pause their advance across the east of the country for humanitarian reasons.

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after pledging to take the capital Kinshasa and as international criticism mounted.

The city of 2 million people is at the heart of a region home to trillions of dollars in mineral wealth and remains in rebel control.

The group called the Congo River Alliance also includes the Rwanda- backed M23 rebels, who were reported to be gaining territory in other eastern parts of the country while advancing on South Kivu's provincial capital,

The M23 rebel group has declared a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Eastern DRC. This is according to a statement issued by the group's spokesperson. READ: DR Congo, Rwanda leaders to join summit on crisis in war-torn east The rebel group has called for the SADC peacekeeping mission,