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.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame have called for an "immediate ceasefire" in eastern DR Congo, after having direct talks in Qatar.

The African Union (AU) has welcomed talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, between the heads of states of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting rages on in the mineral-rich eastern DRC.