The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo says international sanctions and the planned minerals deal that the country has offered the U.S. will not stop the fighting in the conflict-hit east.

Group cites unilateral ceasefire that it declared on Feb. 22 and need to create favorable conditions for dialogue to resolve conflict in Congo - Anadolu Ajansı

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.