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.

Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced late on Monday that they will pause their advance across the east citing humanitarian reasons, Al Jazeera reported.The AFC/M23 rebel coalition said that it would implement a unilateral ceasefire starting on Tuesday.

The alliance of rebel groups who captured a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire.